PM: Voter registration still too slow to set election date
PRIME Minister Perry Christie last night suggested that he is not yet ready to set an election date, telling The Tribune shortly after being re-elected party leader that the pace of voter registration was still too slow.
Gibson plays down Sears move to file complaint
LABOUR and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson was dismissive yesterday of Alfred Sears’ reported decision to file a formal complaint with Progressive Liberal Party trustees over the party’s internal elections because of concerns about fairness and transparency.
Major: Convention must bring a new direction
HOUSE of Assembly Speaker Dr Kendall Major said if the Progressive Liberal Party does not walk away from its 52nd National General Convention “changed and with a new direction” the three-day event would have all “been for nothing.”
Save the Bays calls for Prime Minister to ‘rein in’ Mitchell
ENVIRONMENTAL advocacy group Save The Bays yesterday called on Prime Minister Perry Christie to “rein in” his “clearly unbalanced” Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell, after the minister railed against the group for posing a “clear and present danger” to the governing Progressive Liberal Party.
Minnis ‘getting rid of members of Ingraham’s govt’
FORMER Free National Movement Cabinet minister Phenton Neymour yesterday suggested that he was denied the nomination to run as the party’s candidate for Exuma in the upcoming general election because of FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis’ attempts to purge the party of those individuals who served under the previous Ingraham administration.
Former Olympian’s home robbed and repairman shot twice in stomach
GUNSHOTS were heard in the San Souci area around 2pm yesterday when it is reported that a repairman at a home on Pear Street off Mandarin Drive in San Souci was shot twice in his stomach.
Praise from Allen for creation of Public Defender’s office
ONE of the country’s top judges has commended the executive for creating the reality of the Office of Public Defender, which she had called for as early as four years ago.
Lunch vendors ‘not paid for five months’ in Grand Bahama
THERE are reports that lunch vendors on the national school lunch programme in Grand Bahama have not been paid for some five months.
Seven Cubans intercepted by coast guard
SEVEN Cuban migrants were turned over to Bahamian immigration officials in Grand Bahama on Thursday at Freeport Harbour.
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Cycling Club Bahamas.- Weekend rides: Saturday leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbucks) 43 miles headed West.
Man dies in Abaco hit and run
POLICE are investigating a fatal hit and run accident on Abaco.
Christie wins leadership vote, 1,264 votes to 169
THE Melia Ballroom at the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) 52nd National Convention was filled to capacity for a high energy and raucous leadership race between incumbent leader Prime Minister Perry Christie and his challenger, Fort Charlotte candidate Alfred Sears.
‘Tell the truth on where VAT revenue has gone’
Free National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie yesterday urged the government to tell the truth regarding the nearly $1bn in value added tax revenue it collected from taxpayers since the tax was imposed on Bahamians.
Business owner shoots man dead at premises
THE rash of deadly shootings to start the year continued in New Providence last evening, with police now investigating two separate incidents that claimed the lives of two men.
