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August 11, 2023
Remembering election reform 

With the Davis administration not even at the half-way mark of its five-year term in office, we are a long way off from election season. As such, issues of electoral reform, which understandably feature prominently as general elections and by-elections approach, are seemingly not on the government's legislative radar or foremost on the minds of ...
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February 22, 2017
Election is between the PLP and FNM

The major political parties are naming their final candidates. Constituency offices are having official openings. The final pieces of legislation are being brought to Parliament. An election will soon be upon us.
There are four organizations that have representatives in Parliament: the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Free National Movement (FNM), Democratic National Alliance (DNA) and United Peop...

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February 28, 2023
CARICOM delegation heads to Haiti

A CARICOM delegation, consisting of representatives from The Bahamas and other countries in the region, left for Haiti yesterday to meet with politicians and other officials there to discuss security issues facing the crisis-torn nation.

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February 27, 2023
Foreign minister says 'lower expectations' as CARICOM mission heads to Haiti

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A special CARICOM mission set off for Haiti today to meet with politicians and security officials ahead of a planned stakeholder meeting in Jamaica in the coming weeks. Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell confirmed the mission including The Bahamas, Trinidad, and Tobago and Jamaica will be joined by Canadian and American [...]

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February 24, 2023
SBF faces four new charges

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which is headquartered in The Bahamas, and who is accused of defrauding his customers out of billions of dollars was hit with four new charges this week after a new indictment was unsealed. In total, he now faces 12 counts. Bankman-Fried, who already faced eight counts, faces ...
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October 21, 2010
Arawak Homes urged to use political clout to get Quieting Titles Act repealed

By PAUL G TURNQUEST

Tribune Staff Reporter

pturnquest@tribunemedia.net

FORMER National Development Party member and Elizabeth bye-election candidate Andre Rollins called on Arawak Homes to use its political clout to get the Quieting Titles Act repealed.

He was commenting on the row between Arawak Homes Limited (AHL) and several homeowners in the Pinewood Gardens community who were allegedly fr...

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February 10, 2016
OECD report slams failure to enforce campaign finance regulations

As The Bahamas enters political campaign season with what promises to be a grueling and bitter general election looming, and as Americans winnow through those vying to run for president, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a report on political campaign finance that slams the failure of many financially advanced countries to fully enforce regulations...

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January 26, 2015
Bacon sues Nygard for 50M in NY court

The barrage of lawsuits in the legal war being waged between Moore Capital Management founder Louis Bacon and his Lyford Cay neighbor Peter Nygard continues.

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Political fortunes
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February 03, 2012
Political fortunes

Dear Editor,
I was surfing the web recently and my search led me to September 2005.  This was when there was much uproar in the Free National Movement (FNM) with regard to its leadership.  Tommy Turnquest was the leader of the party and Alvin Smith was the party's leader in the House of Assembly.  Turnquest was a senator at the time.
On Tuesday, September 27, 2005, the dailies repor...

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September 29, 2021
Fitzgerald back in key department

IN a since deleted tweet, the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit said yesterday that former Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald is the new senior policy advisor and head of the PMDU.

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