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Pintard sees ‘arrogance’ growing in government
Opposition leader Michael Pintard yesterday described the Davis administration as one that does not comply with laws and suggested that he was beginning to see seeds of “arrogance” grow in the new day government.
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State of NIB fund not a surprise, says FNM Chairman
FREE National Movement Chairman Dr Duane Sands says the National Insurance Board’s fund has been in a dangerous position for many years, adding its projected six-year depletion time frame was not surprising.
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HOTELS: HELP US TO DEAL WITH BPL HIKE – Meeting to discuss ways to mitigate rise in fuel costs
HOTELIERS plan to meet with executives of Bahamas Power and Light next week to discuss ways to mitigate the effects of the increased fuel surcharge for hotels and large property owners.
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PM: No immediate move to demolish shanty towns
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis suggested on Friday that the government will not immediately move to demolish shanty towns despite the recent lifting of a court injunction, saying it makes no sense “responding to a crisis to create another crisis”.
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‘Victimised’ public servants urged ‘come forward’
PRESS Secretary Clint Watson has urged public servants who claim victimisation to come forward and seek recourse through the proper channels.
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Independence ...from what?
I must once again give a salute to the amazing Lady Pam Burnside. She states the truth that this country will never move forward until the majority of the people are elevated to receive the goodness and richness of our land. Majority is ruled, rather than given the power to rule. It is blatantly evident that the oligarchy and the rich still wield the heavy hand in this land.
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Woman comes forward as police seek to identify boy found dead in pond
A WOMAN has come forward to police to file a missing persons report following the discovery of a child submerged in a pond on Tuesday.
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Man accused of attack on family with cutlass
A MAN was granted $2,500 bail yesterday on charges of assaulting his wife and son with a cutlass.
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Two men are accused of Baillou Hill shooting
TWO men accused of shooting a man while he was driving on Baillou Hill Road last month were charged with murder yesterday.
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Bitcoin and The Bahamas
Boy full blast all cylinders the PR from OPM but possibly they could have done a Google search first before all the claims - exclamations and use of superlatives.
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Pintard: ‘Real questions’ on likely new BPL chief
The Opposition’s leader yesterday charged that there are “real questions” over the energy regulator’s “objectivity” amid suggestions that one of its senior executives is being eyed as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) new chief executive.
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HUBERT EDWARDS: The future of debt
AS well thinking individuals, we are routing for the success of the country.
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‘Wary’ over deficit rise, $76m spend increase
Bahamians should be “wary” but not alarmed after the Government yesterday revealed a modest $11.4m increase to its forecast 2022-2023 fiscal deficit along with a similar-sized capital spending cut-back.
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Tax hike measures branded ‘inevitable’
New and/or increased taxes are “inevitable somewhere down the road” as greater enforcement and collection efforts will be insufficient to meet The Bahamas’ revenue needs, an investment banker warned yesterday.
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INSIGHT: No excuses, just look at the numbers - and they keep on rising
THE highest murder count The Bahamas has ever recorded was 146 in 2015 – as of Friday, with the first six months of the year having passed, the total stood at 74. If we keep on that rate, the country will be setting an unwanted new record.
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Opposition: ‘Shore up’ investors’ confidence
The Bahamas is “not doing anything to shore up” the confidence of investors who are “rightly concerned” about the country’s economic and fiscal prospects, the Opposition’s finance spokesman asserted yesterday.
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‘MAKE THE DEAL’: Rolle sees plea bargains as way to clear backlogs and protect suspects out on bail
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle is a proponent of plea bargaining, pointing to challenges with the judicial system that have created criminal case backlogs, ultimately delaying justice in some cases.
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Sir Franklyn ‘more confident’ than ever gas woes solved
FOCOL’s chairman yesterday said he is “more confident” than ever before that the push by Bahamian petroleum retailers for increased margins can be resolved “without adversely impacting the motoring public”.
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INSIGHT: PLP gets its report card - a year of success?
ON September 16, 2021, The Bahamas voted in the current administration – meaning we have now had a little over a year of the PLP government.
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Davis on court case backlog
On Tuesday, 28th, June 2022, I was taken aback after hearing the Hon Prime Minister’s charge regarding the backlog of criminal cases and how the High Courts of the Commonwealth of Bahamas ought to step up to the plate. This appears to be an assertion in error by the Hon Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis.
