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Pass The Remote For December 17-24: Best Documentaries With Bay Area Connections
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As 2020 draws to a close, Pass the Remote revisits some of the standout full-length films that had Bay Area ties. This week, we ll count down some of the best, but by no means all, documentaries. Next week, we ll spotlight narrative features. Crip Camp : Oakland filmmakers James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham s Sundance Film Festival winner is not only inspiring and educational, but it s also lively, funny and even raunchy. Part memoir on an influential, rowdy summer camp for teenagers with disabilities in the Catskills but mostly a chronicle of the disabled-rights movement and its roots in the Bay Area, Crip Camp opens eyes, minds and hearts. It also celebrates the remarkable achievements of the determined leaders in the movement, and how they fought for change. (Available on Netflix)
Fuel price certainty extended to end-2023 Will be slightly higher than first hedgin
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
Bahamas Power & Light s (BPL) chairman yesterday said it has extended fuel cost certainty for all consumers until end-2023 to help ease the extra charge that will be added to their bills in the New Year.
Dr Donovan Moxey told Tribune Business the state-owned utility had extended its fuel hedging strategy by a further 23 months through to the beginning of 2024 to help mitigate the impact from the National Utility Investment Charge (NUIC) that all customers will first see on their light bills in early 2021.
Economist s concerns on higher refinancing rates Little progress on multi-billion public pension woe
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
The Government was yesterday warned that talk is cheap when it comes to The Bahamas mounting fiscal and economic woes, as governance reformers demanded: Let s see some action.
Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance s principal, told Tribune Business we ve heard it all before with the Government s Fiscal Strategy Report laying out little that was new in terms of the country s problems or a strategy for addressing both GDP growth and the expanding national debt and fiscal deficit. They ve kicked that can down the road as far as they can, he said of a national debt that is projected to hit the $10.4bn mark by mid-2022. I would say talk is cheap. Let s see action. We ve heard it all before. Start making it happen.
Over 40% of Govt principal matures in 5 years Bahamians told: High unemployment prolonged
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
The Ministry of Finance s top official yesterday said he foresees no challenge over the Government meeting almost $1.5bn in debt principal repayments coming due within the next 12 months.
Marlon Johnson, the acting financial secretary, told Tribune Business there would be no issues when it came to The Bahamas meeting its sovereign obligations even though almost 18 percent of the Government s outstanding debt principal is to be redeemed over the next year.
The details were laid out in the 2020 Fiscal Strategy Report, tabled in the House of Assembly, which revealed that a substantial chunk of the Government s borrowings - $3.318bn or some 40.5 percent of the total $8.191bn - is due for repayment over the next five years.