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MPs told to resign or face disciplinary action

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis last night called on the seven MPs that staged a coup to remove him as Opposition leader in the House of Assembly to do the honourable thing and resign from the party or face disciplinary action.

FNM revolt

IN A bold move that stunned Parliament, seven Opposition MPs submitted a letter of no confidence in Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis to both House Speaker Dr Kendal Major and Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling yesterday, revealing that a vote was taken among them for Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner to be the new Official Opposition Leader in the House of Assembly.

Boat parade delayed due to weather

THE Sir Durward Knowles Festival of Lights Christmas Boat Parade scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed due to forecasted high winds and rain at the weekend.

Miller says Minnis should have backed Key for renomination

TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller yesterday faulted Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis for not backing Edison Key’s bid to be renominated by the party in the Central and South Abaco constituency before the next general election, citing this as a key reason why seven parliamentarians were able to petition Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling to remove Dr Minnis as leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Assembly.

Roberts: Move against Minnis a sign of messy democracy

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts said the “recall” of Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis as Official Opposition leader in the House of Assembly yesterday is evidence that democracy can be “quite messy” at times.

Windsor of the Mall apartments condemned by Freeport officials

ABOUT 20 families are going to be displaced after the Christmas and New Year at the Windsor of the Mall Apartments, which were condemned by Freeport authorities as a result of extensive hurricane damage and neglect by the owners.

Moss announces merger of UDP and The People’s Movement

IN a move touted as being “for the best interest of the country”, officials from both the United Democratic Party and The People’s Movement yesterday announced in Parliament Square plans to merge factions ahead of the 2017 general election.

Prime Minister defends delays in tabling Freedom of Information act

ON THE defensive over the much-anticipated Freedom of Information Act, Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday called criticism over his administration’s lengthy track to tabling the legislation unfair.

Supreme Court hears robbery case update

A MAN awaiting trial on a number of armed robbery charges appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday for a case management hearing.

Mitchell denies any hacking of activist emails

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday “categorically” denied that he or any minister of the government “hacked into any emails” or attempted to have environmentalists from Save the Bays (STB) arrested.

2017 trial date for decade-old murder

A TRIAL date in 2017 has been fixed for a man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a woman a decade ago.

Court to appoint lawyer in rape case

A MAN scheduled to stand trial in less than three months in the rape of a 17-year-old American girl in San Salvador will receive a court-appointed lawyer to represent him against the allegations.

Boxing great hosts blackjack in Bimini

FLOYD Mayweather may have gone undefeated in the ring during his stellar career as a professional boxer, but he more than met his match while hosting a blackjack tournament recently held at Resorts World Bimini.

Awards ceremony to honour Bahamian nation builders

TWENTY TWO outstanding people who have contributed to the development of nation building in The Bahamas will be honoured at the Atlantis ballroom tomorrow evening at a gala celebration when they will receive the 2016 R E Cooper Sr National Meritorious Service Award.

Lending a helping hand to a friend in need

WHEN customers line up at McDonald’s this month, they will be offered more than the usual fare. They will have the opportunity to help the family of a hero who has spent years helping others.

ON DA HOOK

THE Wahoo season is in full swing across The Bahamas, with great catches in Bimini, Grand Bahama and Abaco this week and the fish providing a great spectacle.

Carl Bethel and Dr Duane Sands resign from Senate

FREE National Movement (FNM) Senators Carl Bethel and Dr Duane Sands have resigned from the Senate with immediate effect.

Bahamians arrested for human smuggling

THREE Bahamian men are in the custody of United States authorities after they were alledgedly caught attempting to smuggle six Haitians to Florida last week.

Sex attack case against four-year-old discontinued

PROCEEDINGS have been discontinued against a man awaiting trial concerning the alleged sexual assault against a four-year-old child.

Collie: FNM sought replacement only after Key said he was retiring

THE Free National Movement only began seeking a new candidate for the Central and South Abaco constituency after area MP Edison Key informed the organisation that he would not be seeking another nomination because he was retiring from front line politics, party Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday.

Watson: No party has advantage ahead of election

THE 2017 general election will be a measure of pitch-perfect campaigns rather than base support or popularity, according to former Deputy Prime Minister Frank Watson, who yesterday projected that no political party held any “real” advantage going into the polls.

Hubert Minnis faces removal as Leader of Opposition in Parliament

DR HUBERT Minnis, leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), faces removal as leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament after a vote of no confidence by seven of his party's 10 MPs on Wednesday morning.

'Repair BPL hurricane damage' or union strikes

PRESIDENT of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union Paul Maynard yesterday threatened industrial action if the government does not immediately repair the damage to Bahamas Power and Light’s Clifton Pier Plant caused by the passage of Hurricane Matthew in October.

UPDATED - Sacked: 61 jobs go at Ocean Club

MORE than 60 employees, including management and line staff, have been fired from the One&Only Ocean Club for “performance based” reasons, with the hotel’s reported dissatisfaction over unsavoury guest reviews about its staff serving as the primary reason for conducting pre-Christmas layoffs.

Too little, too late, warns DNA leader over probe into BPL

DESPITE Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent pronouncements that he plans to launch a probe into Bahamas Power and Light’s inability to provide uninterrupted electricity supply to consumers, Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney has issued a staunch rebuke of the move, calling it “too little, too late”.