13 August 2015
Police are urging persons who utilize social media platforms to do so with caution following the arrest of a 26 year-old male on Tuesday. Police officials responded to a recent social media posting where a man was shown with an infant posing with illegal firearms and drugs. The suspect was arrested shortly after 11 p.m. […]
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13 August 2015
The country’s religious leaders weighed in on the Baha Mar debacle yesterday and called for all parties to put their differences aside and unite for a prayer walk for the $3.5 billion resort. Speaking at the Trinity City Praise and the Commonwealth and Global Prayer Grotto on Tonique Williams Darling Highway, Senior Pastor Apostle Ed […]
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13 August 2015
In the midst of the Baha Mar debacle, a group of religious leaders made a request for the parties involved to resolve the matter peacefully. “No one wants for there to be court action,” said Ross Davis, senior pastor of Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries. He made the call yesterday at press conference held at […]
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13 August 2015
Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson on Tuesday made another call for affordable access to the Cable Beach Golf Course for Bahamians. Minister Gibson’s second request came after a drastic hike in golfing costs was made by the course’s shareholder, Baha Mar, which caused many members of the Bahamas Golf Federation (BGF) and […]
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13 August 2015
This past week, a bill to enact The Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) was passed in the Senate to ensure that The Bahamas continues to remain aligned with the most recent international financial standards. In an earlier debate within the House of Assembly Minister of Financial Services Hope Strachan voiced her expectation that the […]
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13 August 2015
Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday that Prime Minister Perry Christie remains silent, despite the noise in the market surrounding Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson’s conflict of interest with Baha Mar. Mr. McCartney said the prime minister’s silence is what he calls “deafening.” “After adamantly declaring that he is the only person to speak […]
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13 August 2015
Member of Parliament for Long Island Loretta Butler-Turner is blasting the government again with claims that the Christie administration is lashing out because it cannot control ongoing matters at Baha Mar. Mrs. Butler-Turner explained that while the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is unable to bring the Baha Mar matter to a timely conclusion in the […]
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13 August 2015
Attorneys Frederick Smith, QC, and Carey Leonard decided to sue the government, as they made an application in the Supreme Court yesterday for a judicial review, following what they called a “flawed” consultation exercise to extend the tax concessions under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement. According to Smith, the judicial review proceedings relate to the actions […]
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13 August 2015
Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) officers discovered a large quantity of marijuana plants in Abaco on Tuesday. According to police reports, shortly after 4 p.m., police in Abaco along with other law enforcement agencies, while on routine air patrol in the Northern area of Abaco discovered three plots of marijuana plants. Each plot contained marijuana plants […]
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11 August 2015
While confirming that her husband was granted retail space within Baha Mar along with her two daughters, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday hit back at Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis who insists that she is in “an overt conflict of interest”. Mrs. Maynard-Gibson has come under heavy criticism for her family’s interest […]
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