PM schedules 2.30 pm news conference
Prime minister Keith Rowley. Photo courtesy the Office of the Prime Minister
THE Prime Minister will host a media conference on Friday at 2.30 pm at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, said a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister.
This will be the third news briefing held by Dr Rowley within the past eight days.
At his last news conference on Monday, Rowley said all non-essential retail outlets (including itinerant/street food vending) should stay shut until May 23, while essential outlets like pharmacies, supermarkets and bakeries would open from only 6 am to 8 pm. This was owing to health officials saying the parallel health care system would be overrun within seven to ten days, without an intervention against the spread of covid19.
Psagot Winery, outside of Ramallah in the West Bank. (Photo: David Kattenburg)
In what might best be described as a “very cautious” decision (at least one Palestine-friendly lawyer considers it a victory), today (May 5), the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed the Trudeau government’s appeal of a lower court ruling that ‘Product of Israel’ labels on Israeli settlement wines are “false, misleading and deceptive,” all the while sending the labeling issue back to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for “reconsideration and redetermination.” This time, the FCA ruled, the CFIA must consult with both the original complainant (David Kattenburg) and the settlement winery operating on stolen Palestinian land, then base its reformulated decision on Canadian consumer protection statutes. Under pressure from the Trudeau government passionate defender of Israel’s right to do whatever it wants the CFIA may well dig deep for a reason to defend fal
Where is our PM? Out Working The PM has been visiting areas within the Suva containment area yesterday. by wati talebula-nuku
05 May 2021 15:17 Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama at the Korovou Remand Centre on May 4, 2021. Photos: Office of the Prime Minister
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The Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has been visiting various places in the Suva Containment area getting assessments and feedback from authorities.
Below are places he visited in the Suva Containment area yesterday:
Burst main in Wainibuku caused by landslide because of the recent heavy rains. Minister for Infrastructure and Meteorologica
May 04, 2021 01:30:01 PM Former Opposition Leader Sitiveni Rabuka is calling on government not to spend $7 million on the construction of a new building for the Office of the Prime Minister. Rabuka in a social media post said the country cannot afford such a luxury at this time and the timing is wrong for the government to spend to be spent $7 million on a swanky five floor office in an already heritage listed building. He said there is a need for the Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama to have some common sense and decency in this time of severe economic hardship the people are facing.
PM Minnis and Nat Beneby
NASSAU| While thousands of Bahamians remain out of work during the Covid-19 pandemic, taxpayers are paying retired banker Nathaniel Beneby $150,000 annually with perks and benefits to train Minister of State for Finance Kwasi Thompson who was appointed to the important cabinet post despite his lack of experience in finance. Beneby was hired as Special Advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister.
In December, Thompson was named Minister of State for Finance after Peter Turnquest resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance amid controversy over a $28 million bogus loan scheme he was allegedly involved in.