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'Petty' Minnis blasted by Cash over committee changes

FORMER Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Darron Cash has accused party leader Dr Hubert Minnis of removing two people from the FNM’s Executive Committee, which he alleged was done “for the purpose of adding a few more votes at convention”.

'Bring the date of PLP convention forward'

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller and former Cabinet minister George Smith want the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) to hold a convention in September instead of November, arguing that sooner rather than later the party needs to organise itself and excite its base in preparation for the next general election.

Bid for probe into bribery at BEC after Ramsey case

THE Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is calling for the establishment of a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate a bribery scandaldating back more than a decade involving Alstom SA and the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC), PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said yesterday.

Rollins wants inquiry into Baha Mar

FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins said yesterday that the status of the Baha Mar project is more “worrisome” than Prime Minister Perry Christie is letting the public know.

Mitchell: No fallout from the US over ministry's travel advisory

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday there has been “absolutely” no fall out from diplomats in the United States after his ministry issued a travel warning advising Bahamians, young men in particular, to exercise caution in their dealings with police in US cities.

30-year sentence call by Butler-Turner criticised

THE recent call from Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner for convicted murderers to face a minimum 30-year sentence without parole would infringe on the discretionary power of judges, Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson said.

PM: Trust fund for inmates who work in construction while in jail

PRIME Minister Perry Christie hinted on Friday that the government will establish a trust fund for inmates of the Department of Correctional Services who participate in construction and other service programmes, enabling them to collect money to assist in their reintegration into society after leaving prison.

Two in hospital after being shot by masked man

TWO men are recovering in hospital after they were shot by a masked man on Thursday night on Okra Hill.

54 Cubans detained in Grand Bahama by immigration officers

FIFTY FOUR Cuban migrants were taken into custody by Immigration officials in Grand Bahama in three separate incidents over three days this week, a Freeport immigration official has told The Tribune.

Eight held as guns found at resort

EIGHT people - four men and four women - have been arrested after a police raid at a West Bay Street resort on Saturday morning uncovered guns and ammunition.

Eight arrested after pistols and ammunition find at West Bay Street resort

EIGHT people - four men and four women - have been arrested after a police raid at a West Bay Street resort on Saturday morning uncovered guns and ammunition.

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW ON INDEPENDENCE: 43 years on and still we need to break the shackles

WHILST WE have accomplished much since our Independence in 1973, we continue to be a country that celebrates “flag independence”, more so than what it means to be truly economically and socially diverse and self-determining.

Christie playing a "dangerous game" with Moody's over potential downgrade, says Butler-Turner

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner chastised Prime Minister Perry Christie on Friday for his "delusional and incoherent" response to the threat of possible downgrade by rating agency Moody's.

Abaco airport named after war veteran and aviation pioneer Leonard Thompson

THE Marsh Harbour airport has been officially renamed after celebrated World War II veteran and former Abaco MP Captain Leonard Thompson.

BEC bribe-taker Freddie Ramsey fined and ordered to repay $220,000

FREDDIE Solomon Ramsey on Friday escaped being hit with a custodial sentence and instead was fined $1,000 for each of the 14 bribery-related charges of which a jury previously convicted him stemming from the Alstom SA/Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) scandal.

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