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Baha Mar reverses 50% Quality sales rise forecast

Baha Mar’s woes have turned expectations of a 50 per cent sales increase at Quality Supermarkets’ Cable Beach store into an actual 10 per cent decline, its owner lamenting the “psychological blow” to consumers and businesses.

QC backs judge’s ‘pay to play’ halt on Judicial Review

A Supreme Court judge has been praised for preventing Judicial Reviews becoming “pay to play” litigation, after she dismissed the Government’s ‘security for costs’ demand over the challenge to the Hawksbill Creek Agreement (HCA) review.

‘These young men and women will certainly be our sloop sailors of tomorrow’

MINISTER of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Goverment V Alfred Gray said he didn’t know the level of participation the sailors in the Bahamas Sailing Association’s National Sailing School competed at until he witnessed it for himself in Montagu Bay over the weekend.

Sports notes

WAYNE Russell III was the only Bahamian competing in the 12th Copa Arabe International IFF Grade 5 Tournament in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, over the weekend. Russell lost in the first round to Robert Lazar in set scores of 6-0, 6-1.

A COMIC'S VIEW: DNA left with scraps as PLP heads for The Hunger Games

THIS week, the party hopping, bandwagon jumping and succession saga continued. Shall we begin?

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Christie at the centre of political rumblings

THERE has been quite a rumble on the political landscape recently as a new party has been projected to launch shortly, Raynard Rigby has announced his intentions to challenge Perry Christie for the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and it is perceived that the governing party scored a political point with the defection of Wayne Munroe from the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) to its ranks.

Wayne Munroe: why I joined the PLP

ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe, QC, said yesterday he decided to join the Progressive Liberal Party because its “philosophy is more in line” with where he sees The Bahamas going.

Leadership worry for PLP convention

AS the Progressive Liberal Party’s November convention nears, anxiety is growing among party members and supporters over the uncertainty about who will make a leadership bid, stalwart member and former Cabinet minister George Smith admitted to The Tribune yesterday.

Mortimer: I’m not quitting DNA

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday denied that he is planning to sever ties with the third party to join to the Progressive Liberal Party.

NAUGHTY'S PICKS: Let’s hit the road for starters with Steelers and Colts

FIRST let me open by saying thank you Jesus, King of Endless Glory, who reigns in Heaven, for allowing me to see another NFL season, and for positioning ‘our’ Dallas Cowboys (Yes, God is a Cowboy, thus the retractable roof in the stadium, we leave it open so God can watch His team, the Cowboys, play) on the threshold of another Lombardi Trophy!

TOUGH CALL: Downtown development - delay, decay and dark deals

THIS weekend, social media land was in a tizzy - with many Bahamians aghast at a spoof produced like a promotional video. The film featured a syrupy narration illustrated by scenes showing some of the underside of Nassau’s tourist core. Here are some excerpts:

Former DNA candidate Wayne Munroe joins the PLP

DNA Leader Branville McCartney yesterday said he was caught by surprise over the Progressive Liberal Party’s official announcement that attorney Wayne Munroe, QC, joined the PLP on Monday.

Baha Mar appoints ‘restructuring’ chief

Baha Mar yesterday pushed forward with its Chapter 11 plans by seeking US court permission to appoint a ‘chief restructuring officer; while Bahamian attorneys spent a second day attempting to thrash out the powers its joint provisional liquidators will possess.

NPSA REGULAR SEASON EXTENDED

THE New Providence Softball Association should be winding down its regular season, but instead they have extended it to another round to keep the teams active heading into the Bahamas Softball Federation’s National Round Robin in October.

Why Terrific Tom is a winner - resilience

Ricardo Wells on why his devotion to the New England Patriots and a certain quarterback means so much . . .

Naughty’s NFL Guide AFC

THE AFC East and West divisions are very similar, with some pretenders becoming contenders and those who are used to being leaders becoming bottom feeders.

POLITICOLE: Greg Moss sets about reconfiguring the battle lines

YOU don’t have to be a “prophet”, as some have suggested, to know that the country’s next general election in 2017 will be a significant turning point in the future of The Bahamas and everyone who calls this country home.

Computer lab unveiled at EP Roberts

GOVERNMENT officials yesterday officially announced the donation of $25,000 worth of laptop computers from RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) to furnish the computer lab at the EP Roberts Primary School.

Rollins praises Rigby over bid for PLP leadership

A POSSIBLE bid for leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party by former Chairman Raynard Rigby has attracted the support of Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins.

Bank of Bahamas select committee ‘a wonderful idea’

The Opposition’s deputy leader yesterday said it would be “a wonderful idea” for a bi-partisan House of Assembly select committee to probe Bank of the Bahamas’ ongoing woes, amid suggestions that politically-connected ‘bad’ loans had not been removed from its balance sheet.

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