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Roberts criticises Minnis over his stance on referendum

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts has rebuked opposition leader Dr Hubert Minnis for his stance on the four Constitutional Amendment Bills, saying they should not be based on “supposed conspiracies and suppositions” but on the legal facts surrounding the gender equality referendum next month.

TOUGH CALL: When parliamentary privilege was on the other foot

According to Fred ‘This is War’ Mitchell, he will not be bound by any court of law when it comes to what he considers to be his unqualified right to say and do whatever he pleases in Parliament.

GIBSON ALL SET FOR HIS BIGGEST ‘HURDLE’ BEFORE RIO OLYMPICS

Eugene, Oregon – Two athletes who came out of nowhere to earn their first major medals will be surrounded by four multiple medallists in the Prefontaine Classic men’s 400-metre hurdles on Saturday.

Best-of-3 championship series all set for BSC basketball league

THE best-of-three championship series for the Baptist Sports Council’s 2016 Basketball League is all set.

Roberts: DNA leader ‘should humble himself’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday issued a strong rebuke of Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney, telling the former MP to humble himself and stop trying to hustle his way back into the Free National Movement (FNM).

Sears calls for ‘effective system of local govt’

DESPITE pledges from the major political parties, not enough has been done to empower local governments on the Family Islands or to decentralise power in New Providence, former Attorney General Alfred Sears said over the weekend.

Education woes leave ‘blind leading blind’

The Bahamian education system’s woes have created sub-standard management throughout the Government and private sector, resulting in “the blind leading the blind”.

Bran: Fear spreading through the PLP over possibility of FNM/DNA coalition

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday said fear was spreading through the Progressive Liberal Party like wildfire as he forecast the possibility of a coalition between his party and the Free National Movement becoming “more and more real”.

PLP ratifies Fitzgerald and Halkits for 2017 race

THE PLP has ratified its second pair of 2017 general election candidates – Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald and State Minister of Finance Michael Halkitis – as senior party officials declaring that the “new generation” leaders’ mantra was alive and well.

Choosing a new path

That was the title of a long “Politicole” piece by Tribune columnist Nicole Burrows. It was delivered at the recent Future of Democracy Conference held at College of The Bahamas and published in The Tribune on Tuesday.

Eagles Nest, Macedonia and Golden Gates take early leads

THE Eagles Nest, Macedonia and Golden Gates have taken the early lead in their respective best-of-three basketball playoff series in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2016 Basketball League.

‘FNM is not falling apart’ insists party leader Minnis

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has dismissed criticisms that his organisation is falling apart in the aftermath of the resignation of Lanisha Rolle from the Senate.

Hurricane season expected to be above average

FORECASTERS are predicting an active 2016 storm season in the Atlantic region, with as many as eight hurricanes forming, of which three are projected to be major storms.

Super Value eyes web shop kiosk roll-out

Super Value’s owner yesterday said kiosks for the Bahama Dreams web shop chain may be placed in more of his food stores, telling Tribune Business: “We’re going to sell it the way we sell Top-Up and everything else.”

Labour Dept’s job placement ‘much higher’ than 2%

The Director of Labour yesterday said his department’s job placement success rate was “far higher” than the 2 per cent highlighted in a recent Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report, although he admitted its tracking mechanism was “old and outdated”.

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