PRIME MINISTER PHILIP DAVIS AND GOVERNOR GENERAL DAME CYNTHIA PRATT: the two were at the Junkanoo parade on Boxing Day. Our photo of the week. The A group contest was won by One Family and the B contest by Colours. Photo by Patrick Hanna of the Bahamas Information Services.
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Gaston Brown, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, at the best of times is a man who does not mince words. He was furious at the attack of Kamla Persad Bissessar , the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago on CARICOM and in particular on Antigua and Barbuda, reeling from a decision of the […]
CARICOM, the regional political and economic union, is quite a success. It has come a long way since the four original countries Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica singed the treaty at Chaguaramus in Trinidad to create CARICOM. It had come after the bitter experience under the colonial rule of the British that led to […]
The United States declared last month that the airspace over Venezuela was closed. That is the sovereign airspace of Venezuela and so how can another country declare the airspace closed. Then ships by contract bound from Venezuela and heading to Cuba were seized on the high seas by the American military in an attempt to […]
In the end neither of the two Valley Groups: Way Forward or the Valley Boys will be Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade 2025. The winner was One Family. The breakaway Valley Boys that now claim the name won over the Saxons so they have boasting rights. Now on to New Year’s Day. Saxons in the belly.
Chairman of the PLP cautions voters about devaluing their vote in a voice note on Boxing Day 26 December 2025: All my political life I’ve tried to preach about values. Let me give you one example. A very rich man, multi multi-millionaire treated me to lunch one day in Nassau. There was just the two […]
The general election is to take place in Nassau by 10 October 2026. This means that when 1 January cerebrations are done, the horses will be lining up in the gate. We are asking the Bahamian people to support Philip Davis and his team from the PLP as the general election fever heightens. We ask […]
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From Facebook: The PLP branch meeting on Fox Hill last night on the public Fox Hill Parade on 22 December 2025. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill
Glad tidings of great joy to the people of North Andros. It was my honour to accompany the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Works and MP for North Andros and the Berry Islands Leonardo Lightbourne to his constituency to bring good news to our supporters care of Prime Minister Philip Davis. I was accompanied […]
From Facebook: Hey hey the gang’s all there: the Fox Hill Branch members together with Foreign Service staff and Fox Hill constituents joined me at St Anselm’s Church on Christmas Eve to bring in Christmas Day, after all Jesus is rhe reason for the season. Merry Xmas. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 24 December 2025
From Facebook: One of my favourite stops in the constituency on Christmas Day is that at the home of Brian and Paulette Higgs. The decorations are always amazing and the pot always sweet. This year the whole family is decked out in similar pajamas. Nice. Merry Xmas. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 25 December 2025
From Facebook: Well it’s Mrs Kathleen McKenzie of Romer Street and today is her 92nd birthday. This is a ritual for me every year and I was joined by Charlene Curry our branch member. Happy birthday and we wish you many more from all of us at the Fox Hill PLP. Fred Mitchell MP Fox […]
From Facebook: It was very kind of Sonia Kemp, Manager Urban Renewal Fox Hill to invite me into her home for Christmas morning with her younger son. She loves Christmas although tinged with sadness given that her son Shaquille was killed in a mass shooting on the Fox Hill Freedom Park 27 December 2013. May […]
From Facebook: The three of Lilla and Fred Mitchell Sr’s children Ian, Carla and me at Christmas dinner. The twins are missing. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 25 December 2025
We acknowledge the passing of Patrick Bethel, the businessman and PLP supporter. Mr. Bethel passed away suddenly last week at home. He started out as the man Friday for Sir Garret Finlayson’s various establishments then leapt out on his own to become an investor and businessman in his own right and was hugely successful. He […]
From Facebook: I chaired the last National General Council meeting of the year, We said thanks to Messrs Pintard, Richardson and for helping the party out at hq during the year. Prime Minister Philip Davis and SG Barbara Cartwright did the honours. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 18 December 2025
