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Baha Mar builder seeks Bahamian judicial assistance
Baha Mar’s main contractor has launched its own bid to secure Bahamian judicial assistance in a bid to unearth evidence that will support its counter-claims against former owner Sarkis Izmirlian.
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PLP hits back at claim it 'wished Bahamas ill'
The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) yesterday blasted the deputy prime minister for accusing it of “wishing the ill of a credit rating downgrade on The Bahamas”. Senator Fred Mitchell, pictured , the Opposition party’s chairman, said in a statement
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EDITORIAL: Lessons still to be learned as we take steps in the right direction
Amid claims the crisis in Venezuela has been caused by outside interference, the evidence suggests the reasons are homegrown. Dictatorship and rule by decree, political repression and economic mismanagement on a massive scale have resulted in the disaster of a failing state.
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Bran says: ‘No success in VAT’
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday asserted that “there is no success in Value-Added Tax”, arguing that Bahamians were now “paying” for successive governments’ fiscal mismanagement.
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Call for an end to ‘bad habits, mismanagement’ of public funds
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance finance spokesperson Youri Kemp has taken issue with the current trajectory of the country’s economy, expressing doubt that current political and public administrative structures would allow for the necessary fiscal changes to be crafted and employed.
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FTX payout probe urged as US trustee intervenes
FTX’s Bahamian provisional liquidators were yesterday urged to “thoroughly investigate” any payouts to local investors that violated the Supreme Court asset freeze as the US Justice Department moved to intervene in Delaware.
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A mismanaged opportunity
The conclusion of Dr Minnis’ term as prime minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas came on September 16, 2021.
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Chipman asks if $200 fee to jump passport backlog is legal
SHADOW Minister of Foreign Affairs Hubert Chipman yesterday questioned the legal basis behind the government’s $200 fee for those needing new passports on an emergency basis within 48 hours.
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'Christie trying to distract' from poor record of PLP
DEPUTY Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest has dismissed former Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent defence of the former government, saying the former Centreville MP was attempting to distract the country from his party’s “many unfortunate acts of lack of judgment”.
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Moncur calls McCartney an ‘ungrateful coward’
OFFICIAL Opposition Senator Rodney Moncur yesterday called Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney an “ungrateful coward with no principles” as he vowed to “never leave” Official Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner like the former Cabinet minister did.
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Bahamas financial firms on opposite side of lawsuit
Two Bahamas-based financial services providers have become embroiled on opposite sides of a lawsuit relating to the alleged “gross mismanagement” of a former $100 million investment fund.
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Plant ‘not handled in people’s best interest’
A PROJECT vital to the Government meeting its Baha Mar obligations was “not handled in the Bahamian people’s best interests”, a former Water & Sewerage chairman admitted yesterday.
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How Bahamians’ taxes are mismanaged
WHILE in Beijing, China, last month to attend the first meeting of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean State Forum, Prime Minister Christie announced plans to request funds from China to refinance and restructure the Bahamas’ debt.
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Dancing while veteran abandoned
As reported in The Tribune November 10th “As Veterans Remembered, One Is Left In Rundown Home”.
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Who is the worst minister?
Who is the worst minister? IN this week's "A Young Man's View" column, Adrian Gibson begins his two-part review of the FNM's Cabinet, rating the five worst ministers who have served at some point in the last five years. Next week's column will feature hi
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Regarding the Olympics
It seems every time I open a newspaper or turn on the TV I hear some woeful tale of sad defeat from an athlete who failed to measure up to their own Gold metal standard at the Olympics.
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Dingman: ‘Rampant theft’ caused restaurant failure
Jamie Dingman has blamed the collapse of his Nassau restaurant empire on “rampant theft and mismanagement”, and plans to call a former FNM Cabinet minister as a defence witness in his battle against a $1.113 million damages claim.
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Radio stations fear closures under URCA changes
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has come under fire for its plans to “standardise” FM radio broadcasting, with industry insiders accusing the regulator of making the sector “pay” for the organisation’s “mismanagement”.
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Taxpayers ‘did not get value for money’ from multi-millions to NHI consultants
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands suggested yesterday Bahamian taxpayers did not get value for money from the “tens of millions of dollars” spent on National Health Insurance consultancies.
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Davis won't apologise for Central Bank, statistics comments
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis will not apologise for comments he made about the Central Bank and Department of Statistics regarding reporting standards under the Minnis administration.He released a statement on Sunday respondi