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• Minnis defends 150-year lease agreement with RCCL
  Former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis yesterday defended his government’s decision to allow Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) to lease property on Paradise Island for $140,000 per year for 150 years. “I agree that the standard lease time is 100 years,” he said in the House yesterday. “I accept that and I am certain that […]
• Row erupts in the House
  A testy and heated row erupted in the House of Assembly last night between House Speaker Patricia Deveaux and several members of the opposition. At one point, the speaker threatened to remove a member from the chamber. As Long Island MP Adrian Gibson wrapped up his contribution to the debate on the supplementary budget, Deveaux said she was ashamed […]
• Davis: Minnis was considering 15% VAT hike
  As he defended his government’s decision to decrease value-added tax (VAT) to 10 percent and impose the tax on breadbasket items, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended to the previous government that if it did not change its VAT structure, the tax would need to be raised to 15 percent. “I […]
• Sexual abuse accounts for 20% of reports made to Child Protection Unit in 2021
  Sexual abuse accounted for more than 20 percent of the cases reported to the Child Protection Unit since January 2021. “Every single Bahamian should be concerned,” Minister of Social Services Obie Wilchcombe said when called for comment. “Every Bahamian should be concerned. We all should be concerned and that is why my argument is if we’re all […]
• PM vows that former govt will be held to account over ‘reckless’ contracts
  The projected expenditure of the Bahamas Public Parks and Beaches Authority increased by nearly 150 percent in the months leading up to the September 16 general election due to the award of contracts, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday. Davis slammed the former Minnis administration over this “reckless and irresponsible” decision and vowed that “they will […]
• Travel ban meant to buy country some time, PM says
  While the government’s travel ban on eight African countries where a new COVID-19 variant emerged is not perfect, it will hopefully buy the country more time, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday.  “This is not perfect protection; the variant has been identified in several other countries as well,” Davis said. “The idea is to buy some […]