Daily Archives: May 29, 2016
Predictions For The FNM
DARRON CASH WANTS MINNIS TO GO
ANDRE ROLLIN SUPPLIES THE JOKE OF THE WEEK
Andre Rollins has proven to be the gift that keeps on giving for the PLP. Last week, after he was accused by FNMs of leading the coup attempt at Dr. Hubert Minnis, the FNM Leader that brought Mr. Rollins into the FNM was engaged in aspirited debate on Facebook defending his actions. The Tribune quoted […]
Mitchell Meets Qatar’s UNESCO Candidate
Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell at Doha’s airport accepting a book from Qatar’s former Culture Minister Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari who is his country’s candidate for Director General of UNESCO. 24 May.
Sterling Global Financial launches Sterling Bank & Trust
New Chinese Ambassador
May 24th, NASSAU — H.E. Dr. Huan Qinguo, Ambassador-designate of the People’s Republic of China to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas made a courtesy call on the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, the Hon. Philip Davis (DPM) and presented the copie d’usage of his Letters of Credence. Also present from the Netherlands were […]
New Ambassadors Call
24 May Photo of the presentation by H.E. Hendrik Jurriaan Schuwer, Ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. (Photos by Derek Smith – BIS)
Mitchell Sends Condolences On Cassandra Butts
Statement by Fred Mitchell Minister of Foreign Affairs On The Passing of Ambassador Designate from the United States to The Bahamas Cassandra Butts For Immediate Release 27 May 2016 I am shocked beyond measure by the news that Ambassador Designate Cassandra Butts has died. This is incredible. She never got a chance to serve in […]
Mitchell At Guyana’s Independence
Izmirlian Makes Himself Even More Irrelevant
Former Senator Rolle Says She Didn’t Sweetheart Dr. Minnis
On 24th May on Shenique Miller’s Talk Radio Show, former Senator Lanisha Rolle denied that she had had an affair with Leader of the Opposition Dr. Hubert Minnis. The headlines in this country get curiouser and curiouser. Why would she even entertain or answer a question of that nature? She said she was glad to answer the question. She denied […]
Heather Hunts Statement Savages Minnis’ Leadership
Monday 23 May The FNM leader Dr. Hubert Minnis has been playing a very clever game. He got up in the House of Assembly and told the country that he would support the yes vote. Since that time, he has been silent. Now he is saying that the country must educate itself and then vote their conscience. This short hand for telling […]
Ken Dorsett Head Of IRENA
Minister of the Environment and Housing, Hon. Kenred Dorsett, is presently in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates attending the 11th Council Meetings of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). IRENA is “an intergovernmental organization that supports countries in their transition to sustainable energy future, and serves as the principal platform for international cooperation, a centre of […]
AMBASSADOR TO QATAR IS ANNOUNCED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NASSAU 29 May 2017 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment by the Prime Minister Rt. Hon Perry Christie of Tony Joudi as Non- Resident Ambassador of The Bahamas to Qatar. Mr. Joudi, who is a Civil Engineer, has also been designated by the […]
FNM IN TURMOIL
GRADUATION AT COB
College of The Bahamas held its last graduation exercises under that name on Thursday 26th May. Next year the act will have been passed creating the University of The Bahamas. The outgoing class saw the ceremony presided over by Alfred Sears in his last act as College Council Chair. Mr. Sears announced that he will resign as […]
MITCHELL ON RACISM AGAINST THE CHINESE
Statement by Jeff Lloyd
My Fellow Bahamians, Friends: It lays heavy on my heart to tell you that we are a nation in crisis, and – on every measure – whether internal or external – we are in decline. We have developed a politics in which nothing done by the party in office is open to criticism or is […]
JEFF LLOYD FALLS SHORT
THE WORK OF THE MISSIONS ABROAD
ANDREW BURROWS NEW SHOW ON ZNS STARTS MONDAY 30 MAY
THIS WEEK CONTINUED…
“In the last Budget, we provided $20 million for training and apprenticeship programmes aimed at the at-risk unemployed youth in our country” said PM Christie. “In the period ahead, we will undertake a (three month) nationwide survey of vulnerable areas of the country, to be conducted by Urban Renewal using, as field workers, […]
THIS WEEK IN THE BAHAMS BY ELCOTT COLEBY
COMMENTARY BY ELCOTT COLEBY Prime Minister Christie delivers 2016/2017 budget statement The House of Assembly met on Wednesday of this week where the opening statement for the 2016/2017 budget was read by Bahamas Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie. It was the Prime Minister’s fifth and likely final budget communication before the next […]
THE BUDGET AT A GLANCE
(Graphics by Forward Onward) Exempt from VAT ancillary fees paid along with tuition fees. NO MORE VAT ON LIBRARY, best cialis COMPUTER LAB, tadalafil PARKING , ETC AT SCHOOLS. The GFS Deficit will post a further decline in 2016/17 to a level of $100 million, or 1.1 per cent of GDP; • the primary balance […]
