At 4 p.m. today, the tender closed for Lots 3 and 4 of the CDB sponsored water supply improvement project in Long Island. The same applies for the scope of works for Crooked Island.  Both projects were simultaneously tendered. This is all part of the government’s strategy to improve our country’s infrastructure and, in this case, to provide potable water supply to the southern/southeastern islands of the Bahamas. This is the first time that such a comprehensive plan has...

Improved water quality, the installation of generators and a new reverse osmosis (RO) plant are among the new initiatives the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) has planned for the island of Acklins. Adrian Gibson, Chairman, WSC and MP for Long Island said the corporation is advancing Acklins into the 21st century environment where the water is clean, fresh and RO produced. Acklins residents are not currently charged a fee for water, but Mr. Gibson noted that as the Corporation transitions...