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Butler-Turner heads to Grand Bahama for support

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said she is actively seeking the support of the 400 plus delegates who will be voting at the FNM’s upcoming convention.

Poll workers still waiting for pay after referendum

PROCESSING delays in payments for poll workers in the gender equality referendum have renewed calls for the disclosure of the government’s funding of the YES Bahamas campaign.

Bid to reinstate former president in BUT race fails

AN officer of the Bahamas Union of Teachers brought a motion during the union’s annual general meeting to reinstate suspended BUT President Belinda Wilson after a forensic audit revealed that more than $100,000 was overpaid to a contractor under her watch.

Man found dead with multiple gunshots wounds off Mackey Street

A MAN was shot multiple times and killed late on Thursday night while walking in the Mackey Street area of Nassau.

Loretta Butler-Turner confirms FNM leadership bid

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner has declared that she and running mate Senator Dr Duane Sands will make the “strongest team” to not only contest the top two leadership posts of the FNM, but to turn the country around.

Wells says fellow FNM MP was disrespectful to him

BAMBOO Town MP Renward Wells went on the defensive yesterday, criticising Central Grand Bahama MP Neko Grant as disrespectful for his comments that criticised his performance during the 2016/2017 budget debate.

PM open to election debate

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday the country had “reached the level of sophistication” that warrants public debates among persons vying for public office, hinting that he would be open to such a move.

Baha Mar fails to gain control of legal claim

SUPREME Court Justice Ian Winder yesterday dismissed a petition Sarkis Izmirlian’s Granite Ventures filed as part of its process to get the Supreme Court to require Baha Mar’s Deloitte & Touche receivership team to surrender control of a $192m legal claim the company has against China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).

Mitchell asks for patience ahead of more passport office delays

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday that the Passport Office is experiencing the “summer from hell” as he announced delays of more than 12 weeks for e-passports.

Father-of-three found hanged

A 48-year-old father of three was found hanging from the ceiling of a wooden shed attached to his Hillside Estates home early yesterday morning.

'Too early' to tell effect of Brexit on The Bahamas

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday while there will “likely” be an impact for The Bahamas and the Caribbean of Britain’s vote to exit the European Union, it is “too early to say” what that impact will be.

'Cut down on plastic bag usage'

THE Raising Awareness Bahamas Landfill (RABL) group is organising a Facebook photo contest on Sunday - “International Bag Free Day” - to raise awareness of the dangers and negative environmental impacts of plastic bags usage.

South Africa factfinding trip for NHI Secretariat

MEMBERS of the National Health Insurance Secretariat went to South Africa in mid-June to observe and evaluate best practices for the implementation of universal health coverage in The Bahamas.

Minnis slams govt one year on from Baha Mar bankruptcy

ON the anniversary of the Baha Mar bankruptcy filing, Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis declared that “there is no opening in sight” for the resort as he criticised the government for offering “empty rhetoric and broken promises”.

Ministry pays tribute to 'a true ambassador'

THE Ministry of Tourism paid tribute to the deceased Patricia “Smiling Pat” Hoyte for the many years she has served in the tourism and entertainment industry in Grand Bahama.

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