DNA candidate slams PM's VAT address
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance (DNA) candidate for Garden Hills Youri Kemp on Friday blasted Prime Minister Perry Christie for what he termed a "weak performance" accounting for the Value-Added Tax (VAT) regime that was "thin" on analysis or answers.
PM: Minnis has no clue about governance
PRIME Minister Perry Christie chastised Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis on Friday, claiming the Killarney MP seemed to have no clue about governance in the Bahamas or how the Ministry of Finance functions.
Minnis: Govt wasted our VAT money
FREE National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis last night blasted Prime Minister Perry Christie’s explanation on how his administration handled the $1.14bn in value added tax (VAT) revenue accumulated during 2015 and 2016, accusing the government of having a “pile of money” and wasting it.
Hanna Martin accuses auditor of guesswork on road traffic
TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday accused Auditor General Terrence Bastian of “guesstimating” while conducting his most recent audit of the Road Traffic Department (RTD), claiming that the department’s current proceeds “do not correlate” with its estimated annual revenue losses in Mr Bastian’s report.
Turnquest says VAT explanation is ‘smoke and mirrors’
FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said yesterday that Prime Minister Perry Christie’s explanation of “where the VAT money gone” was nothing more than “smoke and mirrors and word play”.
Minister warns of legal penalties as Cowpen Road farmland catches fire
A LARGE plot of farmland off Cowpen Road caught fire yesterday, sending plumes of smoke into the air and affecting residents in nearby areas, leading Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett to warn that setting fires is punishable by law.
Gibson: More labour reforms ahead under PLP
MINISTER of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson yesterday called the passage of the labour amendments by Parliament this week “a great place to start”, implying that if re-elected the Christie administration would expand on its labour reform actions.
Two-year delay in feed mill upgrades after dispute
UPGRADES at the Gladstone Road Feed Mill intended to provide uninterrupted power supply and higher quality feed have been halted for nearly two years due to a disagreement between the project’s consultant and the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC), Agriculture Minister V Alfred Gray confirmed yesterday.
‘Time is very short’ until the election bell is rung
WHILE much of the country waits in anticipation for Prime Minister Perry Christie to “ring the bell” indicating the date for the 2017 election, yesterday he hinted that “time is very short” until voters head to the polls.
$35m spent by govt on recovery after hurricane
THE government spent $35m on hurricane-related expenses as of January 31, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.
PM: Not a dollar of VAT wasted
AMID lingering questions regarding Value-Added Tax (VAT) collections, Prime Minister Perry Christie was on the defensive yesterday as he explained how his administration handled $1.14bn in VAT revenue accumulated during 2015 and 2016, insisting that not one dollar of the money has been “frittered away” or spent “surreptitiously”.
Dame Joan Sawyer blasts Fitzgerald fuel leak silence
FORMER President of the Court of Appeal Dame Joan Sawyer has lashed out at Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald for his revelation earlier in this Parliamentary term that he kept quiet for more than a year on the contents of a report into an underground fuel leak in his constituency.
Gibson denies cancellation of armed forces health coverage
MINISTER of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson hit back at social media rumours that the government was cancelling health coverage for members of the armed forces once National Health Insurance comes on stream.
FNM blasts landfill ‘false hope’
AS the government continues its search for resolutions at the New Providence dump site, Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday dismissed indications that the administration was now exploring a request for proposal (RFP) process, blasting the move as “empty rhetoric” presented as means to “inspire false hope” to those that have suffered through the “calamity” of fires.
Minnis has no knowledge of seat offer to Butler-Turner
FREE National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that - as far he knew - “no one” in his party offered Official Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner any “seat” in the upcoming election, other than the Long Island one fore which she was ratified before the nomination was revoked.
