Christie denies using criminals

Opposition Leader Perry Christie alleged last night that Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest used secret police information for political benefit.
Last week, Turnquest accused political operatives of bringing accused murderers and other violent offenders to the February 23 protest against the sale of 51 percent of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to Cable and Wireless Communi...

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Christie: all PLPs will vote 'no' on the sale of BTC

PLP Leader Perry Christie said last night that all PLP MPs, and Senators will vote "no" on the sale of BTC to Cable and Wireless when the matter comes to the House of Assembly and the Senate.

Declaring before a crowd of supporters at the party's rally at the Golden Gates Shopping Centre that the PLP will be calling for a "division" on this issue, Mr Christie said that they want Bahamians to see a...

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Christie’s International Real Estate network raises almost US$80,000 for the Bahamas’ hurricane relief

Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas in 2019; All Hands and Hearts recipient of funds raised by the world’s leading real estate network and its Affiliates to assist in the islands’ rebuilding process...HG Christie Ltd. sponsored a page in the Children’s Activity Book, which contributed US$29,000 to the effort...

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Christie hits out at Haitian leader

Former Prime Minister Perry Christie suggested last night that Haitian President Michel Martelly was out of order when he recently encouraged people of Haitian descent in The Bahamas who are now Bahamian citizens to vote for the party that has their best interest at heart.

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Christie: Details needed on BTC deal delay

The Government of The Bahamas has an obligation to provide full details to the Bahamian public on why its deal with Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) has not yet been concluded, Opposition Leader Perry Christie said yesterday.
“I think that this delay is a very serious delay because as far as everyone was concerned, as far as the announcements that were made, there was every expectatio...

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CWC not concerned by Christie's threat

Despite threats issued by Opposition Leader Perry Christie that if returned to power his government would take steps to reclaim the majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), an executive of Cable and Wireless Communications’s (CWC) regional operations yesterday expressed confidence that his company would be able to win over the Christie administration.
The government an...

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Prime Minister Christie Concedes DEFEAT

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ELECTION RESULTS LIVE: Christie concedes after crushing defeat

Live coverage of the 2017 General Election.

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Mrs. Bernadette Christie officially names new shipping vessel in Japan

IMABARI, Japan -- Campbell Shipping Company Limited received delivery of a new 37,500 dead weight ton dry-bulk carrier, September 29, 2015.
Wife of the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Mrs. Bernadette Christie, sponsor of the new vessel, was invited to break a bottle of champagne and officially name the vessel at the Imabari Shipyard of Imabari, Japan. After the ceremony Mrs. Ch...

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Minimum wage is 'not enough' says Christie

PRIME Minister Perry Christie this week acknowledged that the country's minimum wage is "not enough" but said the government would raise it "incrementally" as "circumstances would allow".

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