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Panama Papers ‘have undermined country’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said the massive leak of confidential offshore documents, known as the “Panama Papers”, has further undermined the embattled financial services industry of the country and wider region.

Government ‘did not pay for centre’s completion’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday clarified that the government did not fund the completion of the Baha Mar convention centre.

Two men killed in weekend shootings

POLICE are asking for the public’s assistance in solving a number of shootings over the weekend that claimed two lives and left several others in hospital.

VIDEO: Hundreds march for the right to breathe

HUNDREDS of disgruntled residents, some with their children, marched outside the grounds of the Baha Mar Convention Centre yesterday armed with placards reading “I can’t breathe” and “Too Young To Die” in protest of recurring fires at the New Providence landfill.

Equality vote date to be June 7

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday declared that the time had come for men and women in the country to enjoy the same rights in the Constitution as he announced that the gender equality referendum will be held on June 7.

Halkitis named chairman of governors at IDB

MINISTER of State for Finance Michael Halkitis has been elected chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC).

PM meets with Chinese bankers over Baha Mar

THE shuttered $3.5bn mega resort on Cable Beach continues to be a major challenge as the government pushes for greater urgency from its Chinese financiers the EXIM Bank, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.

Mitchell defends bishop named in connection with investment fund

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell yesterday said it was unfair the late Bishop Solomon Humes had become “unfairly mixed up” in the international scandal wrought by the Panama Papers.

Flowers: No bid to shut down Island Luck game

CEO and President of the FML Group of Companies Craig Flowers yesterday said reports that he and other web shop operators are trying to shut down the new Quick Draw game launched by rival Island Luck are not true.

Two men dead, five people in hospital after weekend shootings spree

FOUR separate shooting incidents in New Providence between Friday night and Saturday afternoon have left two men dead and five people in hospital, police have reported.

Five Haitians arrested over huge cocaine seizure in Inagua

POLICE have taken five Haitian men into custody following a major drug bust in Inagua on Saturday evening.

FNM Deputy: Carnival too expensive, focused on foreign artists

FREE National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest is unimpressed with the government's management of the country's second Junkanoo Carnival event, calling it too expensive and too focused on foreign artists at the expense of local ones.

US Embassy issues warning over landfill protest

DESPITE its stated peaceful, non-political aims, the Raising Awareness of the Bahamas Landfill (RABL) demonstration scheduled for Sunday afternoon has raised concerns as the United States Embassy in Nassau has told its citizens to avoid the protest.

British Prime Minister Cameron under fire over link to Bahamas offshore accounts

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron faced mounting pressure on Friday over his involvement in offshore investments after he finally admitted he benefited from his father’s Panama-registered trust, an entity exposed by this week’s massive data leak at a law firm specialising in global tax avoidance.

Nassau grouper under threat from heavy fishing

THE NASSAU Grouper, one of the most important fishery species in the Bahamas and wider Caribbean, is under threat of survival because of heavy over-fishing, according to scientists.

Strategic plan 'shows government is serious' about tackling gender-based violence

THE Bahamas’ National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence has been hailed as demonstrating the government is serious about tackling the issue by the United Nations’ Entity for Gender Equality (UN Women) during a high level, multi-sector consultation forum in New Providence this week.

BAIC 'failing to comply' with court ordered $90,000 compensation

A LOCAL nursery owner on Friday decried the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation's (BAIC) failure to comply with a court order to pay him more than $90,000 as compensation for a problem that led to the damage and destruction of his plant inventory. 

Abetment to murder trial 'needs legal submissions'

THE Crown's application to have an abetment to murder trial proceed in the absence of one of two accused men must be supported by legal submissions, a judge said on Friday.

FNM Acting Chairman: Govt will spend 'substantially more' than $7m on Carnival

FREE National Movement (FNM) acting Chairman Brensil Rolle yesterday predicted that the government will spend “substantially more” than the budgeted $7m on this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival as he chastised the Christie administration for “continuing to waste our money”. 

‘PLP stalwart’ slams MP for ‘abandoning his constituency’

SELF-proclaimed PLP stalwart councillor Dr Kendal Capron yesterday criticised Mt Moriah MP Arnold Forbes for abandoning the constituency, asking if a resident has to “get killed” for Mr Forbes to “do better” and “take care of business” in the area.

Protest over landfill fires will be ‘peaceful, non-political’

A PLANNED protest on Sunday afternoon about recurring fires at the New Providence landfill during this weekend’s Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) conference will be “peaceful” and “non-political”, according to organisers.

Bulgarian man accused of money laundering given time to contact sole witness

A BULGARIAN standing trial in the Supreme Court charged with money laundering was given additional time to make contact with his sole defence witness.

Judge doubts lawyer’s reason for no-show in Deputy PM robbery case

A JUDGE admitted her scepticism of the explanation given by a lawyer as to why he could not appear for a status hearing yesterday concerning his clients who stand trial next month charged with the robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ home.

‘Room for improvement’ on solid waste management in the Bahamas

THERE is room for “further progress to be achieved” regarding the government’s honouring of previous “public policy recommendations” for solid waste management in the country, Inter-American Development Bank Bahamas representative Maria Florencia Attademo-Hirt said yesterday.

Fred Mitchell brushes off lawyer’s possible bid for Fox Hill seat

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell yesterday brushed off reports that lawyer Fred Smith was considering a 2017 election bid in his constituency.