The Campaign Is Over. The Budget Debate Should Begin
– ABAGAIL CARTWRIGHT FROM DEAN’S BLUE HOLE Last Wednesday, Minister of Finance, Hon. Michael Halkitis presented the Government’s budget to
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
PARLIAMENT OPENS: Prime Minister Philip Davis presents the speech from the throne for the reading by Dame Cynthia Prat, the
THE LOONEY TOONS HAVE REALLY TAKEN OVER THE FNM
We have been warning the population for weeks that the FNM was being led and taken over by a set
THE MAD MAN FROM LONG ISLAND
The PLP made a mistake allowing Andre Rollins to get back in the House of Assembly. The Leader of the
KWASI THE QUIET SHAMES US ALL
The man with the dulcet tones, the face of an angel and a voice to match, was the one who
THE WOMEN FNMS VOTE AGAINST A WOMAN SPEAKER
Michaela Barnett, the Killarney MP for the FNM, went to the press shortly after she was elected on 20 May
PARLIAMENT OPENS IN SPLENDOUR
It is a time honoured ritual, the speech from the throne. Dame Cynthia Pratt and the nation’s uniformed forces turned
ONLY 14 VOTES BETWEEN THE PLP AND FNM IN GRAND BAHAMA
The Free National Movement keeps claiming that they are FNM country in Grand Bahama. Here are what the stats show
THE STRANGE CASE OF A PREJUDICIAL UNITED STATES AFFIDAVIT
On the day of the general election a plane took off from Abaco to fly to Grand Bahama with a
Michael Pintard Miscalculated
– FELIX SANDS WRITES FROM FREEPORT In the run up to the May 12th, 2026 general elections, FNM Leader, Michael
Beyond Party Lines: Building the Bahamas We Want
– ABAGAIL CARTWRIGHT FROM DEAN’S BLUE HOLE The Opening of Parliament last Wednesday marked more than the beginning of a
A Man Of The Parliament
Fred Mitchell arrives at Atlantis for the reading of the speech from the throne. 20 May 2026
Andrew McKinney’s Funeral
Facebook: I attended the funeral of the late Andrew McKinney retired Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Flamingo Bahamas App
Facebook: I joined Laquay Laing at the Flamingo Bahamas App launch in Nassau. The Minister for Innovation Sebas Bastian was
Fox Hill Joins Their Man
Facebook: We posed the Fox Hill men and women after the speech from the throne at Atlantis by Governor General
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
PRIME MINISTER PHILIP DAVIS SWORN IN FOR A SECOND TERM: At Government House, the Governor General Dame Cynthia Pratt administered
The Campaign of Hatred
FELIX SANDS WRITES FROM FREEPORT The 2026 elections campaign of hatred and bitterness has soundly been rejected by the Bahamian
The Bahamas Cannot Afford to Ignore Electoral Reform Any Longer
Abigail Cartwright writes from Dean’s Blue Hole There are many lessons to be learned from the last general election in
MICHAEL PINTARD DESREVEDLY DOWN IN FLAMES
Tribune image We are happy to report this week that Michael Pintard, the Leader of the Opposition has lost the
NICHOLAS FOX IS A NASTY MAN OF WORTHLESS CHARACTER
He started off his campaign by trying to fool the people of Fox Hill that he had no political intentions.
WHY THE PLP WON
The victory of the PLP in the general election of 12 May 2026 was a testament to a confluence of
FOX HILL GETS THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB
Fred Mitchell overcame the lying propaganda of Nicholas Fox and the FNM to defeat the FNM convincingly in Fox Hill.
THE TURNING OF EVENTS AND ALLIANCES THE TRIBUNE
The day before the general election, a most extraordinary thing. The Tribune for the first time in its history endorsed
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO LOST
The hardest emotional blows to take is when the rest of the party has won the government and you have
THE NEW CABINET
The Cabinet of The Bahamas was now sworn in at Government House: Prime Minister Philip Davis Deputy Prime Minister Chester
IS PRIME MINISTER BRAVE DAVIS IN HIS FINAL TERM?
The question is being asked sotto voce about the Prime Minister Philip Davis who will be 80 plus when the
INGRAHAM SPENT ALL HIS POLITICAL CAPITAL FOOLISHLY
Hubert Ingraham, the former Prime Minister, had a good thing going in retirement. All the nastiness and poor policy choices
THE AMERICANS PULL A FAST ONE
Jonathan Gardener was a Bahamian citizen who was on a flight, an innocent flight on Election Day 12 May 2026
Bermuda PLP Delegation In The Bahamas
From Facebook: With Bermuda’s reps Shomari Talbot Woolridge, Alex Abbott, Senator Lauren Bell and Dawn Simmons, Chair PLP Bermuda and
The PLP ON Victory Night 12 May 2026
From Facebook: The rally night on Clifford Park trying to close the deal. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 9 May
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
MOTHER OF THE YEAR—HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY: The Bahamas Mother’s Club held its Annual Praise and Thanksgiving Pre-Mother’s Day Honourees Service on Sunday, May 3,
INGRAHAM IS BROUGHT BACK FROM THE GRAVE
Well its looks like the saying when you’re dead you’re done does not apply to the FNM and Hubert Ingraham.
PINTARD HIDING BEHIND INGRAHAM’S GOWN TAIL
You know the FNM is absolutely desperate when they drag Hubert Ingraham and his tired old ass and put him
A REGRETTABLE CONFUSION AT PARLIAMENTARY
The Parliamentary Commissioner’s office has been making too many mistakes. The problem is that whenever they make a mistake, the
A STUPID STATEMENT BY CARLYE BETHEL ON THE FNM STAGE
When you get up on the rally stage, one of things you do not do is get carried away with
THE FNM HAVE BECOME POLTICAL DRAMA QUEENS
Every day, there is some emergency press conference and manufactured crisis by the Free National Movement. When the dust and
LOOK WHOSE COMPLAINING ABOUT VOUCHERS
Boo! Hoo! Hoo! Dr. Duane Sands, the man who gave a million dollar contract to the chief witness of the
THE FAKE PASSPORT STORIES ARE LIES
The FNM has nothing to hold on to, so all they do is get up on a public stage and