‘Parties not reaching out to Haitian communities’
POLITICIANS across the political divide have failed to address immigration challenges in their respective platforms, according to radio personality and community activist Louby Georges, who says that parties have decided to “play it safe” with the hot-button issue to the detriment of unregularised persons of Haitian descent and their families.
Two men detained after drug seizure at Bird Cay
TWO men - one of them a Jamaican - are in police custody after a drug seizure in waters near Chub Cay.
UPDATED: Fox Hill man shot dead through window at home
POLICE have made an appeal for information that can lead to the arrest of the suspect who fatally shot a man through a window as the victim was sitting in a bedroom on Saturday morning.
PM reveals Grand Lucayan sale plan at PLP Freeport rally
PRIME Minister Perry Christie revealed on Friday night that a letter of intent for the sale and reopening of the Grand Lucayan Resort has been signed with a new purchaser, whose plans will significantly transform the hotel and the tourism product in Lucaya, Grand Bahama.
BUT President Belinda Wilson 'vindicated' after landslide victory
FOLLOWING a landslide victory over her chief opponent, former vice president Zane Lightbourne, Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson said on Friday that the win has “vindicated” her over the allegations that led to her controversial suspensions from the union.
Cabbage Beach access protest 'a moral victory'
DESPITE losing their appeal, Halston Moultrie, lawyer for the Cabbage Beach Business Owners Association (CBBOA), said last year’s protest against restrictions to the main access path to the popular Paradise Island beach translated into a moral “victory” for the vendors.
An FNM govt 'would institute Freedom of Information, Fiscal Responsibility Acts on day one'
FREE National Movement (FNM) Free Town candidate Dionisio D’Aguilar has committed his party to several “day one” initiatives should his party triumph in the general election, contending that the ousting of Prime Minister Perry Christie and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government would again give way to “good governance” spearheaded by the FNM.
Proclamations to prorogue the House and return to Parliament read
COMMISSIONER of Police Ellison Greenslade, in his capacity as Provost Marshall, read two Proclamations on Friday - one to prorogue the House of Assembly immediately and another to advise of a return to Parliament on Monday.
Central Grand Bahama Independent candidate: This is no time to accept excuses
DONALD Mortimer, the Independent candidate for Central Grand Bahama, is urging Bahamians voters not to be fooled by false hope and empty promises by politicians.
Court affirms 12-year sentence for sexual assault of minor, abetment to abortion
THE Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and 12-year sentence of a man who a Supreme Court jury found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor and aiding her into a forced abortion.
Hurricanes blamed as only 300 of promised 1,300 homes are built
THE Christie administration’s inability to fully honour its mandate to build over 1,300 homes before the end of its five-year term is largely the result of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Joaquin and Matthew, Minister of Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsett claimed yesterday.
NHI act comes into force to allow hiring
THE National Health Insurance Act (NHIA) came into force yesterday, providing Prime Minister Perry Christie with the power to establish the NHI Authority, the NHI Secretariat announced.
FNM anger at 72 pages of duplicate registrations
THE Free National Movement has raised “grave concerns” regarding the general election 2017 voter register, among them the discovery of 72 pages of duplicate registrations, names printed of persons born over 200 years ago and some who were born in 2017, according to party Chairman Sidney Collie yesterday.
Ministry denies fast-tracking on immigration before election
THE MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs and Immigration yesterday moved to temper outrage on social media over claims that the government was fast-tracking the naturalisation of people of Haitian descent ahead of the general election.
PLP chairman defensive about Bobo and Toggie
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts was on the defensive yesterday when he was asked about his party’s relationship with self-proclaimed “gang members” Wisler “Bobo” Davilma and Livingston “Toggie” Bullard.
