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The Christie administration stumbles coming out of the gate

YOUR SAY By MICHAEL PINTARD

Team Bahamas ready for beach soccer challenge

WHEN the men’s national team play in the Bahamas Beach Soccer Cup this weekend at the National Beach Soccer Stadium at Malcolm Park, Gavin Christie said they will be ready for the challenge from Mexico, Spain and the United States.

The shifting sands of Bahamian politics

LADY PINDLING'S appearance at the PLP's Clifford Park rally Friday night - to "set the record straight" for her "PLP family" - brought back many memories of the upheaval created by the Commission of Inquiry into drugs. It also highlighted the shifting sands of politics.

Founder of Yo! Sushi buys island in Bahamas for $2.3m

A BRITISH sushi tycoon has purchased a cay in the Berry Islands for $2.5m in a private sale.

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Time for Christie to move to other projects

WITH THE Bahamas’ economy in desperate straits – the need to reduce our crippling national debt, get Bahamians back to work, and attract both local and foreign investors – we were surprised that Prime Minister Christie would reveal at an international conference how little his government respects contracts, especially those negotiated by a previous government.

$37,000 donation for children's home

ATTORNEY Brenford Christie, a trustee of the Alice Sauberli Trust, donated $37,000 to the Grand Bahama Children’s Home yesterday. Mr Christie also made a personal commitment to purchase ten cribs sorely needed at the Home. Minister of Social Servic

Can the country afford Christie's Cabinet plans?

WITH THE Bahamas experiencing the most serious economic slump in living memory, the new Christie government has appointed the largest cabinet in Bahamian history with the promise of additions to be made at mid-term.

Time to go?

The recently concluded general elections in the UK have resulted in a majority Conservative government and the return to 10 Downing Street of Prime Minister David Cameron. At one point the now vanquished leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, was considered neck and neck with the Conservatives by most polls, if not a majority. The results, however, were decisive and spoke volumes about just how the average electorate sees political parties and judges their manifestoes or charters for governance.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Conflict of interest and the business of government

WE often hear that perception is reality.

It’s time to say the necessary thing: Christie must go

I truly enjoy reading Mr Ortland Bodie’s commentaries. They are usually informative, well written and in a lot of cases give insight to meaningful issues affecting our country.

$35m shopping centre eyes franchise 'game changer'

DEVELOPERS behind a high-end “shopping village” near Baha Mar are expecting to break ground on the project this month, telling Tribune Business they are hoping for a possible “game changer” by concluding lease negotiations with two major franchises.

Dr. Minnis: A question of character

Opposition leaders daydream of a perfect storm that they could ride into power: a proliferation of crises, policy failures by the government, divisions within the governing party and scandals in the government.

Meet the 41 Bahamas Cultural Warriors

DURING this year’s 41st Independence anniversary celebrations, under the theme “Celebrating our Culture: A Commitment to peace,” the Bahamas will start the process of formally recognising those citizens who have dedicated their lives to cultural development.

Forensic expert testifies on DNA analysis in murder case

THE jury in a Cat Island murder trial heard testimony yesterday from the former supervisor of a forensic analyst who performed tests on samples collected and submitted by the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Leadership void

“The overarching purpose of access to information legislation … is to facilitate democracy. It does so in two related ways. It helps to ensure first, that citizens have the information required to participate meaningfully in the democratic process, and secondly, that politicians and bureaucrats remain accountable to the citizenry.” – Gerard LaForest, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, in Dagg vs Canada (1997).

Co-chairs 'contempt' for the Public Accounts Committee

THE refusal of Algernon Allen and Cynthia “Mother” Pratt to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as the group continues its probe into Urban Renewal 2.0 is a slap in the face to democracy and the Bahamian people.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: A welcome dissenting voice to controversial gaming bill

LET’S be honest, former Gaming Board chairman Dr Andre Rollins is evolving into a political rock star and upstaged every speaker contributing to the debate on the new Gaming Bill—grabbing all the newspaper headlines and setting tongues wagging—whilst also overshadowing the Official Opposition’s entire parliamentary caucus.

Govt ‘legislating us out of business’

The Government’s latest proposed labour law amendments have been slammed as “irresponsible governance”, a well-known businessman warning: “Don’t legislate the private sector out of business.”

PLP's $250m mortgage plan blasted

A LEADING Wall Street credit rating agency has blasted the newly-elected Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government's proposed mortgage relief plan for "undermining" efforts to rein in the $4.356 billion national debt, warning that the scheme will likely cost Bahamian taxpayers $250 million to implement.

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