Loretta: I don’t want to be leader of the FNM
FNM Deputy leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday said she has not set her sights on becoming leader of the party.
New Zealand team to explain VAT in Bahamas
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday a team of experts from New Zealand are expected to come to the Bahamas in January to explain Value Added Tax.
Mitchell denies ministry has spent $1.5M on travel
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has denied that his ministry has spent over $1.5 million on travel since he took office in 2012.
PM SAYS ‘DOUBLE DIPPING’ IS ILLEGAL
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday declared that public servants “double-dipping” on sick benefits is against the law and the government intends to end the practice.
Decision making ‘stuck in 1960s paper trail model’
FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell questioned how the Bahamas expects to survive in today’s world with decision-making processes stuck in the paper trail model of the 1960s.
Marco's Law is tabled in Parliament
MORE than two years after 11-year-old Marco Archer was murder by a sexual predator, the government moved the highly anticipated amendment to the Child Protection Act named in the child’s memory.
PM ‘close to resolution’ on BTC majority stake talks
PRIME Minister Perry Christie says he is close to a resolution in negotiations for the majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommunication’s Company Ltd.
Christie fails to address international trip cost
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday went into great detail to explain his trip to Sri Lanka with stops in London and Rome, but failed to address the mounting concerns over its cost to taxpayers.
Minister: Govt not at fault over cruise ships' inability to dock
TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin yesterday insisted that the government was not at fault for the inability of three large cruise ships to dock in Nassau harbour last Monday.
Gibson: Teachers can’t go on strike
LABOUR Minister Shane Gibson said yesterday teachers in Nassau cannot take any industrial action, despite hundreds of them agreeing to hold a strike vote next week.
AG to address concerns over Public Prosecutions Office in Senate today
ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard Gibson said that in the Senate today she will address concerns about the standard and upkeep of the Public Prosecutions Office.
Pier#16 after-party a first of its kind for 'Festival of Lights'
The Sir Durward Knowles Festival of Lights is powdering up its party face this year, revamping the entertainment experience for guests attending the event. On December 21, 2013, all roads lead to Pier #16, the site of the” Greatest Party on Earth”.
Minnis: Mess at prosecution office is hurting trials
OPPOSITION leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday the public can expect longer delays in criminal trials because of the “poor conditions” under which prosecutors now work.
As VAT draft bill is published, DNA urges alternatives
WITH the draft legislation for Value Added Tax finally released to the public with only a month before it is set to be debated in Parliament, DNA leader Branville McCartney is urging the government to consider alternatives.
Minnis: Tragedy could have been avoided if planes were working
OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday he believes the outcome of the recent Haitian tragedy would have been different if the Defence Force’s reconnaissance planes had been operational.
