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No answers to cost of rehabilitation centre

MONDAY’S opening of the Child and Adolescent and Robert Smith Complex at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre was overshadowed by the sketchy and questionable management of the project by successive administrations, Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday.

Economic confidence levels at ‘35-year low’

An ex-Chamber chairman believes consumer and business confidence are at their “lowest levels” since he returned to the Bahamas 35 years ago, and expressed concern this nation may leave it too late to change course.

Gov’t over-regulation ‘choking the economy’

The Government is “choking the economy” with an ever-growing regulatory burden, a former Chamber chairman warned yesterday, arguing that it should instead focus on enforcing existing laws.

Businessman ‘happy’ with 50% investment rate of return slash

A well-known businessman yesterday said he is “happy” to get half the rate of return on investment he once enjoyed, adding: “We’re in a full-blown depression.”

Mental health facility opens after delay of nearly a decade

PRIME Minister Perry Christie commissioned the 35,000 square foot Child & Adolescent, Robert Smith and Special Education Complex yesterday, calling the state of the art mental health facility a pivotal step in the country’s efforts to help children with behavioral and mental health issues.

A deeper look into sickle cell disease in the Bahamas

The Bahamas Sickle Cell Association will take a more in-depth look at a group of genetically passed down blood disorders during a special forum tomorrow.

Is Bradley Roberts conveniently losing his memory?

AFTER reading PLP chairman Bradley Roberts’ rant on Friday criticising FNM leader Dr Hubert Minnis for “flip-flopping” in his support for the recently failed Constitutional Referendum there are those who are wondering whether the old political battle axe is starting to slip.

Ex-Chamber chairman: ‘Writing’s on the wall’

The Government has “acted on less than 10 per cent” of private sector recommendations submitted to it two years ago, an ex-Chamber chair adding: “The writing’s on the wall.”

WORLD VIEW: Let the voices of the Haitian people be heard

‘International interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an ‘elections done’ box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, maintaining stability and managing poverty.'

Sands father and son making Masonic history for the Bahamas

BASIL L Sands has become the first non-American to hold the prestigious Freemasonry high office of Sovereign Grand Commander and his son, Robert ‘Sandy’ Sands, has been elected to Sovereign Grand Inspector General to mark an historic achievement for the Bahamas and the Sands family.

FNM chairman says Bradley Roberts is 'delusional'

FREE NATIONAL Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie yesterday branded Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts as "delusional" as he fired back in defence of his party's leader.

PLP reaction starkly different from 2002

THE reactions of Progressive Liberal Party politicians to the failed gender equality referendum is a stark turnaround from the positions taken following the first attempt to change the Constitution in 2002.

Roberts: Flip-flopping will be Minnis’ undoing

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said yesterday that the “flip-flopping ways” of FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis will “prove to be his political undoing” as he criticised the Killarney MP for his stance on the constitutional referendum.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Let’s kiss and make up after the referendum

Okay ... time out everybody! Yes, I know there are still some hurt feelings post-referendum, and as a comedian I can’t deny enjoying the verbal jousts breaking out all over social media between Vote Yes and Vote No supporters.

Delay in issuing results ‘damaging to democracy’

THE delays in releasing polling results in Tuesday’s constitutional referendum was damaging to democracy, Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday, as he questioned if the government was trying to suppress the numbers.

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Out for the count - why Christie should resign

THE outcome of the higgledy-piggledy, directionless Constitutional Referendum on Tuesday demonstrably shows that the public believes that the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has unclean, “dutty” hands and, given its shunning and circumvention of the electorate’s repudiation of the gambling referendum, there was much distrust, suspicion and disinformation.

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