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Leslie Miller defends integrity of FNM leader

PLP MP Leslie Miller yesterday defended FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis’ integrity amid ongoing conflict of interest allegations about his company having a contract with the Public Hospitals Authority while he was the minister of health.

Memorial service remembers Johnny Kemp

A MEMORIAL service for Bahamian-born international R&B singer Johnny Kemp was held on Saturday when family, friends, dignitaries, and fans filled St John’s Jubilee Cathedral in Freeport to pay their final respects to the international musical icon.

‘Heritage comes first’ for tourism’s revival

The National Art Gallery has increased annual visitor numbers more than six-fold within three years, its director telling a nation urgently seeking new tourism markets: “Heritage comes first.”

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The Cabinet report

SINCE the general election in 2012, many people have been waiting for the much anticipated Christie renaissance. We’re all still waiting.

Mitchell challenges private sector over work permits

The Immigration Department yesterday challenged the business community to cite one specific example of a company’s growth being inhibited by the refusal of work permit applications.

DNA criticises latest job losses

DNA Leader Branville McCartney said he has “no confidence” in the implementation of value added tax by a government that “can’t even get their disclosures right”.

Consumers cutting back after VAT

WITH the roll-out of value added tax consumers are tightening the reins on their finances, telling The Tribune that they expect the new tax system to have serious effects on the Bahamian way of life.

Unpaid property, casino taxes branded as 'crazy'

A Tax Coalition co-chair yesterday suggested that the Government ‘sell’ its $580 million real property tax receivables to the private sector, describing this and the build-up of $51 million in unpaid casino taxes as “crazy”.

Fraud fears over citizenship bids

SOME 300 applications for citizenship were returned earlier this year due to suspicions that birth certificates were fraudulently issued from the civil registry, Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell revealed yesterday.

Chiropractic and chest pain

BY THE BAHAMAS

Workforce woes: ‘Ill-prepared’ for ageing Bahamas

The Bahamas is “ill-prepared” to support an increasingly aged population because so much of its productive workforce is unemployed, a newly-released report describing this as an “urgent crisis”.

Dealer exposes ‘ham and turkey’ road to graft

An auto dealer yesterday exposed the ‘every day corruption’ undermining Bahamian society, disclosing how a public official unilaterally attempted to change Government policy because they had not provided him with a free Christmas ‘ham and turkey’.

Should women be ordained priests?

Women, their roles and their plethora of issues, have been a long time favourite topic of mine, ever since I became literate.

AML targets second Carl’s Jnr for Q4

AML Foods yesterday confirmed the second outlet for its Carl’s Jnr burger franchise will open on Carmichael Road during the 2016 fourth quarter, as it continued to bridge “the huge confidence gap” among consumers.

No inequalities?

According to some, there are no inequalities in the way we live today. They claim that we are all equal and we are all treated the same. Yet we seem to have a breakdown in understanding. All citizens are not treated the same in law nor in custom. It is absolutely dishonest to say that there are no inequalities.

Miller: Unionists are greedy hogs being paid too much

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday likened unionists to “greedy hogs” as he decried the amount of money spent on salaries and benefits at government-run corporations.

It’s the gamble of a lifetime

While the details are grossly lacking about the “deal” declared by the Prime Minister relative to Baha Mar, right thinking Bahamians must give him the benefit of the doubt.

Miller: People fixated on concessions

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller said yesterday he finds it “incredible” that people have become fixated on the concessions contained in the new deal to complete and open the shuttered $3.5bn Baha Mar resort, as he defended the government and castigated Bahamians for “complaining” too much.

Gov’t not meeting obligation to 33% of social workers

The Government is not living up to its obligations to the 33 per cent of Department of Social Services staff who were initially hired via the Unemployment Assistance Programme, the Auditor-General has warned.

ART OF GRAPHIX: Designing your true career path

Are you naturally creative? Do you have a knack for thinking outside the box? Do your friends often come to you for tips on colour palettes or accessorising outfits?

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