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Price Control chairman hits back at DNA

PRICE Control Commission Chairman EJ Bowe has defended himself from recent criticism by the Democratic National Alliance that he was intentionally targeting “companies owned by members of the DNA” and hit out at the party members for having “short (term) memory”.

‘Cudas’ dominate

THE Barracuda Swim Club dominated their annual Insurance Management Invitational swim meet at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center over the weekend.

Business ‘support’ for minimum wage rise

Private sector support for increasing the minimum wage is growing, a leading executive says, although it wants a free labour market to still “rein” in the Bahamas.

Awards and titles

Awards and titles? Have we really gone stupid?

Condemns promotion of immodesty at carnival

ALTHOUGH the g-string clad beauties who come with the controversial Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, did not shock PLP chairman Bradley Roberts, the remarks of the eye-brow raising president of the Bahamas Christian Council certainly did.

Marathon Bahamas: Bank awards student relay winners

CONTINUING its effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer, Scotiabank awarded its student relay winners in the sixth annual Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend.

FNM chairman says Christie, not Minnis, is duplicitous

FNM Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday criticised PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts recommending that he look within his own organisation and at its leader, Prime Minister Perry Christie, to discover the true meaning of “duplicitous.”

Attorney General ‘will speak about BEC bribe’

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday said officials would provide the public with an update on a BEC bribe allegation “within the appropriate time”, but refused to comment further.

Roberts queries Hunt resignation

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday called Free National Movement chief Dr Hubert Minnis a “duplicitous” leader in the aftermath of the resignation of Heather Hunt from the Senate.

PLP chairman: Christian Council president ‘misguided’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday said Bahamas Christian Council President Rev Dr Ranford Patterson was “misguided” when he denounced the inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival.

Murder suspect fears for his life from alleged killers in jail

A MAN arraigned on a murder charge in Magistrate’s Court yesterday expressed fear for his life from persons in prison allegedly connected to the killings of his brothers.

Minimal hotel impact from US snowstorm

New Providence’s major hotels yesterday said they had suffered “minimal” impact from the blizzard conditions in the north-east US, with visitor cancellations offset by those who had to extend their stay in the Bahamas.

Were investors duped into doing an assessment to win a contract?

THE Renward Wells‘ $625 million contract signing with a company called Stellar Waste-To-Energy Bahamas Ltd to build a waste to energy facility in New Providence’s landfill has dragged on since early July last year — but still without a satisfactory resolution.

From the Bahamas to the North Pole

TWO more Bahamians are on their way to the North Pole after a local merchant and his best friend received an invite to take the place of two ski team members who withdrew from an upcoming six-man exploration to the area.

Hotel Union says injunction's extension just a stalling tactic

THE Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union said yesterday that it remained unmoved by the Supreme Court’s extension of an injunction preventing it from taking industrial action against the Meliá resort until February 11.

Union willing to ‘compromise’ on Melia dispute

The hotel union yesterday signalled it was prepared to “compromise” with Baha Mar over the Melia gratuity dispute, provided its members suffered no reduction in their ‘take home’ income.

‘No winners’ in Melia dispute

Baha Mar last night urged the hotel union to “urgently” resume negotiations to resolve the Melia gratuity dispute after the Supreme Court extended the ban on all industrial action to February 11, adding that there were “no winners” in the current impasse.

Decision due tomorrow on Rollins’ fate

THE Progressive Liberal Party will make a final decision tomorrow night on whether to suspend Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins for his public criticisms of the prime minister.

The Christian Council and the referendum

IN THIS column yesterday, we replied to an objection PLP chairman Bradley Roberts took to an observation we had made on an earlier statement of his that Opposition Leader Dr Hubert Minnis, having “flip-flopped” on the question of VAT could not be considered a serious candidate to become the next prime minister.

BDSA appeals for money in aid of basketball tourney

THEY are a group of talented basketball players but they are all deaf.

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