Islanders, particularly those who traverse the Fishing Hole Road Causeway daily, are pleased that authorities moved quickly to solve the roadway’s “slip and slide” issue, which caused several accidents in recent weeks. The most recent was a four-car collision on December 26. While no serious injuries were reported, two ambulances were on scene and transported
Dear Editor, A prominent solicitor who responded to the remarks of the financial secretary in the Ministry of Finance in The Tribune Business spoke for most Grand Bahamians when he essentially said that New Providence was not sustaining Grand Bahama in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in September 2019. He countered that it was the
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources Vaughn Miller toured the island of Grand Bahama this week, meeting with government officials, stakeholders and industry partners. High-level talks were held to establish and re-establish the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources’ (MENR) relationship with industry partners and to make certain that they are in compliance with
The dire implications of McAlpine’s Ocean Industries Incorporated Bill for Freeport’s economy
Dear Editor,
Perhaps in a move to get under the skin of the Free National Movement administration that sacked him from the Hotel Corporation in 2018, the outspoken Pineridge MP Frederick McAlpine tabled a private Bill for an Act to repeal the Ocean Industries Incorporated (Aragonite Mining Encouragement) 1971 in the House of Assembly in early December 2020.
The readership would recall that, much to the annoyance of Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells, House Speaker Halson Moultrie allowed the bill, drafted by Bahamian Evolution, to be read in Parliament.