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House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, laid out a verbal attack on retired senior clerk, Maurice Tynes in Parliament Wednesday charging that the former civil servant should "rest in peace." Moultrie was responding to a Letter to the Editor authored by Tynes, who publicly voiced his disdain with the Speaker's suspension of Englerston MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, and comments made by the...

House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, suspended all opposition members for at least two sittings of Parliament during, what members deemed, an extraordinary session Wednesday morning. This followed a vote to singularly suspend Englerston MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, who was named and suspended last week. Cat Island, Rum Cay and Salvador MP, Philip 'Brave' Davis; Exumas and Ragged Island MP, Chester Cooper,...

Boycott to continue until MP returned to parliament Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) members of Parliament and party senators will boycott their respective chambers until Englerston MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, is allowed to return to the House of Assembly, PLP Leader, Brave Davis, announced Tuesday. At a press conference at PLP headquarters, Davis said he attempted to speak with Leader of...

Jean Rony Jean-Charles tearfully embraced his family for the first time in months, moments after he was released from custody pending the outcome of the government’s stay application. After approximately 45 minutes of arguments before Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hilton, legal counsel for the government agreed that Jean-Charles would also not be deported while a decision is made on the...

Olympic gold medalist and Bahamian track star, Shaunae Miller-Uibo solidified herself in track & field history yet again this past weekend, with a matching world-record in the women’s 300 meters at the 2018 New York Road Runners (NYRR) Millrose Games. The Olympian raced a time of 35.45 in the women’s event on Saturday, marking her personal best and earned her...

Victims active or involved as well   A 2017 study on solving the crime problem in The Bahamas, has found that 42 per cent of murder suspects are active gang members or are in some way involved in gang activity. The study entitled Solutions to the Murder Problem also found that 31 per cent of murder victims were also either...

The country's murder count increased by one on Saturday after a shooting incident left a man dead. According to police reports, shortly after 11 p.m., a male went into the Southern Police Station with a gunshot wound to his body and reported that he was in his vehicle at the junction of East and Brougham Streets when he was approached...

PLP Senator Fred Mitchell is calling for The Bahamas Government to make an immediate emergency amendment to the immigration laws following the court-ordered return of Jean Rony Jean-Charles to the country. Rony was deported last year and his family and legal team including attorney, Fred Smith, QC, have called his deportation unlawful as he was born in The Bahamas. A...

A new integrated online application process for obtaining and renewing business licenses, will make it easier for employers and self-employed individuals looking to and currently operating in this jurisdiction, to obtain their licenses. The Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) just recently upgraded its online platform to allow for the integration of the National Insurance Board’s (NIB) business registration process. In...

Following a nearly hour-long combative debate between House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, and Englerston Member of Parliament (MP), Glenys Hanna Martin, which climaxed with the MP exiting the lower chamber before the Speaker could finish his remarks, the MP was named and suspended from the House on Wednesday. In a show of solidarity Opposition Leader, Phillip Davis, and Exuma and Ragged...

The Bahamas’ global ease of doing business ranking could be on the rise as government has announced initiatives aimed at improving how business is conducted. Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Investment, Brent Symonette said recently, that the areas currently under review are the business license process, the investor proposal process and various immigration processes, including work permits. As globalization...

Positioning The Bahamas to become a commercial arbitration centre is among the latest in a series of recent announcements by the Minnis administration on its efforts to up The Bahamas’ global business profile. During his recent remarks at the opening of the sixth annual Arbitration and Investment Seminar at the University of The Bahamas, Minister of Financial Services, Trade &...

Announcement comes during PM national address Business owners recording earnings of under $100,000 will have their business license fees waived for 2018. While the exemption is welcomed news for businesses that fall within this category, Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon Hubert Minnis, announced during his national address on January 28, that they will however, still be subjected to the licensing...

Police have launched an official  investigation into the circumstances surrounding a video circulating on social media. The video that went viral over the weekend  showcases police officers interacting with a male suspect. It has since caught the attention of Commissioner of Police, Anthony Ferguson, who has formally directed the deputy commissioner, to convene an investigation. The deputy commissioner has responsibility for complaints...