Surprise at Christie admission
OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis was surprised by Prime Minister Christie's acknowledgment that the Bahamas was now "in the midst of one of the most difficult and challenging fiscal periods in the nation's history". The Prime Minister made his observati
Minnis takes stock of election defeat
FREE National Movement leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday took stock of his party's election defeat, acknowledging they lost the support of many women and young people. Speaking at thanksgiving service at Christian Ta
Wells defends decision over Urban Renewal contracts
PARLIAMENTARY Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Urban Development Renward Wells has weighed in on the ongoing criticism of the government's decision not to renew the contracts of 80 Urban Renewal employees.
Vote on gambling 'before end of year'
THE Bahamas can expect a referendum on the legalisation of gambling and a national lottery before the year is out, Prime Minister Perry Christie said.
PM: Bahamas facing the toughest economic times
PRIME MINISTER Perry Christie warned senior public servants the Bahamas is in one of the most difficult and challenging economic periods in its history.
Minister blasts former FNM administration over 'unmanned drones'
MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Fred Mitchell blasted the former FNM administration yesterday for failing to fully disclose to the Bahamian public that unmanned drones were operating in the Bahamas.
Butler-Turner blasts silence over rapes
FNM deputy leader Loretta Butler-Turner blasted the government's silence on the spike in reported rape cases
Turnquest hits back on spy planes
FORMER National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest has criticised both a local newspaper and Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell over alleged comments regarding unmanned US surveillance airplanes authorised to fly over the Bahamas.
PLP defiant over cut in Urban Renewal employees
THE governing Progressive Liberal Party has responded to the outrage over its decision not to renew the contracts of 80 Urban Renewal employees, by declaring the party has a mandate to organise the scheme as it sees fit.
Open letter to Prime Minister Perry Christie
Dear Prime Minister, The Scriptures remind us, "Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me." I appeal to you to reinstate the 80 terminated officers of the Urban Renewal Programme.
FNM are 'playing politics' over end of workers' contracts
FREEPORT - Michelle Reckley, deputy director of Urban Renewal, accused the FNM of "playing politics" and misleading the public over the 40 ousted workers on Grand Bahama.
Ministers take tour of airport
FREEPORT - Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin was in Grand Bahama over the weekend to tour the various government agencies within her portfolio as well as the island's private sector port facilities.
Minnis attacks government's health delay
FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis blasted the government yesterday for "backtracking" on an election promise to "move expeditiously" on National Health Insurance (NHI).
PM urged to ‘exercise Christian charity’
FORMER Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes yesterday appealed to Prime Minister Perry Christie to ‘exercise Christian charity’ and reinstate the 80 Urban Renewal workers whose contracts were not renewed.
'Pay up on contracts after change in government'
SENATOR Desmond Bannister said Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson should advise her government to pay those persons whose contracts were suspended following the change in government in May.
