Baha Mar CEO slams govt for ‘unfulfilled promises’
BAHA Mar CEO Sarkis Izmirlian criticised the government yesterday for its “unfulfilled promises” and suggested the Christie administration seek “outside help” on crime prevention and education for the country to succeed.
Miller: We are in crisis over crime
TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday lashed out at the government insisting that during the next election many of his colleagues will receive a “rude awakening” from voters because they did not take a stand to tackle crime, which he described as a cancer “taking out the guts” of Bahamians.
US ‘agrees to stick to law’ in use of surveillance
NEARLY one year after it was reported that the United States was intercepting and monitoring Bahamian telephone calls, America has agreed to use the “lawful” authority to obtain surveillance information from this country, according to Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday.
Minnis: Charge contractors paid without finishing work
CRIMINAL charges should be filed immediately against any contractor who was paid by Urban Renewal without “finishing the people’s work”, FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday.
PM not living up to his promises, says Cash
FORMER FNM Chairman Darron Cash yesterday criticised Prime Minister Perry Christie for his continued perceived failures, insisting that Bahamians no longer “trust” the present administration.
Miller says DNA $1bn energy plan is ‘inept’
BAHAMAS Electricity Corporation Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday criticised the “ineptitude” of the Democratic National Alliance’s $1 billion proposal for transforming electricity provision in the country.
No sign of progress on campaign finance pledge
THREE years after Prime Minister Perry Christie called for the establishment of campaign finance laws, it remains unclear when, or if, his administration will ever introduce them.
Minnis: PM trying to suppress speech
PRIME Minister Perry Christie has been accused of trying to suppress freedom of speech by the leader of the FNM, Dr Hubert Minnis.
DNA likens Gray’s actions to PM’s own intervention
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney has suggested that Prime Minister Perry Christie has not reprimanded embattled Agriculture Minister V Alfred Gray for alleged judicial interference because of the actions it is claimed that Mr Christie took last year to help stop the court ordered repossession of government VAT coordinator Ishmael Lightbourne’s West Bay Street home.
PM warns of crime’s threat to economy
CRIME and security risks “rank high among the principal threats and obstacles” to growth in the region, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the CARICOM-US Summit in Kingston, Jamaica yesterday, stressing that Caribbean countries value the support of the United States in this area.
FNM chairman is sued by PM
Prime Minister Perry Christie has announced that he is to sue the chairman of the FNM, Michael Pintard, for defamation.
Power from Florida in $1bn plan by DNA
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday proposed a $1 billion plan to transform electricity provision in The Bahamas.
DNA: Time to get serious on disclosures
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday it is “past time” for the government to “get serious” about upholding the laws mandated under the Public Disclosures Act.
FNM calls for removal of Davis and Gray
THE Free National Movement held a press conference outside the Department of Agriculture in Freeport yesterday demanding the removal of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis and Minister of Agriculture V Alfred Gray from Cabinet.
Roberts blasts Butler-Turner over criticism of government
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts shot back at Long Island MP Loretta Butler Turner’s criticism of the Christie administration, saying the opposition member is “confused”.
