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Minnis and Christie must go

Opposition leaders are obviously unaware of the pressure now on Jeremy Corbin to likewise fall on his sword with the Shadow Cabinet resigning or being fired due to Corbin’s (Minnis) lacklustre performance in the Referendum Campaign. Sound familiar?

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A COMIC'S VIEW: The joke’s on Perry as Bahamians have the last laugh

It’s now nine days post-election and the nation is settling in with both eyes on the new government and with eager anticipation of better days to come.

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Hospital ‘dragging its feet’ as family seeks son’s airlift to US

A FOX Hill couple who have been trying desperately for over a year to have their baby son transferred to the United States for special medical care are claiming that the Princess Margaret Hospital has been frustrating the process.

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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Calm heads needed in Baha Mar crisis

I think Bahamians are about to experience Baha Mar fatigue. I certainly am.

Moody's: Economy not growing fast enough

NO one should be surprised at Moody’s latest assessment of this country’s GDP growth for 2013...

PLP deaf to warning signs from Bahamians

OBVIOUSLY, the PLP government is floating on a planet of its own making — so far removed that they are not getting the message being sent them by the Bahamian people. While the government is talking taxation, the people have made it clear they want government to cut spending before they will be lured into a debate that they neither understand nor are prepared to consider.

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POLITICOLE: R.E.S.P.E.C.T a song and dance, by Fred Mitchell and Perry Christie

WHEN will our leaders recognise that their place in leadership does not mean that people should have nothing to say against them because they lead? And that, rather, it really means the opposite?

Rally attendance

Whilst some may think that the crowds at the rallies held in support of the leader of the Opposition and the intended leaders, Dr Duane Sands and Mrs Loretta Butler Turner, only relate to FNM affairs, the hierarchy and Think Tank, if such exists, of the PLP must be deeply concerned.

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Urgent call for blood donations

AN URGENT need for blood donations in the Bahamas will be addressed by the first ‘Unity Blood Drive’ at the Mall at Marathon on Saturday, a group of organisations announced yesterday in an appeal to donors.

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Gov’t committed to roads compensation

The MINISTER of State for Finance, Michael Halkitis, said yesterday that the Christie administration was holding to its pledge to provide some compensation for those businesses impacted by the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP), telling Tribune Business the Government was going to have to find creative solutions given the current fiscal situation.

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Bahamas beach soccer captain Gavin Christie proud of his team

ON paper, one might look at the Bahamas’ exit after the group stage round as something of a failure, but their performances on the sand during the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 were anything but. 

Exuma’s White House readies for the auction

A hill-top Exuma residence known as the White House will be showcased to the world at the end of January when it goes up for sale on Concierge Auctions’ website.

Opposition dismisses claim of fiscal ‘mismanagement’

The Opposition’s leader yesterday dismissed suggestions that the former Christie administration’s failure to hit its deficit targets was as a result of fiscal “mismanagement”.

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Beach Soccer facility is a first in the Caribbean

THE Bahamas Football Association opened its historic beach soccer facility at Malcolm Park on Saturday, the first such venue to be created in the Caribbean.

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Efficiency report raises health worries

A REPORT compiled by the Genting Group last night revealed that there are serious health implications from the way New Providence’s sewage system is managed.

What’s the truth?

BTC - minority sale of shares owned by Cable & Wireless to Liberty Communications and the much talked about 2 per cent.

What is the future for Baha Mar and its Bahamian staff?

IT IS no secret — at least no secret among the work force at Baha Mar – that Sarkis Izmirlian, chairman and chief executive of Baha Mar, was paying his staff out of his own pocket, despite the fact that all work had stopped when the contractor closed down the project with no resumption date in mind.

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2020 'a bust' for vacation rentals

A “lifeline for the Bahamian tourism economy” has suffered the “biggest hit” possible as a result of the government’s border closure for US commercial transportation, a top realtor warned yesterday. John Christie, HG Christie’s president and managin

Tomorrow ends a year of political failure

TOMORROW IS the completion of the PLP’s first anniversary of a five-year term in office. It has been a disappointing first year with none of the 100-day promises delivered – although some have been attempted only to crash in dismal confusion.

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INSIGHT - Strange bedfellows: Jury still out on how Rollins and Wells moving to the FNM will benefit the party

LAST week, Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis pulled a political chess move that stunned and angered many in his own party.