RODNEY MONCUR DIES

05/04/25 11:54 AM

The following statement was issued by the Chairman of the PLP Fred Mitchell on the passing of former Senator Rodney Moncur:

For Immediate Release

2 May 2025

We have lost a fellow traveler again this past eve. Our country will miss the voice of irony and wit across the broadcast and public stage. We will miss Rodney Moncur for all of those reasons.

Rodney Moncur first emerged as a national figure in the activism of the late seventies and early eighties as part of the demonstrations for freedom and justice, along with the late Ed Moxey, who was himself a former parliamentarian. Rodney Moncur and Nicholas Jacques were the activist pair of the age with their Workers Party.

He then emerged as a figure on his own, advocating equity for the downtrodden and holding court in his beloved Black Village. He became a folk hero to many and a go-to advocate to resolve issues of injustice.

He served on our National General Council as a representative of the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union. He demonstrated some more and ended up making a pact with the late Sir Lynden Pindling and negotiateed his Workers Party to incorporate his members and ideas into the progressive struggle.

Ever the activist in spirit, he shifted grounds and ended up ultimately in a pact with the former Leader of the Opposition Loretta Butler Turner. In that pact, he got to sit in the Senate.

He made his mark there with his incisive wit and the famed comment of ” two meats” in the committee room where food was provided for members.

In that appointment, he made the jump from outside activist to a central figure of the establishment.

He became an ally of the now Minister of National Security. He adopted broadcasting and ” da womens dem movement.” At his passing, he was a consultant to the government and voice of wit on talk radio but still seeking justice.

I last saw him in my constituency as I was doing door to door. He was again advocating for two of my constituents who could have used my help. He said he had been unwell but was on the mend.

Sadly, the long journey together with the nation has ended. On behalf of the Prime Minister, our members, and supporters, we extend condolences to Rodney Moncur’s family.

As we mark his life of service to the country, may he rest in peace.

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NEW COMMODORE OF THE RBDF

05/04/25 11:51 AM

The Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe has named Floyd Moxey to succeed Raymond King as Commodore of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.  Mr. King left the command last month.  A handover ceremony is being planned for 8 May 2025. There will be two Deputy Commodores, one of whom will be a female for the first time. The Minister said: ““Captain Floyd Moxey is set to take over as CDF and Captains Carlin Bethel and Natasha Miller will assume the deputy commanders of the Defence Force.” Captain Moxey, currently the legal aide to the minister, has served the force in many roles, including base commander. Captain Carlon Bethell, currently heads the force’s communications branch, while Captain Natasha Miller is the force inspectorate officer. They are the two deputies. The Leader of the Opposition said that an explanation was needed as to why the Commodore King was not renewed for another five years.  He was reminded by Fred Mitchell that they denied the job to late Captain Evans because of pressure from a foreign power.  The late Captain went to his grave saying that he would never forgive them the insult to his reputation.

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TEXTBOOK LAUNCH

05/04/25 11:43 AM

Congratulations to the Minister of Education was the launch of its newest textbook and a first for the country, a Bahamian history textbook that will be taught in all the high schools in the country: Toward A Common Loftier Goal”.  There are twelve Bahamian authors of the textbook.  On Tuesday 29 April 2025, the country marked the 60th anniversary of the Black Tuesday incident when the mace was thrown out of the window by the late Sir Lynden Pindling on 27 April 1965.   Children from various schools reenacted the event.  Dellon Evans was the student who played the role of Lynden Pindling and played the role of the Speaker. They are shown on the stage with the Director of Education and with Fred Mitchell, Foreign Minister.  The photos are by Peter Ramsay of the Bahamas Information Services.

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Meeting With The Residents Of Eastwood

05/04/25 11:25 AM

From Facebook:

My meeting with the Eastwood Property Owners Association. We think we have agreement of the Ministry of Works to install speed humps on streets that have been demanding them for years. Hallelujah.

Fred Mitchell MP

Fox Hill

27 April 2025

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