PM says PR campaign to be launched for NHI
WITH registration for the government’s National Health Insurance plan to start this month, Prime Minister Perry Christie said the nation should expect a “major public relations campaign” to be launched in “short order”.
DNA blasts PLP for failing to meet CLICO promise
DNA Leader Branville McCartney yesterday slammed the Christie administration for failing to honour its December 31, 2015 deadline to provide a resolution for the thousands of CLICO (Bahamas) policyholders who lost millions of dollars when the company collapsed.
Wilchcombe: Carnival will learn lessons
TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe yesterday hit back at FNM Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest for suggesting that this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival will be another “big party but economic failure”.
Government signs five-year deal with nurses union
EXECUTIVES of the Bahamas Nurses Union yesterday signed two five-year industrial agreements with the government, ending an arduous process that initially saw both sides come to an agreement only to have minor details force negotiators back to the table.
Minnis: Govt crime plan is ‘smoke and mirrors’
AFTER the homicide rate reached a record breaking 147 for the year, Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said it is increasingly clear that the Christie administration’s so-called campaign promise of a solution to crime was nothing more than “smoke and mirrors”.
Jobless total ‘even higher’
WHILE he said the Free National Movement would not question the veracity of the Department of Statistics’ latest unemployment figures, party leader Dr Hubert Minnis noted that the agency is “controlled” by a government that prides itself on “cover-ups” and “embellishments”.
Roberts defends PLP record over the past three years
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday stressed that the Bahamas has come a long way during the past three years under the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party.
More Bahamians now working, claims Labour Minister Gibson
A DAY after the latest results of the Department of Statistics’ labour survey revealed that the unemployment rate has risen to 14.8 per cent, with more than one in seven Bahamians now out of a job, Labour Minister Shane Gibson claimed the Bahamas has made “tremendous strides since the global recession”.
PM expects completion of Baha Mar early next year
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said he expects Baha Mar to be completed early next year, although he did not give a specific date for the restart of construction at the resort or when the property might open.
Cabinet to discuss legislation for National Health Insurance today
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said the draft legislation for National Health Insurance is finished and will likely be discussed in Cabinet today.
Rolle denies BIA claim of VAT removal from healthcare
FINANCIAL Secretary John Rolle said yesterday that no serious consideration is being given to removing value added tax (VAT) from healthcare services and health insurance premiums in this country.
‘NHI without catastrophic care won’t help Bahamians’
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis reiterated yesterday that a National Health Insurance scheme that does not provide catastrophic care will not help Bahamians in the way they need it most.
FNM blames Prime Minister for ‘bleak Christmas’
BAHAMIANS will have a “bleak Christmas” this year because of the weak leadership of Prime Minister Perry Christie, the Free National Movement said in a statement yesterday.
Govt ‘not doing what is needed to stop economic bleeding’
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday blamed the increase in the country’s unemployment rate on “poor governance” from the Christie administration and a lack of “outrage among these government officials about the level of suffering that their people are facing”.
Govt to be tougher on crime in 2016, says PM
THE government will introduce “tougher measures” to combat crime in 2016, Prime Minister Perry Christie said last night.
