Jubilee Gardens residents planning legal action after fire
JUBILEE Gardens residents are planning to take legal action against the Christie administration as a result of the recent fire at the New Providence Landfill, an attorney representing some of them confirmed yesterday.
Speaker predicts this will be last manual registration
HOUSE of Assembly Speaker Dr Kendal Major yesterday forecast that the 2017 general election will be the last time voters will be subjected to a manual registration system, insisting that there was no excuse for the outdated practice.
Wilchcombe: No backlash after Carnival confusion
DESPITE widespread backlash over a last-minute delay and ultimate revision of dates for the third Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe yesterday insisted that there has not been any “negative” feedback associated with the festival.
Archer’s lawyers given one week for Supreme Court bid
LAWYERS for Omar Archer Sr were given one week to file a formal challenge in the Supreme Court concerning the constitutionality of the criminal libel charge against him.
Daxon challenges criminal libel constitutionality
A MOTION was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday challenging the constitutionality of criminal libel on the law books.
The last desperate hours of the El Faro
With no wind gauge and insufficient lashing to hold containers in place, an aged US freighter was no match for the full fury of Hurricane Joaquin. Using recordings from the ship’s recovered ‘black box’, Jason Dearen pieces together the final moments before all hands were lost in Bahamian waters in 2015 . . .
A salute to Sir Orville Turnquest
TRIBUTES were paid to former Governor General Sir Orville Turnquest at the annual general meeting of the Governor General’s Youth Award as he steps down as the organisation’s chairman of the board of trustees.
Hall promises clean register
PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sherlyn Hall yesterday pledged that his department “has the ability” to produce a clean voter’s register, but said that can only happen if Bahamians do not “contaminate” it by registering more than once.
Concerns over Trinidad firm’s involvement in NHI
THE selection of Trinidadian firm Teleios Systems to be the IT system provider for the National Health Insurance scheme has ignited security concerns over the disclosure of personal data.
Roberts rejects claim of cash inside PLP flag
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday denied that the organisation has attempted to entice voters by attaching money to PLP paraphernalia.
Miller angry at registration workers
TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday railed against officials at various voter registration centres and accused them of encouraging voter apathy, charging that Bahamians are not registering to vote because they are being “frustrated” by workers who “don’t have the slightest damn idea what the hell they’re doing”.
Davis: PLP will win 30 seats
DEPUTY Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis yesterday predicted that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will win 30 seats in the upcoming general election and the Free National Movement (FNM) will win nine.
Butler-Turner says jobs being given for votes
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday blasted the Christie administration over the reported launch of a jobs programme in her constituency, claiming 28 people were handpicked for new employment as an election approaches.
Christie’s hand gesture on list of regrettable actions
PRIME Minister Perry Christie’s obscene hand gesture that rocked the country last month has resurfaced in a viral video featuring instantly regrettable actions.
Fitzgerald gets mixed reviews in Marathon
Rashad Rolle takes the political temperature in Marathon and finds mixed reviews for sitting MP Jerome Fitzgerald . . .
