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Comfort for widow of BK Bonamy
A NUMBER of politicians arrived at Police Headquarters yesterday morning to pay their respects to former Police Commissioner Bernard K Bonamy as he lay in state at the Paul Farquharson Centre.
PLP dubbed 'abysmal failure' by Minnis
“ABYSMAL FAILURE” is how Free National Movement leader Dr Hubert Mininis described the current government’s performance in the past two years since being elected to office.
'MASONS MUST SPEAK UP ON CRIME'
A FREEMASON believes that his colleagues should be more vocal on the escalating crime and violence threatening the Bahamian way of life.
DNA hammers opponents at mass rally: An in-depth review
LOVE him or hate him as you choose, but accept, Branville McCartney, leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) and candidate for Bamboo Town, is no political lightweight.
MP claims PM candidates must have ‘skeletons in the closet’
FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins said yesterday that prevailing cultural views about what makes people qualified to lead this country has meant that only those with “enough dirt and skeletons” in their closet are “entrusted” to become prime minister.
PM touting $600m GDP growth under his Gov’t
The Prime Minister yesterday touted IMF projections showing the Bahamas’ real economic output will expand by $600 million under his administration, while admitting the economy is still not growing fast enough to “absorb” a rapidly-expanding labour force.
Bahamians doubtful of PM’s Baha Mar promises
SOME wag once advised that a good rule of life is that “whenever someone says ‘trust me’ run.”
Bran: Baha Mar deal to stay secret if PLP re-elected
The Government’s agreement with the China Export-Import Bank for Baha Mar’s construction completion is likely to remain ‘sealed’ by the Supreme Court if the Christie administration retains power, the DNA’s leader said yesterday.
FNM hits back at pm over plane crash blame
RATHER than “take the high road,” the Christie Administration decided to “duck and cover and blame someone else” in the aftermath of last week’s tragic Mayaguana plane crash which claimed three lives, FNM Chairman Darron Cash charged yesterday.
A friendship too cosy for the good of the Bahamas
IN THE House of Assembly Wednesday, Prime Minister Christie complained that the PLP were held to a different standard of behaviour.
Rolllins accuses PM of 'deception' over Baha Mar
FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins yesterday accused the Christie administration of colluding with China Construction America (CCA) Bahamas and “deceiving” Bahamians over the stalled $3.5bn Baha Mar resort to protect the financial interests of the Chinese.
$238m deficit exposes 'balanced Budget' need
The Government’s $238 million deficit for the 2013-2014 fiscal year’s first half shows there is “much more work to do”, a Tax Coalition co-chair said yesterday, even though it represented a 19.3 per cent year-over-year decline.
The dead zone: Going nowhere on East Bay Street
Do these quotes reflect the current state of eastern Bay Street? Yes, but it so happens that they are more than 10 years old, taken from the Bahamas Business edition dated January 9, 2006. There is no better example of the huge volume of hot air, and little practical effort, that has been spent on redeveloping the decaying, moribund Bay Street blocks stretching east from East Street.
POLITICOLE: Finding those who represent us in the field of candidates
AT the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) rally in Exuma, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the people: “We have some of the highest net worth individuals, meaning some of the richest people in the world living in Exuma and in the cays of Exuma.
Govt in secret BPL generation bid move
The Government has quietly been soliciting bids to provide Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) with improved generation capacity, but without the knowledge of either the company itself or its PowerSecure manager.
Govt ‘yet to respond’ to plans for a waste-to-energy plant
EXECUTIVES of Stellar Energy yesterday disclosed that the Christie administration has yet to respond to applications for a waste-to-energy plant proposed by the company, despite the plant’s capacity to alleviate the “vexing and hazardous” dump fires plaguing the New Providence Landfill.
Departure ‘raises questions about PLP’
TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller said the move by Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells and Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins to cross the floor and join the Free National Movement signifies “a dent in the armour of the PLP.”
Pintard says govt playing blame game over crime
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday said the noticeable disconnect within the Christie administration has played a factor in the skyrocketing levels of crime in the country leaving Bahamians under “siege” by criminals.
CLICO policyholders stage protest
BISHOP Simeon Hall yesterday led dozens of CLICO (Bahamas) policyholders in a march to Parliament in an attempt to urge the government not to forget its promises to assist the thousands of people who lost millions of dollars when the company collapsed.
Jobless increase is ‘storm in a tea cup’
Politicians were yesterday urged to “stop the blame game” over the recent unemployment rate increase, as the Prime Minister described the matter as “a storm in a tea cup”.