ATTORNEY GENERAL DECIDES ON MAYAGUANA COURT CASE The statement on the Mayaguana court case is published in its entirety: “On Monday, 20 April, 2015 the Office of the Attorney-General received from the Commissioner of Police the case file containing the results of the comprehensive full, fair and impartial investigation and report into the allegations made… Read more »
BEC STRATEGIC PARTNER ANNOUNCED “It is common knowledge that the Government has been seeking a permanent solution to our challenged electrical systems and administration by way of a Request for Proposal (RFP) Process. This solution proposes to create efficiencies which will allow for significant reductions in the cost of energy, increased energy security, environmental responsibility,… Read more »
BAHAMAS JUNKANOO CARNIVAL LAUNCH A HUGE SUCCESS COMMENTARY BY ELCOTT COLEBY The Christie government was decidedly magnanimous and measured in its response but effusive in its praise and thanks to Bahamians and the event organizers in the wake of the hugely successful Grand Bahama launch of the 2015 and inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival. Speaking on… Read more »
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Dr. Rodney D. Smith, President of the College of The Bahamas (COB), was among the Presidents of institutions of higher learning who participated in the first-ever Forum of University Presidents of the Americas at the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama. Dr. Smith was one of the first… Read more »
BAHAMIANS IN THE DIASPORA FEATURE EXECUTIVE CHEF JACK STUBBS HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM A THATCHED ROOF KITCHEN IN CAT ISLAND By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Prime Minister Perry Christie, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell, Environment and Housing Minister Kenred Dorsett and other members of a Bahamian delegation… Read more »
Minister GOMEZ ADDRESSES OAS COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Declaring that the Government of The Bahamas is currently working on an Anti-corruption Action Plan which will build on existing initiatives, Minster of State for Legal Affairs Damian Gomez told a committee of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday, March 17, that the Bahamas Government… Read more »
THIS WEEK IN THE BAHAMAS (March 9 – 13, 2015) COMMENTARY BY ELCOTT COLEBY PM ANNOUNCES ANOTHER YOUTH INTERVENTION INITIATIVE Acknowledging some systemic failures, but seeking to identify and correct the root causes of many of the country’s social ills and apparent dysfunction and under performance in the education system, Prime Minister Christie believes that… Read more »
THIS WEEK IN THE BAHAMAS (February 23 – 27, 2015) COMMENTARY BY ELCOTT COLEBY The conclusion of the midyear budget debate; the tabling of the much anticipated “Belonger’s Permit” Regulations and the meeting of CARICOM government heads dominated the news this week in The Bahamas. MIDYEAR BUDGET DEBATE CONCLUDES As debate on the midyear budget… Read more »
THIS WEEK IN THE BAHAMAS (February 16 – 20, 2015) COMMENTARY BY ELCOTT COLEBY The House Resolution to approve the government’s mid-year budget statement and the IDB Governors meeting highlighted government news this week in The Bahamas. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS WEEK IN PARLIAMENT Debate on the mid-year budget statement continued this week. Moving the resolution… Read more »
COMMENTARY BY ELCOTT COLEBY The passage of the Tripartite Council Bill 2015; the midyear budget statement and the announcement of the finalists for a second mobile network license were the three big stories of the week in The Bahamas. THIS WEEK IN PARLIAMENT The Tripartite Council Bill 2015 was unanimously passed in the Lower House… Read more »
