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BPC confident no legal impediment to plans Activists confident in powerful legal case
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
Activists yesterday argued The Bahamas is paying lip service to the green and blue economy in response to charges they have exposed their true agenda by seeking to block oil exploration.
Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC), firing back at the Judicial Review challenge initiated by Waterkeepers Bahamas and the Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay, sought to reassure shareholders that its first well will move ahead as planned by asserting there should be no legal impediment to its plans.
Simon Potter, BPC s chief executive, in a statement to the stock market argued that the environmental activists had shown their true agenda by waiting until the last-minute - just one week before the Stena IceMAX drill ship arrives in The Bahamas - to seek to halt the Perseverance One well.
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Seafaring remains an attractive option for all genders as The Bahamas notices a sharp rise in the number of females enrolling into its Cadet Corps programme
The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) is delighted to announce that the popularity of its Maritime Cadet Corps continues unabated, despite the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 throughout much of the past year. More significant still is the high number of female cadets signing up for the three-year programme.