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Gov’t seeks GBPA stake in tax break ‘trade off’
A 20-year extension of Freeport’s expiring investment incentives should only be granted if the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) owners both agree to sell and give the Government an equity stake in the company, the latter’s advisers have recommended.
The MPs who failed to disclose
AT least 10 members of Parliament have failed to file financial declarations by the March 1 deadline as required by the Public Disclosure Act, according to the MPs who were polled by The Tribune.
Remember Mr Mitchell – respect works both ways
FOREIGN AFFAIRS and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell and Prime Minister Perry Christie both emphasised the importance of respecting the Office of Prime Minister at a Fox Hill Day celebration on Monday.
Chinese ‘agree’ to complete Baha Mar
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday touted the government’s success in negotiations with the Export Import Bank of China (EXIM) and China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) over the stalled Baha Mar resort, saying all parties have entered into a “framework agreement” to complete the project “as expeditiously as possible”.
Baha Mar contractor denies $2.4m ‘bribe or conspiracy’
ATTORNEYS for Baha Mar’s main contractor dismissed claims that $2.4m paid to a company run by the son of Perry Christie’s senior adviser represented “a bribe or conspiracy” to influence the then-government.
A COMIC'S VIEW: The Fitzgerald affair simply beggars belief
Now that there has been reporting that our Minister of Education, Jerome Fitzgerald, has been allegedly caught with his hands in the proverbial cookie jar, some of you have rushed to judgment and declared he should resign.
Trust gets 2% of BTC in 'face saving deal'
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) controlling shareholder will enable Perry Christie to claim he has regained majority ownership for the Bahamian people by handing 2 per cent of its equity stake to a foundation, in a deal where “everyone saves face”.
Gov’t ‘puts cart before NHI horse’
The Government was yesterday accused of “putting the cart before the horse” on National Health Insurance (NHI) by telling the Bahamian people they would be taxed without knowing the total cost imposed on them.
Cold storage facility to help immunisation programme
PUBLIC Health officials yesterday commissioned a newly constructed vaccine cold storage facility as a part of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation.
NHI governance reforms to ‘speak truth to power’
The Government’s main National Health Insurance (NHI) adviser said yesterday that the newly-appointed governance structure would hopefully “speak truth to power”, and aid the proposed implementation of its primary care phase in six months’ time.
Nygard video prompts call for MPs’ resignation
FNM Deputy leader Loretta Butler-Turner is demanding the resignations of several PLP MPs after a video of the group attending a private meeting with billionaire fashion mogul Peter Nygard was shared around the internet.
Bay St: 'Get on board or get out of the way'
An ex-Deputy Prime Minister yesterday said Perry Christie was effectively telling Bay Street stakeholders “to get on board or get out of the way” over Chinese plans to redevelop downtown Nassau, questioning whether the Government was trying to “socially re-engineer” the city.
TOUGH CALL: Rollins takes his place in history of political dissent
DISAGREEMENT in politics is par for the course. It is nothing unusual. Political parties incorporate individuals with different views on various issues, but who join a broad coalition to pursue common interests.
Govt ‘still considering’ relocating some homes damaged in hurricane
NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Stephen Russell said the government is still considering relocating some of the homes destroyed by Hurricane Joaquin last month.
Defectors branded as ‘political opportunists’
DNA Chairman Andrew Wilson yesterday branded Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins and Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells as “political opportunists” over their decision to join the Official Opposition.
‘Where are the tougher measures on crime?’
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard has blasted the Christie administration for its “dereliction of duty” after the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s 2016 policing plan failed to reveal tougher crime fighting measures.
Sands: NHI talks are improved at last
THE Christie administration has finally “opened up all avenues of communication” as it relates to the formation of National Health Insurance, according to leading cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Duane Sands.
Govt admits its Baha Mar timetable ‘over-ambitious’
THE JUDGE presiding over the government’s winding-up petition of the stalled Baha Mar project was told yesterday that the initial two months granted to stakeholders to negotiate the property’s future was “over-ambitious” and unrealistic.
Wells having trouble fitting in with PLP, says Turnquest
FNM Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday weighed in on Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells’ future as a member of the Progressive Liberal Party, saying that Mr Wells is “having some difficulty aligning his values with that of the PLP”.
Opposition members walk out House in protest at V Alfred Gray
MEMBERS of the opposition Free National Movement yesterday left the House of Assembly in their continued their protest against V Alfred Gray over allegations of judicial interference that have dogged the MICAL MP this year.