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Golden girl meets her match

BAHAMIAN Golden Girl Shaunae Miller tied the knot on Saturday, marrying her college sweetheart Maicel Uibo, a decathlete from Estonia, in the Crown Ballroom at Atlantis, Paradise Island.

FNM details plans to tackle crime

THE Free National Movement has outlined its goals to fight crime should the party win the next general election, noting in its recently released Manifesto plans to establish a national neighbourhood watch programme in every community, re-institute term limits for the commissioner of police, establish a sexual offenders register and enforce Marco’s Law.

EDITORIAL: Crime continues - where does the blame lie?

WE ARE 36 days into the new year and already 19 Bahamians are dead and several others are in hospital fighting for their lives.

Sarkis ally: Govt ‘two-faced’ over Baha Mar role

A key Sarkis Izmirlian ally says The Pointe’s Heads of Agreement shows the Christie administration was “hopelessly conflicted” in how it handled the Baha Mar dispute.

Ministry slams human rights group

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration yesterday challenged the objectivity and veracity of an international civic organisation’s claims of alleged human rights violations in The Bahamas.

Delay in start of gun trafficking court case

THE start of trial for a man accused of being the mastermind behind a firearms trafficking ring did not begin as scheduled yesterday.

Questions for Bradley Roberts

I AM one of the many who constantly ask the questions, “Is Bradley Roberts ever going to shut up?” or “Is Bradley Roberts ever going to say something that he has really thought about?”

‘PM must resign after misleading on Baha Mar’

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday called for the resignation of Prime Minister Perry Christie after it was revealed that the sale of Baha Mar is not complete, despite Mr Christie telling the country the stalled resort was sold.

Baha Mar to open without sale close

Baha Mar’s April 21 opening was yesterday branded “an election gimmick”, after it was confirmed that the acquisition by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) will not close until all construction work is completed.

TUC protests to ILO over Govt strike poll move

A Bahamian trade union body has complained to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) about the “substantial limitation” that will be imposed on worker industrial action by the Government’s proposed legal changes.

OFFICIAL RESULTS: Barracuda/Leno Corporate Services Invitational

• RESULTS of the Barracuda Swim Club’s Leno Corporate Services Invitational at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex over the weekend:

PHA Unsung Heroes Awards to reward healthcare excellence

AN AWARDS programme to recognise and reward excellence, care and compassion in the Bahamas health care system launched on Wednesday as part of a ground breaking public-private partnership between the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) and the Tribune Media Group.

Nurse Patricia Laing's winning smiles and hugs land prize

THE first winner of the PHA Unsung Heroes Award is veteran nurse Patricia Laing, who health officials praised yesterday as a stellar practitioner for her years of committed and noteworthy excellence.

PLP chairman: Picking Pintard is poor leadership

BRADLEY Roberts has called the Free National Movement’s ratification of former Chairman and Senator Michael Pintard “another demonstration of the poor leadership and judgment” of FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis.

Zonta Club seeks to raise funds for Ranfurly Home

THE Zonta Club of New Providence is looking to raise much-needed funds to assist in the construction of the country’s first transition home at the Ranfurly Home for Children.

‘Super Bowl’ of sailing all set

THE ‘Super Bowl’ of sailing will be held over the weekend of February 18-19 when the 30th ‘Catch Me If You Can’ St Valentine’s Massacre is held in Montagu Bay.

Student gives gifts to kids affected by hurricane

A KIND-hearted sixth grade student from Andros has brought joy to displaced children from Lowe Sound Primary School in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew by presenting gifts at a special assembly at the North Andros school.

PLP quiet on cost as party convention estimated at $1m

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party executives were tightlipped yesterday about the price tag attached to pulling off the organisation’s grand three-day convention where Prime Minister Perry Christie was overwhelmingly re-elected to lead the party.

Christie leads PLP at election

THOUSANDS of Progressive Liberal Party supporters last night erupted into thunderous cheers and danced in celebration of the re-election of incumbent party leader Prime Minister Perry Christie in a landslide victory over former Attorney General Alfred Sears, QC, in a leadership race that seemed to be over before it began.

Union chiefs slam Govt proposal for strike poll obstacle

Trade union leaders yesterday slammed the Government’s proposal to create a legal impediment to strike polls as “taking the labour movement back to pre-1942”.

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