Darville calls on Lloyd to address results decline
PLP Senator Dr Michael Darville said Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd has a “duty to address this decline” after this year’s poor examination results.
HAS SOMEONE UPSET YOU, MR SPEAKER? Moultrie launches rambling rant on media news reports
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie launched a 32-minute attack against the media in the House of Assembly yesterday, declaring at the start of the sitting that he is prepared to lead reporters to Jesus if they target him.
Out of touch: Former Speaker blasts ‘mediocre, tribal’ Parliament
THE Minnis administration-led Parliament is “deeply tribal,” “mediocre” and “unproductive”, according to former House Speaker Dr Kendal Major.
LEAVE THE PRESS ALONE, MR SPEAKER: MPs speak out on media attack and Assembly rules
GOVERNING party MPs called for a change to “archaic” parliamentary rules yesterday, with some expressing concern that the Minnis administration could be perceived as swaying toward the side of dictatorship and possible censorship of the country’s free press.
Grand Bahama will get its new hospital, says Minnis
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said on Monday Grand Bahama would have “a hospital” as soon as possible but did not indicate whether a new facility will be built as previously promised during his party’s election campaign. He was questioned about wh
What’s this fake news, Mr Speaker?
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie accused media in the country of “descending” to a certain level, adding it was an issue that needed addressing.
Johnson defends decision to mandate work permits
IMMIGRATION Minister Elsworth Johnson yesterday defended the government’s decision to mandate work permits for Hurricane Dorian volunteers entering the Bahamas. Speaking to reporters outside Cabinet, Mr Johnson said the government still has an oblig
DEMOLITION BAN ‘MUST BE LIFTED’ – Minnis orders AG: Get shanty town order thrown out
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has instructed Attorney General Carl Bethel to petition the court to lift a standing injunction that prohibits the government from demolishing shanty towns in the country.
NO BACKING DOWN ON DEPORTATIONS: Govt rejects UN’s concern over new migrant expulsions
THE government’s decision to resume deportation of undocumented migrants was “painstaking”, but came only after careful analysis at a time deemed appropriately humane and necessary, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
‘Why change RBDF top command now?’
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis has questioned whether the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s change in leadership will impact ongoing recovery efforts on storm-ravaged islands.
Bannister: Construction needs to begin in Ragged Island
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister has admitted that construction needs to begin in Ragged Island.
Justices: False affidavit by MP's company unacceptable
A FALSE affidavit from Fox Hill MP Shonel Ferguson’s investment company was part of the reason why it was not given another chance to overturn its eviction from a building it never paid real property taxes on since assuming responsibility for it some
Chipman: I'm no sell out
INDEPENDENT MP Reece Chipman says he’s no political sell out following his resignation from the Free National Movement a week ago.Speaking for the first time at Parliament since he quit the governing party, Mr Chipman criticised partisan politics and
Now McAlpine attacks evacuation law - and PM
PINERIDGE MP Frederick McAlpine said yesterday it makes no logical sense to legislate mandatory evacuations without first having safe places on every island to send evacuees.
END THE TABOOS: McAlpine - it’s time for national debate on gay civil unions and abortion
PINERIDGE MP Frederick McAlpine says The Bahamas needs a national conversation about letting gay couples enter civil unions and legalising abortion, both of which he believes eligible people should be entitled to.
