VIDEO: PM says country risking future if it elects Minnis
DAYS after insisting that he and members of his party were cutting Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis some “slack” before waging a full campaign to highlight his failures, Prime Minister Perry Christie last evening berated the former Official Opposition leader during a community meeting in Fox Hill.
Deficit under PLP ‘exceeds what was left under the FNM’
BY the end of the year, the Christie administration will have driven the country’s deficit up to a number that exceeds what was left by the previous administration, Free National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said yesterday.
‘Criminals will ravage country unless death penalty enforced’
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that unless the government is willing to enforce the death penalty, “criminals will continue to ravage our country and keep citizens in fear.”
Nine held after drugs found worth more than $600,000
POLICE arrested nine persons over the weekend, including a Bahamian pilot and two men from Suriname, in connection with three major marijuana seizures in New Providence and Abaco.
Montagu PLPs backed Smith over rival nominee Munroe
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s Montagu branch voted to nominate Senator Frank Smith for the newly renamed Free Town constituency before the Candidates Committee of the PLP decided to give the nomination to attorney Wayne Munroe, according to a press statement yesterday from the branch.
Amnesty hits out at LGBTI discrimination in the Bahamas
IN its 2016-2017 report on human rights in The Bahamas, Amnesty International has criticised The Bahamas for its “discriminatory” posture towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and for the country’s rejection of last year’s constitutional referendum on gender equality.
600 murders under the PLP
NEW Providence’s killing spree continued over the weekend when two men were murdered in two separate shooting incidents less than 24 hours apart.
Ex-MP 'sought to intimidate judge'
A FORMER public relations agent for billionaire Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has confirmed reports that the Lyford Cay resident and his attorney, former Mount Moriah MP Keod Smith, were involved in efforts to intimidate Supreme Court Justice Indra Charles and harass her son.
Dames tells Nottage to call him for solutions to crime
FORMER Deputy Police Commissioner Marvin Dames yesterday urged National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage to “call him” if he wants “real solutions” to the country’s escalating crime problem.
Copper thieves hit BTC lines
THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company has been a victim of “copper theft,” which has caused some disruption in telephone service in Grand Bahama.
Man shot dead after home invasion off Soldier Road
POLICE in New Providence have launched an island-wide manhunt and public appeal for a man suspected of a home invasion and shooting that has left a man dead early on Sunday morning.
Bahamas face US in fifth place playoff after beating Trinidad
DESPITE being outsized and eventually outmanned on the pitch on Saturday, the Bahamas men's team held off Trinidad & Tobago 5-2, highlighted by two impressive goals from captain Gavin Christie and one each from tournament leading scorer Lesly St Fleur and Gary Joseph, in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.
Drugs and money found on plane in Abaco
THREE men have been arrested after a large amount of dangerous drugs, cash and firearms were seized by law enforcement officers in Abaco on Friday afternoon.
Man dies in drive-by shooting in Ferguson Subdivision
A MAN was shot dead in the Ferguson Subdivision off Carmichael Road on Saturday morning, police have reported.
PM warns Minnis: PLP cutting him 'slack' before campaign begins
PRIME Minister Perry Christie warned Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis Friday night that the PLP is cutting him some “slack” before waging a campaign that highlights the terrible things opposition members have said about him.
