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Christie: Revelations about ministers part of FNM lies
Despite Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald admitting to solicitation of contracts from Sarkis Izmirlian, the former developer of Baha Mar, and Minister of Labour Shane Gibson confirming he accepted money from controversial Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard between 2012 and 2013, Prime Minister Perry Christie suggested yesterday the revelations surrounding his Cabinet colleagues are untruths pr...
Sands: PM and AG have misled the public
Sands: PM and AG have misled the public
Prime Minister Perry Christie and Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson should be condemned by the Bahamian people after repeatedly promising to reveal the sealed August deal the government signed with the Export-Import Bank of China by April, only to make available the heads of agreement (HOA) with Baha Mar's new owners, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE), former Senator Dr. Duane Sands asserted ...
'860K stolen from Finance'
'860K stolen from Finance'
Making his first addresss on the 2017 campaign trail as the days wind down to the May 10 general election, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham took to the stage in a familiar spot last night, urging Bahamians to fire the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), and revealing that he had been informed that $860,700 was stolen from the Ministry of Finance "under the watchful eyes or the not so watchful ey...
Petition calls for ministers' firing
Petition calls for ministers' firing
A Free National Movement (FNM) petition to have Cabinet members Jerome Fitzgerald, Allyson Maynard-Gibson and Shane Gibson fired had garnered 3,142 signatories as of yesterday afternoon.
The petition was launched on Tuesday.
FNM Marathon candidate Romi Ferreira called on Bahamians to sign the petition at the website firedem.com.
The petition's website has a photo of each of the ministers, along wi...
AG dismisses revelations as 'foolishness'
AG dismisses revelations as 'foolishness'
With two PLP Cabinet ministers facing explosive revelations surrounding their conduct, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson indicated yesterday that the party's opponents are attempting to distract the PLP on the "finish line", calling the matters "foolishness".
"We have just come from the IAAF [World] Relays where when any of our wonderful athletes, when any of them were at the finish line, th...
Collie finds contract award to Fitzgerald's mom troubling
Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie yesterday called the revelation that Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald's mother was awarded a contract by the National Insurance Board (NIB) less than two months after the 2012 general election, "troubling" and insisted that Fitzgerald's issues will not go away for the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).
The Tribune's top story revealed that A. S...
DEFIANT
DEFIANT
Remaining defiant in the face of damning revelations over his emails to developer Sarkis Izmirlian soliciting contracts for his father's business, Marathon MP Jerome Fitzgerald last night quoted Scripture in passionate tones, embraced his mother and declared he won't be stopped by what he insisted were unfair attacks intended to destroy him politically.
Fitzgerald's voice cracked and Sizzla's "Sol...
Minister: No role in NIB contract
Minister: No role in NIB contract
Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald explained yesterday that his mother's company, A Scott Fitzgerald Insurance Brokers and Agents Ltd., had contracts with the government before he entered frontline politics.
The minister questioned the relevance of a story printed in The Tribune regarding his mother's business.
The newspaper revealed that the company was made the broker of record for the Nation...
Fitzgerald and Gibson: Business as usual in the PLP
Fitzgerald and Gibson: Business as usual in the PLP
The most recent scandals engulfing Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald and Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson are emblematic of the rot in the PLP, which has metastasized over nearly half a century of the party's existence.
The PLP is dominated by a greedy oligarchy that uses political power for the benefit of their economic interests. Over the decades the PLP elite have amassed ...
Collie: PLP's silence on Fitzgerald stunning
Collie: PLP's silence on Fitzgerald stunning
It is stunning that only one Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) member has acknowledged Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald breached the Cabinet procedure code and indicated he should resign, Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Sidney Collie said in a statement yesterday.
Collie was referring to the PLP St. Anne's MP Dr. Charles Clarke, who told The Nassau Guardian on Tuesday Fitzgerald appeare...