Adrian White MP for St Anne’s who is also a Caucasian sat in his seat in the House and accused the PLP was making a racist slur against him. He is one to talk. He is the master of dog whistles and r
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It takes one to know one is the old saying in The Bahamas. That’s the first thought that came to mind when Michael Pintard, the Leader of the Opposition claimed that what the Prime Minister announce
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The Prime Minister Philip Davis announced a national address on Monday 12 January 2026. In it he announced that Value Added Tax had been dropped on all food items. This was another stab at trying to c
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There is a lot of hoo-hah over the fact that the now President of the United States Donald Trump thinks he is emperor or saviour of the world. The United States through all its history has acted this
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It was the sad duty of the nation’s leaders to pay a formal farewell to the late Rt. Hon Dr. Franklyn Walkine CMG, CB. Dr. Walkine served in the parliament of the country from 1989 to 1997. He was
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Fisheries minister Jomo Campbell announcing the success of a sting oeration against US illegal fishermen in The Bahamas. 14 January 2026 The newspapers and other media in The Bahamas have been carryin
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The PLP will mark the date of Majority Rule Day at a service at Harvest Church on John F Kennedy Drive at 10 a.m. 12 January 2026, followed by a march to the PLP’s headquarters in Farrington Road at
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This piece first appeared in the Jamaica Observer and was written by the former Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Gelding. We agree entirely and could not have said it better. Thank you—Editor THINGS
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Every day since the United States invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president by the U S military, the leaders of the CARICOM region have been walking a tight rope. The Prime Minister of
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IN 1962, there was something that went down in history as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The drama was that the then Soviet Union, today Russia, was planting nuclear missiles in Cuba that the U S perceived
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Last week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas issued an advisory statement that indicated that Bahamians should not travel to Venezuela, given the hostilities in that country. The statem
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The year 2026 is the year that the constitution mandates that we hold a general election in this country. There has been no repeat government in the country for 30 years. The PLP is trying to accompli
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It was in the middle of the Christmas season, at the Junkanoo Parade no less, when the Honourable Leader of the Opposition Michael Pintard was asked a question. Whatever the question, he in the middle
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Fred Mitchell, the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party, makes an annual visit to Grand Bahama at the start of the year. This year was no different and he uses the opportunity to check on progr
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The signs are there all around, there for all to see except the FNM politicians. Grand Bahama is growing and coming back from the dead of Hurricane Dorian. The stores are busy. The airport is busy. Th
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The clock is ticking onward toward the general election that is due by 10 October 2026. The winds seem favourable, but there are some choppy seas ahead. Some of it has to do with the normal exigencies
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31st December 2025 My last note before the new year wishes. As far as I know in order to be Prime Minister of the Bahamas you must be Bahamian. My concern is as a constitutiona
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Gaston Brown, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, at the best of times is a man who does not mince words. He was furious at the attack of Kamla Persad Bissessar , the Prime Minister of Trinid
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CARICOM, the regional political and economic union, is quite a success. It has come a long way since the four original countries Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica singed the treaty at Cha
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The United States declared last month that the airspace over Venezuela was closed. That is the sovereign airspace of Venezuela and so how can another country declare the airspace closed. Then ships by
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In the end neither of the two Valley Groups: Way Forward or the Valley Boys will be Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade 2025. The winner was One Family. The breakaway Valley Boys that now claim the name won
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Chairman of the PLP cautions voters about devaluing their vote in a voice note on Boxing Day 26 December 2025: All my political life I’ve tried to preach about values. Let me give you one exampl
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The general election is to take place in Nassau by 10 October 2026. This means that when 1 January cerebrations are done, the horses will be lining up in the gate. We are asking the Bahamian people to
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There are 15 members of the Parliament’s lower House in St Lucia, the Caribbean island nation. The general election was held on 1 December 2025. The results, the governing St Lucia Labour Party
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The Hon. Dr. Godwin Friday is an historian and an attorney. He is the new Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. On 27 November 2025, he replaced the Hon Dr. Ralph Gonsalves who is also a Ph
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On Monday 22 December 2025, the Fox Hill Branch of the PLP will hold its final meeting of the year on the Fox Hill Park. It will largely be a social affair. But the larger theme is this. Fred Mitc
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Fred Mitchell, the Foreign Minister, often tells the story of him as a would be politician and young man near the age of 22 or so talking to Lynden Pindling in his office and railing about the practic
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It appears that Junkanoo will go on as usual, despite the earlier kerfuffle about who would run the parade. The Government now appears firmly in charge. There was a little ripple again when the Vall
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The FNM and COI are continuing to mislead the Bahamian people on the anti-smuggling bill that the PLP passed in the House of Assembly and Senate two weeks ago. The bill has nothing to do with migran
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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 Ho
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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
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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 ex
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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 prote
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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 J
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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 shoul
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The Prime Minister Philip Davis moved a resolution in the House of Assembly on Thursday 4 December 2025 to facilitate a land swap that would allow the Government to give up two or so acres of land to
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Fred Mitchell speaking in the House of Assembly on Thursday December 2025 told the House that the failed developer of Bahamar could not claim that he was in any way vindicated in the case of Bahamar.&
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Congratulations to Dr. Michael Darville, the Minister of Health, who was able to get the resolution through the House to support the building of a brand new hospital for the country. This is a great a
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The following was posted on the Facebook Page of the Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon Frederick A Mitchell: I got a football as a courtesy from the new Ambassador former businessman and footballer
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The Chinese Ambassador at a gift giving at the Demetrius Home for Seniors in Fox Hill on 5 December 2025 When Lynden Pindling spoke at the United Nations and committed himself to that body and that
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