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Turnquest queries Budget’s ‘trickery’

The Opposition’s deputy leader yesterday questioned whether there was “some trickery” in the Budget numbers for the current and future fiscal years, noting that recurrent spending actually exceeded projections for 2014-2015.

PM slams S&P for not facing growth ‘reality’

The Prime Minister yesterday slammed Standard & Poor’s (S&P) decision to downgrade the Bahamas’ sovereign credit rating, arguing that the move “flies in the face” of its own analysis.

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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Students stand up

FIRSTLY, my follow-up column on oil is coming next week! That said, this week became extra interesting when the nation’s youth and future leaders—students enrolled at the College of the Bahamas (COB)—were denied access to the people’s Parliament (House of Assembly) under the fabricated premise that they posed a security threat

Gov’t urged: Hear ‘loud cries’ over Business Licence

The private sector has this week written to Prime Minister Perry Christie and several Cabinet ministers to urge that they again review the Business Licence fee structure, on the grounds that “we ought to be in the business of making business easier”.

INSIGHT: Conventional wisdom hard to find at home and abroad

This week’s Free National Movement summit will thankfully be open, unlike Trump’s annointment in Ohio, Richard Coulson says . . .

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Radical reforms required to improved public trust in our political system

The Bahamas’ electoral process and the parliamentary registration procedures are seriously flawed and are in desperate need of a complete overhaul.

PM ‘clutching at straws’ over Baha Mar fate

A former Baha Mar director yesterday suggested the Government was “a little shocked” that its help in defeating developer Sarkis Izmirlian had yet to be rewarded by the China Export-Import Bank.

Bahamians being kept in dark about government’s NHI plans

IN his budget address in the House of Assembly on May 27 this year, Prime Minister Christie announced that his government planned to introduce its National Health Insurance plan on January 1, 2016.

Deputy PM says wait for allegations to be tested

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday insisted that “the truth always trumps a good story” in relation to his alleged connections to Livingston “Toggie” Bullard and Wisler “Bobo” Davilma, two men allegedly hired by Peter Nygard to carry out crimes.

TORN DOWN: Protestors act as access extended

DESPITE the prime minister’s assurance that he would “personally” work to find an alternative solution for vendors who were blocked from their regular access point to Cabbage Beach, more than a hundred protestors marched over the Sidney Poitier Bridge to Paradise Island and tore down the fence which obstructed the beach path.

Minnis: Govt out of their depth on crime

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has accused the Christie administration of being "out of their depth" in dealing with a crime situation he claims is sending the country "to hell".

Further taxes too on alcohol and tobacco and rise in NIB ceiling

GOVERNMENT consultants have suggested the Christie administration levy a 5.8 per cent pay roll tax, increase taxes on “luxury items” such as alcohol and tobacco and “double” the ceiling for National Insurance Board contributions to fund the proposed National Health Insurance scheme, The Tribune understands.

EDITORIAL: Where did Truth get lost in this maze of Untruths?

ALTHOUGH Attorney General Carl Bethel has said there appears to be nothing unusual in the terms of the now unsealed document for the sale of Baha Mar, there are those who have their doubts.

EDITORIAL: Time for Opposition to get its act together

ON a radio programme over the weekend, FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis described himself as the “people’s candidate”. He dismissed FNM House Leader Loretta-Butler Turner as the “Queen’s candidate”.

Bran slams ‘career politicians’ for ease of business slump

The Bahamas’ slump to 121st spot in the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’ rankings stems from the country being run by “career politicians who know nothing about business”, the Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader charged yesterday.

BTC to Gov't: Stick to existing cellular liberalise timetable

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) ha “no problem” with opening up the Bahamian cellular market to competition provided it takes place in accordance with the timetable set out when it was privatised, Tribune Business was told yesterday.

A COMIC'S VIEW - Inigo 'Naughty' Zenicazelaya: A tale of two rallies

Of all the classics I’ve read over the years, the opening of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ still ranks as one of the best.

POLITICOLE: Ingraham’s return would be for the FNM, not the people

I thought Loretta Butler-Turner stood a chance. Scratch that, with my apologies. Not if You Know Who is back on the scene.

Incentives extension keeps Hawksbill Creek ‘status quo’

The Government’s move to extend Freeport’s expiring investment incentives “maintains the status quo” of the Hawksbill Creek Agreement, a Supreme Court judge yesterday explaining this was why she refused to grant an injunction blocking Cabinet decisions on the issue.

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