Resolution to acquire land at Moore’s Island
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday tabled in Parliament a resolution for the acquisition of more than 460 acres of land in Moore’s Island, Abaco.
1,100 unemployed in tourism and shortfall in rooms after closures
SOME 1,100 workers in the tourism industry are unemployed, and the closure of the two major hotels has resulted in an inventory shortfall of 1,024 rooms in Grand Bahama, according to a Freeport tourism official.
Miller: Christie administration must answer for PowerSecure
TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller again hit out at officials at Bahamas Power and Light, saying the Christie administration, not him, would have to answer questions over the management deal it signed with PowerSecure.
BTC gives its backing to Spelling Bee winners
TOP spellers received top awards from BTC last Sunday.
Scholarship applications are open
APPLICATIONS for the 2017 Carleton W Williams Caribbean Bottling Company Scholarship - which offers a full six-year academic scholarship to a participating private school of their choice - have this year been extended to Grand Bahama.
Minnis criticised for no-show in the House of Assembly
DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip Davis criticised Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday for his “no-show” in the House of Assembly.
Carrying a cross on the highway
A MAN carrying a large wooden cross along the busiest highway in Freeport yesterday drew stares from many curious passersby, but Leroy Clemenger, of Fort Myers, Florida, said his mission is to spread the message about Jesus.
Union leader supports government over changes to nation’s labour laws
BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard yesterday backed the government’s proposed amendments to the country’s labour laws, calling the gripes expressed by business owners an over reaction to necessary change.
Ingraham complaints dismissed by Deputy PM
IN DEFENCE of the government’s fiscal performance this term, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis yesterday dismissed criticisms levelled by former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham as complaints from an “alternative universe”.
Processed meat from Brazil banned
THE MINISTRY of Agriculture and Marine Resources yesterday announced a ban on all processed meat imports from Brazil for the next two months as a precaution following the shocking bribery scandal unfolding in the South American country.
Fire mostly extinguished, Miller tells Jubilee Garden residents
THE FIRE at the city dump is about 90 to 95 per cent extinguished, Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller said yesterday, adding that 95 per cent of Jubilee Gardens residents are back in their homes.
'Who could leave my babies to die like dogs?'
THROUGH a stream of tears and uncontrollable sobs, Nakesha Williams yesterday said she cannot understand how someone could have shot her 13-year-old son and 15-year-old nephew multiple times and then leave “her babies” on the side of the road “to die like dogs”.
Baha Mar is 'handed over'
IN THE absence of a casino operator licence and no definite answers on when guest reservations will be accepted, China Construction America officially “transferred” mega resort Baha Mar to Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Ltd yesterday.
Fitzgerald: Minnis must resign when Baha Mar opens
WHEN the $3.5bn mega resort Baha Mar opens on April 21, Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis must resign because of his continued negative pronouncements - particularly that the West Bay Street project would not open, Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald said yesterday.
Minnis blasts Christie’s ‘absent leadership’ after 600 murders under PLP
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday criticised Prime Minister Perry Christie for his “new found empathy” for the public’s fear of crime, reminding the prime minister that he was elected five years ago to “fix the problem, not just comment on it”.
