Saturday 11 November It was a grand occasion at the Christ Church Cathedral as Christina Davis, daughter of Leader of the Opposition Brave Davis, got married to Justin Me in on 11 November. Colleagues Senators Clay Sweeting and Jobeth Davis attended with their spouses. The father of the bride was proud. Mrs Davis was resplendent […]
Daily Archives: November 12, 2017
THE FNM’S LIES GET THEM…TRYING TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION
On Thursday 9th November, the headlines of the anti PLP newspapers The Nassau Guardian and The Tribune all led to with the stories that during the time of the PLP, there were irregular promotions for Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officers and overpayments to the officers of their salaries and then there was a report that […]
TIME FOR SOME FNM MINISTER TO RESIGN
There has been too many mistakes by this new administration. There has been too much bumbling and stumbling around. The FNM under Hubert Minnis spends all of its time talking old history: what the PLP did or did not do. When Hubert Minnis was told the troubles of the market in Port Lucaya in Freeport, […]
PLPS GET A GRIP
The following note was circulated from the PLP’s Chairman Senator Fred Mitchell following the release of an auditor general’s report making allegations subsequently discredited about the Royal Bahamas Defence Force under the Late PLP Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage: From the Desk of the Chairman Senator Fred Mitchell 9 November 2017 My view though is PLPs […]
THE WORK OF THE MISSIONS ABROAD
Headquarters The following note was posted by Chief Passport Officer Clarence Russell on Friday 10 November: “It was an honour to host Our Newest Ambassadors this morning in an Executive Informational Briefing on Passport Affairs and the way forward in their respective Executive Posts. Standing From left to right: Ambassador Brent Dean (Cuba), Chief Passport […]
CALVIN JOHNSON IS BURIED
The official observances in pictures by Peter Ramsay of Bahamas Information Services. Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling pays her respects at Butler’s Funeral Home for the late MP Calvin Johnson at Butler’s Funeral Home on Wednesday 8 November. Leader of the Opposition Philip Davis greets the family of the late Calvin Johnson at Butler’s Funeral […]
FNM Chairman Carl Culmer Living In La La Land
Last week, we heard the best yet from the FNM Chairman Carl Culmer. In the face of a clear statement, no context required, that the Prime Minister intends to bring a bill to raise the salaries of Members of Parliament in the next budget year, Mr. Culmer said the Prime Minister was taken out of […]
The Evidence That The Ernst & Young Report On Opposition Leader Is A Lie
Statement from the Leader of The Opposition On His Son’s Arrest
Friday 10th November 2017 Statement by Hon. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis Q.C. “Today my adult son and several other young men were charged before the courts for possession of a firearm. This is a very unfortunate event and is obviously causing my family considerable embarrassment and distress. I have confidence in the professionalism of the officers […]
New Man In Charge At U S Embassy… Still No Ambassador
James Denver Herren Chargé d’Affaires a.i. James Denver Herren, fresh out of an assignment as the Director of Contracts Management in Baghdad Iraq joins the U.S. Embassy Team in Nassau as the Management Counsellor and assumed his duties as Chargé d’Affaires on November 9, 2017. Mr. Herren previously served as the Deputy Director of the […]
Mitchell Defends Brave
Statement by Senator Fred Mitchell Chairman Progressive Liberal Party On Desmond Banister Apologising For Leaked BPL Audit For Immediate Release 8 November 2017 The PLP supports the Leader of the PLP the Hon Philip Davis as he defends his integrity in the face of a malicious and false allegation made against him, engineered by the […]
Shadow Minister Michael Darville Responds To Duane Sands
Statement by Dr Michael Darville Shadow Minister of Health Responding to Dr Duane Sands’ Attack on NHI 7 November 2017 For Immediate Release I listened, with great interest, to the comments of the Minister of Health regarding NHI; and I wish to offer a brief response. While Minister Sands is certainly entitled to his opinion; […]
Mitchell Arrives In Doha
Senator Fred Mitchell upon arrival in Doha for the Doha Economic Forum sponsored by the government of Qatar and the UCLA Centre for Middle Eastern Studies 10 November. The topic for discussion this year is Enriching the Middle East’s Economic Future.
The Sexual Abuse Allegations In The U S
Gay Talese, the U S journalist and writer of nonfiction, had a reaction to the recent spate of allegations, confessions and denials in the United States and the United Kingdom on sexual assaults and harassments with which we agree: “Suck it up”. We simply cannot understand why that country has devolved into a feeding frenzy […]
Still Struggling To Get A Deal In Grand Bahama
Back in the mix over the past week was Steve Wynn, the man how had originally under the PLP offered to buy the Grand Lucayan Hotel in Grand Bahama and get people to work again. You remember the cry to fix Grand Bahama from FNM partisans in Freeport. So far nothing done. The Minister of […]
Picewell With His Students In South Andros
The MP for South Andros Picewell Forbes visiting the South Andros High School with Parliamentary Secretary Carlton Bowleg on Careers Day 10 November.
Bahamas Is A No Show
Leader Of The Opposition Says Farewell To Sir Arlington Butler
Statement by the Leader of the Opposition The Hon. Philip Brave Davis MP QC On The Passing Of Sir Arlington Butler For Immediate Release 10th November 2017 It was with sadness that I learned of the passing of my friend and former Parliamentarian, Speaker of The House, Cabinet Minister, Diplomat and Sporting Giant, Sir Arlington […]
Andrew Burrows Is Pushed Out At ZNS
On 11 November, Andrew Burrows posted this photo of his last day at ZNS. He is being seconded to the Ministry of Agriculture. No word on whether this is a place that he wishes to go. For this FNM Government though, he has two strikes against him. He is PLP. He is a cousin of […]
Fair Warning To The FNM On The Port
Last week, the talkative Minister of Tourism Dionysio D’Aguilar who so far has nothing to show for all his talk, was talking in the press again last week. This time, he was defending the actions of the FNM on the development of the Prince George Dock and its environs. He claims that there is such […]
Haitian Sloop Makes It All The Way To Adelaide
This photo was posted online on Saturday 11 November and shows a Haitian sloop with illegal migrants having decamped on a beach not two miles from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force base and right near the private property of Attorney Pericles Mailis in New Providence. How the heck does the RBDF allow that to happen? […]
