Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis (left) meets United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at UN headquarters in New York yesterday. BIS/YONTALAY BOWE The people of The Bahamas are entitled to ask whether or not Hubert Minnis, the now Prime Minister, is ready for the big leagues. He seems to be just having a good […]
Daily Archives: July 22, 2018
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MAD SECURITY MAN
During the past week, a man named Oswald Poitier, or so the voice note or video note says, trashed or tried to trash the reputation of one of the Progressive Young Liberals. We won’t call the PYL’s name but he is a good man and has helped the party’s cause. Mr. Poitier who is in […]
BAHAMIANS OBJECT OF RACIAL SLURS IN GEORGIA
Zhivargo Laing, the former Minister of the Government, was the chaperone when it happened. He reported on his radio show 19 July that while on a field trip with Bahamian young people in Atlanta, Georgia, a white man in their hotel hurled racial abuse at them, telling them to go back to Africa and that […]
FNM PREACHES ETHICS AT THE GUARDIAN (WHAT A JOKE)
There is a saying that when thieves and rogues fall out, honest men come by their just deserts. Nothing demonstrates this more than the fake row between the Nassau Guardian and Candia Dames on the one hand and Carl Culmer and the dolts who are FNMs. The FNM wants her fired after the Nassau Guardian […]
THE PLP NEEDS SELF CONFIDENCE
The greatest threat to the resurgence of the PLP as the major political party in the country is the lack of self-esteem of some of its members. There appears to be a problem since the last election where the FNM has caused many PLP supporters to buy into the propaganda of the FNM that being […]
JAMAAL ROLLE POSTS CULTURAL ICONS
ALLYSON MAYNARD GIBSON Q C ON BASIL SANDS
The Editor Nassau, The Bahamas 19 July 2018 Dear Editor, Illustrious Basil Sands loved God. He was devoted to his God and his Anglican Church, while respecting the many ways in which people express their spirituality. During the Episcopacy of Bishops Eldon and Gomez, Mr. Sands, the Treasurer of the Diocese, who […]
The Good Old Days By Peter Ramsay
Letters Seem To Show Sky Bahamas May Have Problems
Peter Turnquest is part owner
Osmond Roach Dies And Is Buried
Fred Mitchell told the National General Council meeting on Thursday 19 July the following about Osmond Roach: “In 1981 to 1982 when I was the Editor of The Herald, the party’s newspaper, I could not find anyone to circulate the paper. So we had these papers all nicely written and printed but no way to […]
Basil Sands Dies… PLP Leader Pays Tribute
From The Office Of Leader of The PLP On The Death Of Basil Sands 19 July 2018 It was with a great deal of sadness that I learned of the death this morning of my very good friend and supporter Basil Sands. This is truly a sign that an era has come to an […]
Scenes From A Night Under The Stars | A PLP Fundraiser | 20 July 2018
At the home of Mrs Portia Nottage…organized by former Senator Greg Burrows
Independence In Miami |15 July 2018
St Agnes Church in Overtown in Miami
Happy Independence Bahamas in Chicago
UB Honours Peanuts Taylor, Ronnie Butler And King Eric Gibson, No Government Minister Shows Up | 20 July 2018
Rupert Roberts: Fascinated About His Workers Sexing Each Other
Sometimes, the newspaper reporting can produce some bizarre stories. Fitting into that category has to be the story in The Tribune of 20 July that Rupert Roberts, the owner of Supervalu is going to stop paying for the health insurance of pregnant women at his establishment because it appears they are having too many babies […]
The Thompsons Are In Town
The Tribune took this shot of the father and sons trio of Mychal Thompson, former NBA champion and Los Angles Laker with his sons Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors and NBA Champion and MJ, who is Mychal Jr also a basketball standout. The trio are in town for the Jeff Rodgers basketball summer […]
Archdeacon James Palacious Says Sir Roland No National Hero
While the Government is doubling down in its bad choice of Sir Roland Symonette as a National Hero, the public is having its say. The Anglican Archdeacon James Palacious told The Tribune on 20 July the following: It’s extremely unfortunate that the first time we are having a shot at these Bahamian awards, it is […]
Farewell To Maxell Turner
He was a leader in the trade union movement back in the day as eh Secretary General of the Bahamas Public Service Union and is shown here with the late Cadwell Armbrister, former MP in the 1960s at a Labour Day Banquet. But in the latter years, he was champion for Bahamian National Honours. Sadly […]
