Following the switch to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, new operating hours at Grand Bahama International Airport (GBIA) came into effect on Monday, much to the delight of commercial airlines, private carriers and frequent flyers. Grand Bahama News learned last week that Freeport Airport Development Company (FADC) made the decision to implement the new hours beginning
Work started yesterday on surfacing the access road that motorists will have to use while the Fishing Hole Road Causeway is repaired, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works Luther Smith said yesterday. Smith told Grand Bahama News the work on the access road should be completed by Friday. Following that, the causeway will be closed off
Local environmentalists are frustrated over what they see as a lack of transparency surrounding the cleanup at the Equinor site over three years after Hurricane Dorian caused a major oil spill at the South Riding Point facility. This is the main reason why those environmentalists are calling on the government to block the sale of oil terminal.
A dilapidated building known as “The Bike Shop” and featured as the Grand Bahama News “Eyesore of the Week” on August 30 was demolished on Friday as part of the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) continuing push to rid Freeport of unsightly and unsanitary derelict buildings. The shop was located on Queens Highway opposite M&E Caterpillar Dealership. It
Looking for concrete details about the airport, a promised new hospital and the fate of the Port Lucaya hotels, President of the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) James Carey wants Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Philip Davis to meet with the island’s business community. “The prime minister needs to hear from us, our