Wells: Plans afoot to make BEC cutting edge
PLANS are in the works to catapult the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to the cutting edge of modern technology, Permanent Secretary of Works and Urban Development Renward Wells said yesterday.
Government plans for Grand Bahama 'revolutionary'
FREEPORT - In response to the Speech from the Throne, Grand Bahama residents were very excited about government's plans to extend similar concessions in the Hawksbill Creek Agreement to East and West Grand Bahama.
UPDATED: Cassius Stuart pulls out of FNM deputy leader race
FORMER Free National Movement candidate Cassius Stuart has withdrawn his bid for the deputy leadership of the party, it was announced on his Facebook page yesterday.
Review of land laws expected during term
A REVIEW of commonage land laws will be undertaken during the next five years, according to the government.
Education budget to double
EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald yesterday reaffirmed the new government's commitment to doubling the education budget, despite the challenge of the country's huge deficit.
Backing for mortgage plan
THE government reaffirmed its commitment to bring mortgage relief to homeowners in arrears and facing foreclosure yesterday.
VIDEO: New members arrive
PARLIAMENT opened with much pomp and pageantry yesterday, as hundreds of supporters braved the rain dressed in their best to watch the newly elected Members of Parliament take their oaths.
Referendum on gambling promised
THE Government yesterday promised to hold a referendum on a national lottery and the decriminalisation or regulation of "numbers" houses.
'Country will decide on oil exploration'
IN KEEPING with Prime Minister Perry Christie's announcement to put oil drilling to a national referendum, Minister of Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsett said the Bahamian people will decide if the country moves forward with oil and gas exploration.
Halkitis: We don't yet know size of the country's deficit
DESPITE comments by the chairman of the PLP, the government has yet to determine a "ball-park figure" of the country's budget deficit, State Finance Minister Michael Halkitis said yesterday.
Talks on bus system reform
THE government will renew talks to implement a unified public bus system to reduce traffic congestion in New Providence.
FNM insiders calling for young people to step up
WITH the Free National Movement's convention days away, party insiders are urging young Bahamians to participate and throw their names into the hat for senior party positions.
Road closures for opening of Parliament
POLICE are warning people to watch out for road closures as the new session of Parliament meets.
PM considers Bethel for prosecutor role
OUSTED Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl Grant-Bethell may be set to return to government to claim the title she felt was hard-earned.
FNM crime laws 'will do more harm than good'
THE series of amendments made to criminal laws under the previous Ingraham administration will yield more harm than good, attorney Wayne Munroe suggested yesterday.
