Walkabout in Kemp Road to tackle crime
THE Kemp Road community yesterday became a basin of “prayer and love” as police, along with community and religious leaders canvassed the area with a view to arrest the scourge of crime that has gripped the area since the start of the year.
Edison Key says at PLP convention: I'm done and finished with the FNM
CENTRAL and South Abaco MP Edison Key entered the Progressive Liberal Party's convention hall after 7pm Tuesday to resounding applause, cheers and greetings by members of the governing party at the first night of the PLP's convention.
Bowe questions PM's boast of 32,000 jobs
TAKING issue with Prime Minister Perry Christie’s job boast, Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation Chairman Gowon Bowe regretted that policy makers and the wider public have fallen into a trap of sensational “punch line rhetoric”.
Juveniles behind bars as six are accused after school stabbing
TWO juveniles were remanded to the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys yesterday after they were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court in connection with a recent stabbing incident at Government High School.
Christie says NHI will boost nation’s economy
WHILE still not providing clarity to much of the country’s confusion surrounding the planned implementation of National Health Insurance, Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday made a push to persuade Bahamians to trust the government in handling the healthcare scheme, insisting that NHI is expected to “boost the economy”.
PLP supporters flock to the Melia for three-day convention
HUNDREDS of Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) supporters and delegates assembled at the Melia Resort on Tuesday morning to register and get ready for the party's three-day convention.
Ferguson: Talk is over, it’s time to take action
TRADE Union Congress President Obie Ferguson hinted yesterday that extensive labour action could occur across the country in the coming weeks, as he spearheaded the platform merger of several of the nation’s unions in their respective grievances against the Christie administration.
Police plea after two killings in 24 hours
POLICE are investigating two homicides which occurred nearly 24 hours apart.
Hanna Martin blasts flight fees story as 'fake news'
TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday refuted assertions in a Tribune article that accused the Progressive Liberal Party of being responsible for the country’s loss of millions of dollars in overflight fees, charging that this newspaper is engaging in “fake news” and a “perverse misrepresentation of the facts”.
PM: Mortgage relief for 350
THE government’s revamped mortgage relief programme has assisted 350 Bahamian homeowners since it was reintroduced, Prime Minister Perry Christie revealed yesterday.
Power outages as cold front continues to affect the Bahamas
THE Department of Meteorology issued gale force wind warnings yesterday after a cold front brought 40 mph winds across the entire Bahamas beginning around 5am.
Christie backs probe of BTC
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday told his critics, who have questioned his administration’s take back of the majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC), that the government’s actions will be revealed in the results of Parliament’s select committee probe.
Sears refused slot to speak at PLP convention
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Trustee Valentine Grimes yesterday said “no candidate” is allowed to speak at the party’s convention this week as he shot down reports that the PLP’s top brass was preventing leadership contender Alfred Sears from addressing delegates during the event.
Grimes denies taxpayers paid bill for flying PLP supporters to event
BAHAMASAIR Chairman Valentine Grimes yesterday shot down questioning on whether taxpayers were footing the bill for Progressive Liberal Party supporters travelling on the airline to attend the ratification of Prime Minister Perry Christie and others last week.
