ON DA HOOK
THE Wahoo season is in full swing across The Bahamas, with great catches in Bimini, Grand Bahama and Abaco this week and the fish providing a great spectacle.
Carl Bethel and Dr Duane Sands resign from Senate
FREE National Movement (FNM) Senators Carl Bethel and Dr Duane Sands have resigned from the Senate with immediate effect.
Bahamians arrested for human smuggling
THREE Bahamian men are in the custody of United States authorities after they were alledgedly caught attempting to smuggle six Haitians to Florida last week.
Sex attack case against four-year-old discontinued
PROCEEDINGS have been discontinued against a man awaiting trial concerning the alleged sexual assault against a four-year-old child.
Collie: FNM sought replacement only after Key said he was retiring
THE Free National Movement only began seeking a new candidate for the Central and South Abaco constituency after area MP Edison Key informed the organisation that he would not be seeking another nomination because he was retiring from front line politics, party Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday.
Watson: No party has advantage ahead of election
THE 2017 general election will be a measure of pitch-perfect campaigns rather than base support or popularity, according to former Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson, who yesterday projected that no political party held any “real” advantage going into the polls.
Hubert Minnis faces removal as Leader of Opposition in Parliament
DR HUBERT Minnis, leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), faces removal as leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament after a vote of no confidence by seven of his party's 10 MPs on Wednesday morning.
'Repair BPL hurricane damage' or union strikes
PRESIDENT of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union Paul Maynard yesterday threatened industrial action if the government does not immediately repair the damage to Bahamas Power and Light’s Clifton Pier Plant caused by the passage of Hurricane Matthew in October.
UPDATED - Sacked: 61 jobs go at Ocean Club
MORE than 60 employees, including management and line staff, have been fired from the One&Only Ocean Club for “performance based” reasons, with the hotel’s reported dissatisfaction over unsavoury guest reviews about its staff serving as the primary reason for conducting pre-Christmas layoffs.
Too little, too late, warns DNA leader over probe into BPL
DESPITE Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent pronouncements that he plans to launch a probe into Bahamas Power and Light’s inability to provide uninterrupted electricity supply to consumers, Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney has issued a staunch rebuke of the move, calling it “too little, too late”.
‘What’s the BPL business plan?’ demands FNM Deputy Leader
FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest urged the government to fully disclose its agreement with American company PowerSecure and to publicly detail the $900,000 business plan it drafted amid fierce criticism sparked by Bahamas Power and Light’s failure to provide steady electricity supply.
Recommendations on crime in National Development Plan
THE National Development Plan makes a number of recommendations for fighting crime and increasing respect for the rule of law.
Kennedy Jr hits out at govt over civil rights
THE protracted and bitter dispute between environmental action group Save The Bays and the government has one high-profile American environmentalist questioning whether civil rights and the rule of law are under attack.
Man injured in shooting at Freeport business
A MAN was hospitalised early Tuesday morning following a shooting at a business in Freeport, police reported.
