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Freeport seeks answers over tax roll-back

Freeport businesses are asking the Supreme Court to order that the Government clarify its position on the 2013-2014 Budget tax/fee increases imposed on the city, and whether these have been rolled-back fully or in part.

Clico policyholders frustrated at $10,000 compensation limit

THE relief originally expressed by many CLICO (Bahamas) policyholders has now turned to frustration, as some owed in excess of $100,000 have been offered “at best” $10,000 in compensation for funds invested into policies with the failed insurer.

Roberts: Izmirlian has no credibility

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday criticised Sarkis Izmirlian, Baha Mar’s developer, accusing him of having “absolutely no credibility” and insisting that he could not be trusted on matters related to the shuttered $3.5bn West Bay Street resort.

INSIGHT: Can a case be made for Minnis to serve two terms?

IN The Bahamas, the duty of prime minister has become a “one and done” contract with the Bahamian people over the last three general elections. Much goes into what causes the electorate changing leadership every five years. However, Prime Minister Minnis spoke to the media with confidence last week that he will, at the very least, break the trend to become the nation’s first two-term prime minister in the past 20 years.

PM 'encouraged' by Hilton, South Ocean sale talks

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he was “encouraged” by ongoing negotiations to sell both the British Colonial Hilton and the South Ocean Resort properties, adding that he expected to meet with “would be purchasers” of the former as early as today.

Workers' protest is a hazard of the job for Prime Minister

MORE than 100 employees from the Ministry of Works’ Road and Parks division protested in Rawson Square yesterday morning demanding more pay and better equipment.

WILL CHARLES BE OUR LAST KING?

PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said on Friday that his administration will let Bahamians decide whether The Bahamas should transition into a republic amid reignited discussion over the issue following Queen Elizabeth II’s death.

INSIGHT: What if McCartney had stayed the course? Perhaps it’s not too late . . .

LAST week’s spectacle in Parliament – a vote of no confidence becoming a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Minnis - was doubly disappointing. Not only did it serve as a sobering reminder of the political horror show that was the previous administration under then-Prime Minister Perry Christie, but it also reaffirmed the nature of Bahamian politics is the greatest impediment to our advancement as a nation.

Talks over Baha Mar progress described as ‘constructive’

TALKS between the parties involved in the stalled Baha Mar resort last week have been described as “constructive” and “another important step on the road to resolution” by the court appointed joint provisional liquidators.

50 migrants held at Half Moon Cay

FIFTY illegal migrants were apprehended by law enforcement officials near Cat Island yesterday morning, according to the Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF).

3,000 homes to be repaired thanks to Urban renewal

THE Urban Renewal Commission intends to repair over 3,000 homes in New Providence in 2017 via its Small Homes Repair (SHR) programme, the organisation’s Co-Chair Algernon Allen said on Friday.

Migrant women most vulnerable to violence

MIGRANT women who enter The Bahamas are named as one of the most vulnerable groups to gender-based violence, some reporting being locked in homes and subjected to intimidation by the fear of extreme violence.

UPDATED: Police and vendors clash over Cabbage Beach access

POLICE clashed with Cabbage Beach vendors and protestors for the second consecutive day on Tuesday morning after FNM and DNA political factions led a group from Sidney Poitier Bridge to the Paradise Island beach.

Bahamasair ‘concern’ on US-Cuba opening

BAHAMASAIR was yesterday monitoring the ‘opening of the skies’ between the US and Cuba, its managing director acknowledging: “We are concerned about it.”

Intelligence agency legislation completed

KEITH Bell, State Minister for National Security, said that while the long anticipated legislation to support the National Intelligence Agency is complete, it must now make its way through Cabinet before it is brought to Parliament.

93% is not a failure

When is ninety-three per cent a failing grade? I ask this question because evidently, the critics of the Prime Minister are aggressively seeking to convince the Bahamian public that ninety-three per cent is a failing grade.

Nottage refuses to answer on equality referendum

DESPITE the nation’s leader previously stating that the proposed constitutional referendum on gender equality may take place this month, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday refused to answer when asked for an update on the proposed referendum’s timeline.

Carnival report to be presented ‘next week’

THE Bahamas National Festival Commission is expected to meet with the media next week to present the revenue and economic impact figures for Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, according to Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe.

Symonette: Delay rules on students

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday said the government should delay implementing its new restrictions that will make it compulsory for students of foreigners living in the Bahamas to have a school permit to attend classes until 2016.

Wells slammed and told ‘not good enough’

FNM CHAIRMAN Darron Cash yesterday criticised Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells for choosing to “break his silence” on the Stellar Waste to Management letter of intent controversy during a time when the nation is in mourning.

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