'Is PM serious on tackling corruption?'
THE Minnis administration’s silence on the FBI’s investigation into alleged bribery at the Department of Immigration connected to a local US visa scam is casting doubt on its professed commitment to fighting corruption, former State Minister for Legal Affairs Damian Gomez said yesterday.
landfill agreement with bidder '85% complete'
ENVIRONMENT Minister Romauld Ferreira said the New Providence Sanitary Landfill’s investment and management contract between the government and the selected bidder is 80 to 85 percent completed.
BPL chairman told to stay out of politics
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday rebuked Donovan Moxey, telling the Bahamas Power and Light chairman to leave the inflammatory invective to politicians who have equal standing in the arena with Official Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis.
Minister Lloyd disappointed as teachers stay out of classes
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd expressed disappointment in the actions of the majority of teachers at CH Reeves Junior High School, telling Parliament that educators withdrew service more than a week ago despite receiving clearance that it was safe to
PM eases the pain (for some) on bills
AS public discomfort continues over the spike in electricity costs, the government will temporarily increase the value added tax exemption ceiling on Bahamas Power and Light bills, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday.
MP makes tearful tribute to Moxey
ST BARNABAS Member of Parliament Shanendon Cartwright was brought to tears yesterday as he said politics should never diminish humanity or the contribution of any Bahamian to society.He was speaking of the legacy and victimisation of deceased politic
Civil servants ‘will never pay pensions’
PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold said he doubts the government could get the public sector’s 20,000 or so employees to contribute to their pensions, even though the country’s pension liability problem has been described as a ticking time bomb by some.
Immigration deadline - but what has changed?
PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold struggled yesterday to explain what has changed about the country’s enforcement of immigration laws more than a year after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis set a deadline for illegal immigrants to leave the country.Last
Caution first for government for changes to marijuana policies
THE newly formed cannabis committee will be given “as long as it takes” to complete its mandate, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday as he insisted the country must be careful with public policy.Recently the committee met for the first time
Bradley Roberts funeral on Friday
AN official funeral will be held for Bradley Roberts, Progressive Liberal Party chairman emeritus, on Friday at St Francis Xavier Cathedral on West Street.Roberts, 74, was a former Cabinet minister and parliamentarian. He died suddenly at his home in
Call for innovation to lure passengers off cruise ships
ALTHOUGH there is a decline in tourism arrivals in Grand Bahama, Minister of State for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson is encouraging the creation of more innovative tourism-based activities to lure additional cruise ship passengers off the ships
Chipman: No regrets for criticism of government
DAYS after the Free National Movement stressed the need for unity at a conclave, Centreville MP Reece Chipman said he does not regret his past criticisms of the Minnis administration’s policies.However, he added, the governing party remains “unified”
Plans to rein in electric costs
AS HE blamed rising international gas prices for the escalating cost of electricity in the country, Works Minister Desmond Bannister said Bahamas Power and Light has worked out interim solutions until Bahamians begin to reap rewards from the Shell No
FNM 'trying to suppress free speech' at conclave
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday attacked the governing Free National Movement for trying to “punish and suppress free speech” at its two-day conclave on the weekend.In a press statement Mr Mitchell critcised the conclave, c
Sands warns doctors and insurers will have to cut charges
All doctors, healthcare facilities and insurers must cut their fees if the revised National Health Insurance (NHI) model is to succeed and be financially viable, a Cabinet minister has warned.
