{"id":29850,"date":"2013-01-04T08:44:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T13:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=29850"},"modified":"2013-01-04T08:44:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T13:44:23","slug":"nib-chairman-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/01\/nib-chairman-fired","title":{"rendered":"NIB Chairman Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/01\/nib-chairman-fired-29850.html\/christie-6\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29853\" title=\"christie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/christie2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/christie2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/christie2-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Perry Christie has fired National Insurance Board (NIB) Chairman Gregory Moss, the government announced tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is announced for general information that the appointment of Gregory K. Moss, M.P. as chairman of the National Insurance Board has been revoked with immediate effect,\u201d said a statement from Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson. \u201cAn announcement concerning the new chairman of the National Insurance Board will be made very shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian understands that Moss received a letter from Prime Minister Perry Christie around 10 a.m. today asking Moss to resign immediately or face other consequences.<\/p>\n<p>In Christie\u2019s letter to Moss, the prime minister expressed disappointment in how Moss reacted to statements made by the Prime Minister on Boxing Day, a well-placed source told The Guardian as events unfolded this afternoon.<br \/>\nAmong other things, Christie said during the holiday interview that Moss was no longer in possession of his NIB-issued corporate Visa platinum credit card.<\/p>\n<p>Moss responded by saying Christie had told an untruth.<\/p>\n<p>The source said Christie felt that before sending out a lengthy press release on Tuesday night, Moss should have at least contacted him and raised the issues on a personal level.<\/p>\n<p>The letter requesting Moss\u2019 resignation reportedly read that one phone call between the prime minister and Moss could have sorted all of the issues out.<br \/>\nIn response to Christie today, Moss reportedly said he was sorry that the Prime Minister took the comments in his release the way he did.<\/p>\n<p>Moss\u2019 letter indicated that he would not resign as it gives the impression that he did something wrong. As a result, he said he would await his termination letter.<\/p>\n<p>The source said Moss noted in his response that he still supported Christie and the party and would continue to do so in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">By Travis Cartwright-Carroll<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Guardian Staff Reporter<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Perry Christie has fired National Insurance Board (NIB) Chairman Gregory Moss, the government announced tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[799,806,424],"class_list":["post-29850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-gregory-moss","tag-nib","tag-perry-christie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}