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Opposition Leader Michael Pintard yesterday accused Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears of being “loose with the truth”, “disingenuous” and “misleading” Bahamians over Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) fuel hedge program. Pintard made the claim in the House of Assembly. Sears, who repeatedly said he had no knowledge of requests made by the BPL ....
One of the main reasons former Prime Minister and Progressive Liberal Party Leader Perry Christie lost two elections was because he was perceived to be unwilling to hold ministers in his Cabinet to account. It remains to be seen if Prime Minister Philip Davis is willing to run the risk of sharing his fate in ....
Minister of Works Alfred Sears yesterday added another layer to an already contradictory, confusing and absurd series of statements he has made in relation to the Davis administration’s refusal last year to execute fuel hedge trades for Bahamas Power and Light (BPL). The hedging program was instituted under the Minnis administration to keep BPL’s fuel ....
In an October editorial in which we demanded accountability on matters relating to Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) dramatic incremental increases in the fuel cost on customers’ bills, we challenged BPL and the Davis administration to show where requests by BPL’s fuel hedging committee and its board for hedge trades to be executed last fall ....