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While the Davis administration now claims the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) owes the public purse $357 million in reimbursements for certain activities and works carried out in Freeport and
Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said in Freeport on Saturday night that the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has been given 30 days to repay $357 million it owes to
The Davis administration has abandoned its bid to acquire the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell said on Wednesday, adding that the government is
Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday warned the licensees in Freeport, Grand Bahama not to be used for the personal gain of others who may not have the best interest of the city at heart. The Freeport Licensee Association is holding an education seminar next Monday on the Hawksbill Creek Agreement. In an interview with
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Several Grand Bahama business leaders have reiterated their call for the government to meet with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) to chart the way forward for the island, instead of continuing the finger-pointing that they say is serving no purpose. “I am surprised government would be engaging with the GBPA this way. After all,
The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) yesterday fired back at Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis’ assertion that the government is subsidizing the Port Authority, arguing that it is “not in a competition with the government”. “The government of The Bahamas is not subsidizing the GBPA,” the Port Authority said in a statement. “The GBPA, in
In the years following the signing of the 1955 Hawksbill Creek Agreement, Grand Bahama quickly morphed from a poor fishing village to a thriving industrial hub. Freeport was originally conceived as an industrial city by its founder, American investor Wallace Groves. The dredging of a deep water harbor able to accommodate large ships, attract factories
There is broad consensus on Grand Bahama that the current leadership at the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) is not fulfilling its mandate under the near 70-year-old Hawksbill Creek Agreement. Stakeholders say while the deal signed in 1955 has been transformative for the island, the past two decades of economic stagnation that has derailed Freeport’s