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INSIGHT: Walking the fine legal line between removing barriers and retaining protections
THE speed of justice in The Bahamas is anything but fast – this we know.
EDITORIAL: Still in the dark on new BPL deal
IF Bahamians were hopeful of more details being revealed about the proposed deal involving the future of Bahamas Power and Light when they tuned into the mid-year Budget debate yesterday, they were soon disappointed.
Travel for the PM is crucial
With the traditional Easter Season upon us, as a professed Christian nation, I will be as neutral as possible. Many have asked why it is the Prime Minister and assorted delegations have been travelling the globe to meet with other Heads of State and governmental leaders. Some have even gone so far as to suggest that public funds are being wasted on such trips. I beg to differ.
Nation building begins with our children
I WOULD like to share my experience with you and the public about a conversation I had with one of the top inspectors at Physical Planning.
Physical Planning not helpful
I WOULD like to share my experience with you and the public about a conversation I had with one of the top inspectors at Physical Planning.
EDITORIAL: More details needed for proposed PPP with BPL
IT did not take long for the word BaTelCo to come up after word began to spread of a shake-up of Bahamas Power and Light.
Deltec’s terminations ‘to realign workforce’
DELTEC Bank & Trust last night confirmed it has moved “to realign its workforce” via a right-sizing which is said to have resulted in around 11 staff being terminated last week.
Commodore says repatriation of Haitian migrants by sea is ‘imminent’
ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King said a contingency plan would see two vessels used to repatriate undocumented migrants to Haiti.
Bell: Rent-to-own will help thousands
HOUSING Minister Keith Bell said government's rent-to-own programme would help people who cannot get a mortgage because they have other debts or cannot pay the down payment needed to get a loan.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence
NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer said Tuesday that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is "grotesque" and "barbaric" and at most a term of a few years behind bars is appropriate for cryptocurrency crimes that the California man still disputes.
PM Davis is a man on fire
The PLP was returned to power in 2021, a little short of three years ago, under the stellar leadership of the Hon Philip "Brave" Davis, KC, MP.
‘Why should we believe you?’, key witness asked by lawyer
A DEFENCE attorney asked a key witness in the criminal trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and others why jurors should believe her testimony after she admitted to lying to police during her record of interview.
‘I don’t know how I got in this mess’
A WOMAN who accepted a plea deal in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others said she was surprised when police charged her with fraud-related offences because she did not know how she “got in this mess”.
Village Road roadworks: ‘Cold’ but fight not over
VILLAGE Road businesses yesterday said that while their battle for roadworks relief and compensation from the Government has gone “cold” they have not gone away or given up the struggle.
Crime is not out of control
HERE in our wonderful nation a lot of people are up in arms, pardon the pun, over crime and the fear of crime. Basically, despite the perception, crime is NOT out of control. Yes, there are challenges but nothing insurmountable, in my considered view.
‘Rightfully outraged’ over cruise line video
TOURISM Minister Chester Cooper said Bahamians are “rightfully outraged” at a viral video of purported Carnival cruise line guests saying tourists are scared to leave the ship and have been warned by cruise lines that they could be robbed, drugged and raped in The Bahamas.
Man who claimed police abuse is ‘free to make a complaint’
A MAN calling for accountability after police allegedly beat him in custody is “free to make a complaint”, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday.
PI Crown Land battle splits Court of Appeal
The Bahamian entrepreneur seeking to restore Paradise Island’s lighthouse has split the Court of Appeal over his long-running Crown Land lease battle with the Government.
Bran blasts ‘disrespectful’ Gov’t on $250k damages
AN ex-Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader yesterday blasted it is “so disrespectful” for the Government to ignore repeated requests to settle his $250,000 Village Road roadworks damages claim.
INSIGHT: A sign of incompetent governance or is it just outright cowardice?
THE announcement of the increase in National Insurance Board contribution rates last week should have been an example of good planning and well-coordinated execution – instead it was a sign of governance by ineptitude at best, cowardice at worst.
