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Relief from poor BTC service is pledged 'by November'
AMID numerous complaints of poor cellular service from Bahamas Telecommunications (BTC), company Chief Executive Officer Leon Williams promised customers yesterday that they could expect relief “by the end of October or November.”
Baha Mar lays off 190 hotel workers
SOME 190 Bahamian workers are without a job just weeks before Christmas after they were terminated from the Crystal Palace hotel by Baha Mar yesterday.
No more split for BEC - and decision may be in two weeks
AN announcement on which private company will manage the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) may come within two weeks, Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.
Sunwing in ‘lease to own’ talks over Grand Lucayan
The Government will give its “full support” to whatever deal is reached between Sunwing and Hutchison Whampoa over the Grand Lucayan, the Minister of Tourism confirming talks between the two had moved to a “lease to own” arrangement.
Air traffic union highlights failure to establish safety committee
BAHAMAS Air Traffic Controllers Union President Lashan Gray yesterday said the Civil Aviation Department’s failure to establish a Health and Safety Committee for air traffic controllers and resolve several other issues is preventing the union from “truly speaking to progress within air traffic services.”
Baha Mar to give NIB details over job cuts
BAHA Mar officials plan to present the National Insurance Board with information that would assist the board’s investigation into recent layoffs of 190 workers from Crystal Palace “within time,” Robert Sands said yesterday.
Referendum bill ‘could pave way for same sex marriage’
DNA Leader Branville McCartney fears that one of the constitutional amendment bills could “pave the way” for same sex marriage in the country – an issue his party would not support.
US warning over govt corruption
THE US State Department identified the government’s ineffectiveness at implementing corruption laws as the reason officials engage in illegal practices without consequence, citing a vulnerable contract procurement process in a newly released report.
Minnis: We will fight corruption
FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday called Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller’s comments over the government’s procurement process a brazen admission of the government’s role in the endemic corruption that plagued the country.
Ingraham rules out nomination
AMID intense speculation about his future, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham seemed to permanently close the door to any possible return to frontline politics yesterday, writing in a letter that he will not accept a nomination for a position at the FNM convention later this week even if he is nominated.
Forgiving power debt not a new idea - Miller
TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday commended Deputy Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis for seeking to forgive the debts of Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) consumers, calling it a “noble” endeavour “that should have been done a long time ago”.
Bran promises ease to exchange control
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader has pledged to ease the Bahamas’ exchange control regime if elected to office, and to make the Bahamas known as a “country open for business”.
AG hits back at suggestions referendum is unnecessary
THE Attorney General has shot down assertions that the impending equality referendum is unnecessary.
McWeeney admits lack of trust affected result
DISTRUST in the government was a big factor in the failure of Tuesday’s referendum, Constitutional Commission Chairman Sean McWeeney said yesterday.
Contractors no ‘cap in hand beggars’ on Baha Mar recovery
Bahamian contractors have been urged not to view themselves as “cap in hand beggars” in the Baha Mar claims process, the Chamber’s chairman arguing that they “have some leverage”.
Former Bahamas leaders remember The Queen
QUEEN Elizabeth II was remembered as a woman with an “incomparable memory” who was a shining example of courage, grace and dignity during her 70-year reign by the country’s former leaders yesterday, who said they were saddened to learn of her passing.
EDITORIAL: No policy on the blueprint, but a republic referendum
THE news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II was only a day old before Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis floated the prospect of The Bahamas going without a monarch altogether.
FNM leader hits out over rate of murders
AS the murder rate hit 86 for the year, FNM leader Dr Hubert Minnis called on the governing PLP to do a better job in tackling crime.
A people betrayed, says Ed Moxey, of the Pindling years
A people betrayed, says Ed Moxey, of the Pindling years THE PANACEA to all this country's social problems is Urban Renewal, PLP-style. The constant cry of the PLP is that the FNM came along, stole the PLP's idea, destroyed it and, in so doing, opened a P
Miller blames power outages on the hiring of 'foreigners' over Bahamians
FORMER Bahamas Electricity Corporation Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday blamed the frequent power outages at Bahamas Power and Light on the former administration’s decision to hire "foreigners" to run the power company rather than allow Bahamians to "fix the problems".