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• Minnis ‘not disappointed’ by Public Domain survey results
  Responding to the results of a Public Domain poll showing that the Minnis administration’s support has declined since the election last year, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday that he cannot fulfill all of his campaign promises in one year, but vowed that he […]
• Foulkes to meet with leaseholders of shantytown land
  Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes, who chairs the Shantytown Action Task Force (SATF), said yesterday he will meet with the leaseholders of the 11 shantytowns in New Providence in order to facilitate the committee’s plans to ultimately have illegal structures in those communities demolished. “All […]
• BPL issue more important than naming a CJ, Minnis says
  Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday the appointment of a substantive chief justice is not as important to him as dealing with the growing labor unrest at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), and said he is within the “constitutional timeframe” he claimed is permitted […]
• STB: LNG deal must include Clifton clean-up plan
  The final agreement with Shell North America for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Clifton Pier must include thorough remediation of the extremely polluted area and plans for a pathway to fully renewable energy, according to Save The Bays (STB). Joseph Darville, chairman of […]
• UK to re-establish posts in Bahamas, other countries
  The United Kingdom will re-establish a diplomatic post in The Bahamas in an effort to strengthen its Commonwealth relationships post-Brexit. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday announced the opening of nine new diplomatic posts across the Commonwealth. “As a Commonwealth family of nations, it […]
• Lawyer prepared to challenge witness anonymity law
  The lawyer for a man whose murder conviction was overturned on appeal because the trial judge allowed an anonymous witness to testify out of her view and the jury’s has condemned a proposed law change that sanctions the judge’s decision. Attorney Keod Smith, who represents […]