NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper yesterday accused the government of discriminating against Arawak Cay and Potter’s Cay vendors in new restrictions as the country experiences a second surge in coronavirus cases. The popular eateries were required to close on Monday. “What you have done is pathetic,” Cooper said in […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis will “temporarily” assume the position of Health Minister following the resignation of Dr. Duane Sands, announced The Cabinet Office tonight. Sands’ resignation comes after a shocking revelation last week that six American permanent residents were allowed to disembark a plane along with a donation of COVID-19 test […]
AG: Major step forward for financial services sector NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) yesterday re-evaluated The Bahamas’ compliance with its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements and found the country compliant with the majority of its recommendations. The re-evaluation and increased compliance ratings are expected to stave off any sanctions from […]
Major crime in the country remains down, according to National Security Minister Marvin Dames, although he gave no exact figures. The national security chief, who spoke with Eyewitness News recently, attributed the curb in crime to increased patrols by the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) and its recently relaunched community neighborhood watch program. “All of […]
Former Governor’s General Their Excellencies Sir Orville Turnquest and Arthur Hanna were formally installed as members of the Order of the Nation. The installation took place at Government House on Thursday. Governor General, Her Excellency, the Most Honorable Dame Marguerite Pindling, who became Chancellor of the Societies of Honour, pinned the incoming members. Sir Orville Turnquest […]
Former Prime Ministers Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham have both declined the national honor awards at this time, despite the fact that they are both eligible to receive the Order of the Nation award which is given to former Prime Ministers and Governor’s General. The honor would bestow them the title of Most Honorable. Eyewitness News […]
Before the governing Free National Movement party won the vote of confidence in House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, yesterday, Pineridge MP, Frederick McAlpine chastised the government for wasting time. He said, while the Bahamian people were upset with the Opposition, they are even more disappointed in the current administration. He urged his parliamentary colleagues to be […]
Two weeks after the remaining members of the Official Opposition were suspended by House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, they are expected to return with a renewed sense of vigor as they also plan to submit a resolution to vacate Moultrie from the chair with a ‘no confidence’ vote. Members of the opposition are of the view […]
Scores of Englerston constituents and PLP supporters flooded the Parliament Square area to stand in solidarity Wednesday with their MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, who was named and suspended from the House of Assembly last week. But, just moments after police officers denied Hanna Martin entrance to the lower chamber, Speaker of the House, Halson Moultrie, […]
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 […]
By Kathryn Campbell, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), the Bahamas branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Americas and Atlantic Region, called on Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, at Government House, Friday, January 19, 2018. The women, led by CWP Chairperson, the Hon. Lanisha Rolle, Minister of Social Services […]
