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Rebels face ‘ultimatum’ - toe line or exit party

The FNM will host a conclave on November 2 featuring parliamentarians, senators and constituency association executives.

Who's in charge? Mostly women, apparently

WOMEN hold the majority of senior leadership positions in nearly every public sector but politics and law enforcement, according to statistics presented by Social Services Minister Frankie Campbell yesterday.

Minnis: Health levy not yet signed off

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday the two percent salary contribution proposed by the National Health Insurance Authority to fund its health insurance scheme is not set in stone.

PASSING OF A PLP FIREBRAND: Bradley Roberts dies after sudden collapse at home

BRADLEY Roberts, former Progressive Liberal Party chairman and Cabinet minister, 74, died suddenly yesterday at his home where he collapsed and could not be revived.

Jamaican who 'fathered two children in Bahamas' deported

A Jamaican national was yesterday fined and ordered to be deported after pleading guilty to an immigration related offence.Gary Anthony Clarke, 43, of Westmoreland, Jamaica, appeared before Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on a single charge of o

Minnis: I'm focusing on doing what I think is right

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he is not focused on the four backbenchers who have occasionally bucked his administration’s agenda, sometimes in caustic tones. Golden Isles MP Vaughn Miller, Centreville MP Reece Chipman, Pineridge MP Frederick

Students find out how to use Braille

STUDENTS at First Step Academy celebrated the school’s annual literacy week on Monday, which included a demonstration on Braille and sign language.The event opened with students and teachers showcasing diversity from various countries such as the Bah

Contractor fined $5,000 for fraud over merchandise

A CONTRACTOR was fined $5,000 yesterday or nine months in prison for his involvement in a scheme which defrauded two local businesses of thousands of dollars in merchandise.Shawn Moxey, 43, of Toote Shop Corner, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinne

Recidivism rates still far too high, says BDCS acting commissioner

OVER the past few years, the recidivism rate at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services has been at an “unacceptable” high, BDCS acting Commissioner Charles Murphy said yesterday.However, Commissioner Murphy could not give an exact figure on

Bahamian firm wants to bring solar power to GB

A Bahamian-owned company is proposing to construct solar power plants in West and East Grand Bahama at an investment of more than $30m that it claims will not only reduce the cost of power, but provide clean power generation on the island.

Lloyd announces end of unlimited UWI subventions

EDUCATION Minister Jeffrey Lloyd has announced that the 2018/2019 academic year will be the last year of unlimited subventions for Bahamian students enrolled in the medical programme at the University of the West Indies.Addressing the issue in Parlia

$900,000 a year - the cost to government for leasing mall

TOWN Centre Mall will be rented at a cost of around $900,000 per year to house the General Post Office, Transport and Local Government Minister Renward Wells revealed yesterday.He explained the government intended to rent 75,000 square feet of space

Symonette declares interest in Town Centre Mall

BRENT Symonette, minister of trade, financial services and immigration declared his interest in Town Centre Mall in Parliament yesterday.He stood to declare his interest in the mall and a company called BHRSC Holding Ltd after Official Opposition Lea

Broken promise: Rebel FNM MPs say Post Office deal is election betrayal

FOUR Free National Movement backbenchers blasted their party’s decision to enter into a lease agreement for the Town Centre Mall, partly owned by a Cabinet minister, insisting the move contravenes good governance principles and violated the trust of the Bahamian people.

Minnis: Why all the fuss? Look what PLP wanted

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis defended his administration’s decision to enter a lease agreement with the Town Centre Mall during debate on the matter in the House of Assembly last night by attacking the Progressive Liberal Party’s failure to secure a stable future for the General Post Office.

Showdown looms over nurses’ shift patterns

THE Public Hospitals Authority appeared to be on a collision course with nurses yesterday, announcing it will implement a new shift system for them on December 10 despite objections from the Bahamas Nurses Union.

‘Health levy plus VAT rise too much to bear’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis yesterday knocked the government’s proposed salary tax to fund its National Health Insurance scheme as “regressive”.

Shooting victim identified

THE man who was shot dead on Tuesday night has been identified as Kelson Devaughn Kelly. Kelly, 22, of Parker Street was shot while at Polhemus Street around 7pm. Another man was also shot during the incident however he is in hospital in serious, but

Tourist drowns at Taino Beach

GRAND Bahama police are investigating the drowning of a male visitor who was found unresponsive at Taino Beach earlier this week.Superintendent Walter Henderson reported that sometime after 3pm, a male tourist was snorkeling at the beach, and was dis

Chipman's family 'owns disputed land'

A WEEK after Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar threatened legal action against a group he said took possession of a vacant lot next to his home, Centreville MP Reece Chipman claimed in the House of Assembly the land belongs to his fami

Groom-to-be falls to his death on a cruise ship to The Bahamas

A PASSENGER died onboard a Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line vessel while celebrating his bachelor party last Friday on a cruise to Grand Bahama. Groom-to-be Christopher McGrory, 29, of Florida, fell from the 10th or 11th deck of the Grand Classica a few

MAN, 20, REMANDED AFTER HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER

A 20-year-old man was sent to prison yesterday after being charged in the Magistrate’s Court with murder and attempted murder. Jeremy Thompson appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain accused of murdering Karo Bullard by means of unlawf

Speaker wants end to port authority’s ‘stranglehold’

SPEAKER of the House of the Assembly Halson Moultrie said this week that the greatest challenge that Freeport faces and must be broken is “the stranglehold of the Grand Bahama Port Authority”.

Fraudster spends birthday in prison

A FILING clerk at the post office in Mayaguana spent her birthday in prison and will serve three months behind bars after admitting to defrauding her employer of over $3,000 in cash.Akeisha Simms admitted to defrauding the Abraham’s Bay Post Office o

Mall owners to cover cost of renovations before Post Office move

PRESS Secretary Anthony Newbold said yesterday the Minnis administration is well within its rights to push ahead with its proposed relocation of the General Post Office to the Town Centre Mall, adding that the current owners of the mall will cover th