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FNM ‘unsure’ if Save the Bays gave party money

ACTING Free National Movement Chairman Brensil Rolle yesterday said he was unsure whether the party had received money from environmental lobby group Save The Bays but noted the organisation did receive a donation from the law firm of one of its top directors, Callenders & Co.

Carnival signs up Destra, Wyclef Jean

THE Bahamas National Festival Commission yesterday revealed its performance lineup for the Nassau leg of this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival which includes Trinidadian soca queen Destra, Grammy award winning Haitian hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean and Jamaican reggae star Tarrus Riley.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Chairman Moncur can put much-needed fight into the FNM

THE Free National Movement is in a ‘quagmire of web’. The so-called Official Opposition has become the laughing stock of Bahamian politics … and the jokes aren’t even funny.

Cybots and defending champions Stingers stay alive

THE defending champions PJ Stingers and former champions Mail Boat Cybots both staved off elimination Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its best-of-five divisional championship series.

NAUGHTY: Sooner or Laker - I’ll take brilliant Buddy Hield in the NBA Draft

I MUST admit ‘Buddymania’ has me all worn out. Ah, but what an exhilarating ride it was from start to finish. Despite the lopsided ending, a whopping 44-point defeat to Villanova, it was a huge win for the Wildcats who must be commended in their own right, for executing a flawless game plan at both ends of the court, handcuffing ‘Buddy’ Hield and the rest of the Oklahoma Sooners in the process. Hats off to ‘Buddy’ on an outstanding career at Oklahoma but also for being a sterling example for our youth, especially our lost males. With all that’s going on around us at home, thank you for making me proud to be Bahamian again ‘Buddy’.

Roberts: Lack of viable candidates for FNM chairman ‘underscores fracture in the party’

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has said the inability of the FNM to attract viable candidates to replace Michael Pintard as chairman “underscores yet again the depth of the fracture within the FNM under the leadership of Dr Hubert Minnis.”

Bahamas must ‘show progress’ on automatic tax exchange regime

The Bahamas was yesterday urged to “show progress” in implementing its automatic tax information exchange regime, given that such initiatives will gain further “impetus” from the ‘Panama Papers’ disclosure.

EDITORIAL: No hope of Bahamas becoming preferred destination for data services

ON Thursday, October 10, 2014, Prime Minister Perry Christie, speaking at the second annual National Data Protection Symposium, recognised the importance of data protection. It had, he said, become “an international issue of great concern.”

Giants take 2-0 lead, Regulators win opener

WHILE the Commonwealth Bank Giants continue their impressive winning streak by pushing the defending champions PJ Stingers on the brink of elimination, the Mr Ship It Freight Regulators are looking to make it to their first championship appearance in the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) postseason.

Spanish Wells and the St Anne’s Bluewaves emerge as champions

SPANISH Wells and St Anne’s Bluewaves emerged as the boys’ and girls’ champions respectively in the Bahamas Softball Federation’s Austin ‘King Snake’ Knowles National Softball Tournament that was played at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex over the weekend.

DNA calls for govt to ‘revamp Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival

THE Democratic National Alliance yesterday urged the Christie administration to “revamp” its unprofitable carnival product, suggesting the government re-establish the Junkanoo in June concept that the party claimed “worked better for all involved.”

A COMIC'S VIEW: Save our Bahamian souls from this Prince of Darkness

After watching the whole ‘Bahamian Hustle’ scandal play out day-by-day, like some of my favourite daytime soaps and big screen movies with more skeletons ‘moon walking’ out of closets on all sides of the political divide, one name seems to be at the centre of all this madness.

‘No headline act’ will feature in this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival

THIS year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival will not feature a headline act, multiple officials confirmed to The Tribune yesterday.

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Election outlook appears bleak for the FNM

THE Free National Movement has failed in Opposition.

Activists to send ‘leak’ complaint to data watchdog

The Save the Bays activist group yesterday informed the data protection watchdog it will submit a formal complaint over the leaking of its private e-mails, once its own investigation and legal analysis is completed.

FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: What’s the buzz with ‘LA LA in Lakerland’?

THE NBA has been a buzz this past week with the defending world champions, the Golden State Warriors, pulling even closer to the 96’ Bulls’ 72-win campaign; Lebron detailing a wish to play alongside some of his generation’s best players, a kid making a mad dash to hug Carmelo, Kyrie Irving’s supposed “ex-girlfriend” and last but certainly not least – the “LA LA” in Lakerland.

POLITICOLE: Respect for leadership is not simply following blindly

SHANE Gibson had the temerity to stand in Parliament and talk about respect for leadership.

Church of God Bahamas celebrating 95th annual national convention

HISTORICALLY, the oldest Pentecostal movement in the Bahamas, the Church of God Bahamas is celebrating its 95th annual national convention under the theme “We Are One In: Purpose, Promise, Potential”.

PLP chairman says Rollins and Wells will bring down FNM

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday suggested that the acceptance of former members Dr Andre Rollins and Renward Wells into the Free National Movement (FNM) would lead to the downfall of Opposition Leader Dr Hubert Minnis.

LOUIS BACON: ‘Why my noxious neighbour Nygard is to blame for this scandal’

Louis Bacon rejects accusations that Save The Bays is plotting to unseat the government, welcomes a ban on foreign electoral campaign funding and is shocked by Peter Nygard’s disrespect of the Prime Minister and a senior minister’s use of unauthorised access to private financial information.

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