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By NEIL HARTNELL

Must have humane solution to Haitian problem

YES, the Bahamas has a problem, a major problem that started slowly many years ago but has grown to such proportions today that sound decisions have to be made to contain it. Bahamians call it “the Haitian problem”.

Bahamas 'excels in turning off entrepreneurs'

The Bahamas has “excelled in turning entrepreneurs off from their dreams”, a young business owner yesterday urging the Government to completely revamp all its agencies supposedly geared to business financing and support.

Medics unite to reject NHI proposal

UNITED Healthcare Reform Alliance (UHRA), a coalition effort by nine of the nation’s leading medical, allied health and insurance groups, yesterday rejected the government’s proposed NHI model, insisting that no support would be given until the plan is adequately revised.

Gomez: Mystery over Robert Smith complex is a complete disgrace

THE ten years it took for the Child & Adolescent and Robert Smith complex in Fox Hill to open and the lack of clarity surrounding the delay is a “complete disgrace”, Central Eleuthera MP Damian Gomez said yesterday.

Bahamas Bar slams its doors shut on legal expert

ON TUESDAY, The Tribune reported that the Bahamian law firm representing Sarkis Izmirlian, the developer of Baha Mar, had expressed frustration over the Bahamas Bar Association’s rejection of its application to bring in a foreign Queen’s Counsel to join their legal team.

Bran: Set Baha Mar ‘nationalise’ date

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday urged the Government to set a date for when it would nationalise the Baha Mar project, if the parties to the dispute failed to make progress on a resolution.

Court adjourns action on $192m Baha Mar claim

The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned until May 27 the bid by Baha Mar’s original developer to wrest control of the $192 million legal claim against the project’s contractor from the receivers.

VIDEO: Deputy Speaker feels he has full support of the PM

DENYING charges of xenophobia and racism, Nassau Village MP Dion Smith said he would not be stepping down from his post as Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly. He said he felt he had the full support of the Prime Minister to remain in his post at this time.

Chamber backs oil exploration

THE Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) yesterday backed permitting oil exploration in this nation's waters once regulatory safeguards were in place, telling Tribune Business potential earnings could "eliminate the National Debt in five years".

INSIGHT: Internal issues distracting FNM from offering competent opposition

AT a time when there are lots of ways to focus on what the government is doing, the FNM seems busier trying to fight internally.

PM: PLP are yellow not gold

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham launched his most scathing attack yet on the PLP's record in office last night - and had an FNM crowd in stitches as he turned the opposition's own campaign slogan against them.

EDITORIAL: Is Justice Bain to be punished for non-recusal?

A REQUEST for Justice Rhonda Bain to recuse herself from certain cases – one of which involves the Prime Minister - coupled with her application to have her nearing retirement date extended for another two years, comes within the same time frame as government’s attempt to pass the Interception of Communications Bill, 2017. These clashing interests have now started a conversation — a conversation questioning the extent of the judiciary’s independence from that of the executive.

‘Horrendous losses’ via Baha Mar faith erosion

Baha Mar’s new owner will likely incur “horrendous losses at the outset” because of the global travel industry’s complete lack of confidence in its continually-moving opening dates, a former director said yesterday.

Voting process starts late

TEMPERS flared and chaos erupted during yesterday’s advanced poll as members of the armed forces and others endured the smouldering heat in long queues to cast ballots ahead of the May 10 general election.

Bran: Landfill could be Baha Mar ‘deal breaker’

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday questioned if Baha Mar’s new owner had done proper ‘due diligence’ on its purchase, warning that it “hasn’t seen anything yet” in relation to the New Providence landfill.

Reserve policeman jailed for assault on teenage girl

RESERVE Sergeant Dwayne Decosta was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday for abducting and assaulting a teenage girl at a police station two years ago. Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson sentenced the 56-year-old convict to six months behind bars

Sir Franklyn says VAT speech just ‘entertainment’

Sir Franklyn Wilson has urged Bahamians not to take Michael Halkitis’s infamous ‘Where the VAT money gone’ speech too seriously because political conventions are for “entertainment”, rather than a serious discussion of national affairs.

INSIGHT: A simple answer to a simple question - please!

The government has consistently misled the public over the sale of Baha Mar and continues to do so, Malcom J Strachan says . . .

UPDATED: We March organiser Ranard Henfield appointed to Senate

AMID criticism of his new appointment to the Senate, We March organiser Ranard Henfield insisted today that he has not joined the Free National Movement and that he would lead a march against the new government as a senator “if necessary” in order to hold the Minnis administration accountable.

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