Davis: Fiscal Responsibility Act 'toothless' and 'largely meaningless'

Opposition leader Philip Brave Davis bolstered his position on the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) in a statement yesterday, explaining that the document is merely “window dressing to appease the international agencies” and contending that the act can be “dispensed with” at the whim of the government...

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Toothless tiger

The communication from Speaker of the House of Assembly Dr. Kendal Major on the powers of the Public Accounts Committee last Wednesday has left the PAC impotent and its probe into the Urban Renewal Programme halted.

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Fix the system 

Dear Editor, On more than one occasion, our police commissioner, under controlled anger, registered his disappointments and frustrations about the frequency of targeted murders. He pleaded with us to "get it right" with regard to the granting of bail, which has now become an automatic death sentence. Our commissioner described the revolving door and lamented ...
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• Genre : Action, Adventure, Animation
• Rating : T - 15yrs and Older

When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• Genre : Action, Adventure, Animation
• Rating : T - 15yrs and Older

When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

• Genre : Action, Adventure, Animation
• Rating : A - All ages admitted

It's been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the disco...

Evil Dead

• Genre : Horror
• Rating : C - 18yrs and Older

Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival.

Bail is a death sentence; fix the system!

Dear Editor, On more than one occasion, our police commissioner, under controlled anger, registered his disappointments and frustrations about the frequency of targeted murders. He pleaded with us to "get it right" with regard to the granting of bail, which has now become an automatic death sentence. Our commissioner described the revolving door and lamented ...
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Ex-disclosures chairman says Bahamas lags on corruption

FORMER Public Disclosure Commission chairman Myles Laroda said The Bahamas lags far behind other countries in the region regarding anti-corruption legislation, adding the Progressive Liberal Party plans to enact a bill to change that.

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Leaving the sidelines: 'Show up. Dive in. Persevere'

I watched with mixed emotions as the outgoing president of the United States (POTUS), President Barack Obama, delivered his farewell speech in Chicago where it all began. The skinny kid with the funny name from the south side of Chicago (as Obama often described himself) was taking a bow after writing his name in gold on the pages of U.S. history. A man who is literally an African-American - half ...

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