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Vendors claim they are blocked from working on Cabbage Beach

DESPITE the conclusion of several court matters, members of the Cabbage Beach Business Owners Association said they are still being blocked from operating on the beach by law enforcement and private security forces.

Union is considering mass industrial action

TRADE Union Congress President Obie Ferguson hinted at mass industrial action yesterday, warning that the TUC and its affiliates will launch some sort of “reaction” to Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson’s decision to stop criminal proceedings brought by union officials against Sandals Royal Bahamian and two of its senior executives.

Baha Mar construction 'to start in two weeks'

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip Davis said yesterday that construction at the shuttered Baha Mar resort is expected to start in the next two weeks.

Top PLPs in dark over Sandals nolle

A DAY after Labour Minister Shane Gibson hit out at Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson for not informing him of her decision to stop a private prosecution against Sandals Royal Bahamian and two of its senior executives, two more senior Cabinet ministers have also come out against the handling of the matter - but the Attorney General last night swiped back at criticisms.

Davis ready to lead - but quiet on challenge intent

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip Davis confirmed yesterday that he was still prepared to lead the Progressive Liberal Party but insisted that the future leadership of the party was an internal matter that would be resolved at its national convention.

Delores Ingraham being treated in hospital

MRS Delores Ingraham, wife of former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday evening.

Rubis: Stench is rotting vegetation, not gas leak

RUBIS Bahamas executives said yesterday that the fumes emanating from their service station on East Bay Street are coming from “rotting vegetation” and not a gas or diesel leak.

Duane Sands: Why I abandoned bid to become deputy leader

FREE National Movement Senator Dr Duane Sands said yesterday that he abandoned his ambitions to become the party’s deputy leader after Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner dropped out of the leadership race in July because the pair had been campaigning as a team.

Roberts denies Yellow Elder constituency talks - but Keod Smith aims for seat

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday denied reports that the party has had internal discussions about the establishment of a Yellow Elder constituency and the possibility of former Mount Moriah MP Keod Smith as the standard-bearer in the area.

Wells slammed as ‘misfit’ as PLP ratifies three candidates

THE Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) last night announced the ratification of three candidates for the upcoming general election, including House Speaker and Member of Parliament for Garden Hills, Dr Kendal Major.

Police officer fired after failing drugs test and wearing gang colours

A ROYAL BAHAMAS Police Force officer was fired on Tuesday after he allegedly failed a “random drug test” and was seen by detectives “wearing gang colours at a gang function.”

‘Promise of hospital for Grand Bahama is unfulfilled’

FNM Deputy Leader K Peter Turnquest said the government promised a new state of the art hospital for Grand Bahama, but has yet to deliver on the pledge.

Warm welcome home for Caribbean junior minister of tourism

GRAND Bahama’s Gabriele Josephs, the new Caribbean junior minister of tourism and chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation Youth Congress, was welcomed home in grand style on his arrival at the airport by tourism officials, his teaching coach, and family and friends.

18 Bahamians join ranks of Dupuch graduates

EIGHTEEN Bahamians were among the graduates receiving the Legal Education Certificate from the Eugene Dupuch Law School at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort on Saturday at the presentation ceremony.

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Cycling Club Bahamas. - Weekday rides, East, morning: Tuesday & Thursday leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive. This ride is a 17-mile loop to the Northbound Paradise Island Bridge and back again (Both bridges are sometimes incorporated depending on available time). Open to riders capable of 18+mph for 1 hour. Lights are essential.

Social Services Minister pledges legislation to protect elderly from abuse

PEOPLE who abuse the elderly in The Bahamsas will soon come under “the long arm of the law” as protective legislation moves closer, Social Services and Community Development Minister Melanie Griffin said yesterday.

Groups unite to call for a ‘true’ Freedom of Information Act

IN RESPONSE to the Government’s recent announcement that a final version of the long-anticipated Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2015 will soon be tabled in Parliament, 17 groups representing diverse interests have come together to demand what they are calling, a “true” FOIA.

Judge rules site visit needed to Nygard home

A JUDGE declared yesterday that a site visit to Lyford Cay was necessary to determine whether one of its residents, Peter Nygard, had illegally increased the size of his property.

Collie warns Butler-Turner must win over constituents

FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday that despite the party throwing its full support behind Loretta Butler-Turner, the Long Island MP has “a lot of work to do” to win over her constituents before the next election.

PLP chairman backs AG for ending case against resort

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts has defended the Attorney General’s decision not to issue a no prosecution direction to the court, effectively stopping criminal proceedings brought by union officials against Sandals Royal Bahamian and two of its senior executives.

URCA slammed for probe of Rodney Moncur radio show

A PROMINENT attorney has criticised the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority for demanding recordings of his client’s radio show for investigative purposes, calling it and the organisation’s general crackdown on broadcasters an “admission” by the regulator that it hasn’t been “doing its job.”

Nolle prosequi for Sandals is 'an abomination to justice'

ATTORNEY General Allyson Maynard-Gibson’s issuance of a nolle prosequi to discontinue court proceedings against the Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort and two of its senior executives was an “abomination” to justice, said Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner as she questioned whether the government conspired with the hotel when it terminated hundreds of workers.

1.3m files leak in Bahamas Papers

FIVE months after the country’s financial services sector was dragged into the spotlight as a top tax haven in the infamous “Panama Papers”, international watchdogs yesterday unveiled a free online database created from 1.3 million leaked files from the Bahamas’ corporate registry.

Sears: If I become leader, PLP could win 28 seats

FORMER Attorney General Alfred Sears took his confident public pronouncements on winning the Progressive Liberal Party’s leadership race a step further yesterday by predicting that with him at the helm of the political organisation, it would win the majority of the seats in the House of Assembly.

RBDF gives facelift to historic building

AFTER years of not being able to gain easy access to the Bahamas Historical Society and Museum, marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force made life a little easier for the physically challenged with the construction of a ramp and the renovation of the restroom for wheelchair bound members and visitors.