PLP Chairman hits back at Brent Symonette
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has shot back at former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette for his recent criticism of the government, calling the former St Anne’s MP “confused and intellectually dishonest” about his party’s last term in office.
Did PM speak too soon on BAMSI?
Christie says all contracts insured - but Forbes says probe ongoing
MINISTRY of Works officials are still working to determine if the contracts issued for the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute are all insured, despite Prime Minister Perry Christie’s affirmation that they are.
Pintard: Miller must resign for failing to deliver at BEC
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard has called for Leslie Miller to resign from his post at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, also criticising the Tall Pines MP for not having the “capacity to deliver the kinds of ideas required to move BEC into the 21st century.”
UPDATED: 'Intensive' immigration checks in Abaco
THE government began “intensive” immigration checks in Abaco Wednesday as law enforcement agencies united in the search for 60 Haitians suspected of entering the country illegally last week, Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday.
PM: All BAMSI contracts insured
PRIME Minister Perry Christie told reporters yesterday that Ministry of Works officials were now sure that all of the contractors working at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute have insurance.
Christie: CLICO policyholders have not been abandoned
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday said his administration has not abandoned efforts to bring relief to thousands of Bahamian policyholders who lost millions of dollars when CLICO (Bahamas) collapsed.
Pinder criticises text message circulated claiming strike action
BAHAMAS Public Services Union President John Pinder yesterday spoke out against a viral text message calling it “counter productive” to organised labour movements.
The many gaffes of Leslie Miller
SINCE the start of the year, outspoken Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller has retracted or apologised for several controversial statements he has made to the press.
Remaining BAMSI contracts being vetted by officials
STATE Minister of Works Arnold Forbes yesterday confirmed that officials were in the process of reviewing the 13 remaining Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute contracts but he could not say with certainty that all of the buildings under construction were insured.
$5m to hire 200 staff for Critical Care block
THE Christie administration plans to spend $5m to hire around 200 medical professionals from the Bahamas and abroad to staff the Critical Care Block at the Princess Margaret Hospital, according to Public Hospitals Authority Managing Director Herbert Brown.
Govt ‘can’t be trusted with VAT cash’
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said the Christie administration cannot be trusted with the anticipated billions in revenue that Value Added Tax will bring in.
FNM slams ‘crisis of leadership’
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday said conflicting statements by Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis and BEC Executive Chairman Leslie Miller surrounding the cause of last weekend’s island-wide blackout exposes a “crisis of leadership” within government.
Davis backs BEC staff over Miller
DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday said he is “satisfied” that last weekend’s island-wide blackout “did not occur as a result of negligence by employees” at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, contradicting earlier statements from BEC’s Executive Chairman Leslie Miller.
DNA: Time for solutions to third-world thinking
LAST weekend’s island-wide blackout is the result of “third world thinkers refusing to look at modern options,” Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said yesterday.
Symonette hints at return to politics
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said breaking his retirement to re-enter front-line politics is not off the table as the country’s “economic and social wellbeing continues to suffer” under the Christie administration.
