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Edison Key: I am back home with the PLP

CENTRAL and South Abaco MP Edison Key has officially declared that he is no longer a member of the Free National Movement (FNM) and has returned “home” to the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) after 13 years.

UPDATED – PM: Register to vote 'without delay'

PARLIAMENT will be dissolved on Tuesday, April 11, and election writs will be issued that day, Prime Minister Perry Christie revealed last night.

Minnis: Still no word on secret deal ahead of fake Baha Mar opening

FREE National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis called Baha Mar’s impending opening “fake” yesterday, saying while the government will campaign on the issue before the next election, Bahamians still do not know what is in the Christie administration’s “secret deal” with Chinese investors.

Sub-sea fibre break blamed for island-wide internet outage

A “critical sub-sea fibre break” to Cable Bahamas Ltd’s main BICS network in Grand Bahama was the reason for an island-wide outage in internet services throughout New Providence and some Family Islands on Saturday, the company has said.

An Easter treat and a slice of history

BOYS and girls at the Ranfurly Home for Children enjoyed a special early Easter treat of rollerskating with benefactor Lady Caroline Simmonds on Friday.

Celebrating ten years of NAD

NASSAU Airport Development Company (NAD) on Saturday celebrated 10 years of operating Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) under a partnership with Vantage Airport Group and the Government of the Bahamas.

Boy drowns while swimming off Arawak Cay

POLICE in New Providence are investigating the circumstances surrounding the apparent drowning of a teenage boy on Friday afternoon.

Man convicted of killing his mother faces sentencing wait

A MAN facing up to 60 years in jail for beating and choking to death his 81-year-old mother must wait an additional three weeks for his sentencing to begin.

DNA candidate slams PM's VAT address

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance (DNA) candidate for Garden Hills Youri Kemp on Friday blasted Prime Minister Perry Christie for what he termed a "weak performance" accounting for the Value-Added Tax (VAT) regime that was "thin" on analysis or answers.

PM: Minnis has no clue about governance

PRIME Minister Perry Christie chastised Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis on Friday, claiming the Killarney MP seemed to have no clue about governance in the Bahamas or how the Ministry of Finance functions.

'Bomb threat' at Grand Bahama Shipyard

OPERATIONS at the Grand Bahama Shipyard came to a halt on Friday morning when workers were sent home for the rest of the day following a reported bomb threat.

Claim that Chinese nationals had passports, work permits held investigated

THE Department of Immigration has investigated allegations that Chinese nationals who entered the country to construct the $3.5bn Baha Mar resort had their passports and work permits withheld in contravention to Bahamian law.

CTFE President hits back at Baha Mar 'soft opening' critics

CHOW Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) Bahamas President Graeme Davis has hit back at critics of the company's decision to conduct a 'soft opening' of Baha Mar before accepting guest reservations, saying "they're not in the lodging business - we are."

Slop buckets still being used at Fox Hill prison

THE inhumane practice of “slopping” is still alive in the over-crowded maximum security block at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS), Fox Hill, according to Commissioner of Corrections Patrick Wright.

Montano and Garlin to headline cut-price Carnival

MACHEL Montano and Bunji Garlin, the Trinidadian singing stars, will headline this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, officials of the Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) revealed yesterday.

Political activist in police custody

ORMER political hopeful Omar Archer Sr was arrested early on Friday morning, a week after police issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest.

Inmates to start making licence plates in May

THE manufacturing of vehicle licence plates by inmates at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS) is likely to begin by the first week in May, Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin announced yesterday.

Minnis: Govt wasted our VAT money

FREE National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis last night blasted Prime Minister Perry Christie’s explanation on how his administration handled the $1.14bn in value added tax (VAT) revenue accumulated during 2015 and 2016, accusing the government of having a “pile of money” and wasting it.

State-recognised funeral for Bishop Samuel Greene on Saturday

BISHOP Samuel Greene, Senior Pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, Yamacraw, will receive a state-recognised funeral on Saturday, April 1, the Cabinet Office announced on Friday. The funeral will take place at 10am at Zion Baptist Church, Yamacraw Hill Road.

Texas man dies while snorkelling off New Providence

A MAN visiting from Texas has drowned while snorkelling off western New Providence, police have reported on Friday.

Man dies from stab wounds in Potter's Cay fight

POLICE are investigating a stabbing at Potter's Cay Dock that has left a man dead on Friday after a late night fight.

Hanna Martin accuses auditor of guesswork on road traffic

TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday accused Auditor General Terrence Bastian of “guesstimating” while conducting his most recent audit of the Road Traffic Department (RTD), claiming that the department’s current proceeds “do not correlate” with its estimated annual revenue losses in Mr Bastian’s report.

Copper thieves blamed for fire

AFTER more than three weeks of battling toxic smoke in the aftermath of the New Providence Landfill fire, Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett revealed yesterday that the massive blaze earlier this month was the result of thieves burning wires in search of copper.

Turnquest says VAT explanation is ‘smoke and mirrors’

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said yesterday that Prime Minister Perry Christie’s explanation of “where the VAT money gone” was nothing more than “smoke and mirrors and word play”.

Minister warns of legal penalties as Cowpen Road farmland catches fire

A LARGE plot of farmland off Cowpen Road caught fire yesterday, sending plumes of smoke into the air and affecting residents in nearby areas, leading Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett to warn that setting fires is punishable by law.