Nottage hits back at Smith over criticisms
NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday fired back at Deputy House Speaker Dion Smith who recently said his constituents in Nassau Village cannot feel the government.
Minnis declines to say if FNM MPs will also say 'no' to salaries
FNM leader Dr Hubert Minnis refused to tell The Tribune yesterday if his party’s MPs will give up their salaries as part of rejecting the government’s budget.
FNM hits out at Miller over unpaid BEC bill of $239,000
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday said he has “no idea” what Prime Minister Perry Christie was thinking when he appointed Leslie Miller as executive chairman of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation in view of Mr Miller’s reported admission that he owes the corporation nearly a quarter of a million dollars in outstanding electricity bills.
Two more ministers say no comment on whether they broke law
TWO more government ministers declined to comment on whether they are up to date with their annual public disclosures.
Historic 'No' vote to Budget
OPPOSITION leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that FNM parliamentarians will not support the Christie administration’s “deceptive” 2014/2015 budget which seeks to borrow $343 million for the forthcoming fiscal year.
Gibson clarifies his claim over 30,000 jobs
LABOUR Minister Shane Gibson yesterday clarified job figures he announced in the House of Assembly on Monday, telling The Tribune that the 30,000 jobs he said were created from May 7, 2012, to May, 2014 are a “mixture” of previously unemployed people and those who were employed, but had transferred to new companies from their current jobs.
At least eight failed to file disclosures
AT least eight government ministers have not filed their public disclosures for this year as mandated by law, according to their own admissions.
'When will nation know if it is victim of spying?'
HUBERT Chipman, FNM Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, said he is curious as to when The Bahamas will get an answer, if any, on the alleged recording of cellphone conversations by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
Pintard promises to defend rights of Bahamians in role as Senator
NEWLY appointed senator Michael Pintard promised to defend the rights of oppressed Bahamians during a ceremony yesterday when Governor-General Sir Arthur Foulkes presented him with his instruments of appointment.
SMITH: OLD GUARD SHOULD LET THE NEXT GENERATION HAVE THEIR SAY
NASSAU Village Member of Parliament Dion Smith said he has a problem when young politicians are ridiculed by older members of their party for speaking their mind on certain issues, particularly when they are doing so in a respectful manner and for the betterment of the country.
Moss is confident he will contest 2017 vote
MARCO City MP Greg Moss remains confident of a 2017 PLP general election nomination and is “unmoved” by criticisms he has received from colleagues over critical statements he has made about the government.
MILLER BRANDS BEC UNION LEADERS AS ‘BLOOD SUCKERS’
UNION leaders who represent employees at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation are “blood suckers” who are only worried about filling their pockets, even if it comes at the cost of the Bahamian people, the company’s Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday.
Gray warns of Ingraham return
V ALFRED Gray, Marine Resources and Agriculture Minister, predicts the return of former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham as leader of the FNM in a plot to oust current party head Dr Hubert Minnis.
DION SMITH: Nassau Village 'frighteningly poor'
IN the House of Assembly yesterday PLP MP Dion Smith told the Christie administration that his constituents in “frighteningly” poor Nassau Village complain of not being able to “feel” the government.
FNM Deputy has not filed financial disclosures
FNM Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday admitted that she has not filed her annual financial disclosures since 2012.
