Archive for October 27th, 2016
Developer rejects NCC’s order for road EIA
(CNS): The National Conservation Council’s requirement that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) be conducted before government commits to constructing ten miles of highway to support the proposed Ironwood golf project has been rejected by the developers. At a general meeting Wednesday, the council voted to accept recommendations that an EIA was needed, not least because […]
UDP candidate denies any part in status scam
(CNS): Jonathan Piercy, who ran for office on the United Democratic Party ticket in both the 2009 and 2013 elections, categorically denied playing any part in the status scam that the crown says was orchestrated by Paul Hume Ebanks. Giving evidence in Ebanks’ trial Thursday, the former political hopeful for George Town told the court […]
National lottery not on Progressive agenda
(CNS): Sports and Community Affairs Minister Osbourne Bodden has said that the Progressives are not campaigning for a national lottery, despite comments he made to a reporter from the Bahamas. The minister told CNS that while he personally looks favourably on a lottery to help boost government coffers, it’s not a party position and he […]
MLA’s ex-office manager accused of managing robbery
(CNS): Prosecutors have accused Christine Rae Smith, the former office manager for George Town MLAs Roy McTaggart and Winston Connolly, of managing an armed robbery at a nail salon that was carried out by two men who were well-known to her. As the case against Smith, charged with robbery, opened Wednesday, the court heard that she […]
