10 May 2018
Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis says the Minnis administration is operating “on a platform of falsehoods, untruths, and a tissue of lies.” He said the Free National Movement government “is a danger to the rule of law.” Addressing a mass rally at the Sir Lynden Pindling Centre, Gambier House, last night, the Progressive Liberal Party […]
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10 May 2018
Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis told members of the House of Assembly yesterday that the Affordable Home Bill will significantly increase home ownership throughout The Bahamas, helping potentially hundreds of Bahamians to realize the long-sought dream of a home to call their own. He said, “along with the opportunity for work, education and health care, […]
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10 May 2018
The Member of Parliament for Exuma and Ragged Island I. Chester Cooper says he supports reasonable efforts to increase Bahamian home ownership. However he questioned the motives of the government over the Affordable Homes Bill before the House of Assembly. “A home is one of the most important purchases the vast majority of people could […]
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10 May 2018
A small group of Bahamians marched to Parliament from the southern recreation grounds yesterday demanding answers from on several so-called hot-button issues. Among them the ongoing controversy surrounding the OBAN deal. Organizer and Director of Operation Sovereign Bahamas, Adrian Francis said, the organization is not about politics, its about a people who deserve to eat […]
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10 May 2018
Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ officials in response to Potter’s Cay Vendors Association on renovation plans, have dismissed the notion that nothing’s been done to renovate Potter’s Cay Dock. However, some Potter’s Cay vendors like Dwayne Bastian of Tall Boy’s Conch Stand said they are taking matters into their own hands. “We’ve been waiting […]
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09 May 2018
When it comes to how the government should tackle the country’s chronic nursing shortage, Nurses Union Secretary General, Julian Mullings says initiatives and ideas have been presented, but up to this point, nothing has come to fruition. Responding to a statement made by Health Minister, Dr. Duane Sands on the shortage of nurses in the […]
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09 May 2018
The Chief Executive Officer of Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation Edison says he is unable to give the Minnis administration a grade on performance after a year in office. Mr.Sumner was responding to the questions at a press conference Monday when he said, “we are still assessing. We know that there are […]
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09 May 2018
After a much anticipated meeting last week between Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) executives and Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) representatives, BEWU President, Paul Maynard said, they are still working things out now that there is dialogue between the parties involved. Mr. Maynard stressed the need for the company’s system to be updated, and that […]
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08 May 2018
Bahamas Nurses’ Union (BNU) is still up in arms with a litany of concerns they say still needs to be addressed, as they wait for the Director of Labour to response to their strike application. Speaking with reporters at a press conference yesterday, flanked by nurses and other union representatives, Nurses’ Union President Amancha Williams […]
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08 May 2018
In an effort to decrease the percentage of childhood obesity, Halt, the healthy lifestyle team, an action arm of the Cancer Society, hopes to start a trend of drinking only water in schools one day out of the week, which they hope to implement in the 2018/2019 school year. The Initiative that has already began […]
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