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Renward’s relief in $700m lawsuit

Court brings end to waste project dispute

The Supreme Court has dismissed the $727.364m damages claim brought against Renward Wells and two government "agents" by the firm at the centre of the Letter of Intent (LOI) controversy.

IMF: Deficit double Govt’s own forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said the fiscal deficit for year to end-June 2016 was twice what the Christie administration had projected, and urged it to make “more determined efforts to rationalise spending”.

POLITICOLE: Where is the hope for the Bahamas?

Michelle Obama gave what I believe was meant to be her last official interview before she and her husband and family leave the White House to Oprah Winfrey in recent weeks.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Christie's legacy hangs on referendum's outcome

ONE can rest assured that there is quite a bit of shadow boxing going on behind the scenes as the much-ballyhooed referendum date approaches.

Atlantis goes country with three-day music festival

ATLANTIS will play host to the first ever Paradise Music Festival presented by HGTV on the American Labour Day weekend.

16-year-old accused of killing student Perry Rolle Jr

A 16-year-old was remanded in custody accused of stabbing 15-year-old Perry Rolle Jr to death last week.

Health Minister says meeting at Nygard Cay was before election - despite video evidence

MINISTER of Health Dr Perry Gomez yesterday claimed a video on YouTube showing PLP MPs at the home of Peter Nygard was from before the election – despite the MPs clearly being introduced to Mr Nygard as ministers.

Mr Prime Minister get your ministers under control

YESTERDAY Prime Minister Christie attended the breaking of ground to launch the construction of China Construction America’s $250 million luxury Pointe development on the site of the Sheraton British Colonial Hotel in downtown Bay Street.

‘PLP tried to buy the 2017 election’: Bannister accuses Christie regime of spending millions

Minister of Works Desmond Bannister yesterday accused the Christie administration of trying “to buy an election” through doling out “tens and tens of millions of dollars” in contracts and jobs just 24 hours before it was voted out of office in May 2017.

Baha Mar deal

ONE can’t help but speculate as to what really “the deal” is between Christie and the Chinese. Let’s examine it from the Chinese perspective. They would have been fully aware of a number of facts.

LETTERS: Give us a referendum on marijuana question

We all remember those old days when the then Christie led Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and its political and economic allies were caught in the cross fire of what was termed illegal gambling through the facilitation of unlicensed and unregulated web shops. The government wanted, as it should have, a slice of the multi-million dollar industry. The operators wanted the legality of the law and compliance and regulatory cover.

Time for Christie to admit he can't keep promise

LAST week, Prime Minister Christie confirmed that his government had no intention of selling the public any part of government’s 49 per cent shares in Bahamas Telecommunications Company.

CIBC Trust names new top executive

CIBC Trust Company (Bahamas) Limited has appointed Perry A Rolle as its managing director.Mr Rolle, a career banking professional with more than 25 years’ experience, has worked in senior roles in both an operational and fiduciary capacity. In his mo

Baha Mar sale process begins

Baha Mar’s receivers have launched a formal sales process for the stalled $3.5 billion project by hiring a Canadian-headquartered real estate firm to market it to potential purchasers.

Bank offers Baha Mar $100m working capital

Baha Mar’s Chinese financier will provide an extra $100 million in working capital as part of the proposed settlement to the dispute over the $3.5 billion project, Tribune Business was told yesterday, with November 2015 targeted for its opening.

Prime Minister's national address on Baha Mar - the speech in full

Tonight, Prime Minister Perry Christie addressed the nation on the state of Baha Mar negotiations and proceedings. The full text of his speech is as follows.

Private sector fears BEC reform process being compromised

The private sector fears the Government may have compromised the integrity of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) reform process by renewing contacts with groups that either did not participate or were rejected from the bidding at an early stage.

The Fort Charlotte view on local MP Andre Rollins

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins has made numerous headlines over the last few months due to his adversarial stance against government policies as well as his fiery confrontations in the House of Assembly with some senior members of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).

Inventing reality

I FEEL quite sorry for the two young men from PLP families recently hired at ZNS News.

What Urban Renewal 2.0 will mean for the Bahamas

The commissioner of police's statement on Urban Renewal: Background THE flagship Urban Renewal 2.0 Programme is a direct response to past and current problems facing a number of inner city communities in

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