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BORCO revenues increase 13.3%

The Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) saw revenues for the nine months to end-September 2013 increase by 13.3 per cent year-over-year to $160.2 million, as it enjoyed Supreme Court success over the multi-million damage done to its jetty.

$1m school repairs 'progressing well'

SCHOOL repairs costing $1m are progressing well in Grand Bahama, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald said on Friday following a two-day tour and inspection of government schools throughout the island.

Doctors: Gender violence is a public health concern

THE Medical Association of The Bahamas says the prevalence of gender-based violence in the country is a public health concern that must come to an end.

RoyalStar Assurance opens new office

ROYALSTAR Assurance celebrated the grand opening of their new office on JFK Drive under the patronage of Prime Minister Perry Christie.

PATIENT VISITS TO RESUME

THE Public Hospitals Authority has announced the resumption of patient visitation to its facilities starting July 1, under strict guidelines due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

30 children return to Grand Bahama Children's Home

THIRTY of the 43 children from Grand Bahama Children’s Home who were relocated to New Providence a year ago after Hurricane Dorian, returned to Freeport on Friday morning.

Airline to slash $280k from maintenance spend

WESTERN Air’s chief executive, Rex Rolle, said yesterday that $4.6 million had been invested in the airline’s new terminal and maintenance facility on Grand Bahama, telling Tribune Business it would cut the firm’s costs by just over $250,000 a year.

Shipyard services 17 liners in eight months

Freeport, Grand Bahama – The Grand Bahama Shipyard is expecting to work on 17 cruise ships in an eight-month period that ends in April 2013, as it bids to become a ‘one-stop’ facility.

Prime Minister officially re-opens Eight Mile Rock fire station

VITAL fire services have been restored to the Eight Mile Rock community after a decade.

Another suspected COVID case at prison

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe, QC, said yesterday that officials are investigating another suspected COVID-19 case at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.

Emergency crews stage unauthorised sick-out

FREEPORT – Emergency Medical Services personnel on Grand Bahama staged an unauthorised sick-out on Friday, according to reports reaching The Tribune.

Murphy defends conditions at BDCS

AFTER a review, the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services has refuted allegations from inmates of “desperate” conditions with inadequate protection during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EDITORIAL: A chance for honest improvement

MINISTER of Health Dr Duane Sands has been brutally frank and forthright in assessing the state of public medical care in The Bahamas. He has warned us the system is failing us.

Vaccinations on New Providence to continue on Monday

VACCINATION appointments in New Providence will resume on Monday after a “pause” on Saturday, the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee said yesterday.

$200m Carnival Cruise Lines development in Grand Bahama to be named Celebration Key

CELEBRATION Key is the name for the $200 million project Carnival is developing in Grand Bahama.

PM's wife visits children's home

FREEPORT – Bernadette Christie, wife of Prime Minister Perry Christie, visited the Grand Bahama Children’s Home yesterday.

Blood drives bring in 70 pints of blood

BLOOD drives at Abaco’s Cooper’s Town Clinic and the Marsh Harbour Parish Hall on the pre-Halloween weekend garnered a large number of willing participants for a record total of 70 donated pints of blood for the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Massive recruitment effort to identify new talent

IN an effort to continue the Bahamas’ success at the international level and motivated by Team Bahamas’ performance at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Prime Minister Perry Christie said his government will undergo a massive recruitment effort to identify new talent.

Government continues to monitor oil spill at Equinor

THE government continues to monitor the oil spill at the Equinor, South Riding Point Oil storage facility on Grand Bahama.The National Oil Spill Contingency Advisory Committee, consisting of a cross-section of industry stakeholders, has been appointe

Sandals rep planning 100 jobs via new HQ

UNIQUE Vacations, the New Providence-based sales and marketing company, will create up to 100 jobs when it opens its new corporate headquarters in summer 2014.

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