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URCA backs Cable, BTC on local satellite ‘contact’
Regulators have accepted arguments from Cable Bahamas and the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) that they should retain the power to mandate that satellite operators appoint a local representative over the latter industry’s opposition.
BPL pain failure: $38m arrears left despite 163% hike
The pain inflicted on Bahamian businesses and consumers by up to 163 percent hikes in BPL’s fuel charges failed to achieve the Government’s goal of wiping out the utility’s fuel arrears as a near-$38m unpaid bill remained.
Tax payers put on hook for $105m guarantees
Bahamian taxpayers have quietly been placed on the hook for a further $105m in government borrowing guarantees needed to underwrite new debt, refinance existing liabilties and pay-off prior defaults by the Bahamas Mortgage Corporation and Education Loan Authority (ELA).
Mitchell accuses FNM of sabotaging MP pay review
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell accused the Free National Movement and The Nassau Guardian of trying to sabotage the Davis administration’s push to improve allowances for parliamentarians.
Man gets $75k interim payout 20 years after police assault
A SUPREME Court registrar has ordered the government to pay $75,000 to Jamal Cleare, nearly 20 years after he suffered catastrophic injuries while in police custody and more than four years after liability for assault and battery was determined in his favour.
Twelve-year-old boy remanded in tragic Abaco boating death
A 12-year-old boy from Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, was remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys on Friday after appearing in court charged in connection with the negligent death of 15-year-old Kyron Curry, who died after falling into the water during a fishing trip near Nunjack Cay.
Allen says parents must bear responsibility for child crimes
FORMER Cabinet minister and attorney Algernon Allen said parents should be held more accountable when their children are accused of negligence or criminal conduct, arguing that the law allows parents to be charged in certain cases involving juvenile offenders.
One dead, six rescued after weekend boat explosion
A MAN died after an explosion tore through a vessel near Spanish Cay on Saturday morning, forcing seven men into the water as they tried to stay afloat.
