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Roberts: Lack of viable candidates for FNM chairman ‘underscores fracture in the party’

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has said the inability of the FNM to attract viable candidates to replace Michael Pintard as chairman “underscores yet again the depth of the fracture within the FNM under the leadership of Dr Hubert Minnis.”

$140m project: Baha Mar targets 30% energy demand cut

Baha Mar believes its energy demand will be slashed “by 30 per cent or more” as a result of the Government approving a $140 million project to supply all its resorts’ air conditioning (AC) needs.

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Big Red Machine gets into gear

ST AUGUSTINE’S College rolled its Big Red Machine out of Freedom Farm with four victories on the opening day of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ (BAISS) softball season and is now just one game away from completing a repeat of all four titles.

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Roberts slams PLP dissenters

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts criticised former PLP MP Philip Galanis yesterday for criticizing the Christie administration, suggesting that he should “be quiet” if he has “nothing with sense to say.”

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Roberts brands Mortimer a political novice

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts branded Democratic National Alliance Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer a “political novice” who is “in need of light and understanding”.

Top retailer: ‘I don’t blame consumers for screaming’ over eggs

A top food retailer yesterday told consumers the industry was “not profiteering” on high-priced eggs, while admitting he could not fault Bahamians for “screaming”.

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Team Bahamas off to 1-0 start in Davis Cup

His debut on the Bahamas Davis Cup team wasn’t exactly what he anticipated, but Justin Roberts said he was just glad to come out with his first victory in the American Zone III competition yesterday in Panama City, Panama.

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Roberts: Move against Minnis a sign of messy democracy

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts said the “recall” of Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis as Official Opposition leader in the House of Assembly yesterday is evidence that democracy can be “quite messy” at times.

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Roberts dismisses 'rinky dink' DNA

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has questioned how the DNA could believe that its “rinky dink outfit” and its “photoshopped” leader was prepared enough to be voted into office as the next government of the Bahamas.

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Super Value chief 'forging ahead' in 3-store takeover

SUPER Value's president yesterday said he was "forging right ahead" with the takeover of three former City Markets' locations, having put out "bids" for the re-equipping of the South Beach and Seagrapes sites, as he told Tribune Business: "We're aiming to be number one."

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Health levy hits wages Jan 2020

THE proposed amendment to the National Health Insurance programme is expected to be enacted between April and July 2019, with employers making employee mandated contributions by January 2020, according to NHI Authority chairman Dr Robin Roberts.

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Suspect accused of beating man to death expected to receive jury’s verdict today

A JURY is expected to return a verdict today for the second of two half-brothers who stood trial in the beating death of a man in 2011.

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PLP chairman hits out at MP

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday told Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins to “put up or shut up” over his threats to disclose damning information concerning the controversy over Renward Wells’ signing of a $650m letter of intent with a waste-to-energy company.

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UPDATED: Sam Bankman-Fried waives right to fight extradition – FTX founder will go to the US

AFTER a confusing day in court, Sam Bankman-Fried has decided not to fight extradition to the United States, his attorneys announced yesterday.

Back the guy with a PhD from the University of Hard Knocks

The “Graduate” never ceases to amaze me. After saying all the good things Rupert Roberts has done in his lifetime he proceeds to get nasty, degrading and personal.

Grocery retailers ‘thrown under bus’ by VAT marketing

Furious grocery retailers yesterday blasted the Government for “throwing us under the bus” with misleading statements on Value-Added Tax (VAT), and warned consumers that duty reductions would not lead to blanket food price cuts.

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PI project concern over ‘compelling opportunity’

A senior Atlantis executive yesterday warned that concerns over Royal Caribbean’s Paradise Island project could harm downtown Nassau’s revival and “the most compelling real estate opportunity in The Bahamas” if not resolved.

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Gardiner breaks 200m national record in Miami

GOLD Coast, Australia: He's not here as a member of Team Bahamas for the XXI Commonwealth Games, but Steven Gardiner made his own headlines in Miami, Florida on Saturday.

Roberts blasts Butler-Turner over criticism of government

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts shot back at Long Island MP Loretta Butler Turner’s criticism of the Christie administration, saying the opposition member is “confused”.

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PLP chairman brushes off Moss criticism

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday shrugged off criticisms levelled by Marco City MP Greg Moss over the treatment of fellow party member and Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins.