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Healthcare reform possible in 6 months

A well-known physician yesterday warned that political expediency still threatens to undermine efforts to create a properly-functioning Bahamian universal healthcare (UHC) scheme, which could be devised within six months.

Davis: 600 Bahamians hired by Baha Mar

MORE than 600 Bahamians have been hired at Baha Mar, according to Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis as he rebuffed recent statements over the resort’s progress as negativity motivated by the election season and self-interest.

Galanis ‘blindsided’ by Minister’s attack

A BAHAMIAN accountant yesterday admitted he was “blindsided” by the Minister of Housing’s attack on his firm’s integrity during the mid-year Budget debate.

McCartney urges DNA it's time to end 'business as usual'

HITTING back at recent assertions by Free National Movement (FNM) officials that a vote for the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is a vote for the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), DNA Leader Branville McCartney on Friday claimed that the FNM’s attempts at alienating the third party is because the FNM wants either itself or the PLP to win “because they work together”.

Symonette top of rich list with $156m declaration

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette leads the pack of a long list of millionaires and wealthy candidates who are vying for seats in the House of Assembly with a total net worth of $156m, according to financial disclosures submitted to the Parliamentary Registration Department.

Hall says it’s not his job to check disclosures accuracy

AMIDST mounting controversy over the accuracy of disclosures filed by election candidates last week, both Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall and Public Disclosure Commission Chairman Myles Laroda said yesterday they were not responsible for verifying the data put forward by candidates, insisting that responsibility lies with other government agencies.

Nottage taken ill at PLP rally

INCUMBENT Bain and Grants Town MP Dr Bernard Nottage had to be seen by a doctor last night for “dehydration” after slurring and stumbling over his words during his speech at a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) campaign rally at RM Bailey Park.

Baha Mar chief's fear over crime

ON THE heels of a murder spree in the capital, Graeme Davis, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) Bahamas president, yesterday suggested that if the Christie administration is unable to control crime, the country’s tourism product could be headed in a negative direction.

Halkitis insists: We followed the rules

FORMER State Finance Minister Michael Halkitis questioned the motive behind the recent tabling of a report in Parliament highlighting alleged political pressure for a web shop boss to be awarded a lucrative contract for computer supplies, adding proper procedure was “short circuited” when the report was made public.

Deputy PM: FNM representing interests of ‘Bay Street Boys’

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis last night cautioned voters to be wary of voting for the Free National Movement (FNM), claiming that former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette’s return to frontline politics is proof that the party is representing the interests of the “Bay Street Boys” as opposed to “ordinary people”.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Baha Mar date sets the mark ahead of general election

TO date, Bahamians still do not know when our next general election will be held.

Courts urged: Determine Crown Land consult duty

Opponents of the Abaco Club’s proposed Little Harbour marina project are arguing that the case “raises issues of great public importance”, especially whether the law mandates consultation on granting/leasing Crown Land to developers.

Legal argument over call for justice to be recused in Nygard court case

LEGAL parties in an ongoing judicial review into allegations that Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard illegally increased the size of his property were at odds over whether the presiding judge can be perceived to be impartial in hearing the matter during her application to extend her tenure as a Supreme Court judge.

Govt granted CCA’s ‘Baha Mar switch’ 11 days before bankrupt

The Government gave China Construction America (CCA) permission to redeploy equipment and manpower from Baha Mar to The Pointe some 11 days before the former project filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Glimpse of a Minnis doctrine

Students of politics who parse words and debate policy were absolutely delighted with the first public statements by the new Prime Minister.

Govt 'missed CLICO deadline for payments'

A prominent CLICO (Bahamas) policyholder yesterday criticised the government for not honouring its self-imposed mid-November deadline for the issuance of compensatory government bonds, as he said a potential end to the CLICO debacle is beginning to look more and more “like a hopeless situation”.

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