09 May 2019
Three presentations made at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday morning – all aimed at helping to fund the Over-The-Hill Initiative. Collectively the donations are valued at $500,000, the first $100,000 – a gift from Mark Holowesko to Geoffrey Andrews from the Small Business Development Centre, which according to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, […]
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09 May 2019
Former Mount Moriah MP Keod Smith’s accused the Progressive Liberal Party’s machinery of being somewhat dead – not really answering the issues that arise. “When you are in opposition politics you need to stick it, so to speak to whatever the issue points are. “You must necessarily go and get everyone on board and unless […]
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08 May 2019
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) has released the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Impact Assessment, as conducted by Oxford Economics. And while the consulting group did not give a definitive yes or no to if The Bahamas should join the WTO, it pointed to more positive than negative implications for the country […]
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08 May 2019
The Water and Sewerage Management Union says that the Executive Chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation Adrian Gibson and the Board lack accountability. The Union says it reviewed the recent eleven page press release by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in which the Board claimed to be in the process of reviewing new corporate policies guidelines and […]
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08 May 2019
Members of the Progressive Liberal Party were totally offended that former President of the Bahamas Christian Council Reverend Ranford Patterson would allow Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis to use the church to spew out propaganda and lies about the PLP. Speaking at a Press Conference yesterday, the Chairman of the PLP, Senator Fred Mitchell denounced Reverend Patterson for allowing Dr. Minnis to come into his sanctuary, […]
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08 May 2019
Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis yesterday said the Government is on track to miss its Revenue Target by at least $40 million dollars. “They were wrong to undo many of the revenue building initiatives that the PLP Government left in place. This elusive deficit target is being pursued at the expense of the social deficit. The […]
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08 May 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest says that economic growth in the country will be felt within a year. He was responding to concerns that despite the touted growth in the economy, this is not being felt by everyday Bahamians. According Mr. Turnquest, this should be the case sometime this year. “You have the construction sector that will feel it before […]
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08 May 2019
Bahamas Against WTO organizer and member, Fayne Thompson, said yesterday that the World Trade Organization (WTO), Impact Assessment, produced by Oxford Economics, is a scathing review of The Bahamas’ accession to the organization. Speaking with this Journal, Mr. Thompson suggested that the report indicates that The Bahamas “government is in a quandary” when it comes […]
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07 May 2019
It has been said that Morton Salt has the government ‘in their back pocket’, as there is still no sign of a resolution between union members in Inagua and the salt company. President of the Bahamas Industrial Manufacturers and Allied Workers Union (BIMAWU) Jennifer Brown told The Journal that the company has been telling the government that the […]
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07 May 2019
National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday congratulated 16 senior Police officers for completing phase one of his ministry’s Senior Professional Certification in Law Enforcement Leadership. Mr. Dames, in his address, said that as criminality evolves and becomes more sophisticated, it is important for public safety officials to adapt and make use of cutting edge technology. […]
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