27 June 2016
Chairman of the Free National Movement Sidney Collie is bashing the Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage after he announced a decrease in crime, stating that the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) solutions are not working. On Tuesday during his contribution to the 2016/2017 budget debate, the National Security Minister announced that crime is down […]
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27 June 2016
Former British High Commissioner to The Bahamas Peter Young says The Bahamas will soon endure the implications of Britain leaving the European Union. While a guest on JCN’s “Jones and Co.” he said this could have a negative impact on The Bahamas, however a short term one. “85 per cent of our trade is with […]
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24 June 2016
Progressive Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Elizabeth and former Minister of Financial services Ryan Pinder says the financial services industry has been responsible for the elevation of many Bahamians in senior management than any other industry in the country but it faces a number of threats. He says a failed financial services industry could […]
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24 June 2016
Leading the 2016/2017 budget debate in the Upper Chamber yesterday, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson touted the progress of the Swift Justice Initiative instituted by the government in 2012. The attorney general said since coming into office in 2012, there have been major improvements in the system. Maynard Gibson said a drastic decrease was shown […]
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24 June 2016
BMD Holdings said the Government of The Bahamas is reaping what it sewed when it comes to Baha Mar as the Cable Beach mega-resort remains in liquidation. “The Government of The Bahamas is reaping what it has sown. Baha Mar is not built. Baha Mar is not open. And while CEXIM under the winding up/liquidation […]
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24 June 2016
With much public infighting transpiring the past few weeks within the Free National Movement, the party got some good news yesterday swearing in two new senators in the persons of Senator Dr. Duane Sands and Senator Monique Gomez. In attendance at yesterday’s Senate opening was former Prime Minister and leader of the Free National Movement […]
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24 June 2016
Democratic National Alliance (DNA) Leader Branville McCartney says Housing and Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett has been merely keeping up appearances that he cares about the country’s environment issues while avoiding the real issues on his agenda namely the city dump. Mr. McCartney said the 2016/2017 Budget Debate was used by the Progressive Liberal Party as […]
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24 June 2016
The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) yesterday in a press statement said it is concerned about progress as it relates to Marco’s Law; the law, that over three years ago, was named in honour of the boy’s life who was brutally murdered more than four years ago. The DNA said the government has yet to enact […]
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24 June 2016
Free National Movement Member of Parliament for Long Island Loretta Butler said Prime Minister Perry Christie is selling dreams when it comes to Baha Mar. “For the 2,500 plus families who are waiting to go back to work at that resort, the Prime Minister’s remarks today rang hollow as he offered one excuse after the […]
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24 June 2016
FNM Senate Leader Carl Bethel weighed in on the current infighting within the party outside the senate yesterday expressing his support for Dr. Hubert Minnis and his team saying that he is the right man for the job. “I think Dr. Minnis is the right person for this country at this time, I think he […]
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