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INSIGHT: Nygard casts a dark shadow some will find hard to escape from
THE disturbing revelations about multimillionaire fashion mogul and long-time political donor Peter Nygard remain a dark shadow over the Opposition’s chances of reclaiming the government. Already having the reputation during its last stint of being a corrupt and scandal-ridden bunch, the Nygard case brings back memories of forgettable leadership.
Mitchell: Group barred from Detention Centre visit because of Louis Bacon link
FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday defended his ministry’s decision to bar an international human rights agency from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, insisting that the move was due in large part to the organisation’s connection to local groups alleged to be orchestrating plans to “destabilise” the government.
INSIGHT: A bad idea which just gets worse
I continue to watch and listen with dismay to your proclamations on driving out illegal immigrants in what is now just 55 days time.
EDITORIAL: So what's next, Mr Chipman?
IT’S been a long goodbye for Reece Chipman - but now the man who defeated former Prime Minister Perry Christie in his own seat has left the party whose red wave he rode to victory in Centreville.
DNA leader doubts government was blindsided over resort job cuts
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney has accused Prime Minister Perry Christie and his administration of engaging in a “conflict of interest” with Sandals Royal Bahamian executives, resulting in his silence over the firing of 600 resort employees and the attorney general’s directive to issue a nolle prosequi for criminal action against the resort and two of its officials.
EDITORIAL: Exigency Orders: Good intentions but poor execution
ON OCTOBER 14, one week after Hurricane Matthew cut a swath of devastation across the northwestern Bahamas, Prime Minister Perry Christie, acting in his capacity as Minister of Finance, signed an Exigency Order intended to make rebuilding
Majority Rule, let's celebrate
“Majority Rule was a singular moment of liberation for all of us. January 10, 1967 was and shall forever remain one of the truly transformative events not only in Bahamian history but in the development of the psyche of the Bahamian people.” (Prime Minister Perry Christie)
'Dredging may begin soon' after Bimini permits issued
DREDGING in Bimini may begin soon as Resorts World Bimini’s legal team has given the Bimini Blue Coalition what it claims are copies of its dredging approvals and permits.
Minnis plays down reports of FNM tensions
FREE National Movement leader Dr Hubert Minnis said he “is not familiar with any tension” between himself and Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner.
Collie says Christie was weakness in PLP campaign
WHILE many braced for a close general election result, the Free National Movement’s data-driven campaign strategy allowed party officials to be all but certain of victory weeks before the vote, according to party Chairman Sidney Collie.
Moss quits PLP citing failed leadership
MARCO City MP Greg Moss shocked the House of Assembly last night with the surprise announcement of his immediate resignation from the PLP, informing the
Gov’t is urged: ‘Accelerate’ Fiscal Responsibility pledge
The Government yesterday bowed to public pressure by promising to launch formal consultation on whether the Bahamas should introduce Fiscal Responsibility legislation, with the private sector calling for the process to be “accelerated”.
Concerns raised over sale of Hilton to Chinese company
OPPOSITION Shadow Minister for Finance Peter Turnquest believes the sale of the British Colonial Hilton and adjoining property to a state-owned Chinese company has concerning labour and foreign policy implications for the Bahamas.
Two bidders reach Baha Mar shortlist
Baha Mar’s receivers have shortlisted two groups, one with a Bahamian investor connection, as potential ‘preferred bidders’ for the $3.5 billion development, the Prime Minister said yesterday.
Baha Mar secrecy ‘slap in the face’ for all Bahamians
The Government’s failure to disclose how the Baha Mar agreement treats public assets is “a slap in the face of the Bahamian people”, the Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader said yesterday.
The day they let a good man go
ON THE day that we should have been behind our desk or watching TV 13, we were at a morning meeting and so did not hear or see former prime minister Hubert Ingraham’s final farewell from front-line politics.
Groundbreaking as MSC aims to bring passengers to Bimini
THE expansion of the MSC Bahamas brand continued yesterday as the world-renowned cruise and shipping company broke ground on its multi-million dollar Ocean Cay development, which is expected to bring in 369,000 stop-over cruise passengers to the Bimini chain annually.
D’Aguilar: ‘Where has the $3bn gone?’
The Government has little to show for $3 billion of borrowing and increased tax revenues, an FNM candidate charged yesterday, describing as “egregious” its persistent failure to hit fiscal targets.
$500m deficit ‘threat to fiscal credibility’
The Government most move quickly to restore trust in its fiscal credibility, a governance reformer urged yesterday, pointing to the “vast, wild” differences between the new administration’s forecasts and those of its predecessor.
Obie Wilchcombe laid to rest in West End, Grand Bahama
The late Obediah Wilchcombe, Cabinet Minister and MP for West Grand Bahama and Bimini, was laid to rest in his native West End on Saturday, following his State Funeral at the Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King in Freeport.