Dr Hubert Minnis criticised for AG resignation call
FORMER PLP Cabinet Minister George Smith yesterday criticised Dr Hubert Minnis for calling for Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson to resign due to her alleged conflict of interest with Baha Mar, adding that the FNM leader simply acted “without understanding the procedure that governs the conduct of ministers.”
AG’s husband has Baha Mar leases
ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson has revealed that her husband Maxwell Gibson owns the retail jewellery store chain that has been granted storefront leases in Baha Mar, while rejecting accusations that she has a conflict of interests due to her role as government negotiator for the stalled resort.
Govt ‘not conspiring with’ Chinese company and bank
ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday denied claims that the government was conspiring with China Construction America Bahamas and the Export-Import Bank of China to undermine the orders of a US bankruptcy court in Delaware.
'Transfer' of Police staff Association members ‘a huge miscalculation’
SENATOR Michael Pintard yesterday labelled Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade’s reported decision to transfer members of the Police Staff Association to other areas a “huge, ill-advised, miscalculation”.
Former FNM Chairman: The AG is in ‘very clear conflict of interest’
FORMER FNM Chairman Darron Cash yesterday questioned whether Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson has protected her personal interests while at the negotiating table with Baha Mar executives following years of reported legal representation to the resort’s developer Sarkis Izmirlian.
Pintard: Rise in killings due to lack of synergy between the govt and police
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard said the steady rise in the country’s homicide rate is due to a lack of synergy between government and police officials.
Loretta: Retract or quit over Sarkis
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday called on Prime Minister Perry Christie to make his Cabinet ministers retract their “extremist” statements against Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian or resign.
Christie and the AG under fire over ‘conflict of interest’
FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday called for Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson to resign from Cabinet in light of what he sees as a conflict of interest with her role as a government negotiator on Baha Mar and her daughters owning stores that have leases with the stalled project.
‘No internal challenge' to Dr Minnis’ FNM leadership
SUPPORTERS of Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday expressed confidence that there will be no internal challenges to his leadership as the party prepares for the next general election.
Minnis: Govt out of their depth on crime
FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has accused the Christie administration of being "out of their depth" in dealing with a crime situation he claims is sending the country "to hell".
AG: No Baha Mar conflict of interest
ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson has said there is no conflict of interest regarding her daughters owning stores that have leases with Baha Mar and her role as a government negotiator over the stalled project.
PM: Warnings to Sarkis are not position of the govt
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday said the warnings issued to Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian by two of his Cabinet ministers is not the position of the government.
Advocacy group calling for independent Freedom of Information administrator
ANOTHER advocacy group has come forward with calls for the government to strengthen the independence of the administrator established in the draft of the new Freedom of Information Bill.
PLP Chairman: Sarkis is ‘anti-Bahamian’
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has accused Baha Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian of being “anti-Bahamian,” adding that the developer is “obstructing” the completion and opening of the Cable Beach project for his own gain.
DNA hits out over govt’s plans to appeal police overtime ruling
THE government’s plans to appeal a Supreme Court ruling on overtime pay for police officers shows that the PLP has diverged from its original principles of looking out for Bahamians, according to the Democratic National Alliance.
