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Call for probe into Stellar CEO's claim
CENTRAL Grand Bahama MP Neko Grant said a recent revelation by Stellar Waste to Energy CEO Dr Fabrizio Zanaboni that MPs from both major parties have requested small contributions to aid their constituencies while his company had business before the government suggests “bribery” as he called for the Royal Bahamas Police Force to investigate the matter.
Davis: Govt needs to consider resettlement
DEPUTY Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said despite being a difficult subject, the government needs to consider the “resettlement” of some Family Islands as the country is now faced with a massive rebuilding effort following Hurricane Joaquin.
Gray: Crooked Island not forgotten - but relief efforts will take some time
MICAL MP V Alfred Gray yesterday said the government has not forgotten Crooked Island, one of the communities ravaged by Hurricane Joaquin earlier this month, stressing that the recovery efforts will “take some time.”
SENATOR’S PUBLIC APOLOGY IS ‘TOO LITTLE TOO LATE’ SAYS MP
THE public apology Free National Movement Senator Lanisha Rolle made to her colleagues last week after previously criticising them attracted mixed reactions from FNM parliamentarians, with one saying it’s “too little too late.”
No more VAT on healthcare?
THE Ministry of Finance is considering removing Value Added Tax (VAT) from healthcare services and health insurance premiums, Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) Chairman Emmanuel Komolafe said yesterday.
Mass demonstration threat over Cable price increase
NATIONAL Congress of Trade Unions of the Bahamas President John Pinder yesterday threatened to launch a mass demonstration “in short order” if the government doesn’t reverse the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority’s decision to approve Cable Bahamas’s application to increase its rates.
Bridge toll doubles to $2
THE Bridge Authority plans to double toll rates for private vehicles crossing the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge from $1 to $2 per passage effective from March 1.
Pintard says homeowners evicted in Grand Bahama
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard criticised the government yesterday, saying it was “unacceptable” that Bahamian homeowners were reportedly being evicted from their homes over an inability to pay mortgages, while the politically elite potentially owe millions to the Bank of the Bahamas and are not made to service their loans.
Wilchcombe: We need to stop gun smugglers
MINISTER of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe has said the country needs to tighten its borders in an effort to clamp down on the proliferation of gun smuggling from the United States.
Bachelor MPs should not be PM
In early December renowned South Floridian radio personality Joyce Kaufman and a female guest on her 850 WFTL afternoon show discussed the unlikelihood of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham – a 60-year-old bachelor becoming the next president of the United States.
Bahamas on ‘right track’ to host Commonwealth Youth Games
THE Bahamas Government and the Bahamas Olympic Committee went all out over the last few days to ensure that Louise Martin, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, gives the Bahamas a favourable response in the bid to host the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.
Bishop backs salary payment
BISHOP Simeon Hall yesterday said he supported the government’s decision to pay the salaries of more than 2,000 Baha Mar employees despite not yet honouring its promise to assist the thousands of people who lost millions of dollars when CLICO (Bahamas) collapsed.
Urban Renewal co-chairs are expected to meet with PAC in September
PUBLIC Accounts Committee Chairman Hubert Chipman said Urban Renewal 2.0 Co-Chairs Algernon Allen and Cynthia “Mother” Pratt are expected to give an account for the operations of the government’s controversial programme in September.
Officials say 30,000 attended Junkanoo Carnival weekend
BAHAMAS National Commission Chairman Paul Major said the Junkanoo Carnival’s kick off in Grand Bahama over the weekend was “extraordinarily successful” with officials pegging the turnout at an estimated 30,000 over the two-day period.
Rolle apologises after arrest and is back on duty
RANDY Rolle, the Bahamas Consul General to Atlanta, returned to active duty yesterday after he was ordered to return to Nassau for a series of consultations sparked by his brief arrest and release in Bimini nearly a month ago.
Mitchell slammed for ‘disrespect’ to women politicians
FNM Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday criticised Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell for showing “continuous disrespect for Bahamian female politicians” after his scathing critique of Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner.
PLP chairman hits out at Minnis over leadership
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts blasted FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday saying the Killarney MP had very little understanding of the concept of leadership.
'Fix hospital before NHI'
UNTIL the government fixes all of the “problems, issues and challenges” at the Princess Margaret Hospital, the Christie administration’s proposed National Health Insurance plan will fail, said FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis.
Ingraham ‘not coming back’
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson said he does not believe that Hubert Ingraham plans to leave retirement and wrest the leadership of the Free National Movement from current leader Dr Hubert Minnis.
Bahamian group joins Virgin Mobile offer
A Bahamian-led group that previously made no secret of its intentions to bid on this nation’s second cellular licence appears to have become part of the Virgin Mobile (Bahamas) group, Tribune Business can reveal.