NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Speaker of the House of Assembly Halson Moultrie said yesterday that the Constituencies Commission has sought the legal advice of the Office of the Attorney General and independent legal opinions from a group of Queen’s Counsel on allowing displaced Dorian survivors special voting considering to cast their ballots on Abaco and Grand […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Deputy Prime Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday downplayed the prime minister’s suggestion that he would serve as “co-prime minister” if the Minnis administration is given a second term. On Monday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said if the Free National Movement (FNM) is successful in being re-elected to office, he and Bannister would […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — While some residents of at least three unregulated communities, otherwise known as shantytowns, expressed an eagerness yesterday to participate in the government’s land ownership program, others labeled the initiative a political tool for votes. Silvane Honorat, 64, a permanent resident of more than two decades, said he intends to apply to become […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis underscored Bahamians of Haitian descent living in unregulated communities are entitled to Crown Land opportunities as he foreshadowed an expansion of the government’s land program. Speaking directly to that community, Minnis urged Bahamians of Haitian descent in the country not to refer to themselves as “Haitian-Bahamian” but […]

Five incumbents, excluding PM, awaiting renomination NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Fort Charlotte MP Mark Humes, who is among the last of the Free National Movement (FNM) incumbents yet to receive a renomination, said he will let the process “run its full course”. “The party has a process and I don’t preempt the party’s process and make […]