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

PINTARD OFFENDS HIS DONORS

0 04/19/26 11:25 AM

It is difficult to figure out the logic of the Leader of the Opposition Michael Pintard. It appears that he makes up policy on the fly and simply does not think before he speaks. We have said before that he has motor mouth disease in that he simply speaks much too much.

Here is the recent history. He gets up and says that he is going to close down the Post Office Savings Bank. The Prime Minister reports that some 35,000 Bahamians depend on the Post Office savings bank where commercial banks have debanked the communities outside of New Providence and Grand Bahama. How he came to that decision, no one knows.

Then he says that he is going to right size the public service. What precisely does that mean?  His candidate for Killarney Senator Michaela Barnett followed up by supporting the proposition. We remember what happened in 2017 when they came to power and fired 2500 public servants. Is that what he means by right sizing?

The latest though is even more inexplicable. He has been going to the numbers boys asking them for money to support his campaign. Like good businessmen, we are sure that their inclination is to give support to both sides. But Mr. Pintard has a great way to show love. At the same time that he was asking them for support, he announced that he will have a national lottery that will kill their business and the 6000 employees who work in it. Why would he do that? Why would they give him any money and why would the employees vote for a government that will shut them down,

Signs and wonders!

He also crossed the church with that. The President of the Bahamas Christian Council Delton Fernander said that he would not support a national lottery. 

This mix up could not have happened to a finer person.

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Editorial

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THERE IS A PROBLEM IN HOW THE US WAR IS REPORTED

0 04/19/26 11:06 AM

The American President started a war with Iran that was not needed or wanted. It has created a mess in the world economy and for the allies of his country around the world. Thousands have been killed as a result of this bad decision but there has been no retreat from the decision. The U S president is now in open war with the Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the world’s largest Christian denomination. The Pope has warned of people using Christianity as an excuse to start a war. The US President has been vicious in his personal attacks on the Holy Father. But there is a more disturbing trend, and that is the way the US media reports the war and we call them out because they influence how the war is perceived in other countries because US media is so pervasive. The media acts as if this war is one started by Iran, when in fact it was their country the US that attacked Iran for no reason. The reason given that they have nuclear weapons or were trying to get them was false. But the fact is even if they wanted to get nuclear weapons, it’s their country and they have the right to do so. Israel has them but the US says and does nothing about it. One rule for one and one rule for another.

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NOMINATON DAY ACROSS THE BAHAMAS STUPID LINCOLN BAIN

0 04/19/26 11:04 AM

Nomination Day in The Bahamas was Thrusday16 October 2026. It went smoothly, even as schools remained opened where the processes took place. No ruckus except Lincoln Bain, the leader of the Collation of Idiots showed up at the returning office of the Ft Charlotte constituency to make a scene. He claimed that the Returning officer should not have nominated Sebastian Bastian as the PLP’s candidate for Ft. Charlotte. Mr. Brain is becoming increasingly hysterical and idiotic. The officer should have shown him the door but instead allowed him in the front of cameras to run on with irrelevancies. His point was that Mr. Bastian had contracts with the government and so should not be registered as a candidate. That is not what the law says. The law says all any candidate has to do is to declare his interest if he has one in any government contracts. Mr. Bastian did that and so was nominated. The only other hick up was the weirdness of Rick Fox. Mr. Fox nominated in Garden Hills but his behaviour has become increasingly weirder and weirder. People are beginning to question whether he fulfills the legal requirement of being of sound mind.

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THE STUPIDITY OVER ABSENCES FROM THE HOUSE

0 04/19/26 10:51 AM

It appears that newspaper reporters and newspaper editors never learn anything from election cycle to cycle. So last week, The Tribune has a reporter go over the attendance record of those who were members of the parliament during the last term. They claim this as an attendance record. The headline was that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had the worst attendance record, in that he was only present 60 per cent of the time in the House. This on the face of it was supposed to mean what? The story was so stupid and the author of the story clearly ignorant. The Minister was asked for comment and he declined. The stupidity of the question was so obvious. It took the Minister for Government business Wayne Monroe to explain the obvious, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is out of the country on the business of the country. That is the plain and obvious reason why he was not in the House. Was there any rule broken? No!  Did he discharge his responsibilities to the House? Yes. So what the hell was the problem? The stupidity is sometimes boundless in this country. Every election cycle the press does this and so the conclusion one now draws is that it is malicious.

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Letters to the editor

FELIX SANDS WRITES FROM GRAND BAHAMA – The Starting Five

0 04/19/26 10:46 AM

On May 12th, the Bahamian people will be called upon to choose A Team to manage the country for the next five years.

Let us now consider the common sense options we have in building; or, the foundation that has been laid, using the analogy of the starting five from basketball .

At the center is Prime Minister, Brave Davis, a man skilled in the law, and skilled in the art of governance, and how it works. A man of Compassion, Humility, Clear Vision and above all a Patriot.

Chester Cooper, Minister of Tourism and Investment. Private sector accomplished, articulate, well educated, and have taken our number one industry tourism to new heights. A patriot.

Fred Mitchell Minister of Foreign Affairs has navigated the tempestuous waters of today’s troubled world, maintaining good relations with all while making our way in the world as a small island developing state. A patriot of the highest order.

Glenis Hanna-Martin, Minister of Education. This Minister has brought the country out of the dark days of the covid-19 pandemic and set the bar to new heights in education. Hanna-Martin has taken education to higher heights. Hanna-Martin walks in the tradition of her father; that is, to wipe a tear from every eye. I a fierce believer in women’s rights. A Patriot.

Wayne Munroe, Minister of National Security. A skilled student of the law with a clear understanding of his role as Minister of National Security. The country is in safe hands with Wayne Munroe as minister of National Security; God and Country.

The opposition team, Michael Pintard at the center. Mr. Michael Pintard is a gifted public speaker who vacillates. Heading into May 12th election, the leader finds himself torn between serving two masters; defense of the Grand Bahama Port Authority and the people of The Bahamas. This is the foundation on which he and his team now stand on.

Mr. Shanendon Cartwright finds himself running away from his old constituency to what he considers safe ground. It, now, appears he is hoping to survive by keeping his head down and his mouth shut while hiding in the political tall grass.

Dr. Duane Sands, is also running away from his former constituency heading into the general elections. Dr. Sands has on his public record that building two new hospitals is a dumb idea. It appears that everything is motivated by profit and loss when it comes to public healthcare with Sands.

Mr. Darren Henfield, former Minister of Foreign Affairs is, again, running away from his old constituency in Abaco. Mr. Henfield’s performance was subpar.

Mr. Kwasi Thompson, former Junior Minister of Finance who went on a borrowing spree at the world money markets, borrowing at exorbitant rates. He will be remembered as being a minister of government as selling off the blue chip stocks, for example, the National Insurance Blues chip stocks. Madness.

The final team is Fire and Fury with a foundation based on hatred and bitterness of the Haitian people. Clearly, this platform has no appreciable understanding of how government works: so, I reserve comment.

The business of government requires vision experience, compassion and sober judgment.

People Choose “Wisely”.

Felix Sands

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Beyond Fear and Familiarity: Rethinking Immigration in a Defining Election

0 04/19/26 10:38 AM

ABAGAIL CARTWRIGHT FROM DEAN’S BLUE HOLE

Nomination Day has passed, and the national campaign is now in full swing. With it comes a familiar pattern—emotionally charged debates, and in this election cycle, immigration is at the forefront.

I saw a social media video recently which showed a man of Haitian heritage explaining his vote in the Bain and Grants Town race. What followed was not discussion, but outrage. Many questioned how he could vote in The Bahamas at all, focusing on his background and even his accent. It, however, raises a deeper question: are we evaluating policy and leadership, or people’s origins?

Immigration has long been part of the Bahamian story. Families with names like Chea and Wong trace roots to Chinese migrants of the early 1900s. Others, like the Damianos and Maillis families, came from Greece in the 1800s and helped build key industries. Today, their descendants are Bahamian in every sense, and they have Bahamian passports. History reminds us that migration, when managed, has always been part of our growth.

There are practical benefits to immigration in a developing country. First, it fills labor gaps in sectors where there are shortages, helping businesses function and grow. Second, it supports economic expansion—through entrepreneurship, taxes, foreign investment, and increased productivity.

The claim that Haitians are “taking all the jobs” ignores a basic truth: people are hired by employers. Work permits and residency systems exist to regulate this. Frustration about unemployment or strained public services are valid concerns which deserve attention. If there are imbalances, they must be addressed through policy and enforcement—not blame.

This PLP government has done more than any other government in recent history to address the illegal immigration issue. This government has conducted
15,000 repatriations and the interception of nearly 12,000 migrants at sea since over the last for years. Over 300 new immigration officers were hired to strengthen the department’s capacity. New patrol vehicles were commissioned with specialized focus around Inagua and Ragged island. Unregulated “shanty towns” were cleared. Higher fines have been implemented for employers who have illegal immigrants hired, and the Anti-Smuggling legislation was introduced.

Whether one believes it is enough is a fair question—but the conversation should be grounded in fact, not fear.

As voters, especially those with experience and perspective, we must ask ourselves: are we choosing leaders based on solutions, or are we reacting to hate-filled, irrational xenophobic narratives?

The future of The Bahamas will not be shaped by who we exclude, but by how wisely—and fairly—we govern what we include.

-Abigail Cartwright

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In passing

THE AMERICAN MAN IS FREED

0 04/19/26 11:13 AM

Brian Hooker

Last week we reported that an American man who was in a boat headed by oars to the Abaco mainland from nearby Elbow Cay. He claimed that his wife fell overboard during the trip and they have not to this day found the body. He was taken into custody. The press reports that he has now been released by Bahamian police. The suspicion is that the story that he told is not right but it appears that the evidence is not there to hold him any further. So that for the time being that is that.  We wonder if the US press will do the usual and blame The Bahamas for that. The side note is that the couple had a history of domestic violence.

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THE BATTLE OF THE CROWDS

0 04/19/26 10:59 AM

The PLP and the FNM have started having mass rallies across the country. The FNM had a rally on Friday 10 April 2026 in Freeport in the back of their headquarters. Adequate but not large enough to scare anyone. The PLP had their coming out rally a few days later in Nassau on Monday 13 April 2026.  It was massive. Then the FNM had a rally in Nassau on Wednesday 15 April 2026. When one of the PLP’s candidates went to visit a home of a supporter, she was watching the FNM rally. She said to our candidate: “ Oh come in and watch the FNM mini rally”.  The Chairman of the PLP Fred Mitchell later described the FNM crowds as anemic. 

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Rally In Exuma

0 04/19/26 10:31 AM

Facebook:

My thanks to Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Exuma and Ragged Is as we launched his campaign in Exuma at his headquarters in Ramsey. It was great to be joined by Prime Minister Philip Davis, Ministers Clay Sweeting, Glenys Hanna Martin, Zane Lightbourne and MP Sylvanus Petty with candidate Renika Knowles.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

17 April 2026

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A Tribune From L W Young

0 04/19/26 10:25 AM

From Facebook:

I spent the morning with the children of L W Young Junior High at the Fox Hill Community Centre with my colleague JoBeth Coleby Davis. Thank you Anita Wilmott.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

17 April 2026

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Nomination Day In Fox Hill

0 04/19/26 10:17 AM

From Facebook:

Walking to get nominated in Fox Hill

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

16 April 2026

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At The RBDF

0 04/19/26 10:15 AM

From Facebook:

With my colleagues including Minister Michael Halkitis, DPM Chester Cooper the Prime Minister Philip Davis and National Security Minister Wayne Munroe at the division parade for the National Security Council of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force at their base in Coral Harbour 15 April 2026 and officers honoured who live in Fox Hill

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

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At Sandilands Art Show

0 04/19/26 10:11 AM

From Facebook:

I took time to support the art show at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre. They are a key employer of Fox Hill voters.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

16 April 2026

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At The University Of The Bahamas

0 04/19/26 10:07 AM

From Facebook:

Thank you to the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation for inviting the Prime Minister to come and for me to fill in for him at the University of The Bahamas for a college fair put on for historically black colleges and universities in the United States. The students were very excited about their prospects. One was the son of MP Darron Pickstock shown with his friend Darmi Butler. Others were from Government High School, Aquinas College and CR Walker. Who can forget the students of Doris Johnson left to right: Javan Dean, Tyrus Baillou, Andralicia Carey, Akeem Salmon. The President of the Foundation Harry E Johnson. Welcome. Thank you. Our host was Algernon Cargill.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

18 April 2026

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