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‘Don’t listen to him - only I know the election date’
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis stressed yesterday only he knows the timing of the next general election, not Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis nor anyone else.
‘Nowhere to go’ on climate woe
A leading environmentalist yesterday urged The Bahamas to confront the impact of climate change head on, adding that it needs to address the potential impact “sooner rather than later”.
Character references
I just went to Quakoo Street Police station to put in for a character reference. I was shocked and annoyed to hear that all character references must be picked up from Thompson Boulevard due to COVID.
WORLD VIEW: Cuba could help US normalise relations
ALL may not be lost in the efforts to improve relations between the government of Cuba and the Biden Administration in the US, despite the rhetoric – most of it emanating from the Cuban government in the wake of protests by thousands across the island.
INSIGHT: Why hasn’t this project which could transform our country been put on the fast track Dr Minnis planned?
BAHAMAS Aviation, Climate & Severe Weather Network (BACSWN) is delighted to announce that following its recent designation as ‘Meteorological Weather Authority’ for International Civil Aviation; alongside, instructions contained in the Cabinet Conclusion — provided by Hon. Dionisio D’Aguilar to Eileen Dupuch-Carron, CMG, LLb, on February 14, 2020 — it has commenced the process of filing notice with the FAA, ICAO and IATA of its intention to stand-up, fund and staff our nation’s first ‘Meteorological Watch Office’ with “the necessary technical and operational expertise to maintain a continuous 24/7/365 real-time watch over the weather conditions affecting any flight or vessel operations within the 183,00 sq miles The Bahamas’ sovereign archipelagic baselines, territorial seas, contiguous and exclusive economic zone (EEZ).”
Humane Society of Grand Bahama calls for support
AFTER the twin nightmares of Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Humane Society of Grand Bahama is appealing for donations, saying the progress it has made in helping to reduce the number of unwanted and abused animals roaming the streets is in jeopardy.
Customs ‘will operate within the law’ on GB
The Ministry of Finance’s top official has pledged that Customs will make whatever adjustments are necessary to ensure its Click2Clear system “operates within the law” in Freeport and wider Grand Bahama.
Tourism chief ‘praying’ for vaccination uptick
THE Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA) president yesterday said he is “praying” more persons become vaccinated at the next available opportunity as it is the “only way to combat COVID spikes”.
Speaker in new clash over report sign-off
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie committed a “clear and flagrant breach of the Constitution” when he submitted a report on Friday to Governor General C A Smith that contained only his signature and no one else’s from the Constituencies Commission, committee member Marco City MP Michael Pintard said in a statement.
‘ELECTION COULD BE CALLED THIS WEEK’: Davis claims ‘all the signs there’ that PM about to pull trigger
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis and House Speaker Halson Moultrie expect Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis to dissolve Parliament and announce an early election this week, perhaps as early as tomorrow.
GB ‘back to 18th century’ over Customs meltdown
GRAND Bahama’s private sector is lamenting that it has been “sent back to the 18th century” through having to clear all imports manually for the next month-and-a-half.
Our leaders and foreign investment
It’s now official. None other than Minister of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson (champion of the investment-begging Commercial Enterprises Act) has conceded that The Bahamas actually dwarfs all of its colleagues in the latest UN report on Foreign Direct Investment.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Beach access – whose right is right?
THE toughest political issues – the ones that wake a sleepy village and thrust it into frenzied activity or turn the somnambulant into the firebrand – are those that impact our own backyard.
Govt monitoring situation in Cuba
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is monitoring the situation in Cuba after protests there but noted there have been no reports of Bahamians on the island requiring assistance amid the unrest.
‘Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line stranded us in Florida’
RICHARD Brown said he cannot express how disappointed he is in Bahamas Paradise Cruise Lines for leaving him and his wife stranded in Florida, ruining their vacation to The Bahamas.
Developer’s fears on home construction ‘horror stories’
Construction materials shortages and COVID-19 will combine to create “horror stories” for Bahamians in the process of building their own homes, a prominent developer predicted yesterday.
Customs system in GB ‘beyond repair’
Bahamas Customs yesterday said its electronic system for clearing goods on Grand Bahama is “beyond repair”, warning that the island’s cross-border commerce will return to manual process until September.
PLP voices concern on voting changes
THE Progressive Liberal Party yesterday said the Parliamentary Registration Department published information in local newspapers about registering new voters and transferees that is “wrong in law”.
HUBERT EDWARDS: A matter of life and debt
There is every expectation that The Bahamas’ current economic crisis will eventually come to an end. These things always do. What is not as clear is when, and how, it will be corrected.
GB businesses placed in ‘unsustainable’ situation
Grand Bahama businesses yesterday asserted that cross-border commerce is in an “unsustainable” situation with Customs’ system for the electronic clearance of goods inoperable for more than three weeks.