Photo of The WeekCONFUSION INDEED: the facsimile of the National Review page of the Nassau Guardian. The Guardian even had an editorial on the same issue last week. The Tribune had its own version. The Government when it talks says that its doing a great job. Well we think not. But then again Prime Minister Hubert Minnis is a genius and we are all fools. Our photo of the week of the National Review of The Nassau Guardian describing on Wednesday 23rd October 2019, the decision to change command at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in mid hurricane relief as a wave of confusion.

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Comment of the week

AN EMPIRE INTENT ON WAR

12/14/25 12:55 PM

The Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holeness had on full display a photo of a visit by American officials from the Department of Defence in the United States, now named the Department of War visiting Jamaica.  The caption said that the officials were in Jamaica to discuss security cooperation with the region. The rumour is they are visiting other capitals. No word on whether The Bahamas is included.

This is interesting given the fact that the United States has unilaterally decided to engage a country in war that does not harm to it and that has no ability to harm it.  That country is Venezuela. There is an ideological problem between them and this has now come from push to shove or so it appears.

The U S has enlisted Guyana, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname to join the fight against drug trafficking by blowing up extra judicially people out of the water and it appears in a recent case even after people survive summarily killing them as they float helplessly in the water.

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner has called this extra judicial killing.

Even in the United States there are protests against these actions and legislators have described them as extra judicial killing.

The question that must be asked is what does security cooperation mean across the region. What are the countries being asked to sign up to?

The region has been declared a zone of peace. In other words there should be no hostilities within the zone. The unfortunate thing in this case is the Caribbean has only moral suasion to stop the peace from being disrupted. They have no way of enforcing, if the major actor in the theatre is intent of making war instead as they should be studying war no more.

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Editorial

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MICHAEL PINTARD CONTINUES WITH THE FALSEHOODS

12/14/25 12:48 PM

In his ever desperate campaign to win the government, Michael Pintard will not stop with the untruths and falsehoods.  His entire campaign against the Anti- Smuggling Bill that recently passed the House of Assembly and Senate was and is built off falsehoods. The FNM and their Coalition of Idiots (COI) collaborators insist on saying that the bill that criminalizes smuggling is a bill about protecting migrants.  This is simply not true, yet they continue on and on about it.  The interesting thing about it is the stupidity and ignorance of so many of the Bahamian people who follow them.  They listen to someone who was accused of being a crackhead and to another political misleader, a man who is simply a crook and a thief over the man who has been one of the most successful attorneys in the country and leads the country as its Prime Minister. This is quite sad but this is what we have and the PLP better take this falsehood platform seriously or to their peril.

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NASTY ADRIAN WHITE MP

12/14/25 12:46 PM

In addition to the charge of racism, it appears that the country can now make the charge of homophobia against the MP for St Anne’s Adrian White. This is a man it appears that does not have any idea of what it is to be civil and to understand where he sits in the firmament. He exercises the privilege of birth to the extent that it betrays prejudices of every kind.  He is married to a black women. Yet he exudes comments that are filled with racist dog whistles.  In the House of Assembly on Monday 8 December 2025, he was embarrassed by Fred Mitchell, the Chairman of the PLP. Mr. Mitchell was responding to Mr. White’s incessant grumbling and when he rose to challenge Mr. Mitchell’s patriotism, and was told to shut up and sit down quoting the song by Tony McKay: “Damn Fool, you married a gawllin damn fool!”, Mr. White’s reply was that the only thing that was correct was that he was a married man. Mr. Mitchell said “and I am sorry for your wife”.  Mr. White replied that he had a wife that Mr. Mitchell did not know what a woman is.  Here we go. Mr. Mitchell told Mr. White he was a piece of filth. No doubt civility reined in Mr. Mitchell’s mouth, since he is capable of saying much more.

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HOW DARE ADRIAN GIBSON COMPLAIN ABOUT BTC?

12/14/25 12:37 PM

The Barbadians have a wonderful expression that bears using in this column now. They say shyte to describe the dog do doo that sometimes comes out of the mouths of some people.  We thought of this expression as Adrian Gibson, the disgraced and on trial MP for crookedness, was speaking in the House of Assembly last Wednesday 10 December 2025. He was complaining about the fact that there are only two BTC technicians, he said, in Long Island. Why would he complain since it was the FNM that has us in the state that it is with the bad and underservice of BTC as a phone company? They sold the company at a fire sale and the new owners laid off all the staff and stripped the company of its assets. The FNM caused that.  As our friend Prince Livingston used to say during the days of the FNM when Bahamians were complaining: “You voted for them.  Now cry bitches cry.”

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THE FNM HAD AN ASYLUM BILL

12/14/25 12:17 PM

Attorney General Ryan Pinder shamed and embarrassed the FNM by showing the country that while they were making noise about protecting migrants and denouncing the anti-smuggling bill as a bill to protect migrants, they when they were the government proposed an asylum bill that would have done just that. Mr. Pinder was speaking in the Senate on Thursday 11 December 2025. Oh what a web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

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THE DANGERS OF MPS AND SENATORS REPORTING TO WORK

12/14/25 12:12 PM

At the House of Assembly on Wednesday 10 December 2025, there was quite a dangerous situation that imperiled the safety of MPs and Senators.  The area is enclosed, the public square, because of the Junkanoo bleachers on the one side and barricades on the other.  The police allowed demonstrators with hostile intent to get into the public square with one exit and entrance for both members and protestors. MPs and Senators must be the only workers in the country that have to run the gauntlet of hostile crowds in order to get to work. The Prime Minister Philip Davis was forced to exit the western door as a result of the hostile crowd at the eastern entrance.

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THE CENTRAL BANK ON CHEQUE CASHING MUST BE STOPPED

12/14/25 12:05 PM

The Central Bank and the banking sector of The Bahamas continue to lose their collective minds by announcing yet again that they propose to stop the use of cheques in The Bahamas. The government should move by legislation to prevent this, if the banks do not stop.

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Letters to the editor

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In passing

Alfred Poitier Writes On The Smuggling Bill

12/14/25 1:05 PM

Politically I have been quiet for awhile.  I watch in amazement at times how persons present information amended to their perspective.  To those people I say in a free society or a democratic society that is your right.   However, I hasten to say as a responsible citizen “thou shalt not distort the truth”.  

Unfortunately, the old school training from our grand and great grand parents seems to no longer be remembered.  I remember if it was raining outside, the truth was it is raining.  Now a days we fix our words to tell half the story or to change the story completely.  If it’s raining outside a verbal gangster may say it’s over cast or gloomy.  

Unfortunately, it could be argued that they told the truth but the question is was what they said the truest depiction of the situation.  The answer is No!  The truth is, that is misleading and can encourage the uninformed to make the wrong decision.  

Simplified, “if I’m supposed to go to an out door event and you call and tell me it’s raining at the event more than likely I will not go.  If you told me it’s overcast or gloomy chances are I will still go.  When I get there and it’s raining and the event is not happening I would have wasted my time and effort based on the misleading information presented.  

I said all that to say this, so many statements and policies brought by our current Government and Its Leader or Prime Minister has some very beneficial components for the growth and development of The Bahamas and Bahamians.  It is very unfortunate that Bahamians are creating a narrative to over shadow the much needed positive changes and actually try nullify attempts at positive growth and development to discredit the government in hopes of political advancement.  

Regardless of political leaning it should be country first.  If something is good for the country support it.  If something improves the standard of living or stops hardship for any sector of our society support it.  

Please remember that although we are an independent nation we are part of a global existence and regardless of feelings despite government in power we have to adjust to international standards to avoid sanctions or loosing a seat at the table which is usually needed to ensure our country is not disadvantaged and our citizens don’t suffer because we didn’t comply. 

Many times decisions made by the government happens to avoid hardship to the citizens of the country from external forces.  

Anyone seeking political power should be clearly aware of this and not criticize the obvious.  

The back and forth about the new legislation baffles me to be honest.  All one has to do is watch international news and the position of our neighbors to the north.  They are not taking illegal immigration’s in any form lightly.  Look at what’s happening near Venezuela.  The short story is simply comply or wish you did. 

My position is that legislation is not personal.  That legislation is simply protection of the citizens of The Bahamas so that they can continue to enjoy the freedom of movement and economic opportunities offered by our long standing relationship with the United States. 

Suggesting that this legislation is about giving the Bahamas to another Nationality tos merely social media sensationalization or lies for likes. 

I’m sorry.  I can not think of one legislation in the Bahamas or the world as a matter of fact that stands alone.  

When I read the document tabled and passed I see no mention whatsoever of the repeal or f illegal immigration.  So can someone please show me in factual documentation, the support that this act that relates to smugglers giving illegal immigrants special privileges for citizenship or residency in the Bahamas. 

Alfred Poitier

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MIGUEL TAYLOR FROM FREEPORT ON THE SMUGGLING  BILL

12/14/25 1:01 PM

The Calculus of Sovereignty

A short essay by Miguel Taylor

The Bahamas stands at the geographic crossroads of despair and opportunity, a sovereign nation constantly assailed by the transnational crime of migrant smuggling. Against this relentless tide, a Government’s first and most sacred duty is to secure its borders and protect its citizenry. One essential truth is, a nation’s sovereignty and its humanity are not mutually exclusive. The Smuggling of Migrants Bill, 2025, recently passed in the House of Assembly, is a necessary response to this challenge, an unassailable imperative that provides robust tools to combat organized criminal enterprises, while binding the state to international human rights law. It acknowledges that justice must be two-fold, 1. relentlessly pursuing the perpetrator and 2. steadfastly shielding the victim.

Now, I am no Attorney, but from my layman’s view, after reading the Bill, the law is clear and puts forth a direct action against the architects of human misery, those who traffic in desperation for “financial or other material benefit.” It enhances our jurisprudence, extending the reach of Bahamian law to organizers and financiers operating outside our territorial waters. With penalties including fines up to $300,000 and prison sentences up to fifteen years, paired with asset confiscation, the Bill decisively raises the cost of transnational crime. It preserves this country’s absolute right to enforce its immigration laws, to arrest, detain, and repatriate illegal migrants, while simultaneously providing safeguards for urgent medical care and protection against violence.

Despite this clear purpose, politically motivated voices of opposition have manufactured an extraordinary public hysteria. Their claims were based on fiction, asserting that the Bill provided a pathway to legal status for illegal migrants, a disinformation campaign that willfully ignored the statute’s clear text and subsequent amendments. Such reckless sophistry undermines a vital national security measure.

For those who opposed the bill based on fiction rather than the statute’s clear text, their outcry, however misguided, is an unyielding reminder of what justice demands from those brave enough to seek it. It demands clarity over cacophony. It demands that we look beyond simplistic narratives to complex solutions that reject both lawlessness and cruelty. The Smuggling of Migrants Bill achieves this difficult equilibrium. It is a bold step toward a more orderly and more just society, where the rule of law serves as both a shield for the helpless and a scale for the guilty. The passage of this bill is not a triumph of isolation. It is a commitment to principled order. Let the implementation begin, and let the record show the critics were wrong.

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THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM HAS GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE

12/14/25 12:00 PM

The word is the mandarins in the PLP have decided that the phone company that calls itself BTC is such a shadow of itself that the present owners need to go. We hope that this is true and that it soon translates into public policy. The phone system is a patchwork of dropped calls, poor reception and missed calls. This cannot continue and should be stopped.

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RICK FOX’S CONDUCT: DISHONOURABLE & A LET DOWN

12/14/25 11:49 AM

Rick Fox has let his father and family down by his conduct in The Bahamas. He is an ambassador appointed by the PLP and refuses to step down now that he is a FNM putative candidate. He is engaging instead in a polemic with the government in public.  In no other country would that stand.   He should be fired.  But people are up to that trick. The reports are that there are folks looking to collect their lost investments and the country is asking where are the houses that were promised?

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The U S Ambassador’s Welcome Reception

12/14/25 11:45 AM

From Facebook:

I joined the Deputy Chief of Mission Kim Furnish and her husband Michael at their home for the welcome reception of the Ambassador to The Bahamas for the United States Herschel Walker and Mrs. Julie Walker. It was a very pleasant occasion.
Fred Mitchell MP
Fox Hill
12 December 2025

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Robert Ian Mitchell Brother Of Fred Mitchell

12/14/25 11:39 AM

From Facebook:

This is my brother Ian. My parents took us to Max Stubbs photo studio in Market St to take photos. Ian was fine as long as we were together but they could not get him to stay for his own solo photo. So they had me stand next to him then when he was still and the photographer ready, I was called away by my parents. That didn’t work, thus the photo you see. He was trying to jump off the stool and run to where I was standing. This must have been like 1956 or 1957. Nice memory. Today we are still inseparable having been born 15 months apart.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

12 December 2025

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Lilla Mitchell”s Tombstone

12/14/25 11:35 AM

The new headstone for my mother’s grave in the Eastern Cemetery. Rest in peace Lilla Angelina Mitchell nee Ford.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

11 December 2025

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Fred Mitchell Treats The Teachers To Lunch At Sandilands

12/14/25 11:30 AM

From Facebook:

I was pleased to deliver a lunch for Christmas to the hard working teachers and staff of the Sandilands Primary School. This is the last day in school for the children. Thank you Mrs. Renay Davis for the catering. Thanks Desiree Gibbs from the constituency office and to Principal Antoinette Forbes. The Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin has pronounced herself pleased with the school’s progress.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

11 December 2025

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The Film Casablanca At The UB For Foreign Service Officers

12/14/25 11:22 AM

From Facebook:

I joined the staff of the Foreign Ministry and the Bahamas Alrae Ramsey Institute for Foreign Affairs (BARIFA) for the showing of the film Casablanca at the University of The Bahamas.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

11 December 2025

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Social Services Awards

12/14/25 11:16 AM

From Facebook:

I joined my colleague Myles Laroda and my constituent Nioshe Bourne as they congratulated the awardees of the Empowerment Hour Programme of the Ministry of Social Services at the Fox Hill Community Centre 11 December 2025.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

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The Talk About Voter Apathy

12/14/25 11:08 AM

From Facebook:

Tonight an illuminating discussion on voter apathy with a bi partisan panel of politicians: Shanendon Cartwright MP, Jamahl Strachan MP, Senator Michaela Barnett Ellis and Bacchus Rolle MP.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

8 December 2025

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