Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 31, 2008	Bahamian Environmentalist: No to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)... Yes to Renewable Energy
ReEarth says no to LNG, yes to renewable energy: By JIMENITA SWAIN, Guardian Senior Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: The country's energy problems can be reduced if The Bahamas takes advantage of renewable energy technology and move away from the Liquefied Natural Gas pipeline proposal, a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 30, 2008	More Penalties for Employers of Illegal Immigrants in The Bahamas
PM: Stiffer penalties for employers of illegal immigrants - By ERICA WELLS, Guardian News Editor: Nassau, Bahamas - Employers hiring illegal immigrants could soon face more public penalties as the government works to reign in the number of illegal immigrants that flock to Bahamian...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 19, 2008	The International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook (WEO) Report on The Bahamas
The IMF report on The Bahamas: The Nassau, Guardian Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: In his essay on, 'The Principles of Population,' the political economist, Thomas Malthus attributed the decline in living standards in nineteenth century England, to the rapid growth in population...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 17, 2008	The raging debate about Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as an alternative to oil based energy
LNG Review Imminent: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: The United States government intends at the end of the week to open a 45-day public comment period for statements on the Calypso LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) Deepwater Port planned for ten miles off the east coast of Florida. ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 14, 2008	Scrap Metal Operations Booming In The Americas
Regional Scrap Metal Operation Booming: Bahama Journal - Nassau, Bahamas: A Bahamas operation is one of four scrap yards in the region that have together produced more than half a million metric tons of scrap metal, worth about $235 million to Nettel Holdings, the company that owns the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 11, 2008	Bahamas Equipped To Tackle The Future - Says Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham On The Country's 35th Birthday
PM: Bahamas Equipped to Tackle The Future: By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR - Nassau, Bahamas: In his Independence Day address to the nation, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday urged the Bahamas to draw on all its talents, resources and cultural strength in facing internal and external...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 9, 2008	The Bloody Drumbeat Of Crime and A Young Sovereign Bahamas
This Independence Day, Bahamas: Bahama Journal Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: Even as our people celebrate Independence, they are being obliged to note and understand that the popular tourist myth of their country and the wider Caribbean as a string of island paradises is being undermined...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 8, 2008	AES Corporation Pushes For Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification Plant At Ocean Cay In The Bahamas
AES Pushing For Deal: By QUINCY PARKER - Nassau, Bahamas: AES Corporation remains committed to pursuit of its proposal to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plant at Ocean Cay in The Bahamas, and has pledged to pay $1 million on the day the agreement is signed with...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 5, 2008	Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Could Save Billions Of Dollars By Switching From Diesel To Natural Gas To Drive Its Power-generation Turbines - Says AES Spokesman Aaron Sampson
AES Proposes BEC Switch To Natural Gas: By Quincy Parker - Nassau, Bahamas: AES Corporation – which wants to build an LNG plant in The Bahamas – could potentially help the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) both save millions in fuel costs and become more environmentally friendly,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 30, 2008	Bahamas Government Wants Up To Life Imprisonment [Tougher Legislation] For Child Rapists
Gov’t Wants Stiffer Penalties For Child Rapists: By NAVARDO SAUNDERS - Nassau, Bahamas: The government wants to amend the law to give judges the power to sentence child rapists to life in prison, according to Attorney General Claire Hepburn. Speaking at the recent Chamber of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 26, 2008	Bahamian Parliamentarians Updated On The Bahamas Government’s Position To The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) With The European Union (EU)
Parliamentarians Get EPA Update: By Sasha L. Lightbourne - Nassau, Bahamas: However, some – including members of Bahamians Agitating for a Referendum on Free Trade (BARF) – have argued that it amounts to The Bahamas giving up its sovereignty. Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo...... [view]