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‘Society of chaos’ warning over get rich quick schemes

THE Bahamas will disintegrate into “a society of chaos” if unregulated investment schemes continue to flourish, a fraud examiner yesterday warning that the “mindset” needs to change.

JURY CONVICTS ‘MAD’ FIRE MUM – Defence vows to appeal and prove she’s ‘ill not evil’

A schizophrenic woman was unanimously convicted yesterday of murdering her one-year-old daughter by dousing her with gasoline and setting her afire.

Men’s national beach soccer team set to be named today

THE Bahamas Football Association has not yet released the names of its 12-member team, but beach soccer chairman Gavin Christie said they will have a very diversified squad to compete in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Beach Soccer Championships.

Ingraham disappointed with Christie’s decision on Baha Mar

TODAY The Tribune says without apology that Hubert Alexander Ingraham should be the man at the head of our government in this, its hour of urgent need.

The issues that matter

The Christie Administration is badly off course on a number of issues. It is becoming more obvious each and every day that there needs to be a focus and dedicated attention to those bread and butter issues which really matter to the average Bahamian.

The 'bridge from Sir Lynden to the future'

IN Marathon last night to introduce attorney Heather Hunt as the FNM’s candidate for that constituency, Prime Minister Ingraham announced that on Wednesday the House of Assembly had finished its work. It is now up to Mr Ingraham to set a date for the election, which must come before May 23 when constitutionally the life of the five-year parliament automatically ends.

Community co-operation is the only answer to crime

ALTHOUGH our crime problem has taken years in the making, Prime Minister Christie campaigned in the 2012 general elections on the promise that if given the government his party would produce a crime free country.

Bran slams mid-year Budget ‘pie in sky’

The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday branded the mid-year Budget as “more pie in the sky” from the Christie administration, questioning where it was getting its $6 billion resort investment ‘pipeline’ from.

‘Old infrastructure impacting efficiency of young Wartsila generators at BPL’

BAHAMAS Power and Light officials led reporters on a tour of the Clifton Pier power plant yesterday, showing how the young Wartsila engines are surrounded by old infrastructure, impacting the efficiency of the machines.

FNM has to hold watching brief on finances

IN yesterday's Business section of The Tribune, Standard & Poor's --an international credit rating agency-- urged the Bahamas and the Caribbean nations to improve their national savings rate, and reverse the decli

Today the Bahamian people have their say

AT LAST the day has arrived when Bahamians go to the polls to exercise their democratic right to say what political party they want to govern them for the next five years.

Supporters impatient for results

THE PLP recognises that crime is quickly escalating and that the duty of a government is to keep the public safe, "but my God, give us some time!"

The political chatter in North Abaco

BAHAMIANS in Nassau are now asking how much moving the cabinet to Abaco for a supposed one-day meeting will cost the Public Treasury.

BPL managers ‘in dark’ over PLP’s energy deal

Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) middle managers yesterday said they had been ‘left in the dark’ over the former government’s secretive deal with New Fortress Energy, and raised concerns over the future of the utility and their jobs.

The House of Cards

I HAVE absolutely no doubt that the defunct Progressive Liberal Party will not return to high office anytime soon. This is a sad assessment for many but the truth will always set one “free”.

EDITORIAL: Mr Christie, is the Bahamas going fishing with China?

IT SEEMS that the Christie government is now playing hide-and-seek with the Bahamian people in a proposed China-Bahamas Agriculture and Fisheries Initiative.

Halkitis rejects advice at country’s peril

MINISTER of State for Finance Michael Halkitis has thumbed his nose at former prime minister Hubert Ingraham, virtually telling him to mind his own business as the PLP are now in charge of the country’s finances.

Mitchell: Izmirlian would have been thrown out of country in the past

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell issued an apparent veiled threat at Baha Mar CEO and developer Sarkis Izmirlian, saying that if previous ministers of immigration such as Carl Francis, Arthur Hanna or Loftus Roker were faced with Mr Izmirlian in their day, “he would not have lasted the next day within the borders of The Bahamas”. However, he added: “These are of course different times, kindler gentler days.

Miller: NHI to bring job cuts

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday said he fears that the implementation of National Health Insurance will spark mass layoffs in the health insurance industry, an area he predicted will see grave affects on profit margins from the proposed plan.

Prime Minister Christie to be congratulated on Baha Mar news

LATE yesterday afternoon Prime Minister Christie took the “Shaunae Miller” Olympic dive to the micro-phones to give the Bahamian people the first bit of concrete news as to the future of the shuttered Baha Mar resort.

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