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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: 'Poor' too good a word to describe BTC services

TODAY, years after it was privatised and sold to Cable and Wireless, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) continues to be one of the Bahamas’ worst service providers, public or private. Telecoms in the Bahamas have regressed in the last few years.

‘Heads should roll’, but whose head should be first?

MICAL MP V Alfred Gray has suggested that “heads should roll” over the response of some government agencies to Hurricane Joaquin. He said the Department of Meteorology and NEMA could have done a better job with their advisories and warnings, insisting that the agencies were “seemingly caught off guard”.

Chickens home to roost

The Prime Minister needs to rein in his cabinet ministers, hacks and semi-delusional political fanatics before it becomes too late for the credibility, sustainability and viability of this now ludicrous “Gold Rush” administration.

‘Come home’ plea to murder victim

MOMENTS after gunshots rang out in the Elizabeth Estates subdivision on Friday night, the mother of the country’s 132nd murder victim sent him a voice message saying: “Please come home, I hear gunshots in the area.”

Abaco Club dock to take near 20% of Little Harbour

Environmentalists fear the Abaco Club’s proposed 44-slip dock is “disproportionately large”, and will undermine the existing tourism business for one of the island’s most self-sufficient communities.

Overall champions emerge in All-For-One Regatta

THE New Courageous, the Barbarian and the Crazy Partner emerged as the overall class champions in the second annual King Eric All-For-One Regatta in Montagu Bay over the Majority Rule holiday weekend.

Wilson: Mortgage Relief objectives being achieved

A leading businessman yesterday urged critics to “stop harping on” about the Government’s failure to-date to deliver a viable Mortgage Relief Plan, arguing that several of its key objectives had already been achieved.

Judicial review threat to talks on Freeport future

A well-known QC is threatening to turn his Judicial Review fire on the consultation process that will help determine Freeport’s future, due to the Government’s failure to publish a study conducted for it by a leading consultancy firm.

They came to say farewell

THOUSANDS of mourners gathered at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium last night to remember and celebrate the life of a man described as the “greatest global ambassador for the Bahamas” and the woman “of wisdom who was always by his side”.

EDITORIAL: Let's fire Moody's for telling govt the truth!

“FIRE Moody’s if The Bahamas is given a downgrade for poor performance,” suggested former State Finance Minister James Smith on learning that Moody’s was threatening to downgrade this country’s credit rating within the next two months.

Former Deputy PM Symonette wants to run for the FNM in St Anne’s

FIVE years after announcing his retirement from frontline politics, former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday revealed his intention to run on the Free National Movement’s ticket for the St Anne’s constituency, as he insisted that there were “no strings” attached to this decision.

Bran: Govt opposed Baha Mar Chapter 11 to hide self-dealings

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader believes the Government so vehemently opposed Baha Mar’s Chapter 11 filing because it feared contracts held by public officials, and their families and associates, might be exposed in the US courts.

Agreement signed for new $100m cruise port

THE government and Carnival Corporation signed heads of agreement yesterday for the construction of a new $100m cruise port destination in East End, Grand Bahama.

‘Hold Hutchison’s feet to the fire’, Govt told

Struggling retailers in the Port Lucaya area are demanding that the Government “hold Hutchison Whampoa’s feet to the fire” and claw back the 20-year extension of its tax breaks, should it fail to co-operate in solving Grand Bahama’s economic woes.

INSIGHT: Time to unite against the common enemy

History is filled with moments when once opposing forces, sensing the opportunity for greater good, threw their lot in together and defeated the common enemy. The Bahamas will be faced with this reality in 2017.

Golden Girls’ gift also held up by govt

THE Golden Girls’ troubles with government gifted land have been dragging on since 2002, according to Olympian Pauline Davis-Thompson, who described the situation as a “secret” kept under wraps to avoid embarrassing the government.

Nolle prosequi for Sandals is 'an abomination to justice'

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson’s issuance of a nolle prosequi to discontinue court proceedings against the Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort and two of its senior executives was an “abomination” to justice, said Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner as she questioned whether the government conspired with the hotel when it terminated hundreds of workers.

Discontent brewing at National Insurance

THOSE plotting to take control of the National Insurance Board did not take the measure of a man who valued his reputation more than his life — a man who was prepared to gamble all his material possessions to fund a court case to save his good name.

NHI opponents ‘morons, money grubbing asses’

The Bahamian healthcare industry reacted with fury this weekend after a key architect of the Government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme branded its stakeholders as “morons and money-grubbing asses”.

Mitchell and Gray join call for campaign finance laws

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell and MICAL MP V Alfred Gray joined a growing number of parliamentarians yesterday in calling for campaign finance laws to be enacted, with Mr Mitchell saying the lack of such laws is at the root of the Peter Nygard/Louis Bacon controversy ensnaring the major political parties at the moment.

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