Tag: power

DO WHAT THE US SAYS OR ELSE NO MATTER WHO IS IN POWER

There is a lot of hoo-hah over the fact that the now President of the United States Donald Trump thinks he is emperor or saviour of the world. The United States through all its history has acted this

HOW BPL FOULED UP THE COST OF POWER

The Free National Movement and its Leader Michael Pintard is suffering from the disease of a motor mouth.  Last month BPL made a huge foul up that incensed the government and the minister.  They mad

MICHAEL PINTARD A MAN DESPERATE FOR POWER

( Bahamas Press image)  The report is widely circulating in the press, mainly through social media, that Michael Pintard, has had a come to Jesus moment with Hubert Minnis, the former Prime Minis

THE GRAND BAHAMA POWER COMPANY COVERS BOTH BASES

What a joke and you would have to laugh if it were not so serious.  The Grand Bahama Power Company which cannot keep the lights on in Freeport announced that they had sent applications to increase th

BPL ANNOUNCES SOME POWER COST CHANGES

The Government has intervened to ensure that BPL, the power company, carried out the Prime Minister’s mandate to the company about lowering prices.  BPL against the government’s wishes went and p

THE GREAT BIG FLAM OF THE FNM OVER THE POWER RATES

The FNM are some of the greatest flammers in the world. Their leader is a great actor and dramatic artist.  There they were on Thursday 12 September 2024 all dressed in their red shirts, all of them.

MITCHELL ON THE GRAND BAHAMA POWER ROW

The Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party issued the following statement in response to the Leader of the Opposition Michael Pintard on the power rate increase in Grand Bahama : Statement From The

MITCHELL ON THE POWER SITUATION IN GRAND BAHAMA

A NEW REGIME FOR POWER AND NATURAL GAS

There was a spirited debate on a compendium of bills in the House of Assembly on Wednesday 1 May 2024 to change the regime at Bahamas Power and Light and to bring in a regime to govern the import, sal

THE COST OF POWER; NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PLP

An impatient lady who says she voted PLP all her life, started railing against the PLP.  She says that her light bill went from 300 dollars to 862 dollars within a month.  She blamed the MP for this

WHY CAN’T WE KEEP THE POWER ON IN THIS COUNTRY?

Central, North, and South Andros were without power hours at a time without explanation.  The residents are fed up.  The PLPS are blaming the MP but the MP is helpless in the face of the incompetenc

THE CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH POWER

File photo Each day the good Lord brings the power goes off throughout The Bahamas from north to south.  You would think by the way the power outages are going on that electricity is something new an

IT IS SO HOT AND THE POWER IS OFF COUNTRY WIDE

Last week in The Bahamas, the ambient temperature was searing hot. It was so hot that the met office in The Bahamas issued two heat advisories. They warned folk that while the temperatures were in the

POWER FAILURES  THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 

BPL, the Bahamian power company, has a lot to answer for. The power is failing all around the country. No power in Mayaguana for two weeks. The months before it was Acklins.  Then there was a fire in

ACKLINS WITHOUT POWER AGAIN

The Bahamas has a problem with its public administration.  If the PLP does not conquer this problem, it is going to end up losing the government, taking the blame for the lack of execution of its pol

ACKLINS WITHOUT POWER: PRIME MINISTER PISSED OFF

Prime minister Philip Davis was livid on Thursday night 13 April 2023, more than 12 hours after the power failed completely in Acklins Island, and he was just being informed.  The Minister for Works

Fred Mitchell interviewed on the 1st anniversary of the PLP being elected to power

Fred Mitchell being interviewed by Our News on the 1st anniversary of the PLP being elected to power. 7 September 2022 at the VIP Lounge Lynden Pindling International Airport.

THE FIGHT FOR POWER IN THE FNM’S CONVENTION

So there is a real fight brewing in the FNM General Convention which is scheduled to be held on the 25 February 2022.  They have already elected a new leader in Michael Pintard, although the former l

Bahamas Power And Light: The Biggest Joke Of The Storm

It all seemed so nice and neat.  A long statement by the official scribe of BPL Quincy Parker said how they would turn off the power when the winds reached 40 miles per hour in New Providence.  Well

Bahamas Power And Light Black Out

The power company had another excuse on 12 May 2020 about why the whole island of New Providence was plunged into darkness. This time they said it was a switching error made by a staff member who was

HUBERT MINNIS’ SHAMELSS POWER GRAB

From the Lion In Winter: Eleanor: Pure delight. I’m locked up with my sons. What mother does not dream of that? –James Goldman So the excuse is that the corona virus is going to kill us a

Bahamas Power And Light In Chaos

The Minister responsible for the Bahamas Power and Light company Desmond Bannister announced on 14 August that he was firing the entire board of the Bahamas Power and Light company.  He refused to ex

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: POWER SUPPLY CONFUSION IN GRAND BAHAMA

Miguel Taylor writes, best cialis Dear editor, tadalafil last week my letter spoke to several post hurricane issues, particularly as it related to price gouging, and the exigency order that the govern

THE POWER OF MAURICE GLINTON

Last week we reported on this site that Maurice Glinton Q C was detained by the police on the authority of a bench warrant issued on Friday 9th October.  The press reported that Mr. Glinton was summo

BEC CAN’T KEEP THE POWER ON

Amongst the other things that Bahamians were cussing about last week was a major blackout of power in New Providence on Monday 28th July. The power failed early in the morning and was not restored unt