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D'Aguilar to gov't: Don't approve initiative with Chinese
Free National Movement (FNM) candidate for Montagu Dionisio D'Aguilar said yesterday the government should not approve a $2.1 billion agri-fisheries joint venture proposal with the Chinese because it would give the Chinese too much control of Bahamian resources.
GOV'T 'WON'T CONSIDER' ADDITIONAL BEC TARIFF
GOV'T 'WON'T CONSIDER' ADDITIONAL BEC TARIFF
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
THE Government will not approve the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) levying a temporary extra tariff on Bahamian consumers in a bid to recover its estimated $5 million-plus Hurricane Irene repair costs, the minister of the environment confirmed yesterday.
Explaining that the Ingraham administration had neither received an application to implement s...
Former Pineridge MP: Gov't 'Broke or Desperate' In GBPA Spat
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Tensions are still high as the government continues to insist the Grand Bahama Port Authority owes them over $300 million, something the GBPA flat-out denies.
COP: I'm Looking At 10-15 Years, 2-3 Won't Cut It
COP: I'm Looking At 10-15 Years, 2-3 Won't Cut It
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander is once again calling for longer sentences for gun crimes.
CHAMBER CHIEF SUPPORTS GOV'T OUTSOURCING '110'
CHAMBER CHIEF SUPPORTS GOV'T OUTSOURCING '110'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
THE Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCEC) chairman has given his "110 per cent support" to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) call for more services to be outsourced to the private sector, noting that this nation had become "complacent" in its reliance on foreign direct investment (FDI) to drive economic growth.
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Why can't news report just the facts?
Why can't news report just the facts?
Government media ... use of super-super superlatives in newscasting and reporting. Surely I am not the only one who has noticed the government news media uses extra-super superlatives in their reporting... forget the usual world famous... "internationally renown" that's again even if the matter is in conceptual form only anything the Government puts its name to is world beating.
Branville McCartney: Minnis Didn't Get A Fair Chance
Branville McCartney: Minnis Didn't Get A Fair Chance
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Former Democratic National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney is showing no interest in returning to politics.
'Don't shoot, please, I give up,' said teen
'Don't shoot, please, I give up,' said teen
SECURITY footage showed 17-year-old Elron Johnson say, "don't shoot, I give up" during a gun battle in which a police officer shot and killed him after his failed attempt to rob a Chinese restaurant last year.
Gov't in process of acquiring facility for domestic violence shelter
Amid concerns regarding the much-anticipated domestic violence shelter, Minister of Social Services Myles Laroda stated that it is on the government's agenda and will be realized shortly.