Bahamas

Lights Out

Miles Howe — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:44:04 +0000

Businesspeople left feeling powerless in Grand Bahama

Freeport, Grand Bahama – Over-reliance on the tourist trade, and the fickleness in tastes that that entails, is not necessarily the recipe for a balanced and stable economy.

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"You Don't Treat People Like Animals, Especially When You Come Into a Foreign Country"

Miles Howe — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:59:04 +0000

CEWU president fears that Emera will kill the union in Grand Bahama by November 2012

FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA – The Commonwealth Electrical Workers Union (CEWU), representing an ever-dwindling membership at Emera's Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC), is in the process of being systematically busted by Emera, the Nova Scotia-based company, says the union.

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Emera Busted in the Bahamas

Miles Howe — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:38:40 +0000

Audit suggests endemic mismanagement at all levels of Grand Bahama Power Company

A damning July 9 audit report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bahamas, on behalf of the Grand Bahamas Port Authority, has strongly reprimanded the Grand Bahama Power Company (an Emera subsidiary) for not being responsible to its 19,000-odd customer base.

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Island Hopping with Emera

Miles Howe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:28:40 +0000

Barbados is Latest Caribbean Island to Feel the Emera Squeeze

On a small island north of Venezuela, 4,500 kilometres from Halifax, Barbados Light and Power (BLP) recently issued a news release. Energy use on the Caribbean island has hit a low not seen since 1974.

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