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December 14, 2011
Election Fever Is Upon Us

Once again, election fever is upon us.? With the report of the boundaries commission having been approved by Parliament, it is now open season for all aspiring politicians and political organizations.

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February 01, 2022
Dubai investors eager to invest in The Bahamas but not GB, says PM

Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that the government is working to restore the investor confidence that has waned in Grand Bahama over the years, admitting that potential investors he met with during his Dubai trip were eager to invest in The Bahamas, but not the beleaguered second city.

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March 30, 2011
McCartney in talks with BDM and NDP

Newly independent Bamboo Town MP Branville McCartney is in talks with fringe political party leaders as he considers forming his own party to challenge the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Free National Movement (FNM) in the next general election.
Bahamas Democratic Movement (BDM) leader Cassius Stuart and National Development Party (NDP) deputy leader Lynden Nairn both confirmed that they ...

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September 30, 2021
Ferguson praises new govt's labour relations

THE new Davis administration has already started to "put money where their mouth is" as it relates to labour relations, Trade Union Congress president Obie Ferguson said yesterday.

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January 04, 2016
The Bahamas Year in Review 2015 - Commentary by Elcott Coleby

The year 2015 was a year of firsts and transition for The Bahamas, with critical pieces of transformational legislation changing The Bahamas forever.

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September 23, 2021
Moody's predicts 8 GDP growth this year

Sovereign credit rating agency Moody's yesterday said it does not expect the outcome of last week's general election, which ushered in a new Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)-led government, to cause any material shift in fiscal consolidation. The agency, which, a day after the September 16 general election, downgraded The Bahamas to Ba3 negative from Ba2, ...
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September 20, 2021
Bahamas downgraded to junk

Sovereign credit ratings agency Moody's action to downgrade The Bahamas to Ba3 from Ba2 with a negative outlook on Friday was not at all surprising, CFAL President Anthony Ferguson said yesterday, adding that he believed the action would have been made earlier had it not been for last week's general election.

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September 20, 2021
Women MPs urged to join call for rights

A LOCAL organisation has called on the seven women elected to the House of Assembly to join its advocacy for the promotion, protection and expansion of all women's human rights.

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September 20, 2021
Election turnout was historic low

AT least 65 percent of registered voters voted last week in what was likely the lowest general election turnout in the modern history of The Bahamas.

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September 20, 2021
Pintard's favourite to inherit FNM leadership

MARCO City MP-elect Michael Pintard is seen as the frontrunner to succeed Dr Hubert Minnis as leader of the Free National Movement, party insiders have told The Tribune.

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