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  • Britain's last PM of peace dies at his country home 14 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... refusal of the opposition to enter into government. On May 10 of this year he ... a firm of accountants, moving to the Bahamas aged 21 to manage a fibre plantation. ... was elected lord mayor of Birmingham. Entering parliament in 1918 he supported the unionist wing ...

  • Chinese president pledges to boost domestic demand 13 Nov 2009 12:54 GMT
    ... it's a Washington-led arrangement that has maintained political stability and promoted an open global economic ... earlier, outpacing U.S. sales for another month. Bahamas credits careful borrowing for financial survival While ... been very careful about the extent of government borrowing in the Bahamas,'' Ingraham said during ...

  • Help for the homeless 13 Nov 2009 17:31 GMT
    ... have relied on the mercy of the Government for years to help them cope and ... the committee has gotten its 'feet wet,' Minister of State for Social Development Loretta Butler-Turner ... identify all of those persons within The Bahamas who would be homeless wherever they are. ...

  • BUT president slams Bethel's performance as education minister 10 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
    ... Bethel's performance as education minister nassau – Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson ... the length and breadth of our country." Political observers were shocked last week, when in ... the union and to the public...what the government's vision is for education. I'm still not ...

  • Bahamas premier announces plan for temporary job creation 9 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
    ... 2009 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) -- NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - As his government seeks ways curb the effects of the ... that all Members of Parliament, regardless of political affiliation, will have the opportunity to employ ...

  • Commissioner will not seek re-election 11 Nov 2009 05:12 GMT
    ... Lambert said Tuesday he will not seek re-election next year to his 6th District commission ... said his family owns land in the Bahamas that could be "ripe for development." "It ... wouldn't kill me to be out of politics for a couple of years," Lambert said. ...

  • 'Lumpy' won't seek re-election, eyes legislative run in 2012 10 Nov 2009 19:11 GMT
    ... Lambert said today he will not seek re-election next year to his 6th District commission ... said his family owns land in the Bahamas that could be “ripe for development.” “It ... wouldn't kill me to be out of politics for a couple of years,' Lambert said. ...

  • Police elections set for Tuesday 9 Nov 2009 18:10 GMT
    ... only two days away, hundreds of Royal Bahamas Police Force officers are ready to mark ... why the state-of-the-art, one of a kind administrative headquarters has not yet been built. Ground ... silent. "It appears that since the former government has left the office the association is ...

  • Christie is the right man for the job 10 Nov 2009 17:11 GMT
    ... not a unique one. All over The Bahamas, the story was the same: Will someone ... the most. Virtually no one believes the government's unemployment figure of 17.3 percent for Grand ... recent Subdivision Bill that was debated in Parliament. Not even the opinion of Mr. William ...

  • Opposition must learn to lead 12 Nov 2009 17:15 GMT
    ... While politicians argue over whether democracy is alive or not in The Bahamas, a significant percentage of the populace is ... years. I remember when the present prime minister made a choice to treat all Bahamians ...

  • BPSU threatens industrial action 10 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
    ... nassau – Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) President John Pinder ... union that must be addressed by the government. Pinder said that the time for talk ... Ingraham said the government would introduce in Parliament this month a $26.5 million supplementary Appropriations ...

  • BPSU boss threatens industrial action 9 Nov 2009 18:10 GMT
    ... Days after it was announced that the government plans to honour contracts with some public sector unions, Bahamas Public Service Union President (BPSU) John Pinder ... Ingraham said the government will introduce in Parliament a $26.5 million supplementary Appropriations Bill to ...

  • A sports icon with a humanitarian touch 9 Nov 2009 19:14 GMT
    ... humanitarian touch Leslie Osborne Miller is a politician par excellence. He is the essence of ... the land. In two separate stints in Parliament (the last during which he served as ... force, he was a sports hero. The Bahamas has evolved as one of the great ...

  • Government's temporary jobs plan met with mixed reaction 10 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
    ... Government's temporary jobs plan met with mixed reaction ... spoke to The Nassau Guardian yesterday. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced plans for the scheme ... is $210 per week. President of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Khaalis Rolle told The ...

  • Ex-cop, wife accused of faking bank records 8 Nov 2009 10:16 GMT
    ... million in the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas – which Kornhaber now realizes was bogus ... In one case, a well-respected retired provincial politician was falsely accused of having $2.3 million ... a widening scandal that shows the Ontario government has no control over wayward investigators. A ...


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