Strict enforcement of COVID rules during visit
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville suggested yesterday that there will be strict enforcement of COVID-19 rules during the UK Royals’ visit to The Bahamas this week, while assuring that any potential exposure to the virus amid the trip “will be dealt with”.
Abaco ‘seeing rebound’ in boating
ABACO is seeing a rebound of yachting and boating, and a strong demand for investment, said Tourism, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper.
Education Minister says graduation requirements are being reviewed
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin says her ministry is reviewing graduation requirements for public high schools with a view to making them “more facilitative” for performing students.
Halkitis: We have no plans to raise VAT to 15 percent
THE Bahamas will not raise value added tax to 15 percent, Minister of Economic Affairs Michael Halkitis said yesterday.
Cooper: FNM claim on visa costs ‘political nonsense’
TOURISM, Investments and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper yesterday called the opposition’s assertions that the government was subsidising the cost of American tourists’ COVID tests “political nonsense”.
‘Public needs educated on gender violence’
LISA Rahming, State Minister for Social Services and Urban Development, says there is a need for public education on gender-based violence before new legislation addressing the social issue is brought into force.
Deputy PM: ‘Promising’ proposals for Grand Lucayan
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper has indicated that proposed master plans presented to the Lucayan Renewal Holdings board so far by hotel bidders for the Grand Lucayan resort look “promising.”
Work ‘almost complete’ on national trade policy
ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said work on a national trade policy is almost complete, adding he was hopeful the matter would not get “hijacked” by arguments that there were attempts to push a free movement agenda that has for years clouded World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations.
‘No tax money spent on hurricane centre’
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said taxpayer funds were not wasted in Abaco after Hurricane Dorian. Much of the funds, including money for building a hurricane centre, he said, were donations to The Bahamas.
‘It was a mistake for Minnis to use expletives’
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie said Killarnary MP Dr Hubert Minnis made a “mistake” when using expletives in a Tribune interview, saying it appeared the former Free National Movement leader was trying to attract attention in the “most graphic way”.
Christie: Right move to avoid referendum
PERRY Christie thinks Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis is correct to try to avoid a referendum on gender and human rights issues and instead focus on legislative changes.
No ‘willful wrongdoing’ says Cartwright
SHANENDON Cartwright has said that as former chairman of the Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority, he took directives “from higher authorities” while denying that he ever took part in any willful wrongdoing.
Govt has approved baseball stadium funds
WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears revealed yesterday that the government has approved funding for construction works to resume at the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium.
Minnis heckled outside House
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis was heckled and taunted by a small group of Progressive Liberal Party supporters as he walked into the House of Assembly yesterday.
Former PM: Bahamas had no choice over sanctions
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said The Bahamas has no choice but to sanction Russia after its deadly invasion of Ukraine.
