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Rum Cay feud reignites

A long-running Rum Cay feud has suddenly reignited to endanger the multi-million dollar sale of one of the island’s most valuable and important economic assets.

FRONT PORCH: A fog of analysis after election

IN HIS book, Expert Political Judgment, political psychologist and writer Philip Tetlock, analysed more than 82,000 predictions made by 284 experts over a two-decade span.

Speech from the Throne puts Port Authority back in focus

THE Davis administration has put its fraught relationship with the Grand Bahama Port Authority back at the centre of its second-term agenda, pledging to reorganise arrangements with the body after years of confrontation over Freeport’s governance and economic future.

Govt outlines plans for AI Governance Act

THE Davis administration plans to make addressing artificial intelligence a major second-term priority, promising new laws to regulate the technology as concerns mount over its use in schools, court filings and the workplace.

Govt promises to activate and fund anti-corruption commission

THE Davis administration has promised to make the Independent Commission of Investigations fully functional and properly resourced this term.

Smith and Rollins heckled during swearing-in ceremony

WEST Grand Bahama MP Kingsley Smith and Long Island MP Dr Andre Rollins were heckled yesterday as tensions over the Election Day plane crash and “Politician-1” allegations spilled into the ceremonial opening of Parliament.

Patricia Deveaux and Lashelle Adderley return to lead the House and the Senate

BAMBOO Town MP Patricia Deveaux and Senator Lashelle Adderley were reappointed yesterday to lead the House of Assembly and the Senate, extending a historic arrangement that began in 2021 when women simultaneously led both chambers of Parliament for the first time.

FNM forces government to fix unconstitutional Senate vote

THE Davis administration was forced to replace Senator Keenan Johnson as Vice-President of the Senate yesterday after the Free National Movement accused it of breaching the Constitution by electing him to the post despite his appointment as a parliamentary secretary.

Man acquitted of having sex with underage girl in SUV

A MAN was acquitted this week of allegedly having sex with an underage girl in his SUV near Baha Mar in 2024.