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The whole country knows that there are power cuts going on in New Providence and throughout the islands. It has happened with increasing frequency in the last three months after a combination of misadventure and bad planning and over exuberance. This is squarely the fault of the management of BPL and they appear to be trying to fix it.
This column has been clear, we do not believe that fossil fuels is the answer. The PLP ought to fulfill its promise to ensure that every household has solar power and is off the grid and leave the massive generation of power to the commercial sector to pay for. This has been rejected. While the power is off, the sun is still shining. Our Chinese friends can help immediately.
Having said that, we were quite amused last week that the President of the Bar Council Kahlil Parker issued a statement last week slamming the government over the power cuts in the courts. Suddenly, he is concerned about justice when lawyers postpone cases endlessly and delay justice by this artifice.
The fact is the Courts are running independently and the Chief Justice is responsible for what happens in the Courts. He is the President of the Bar and doesn’t even know the law.
That aside, he is an FNM and is only the latest of the FNM’s again to be crying from the outside braying at the moon about power cuts. What precisely did that statement do to solve the power problem that he could not have accomplished by simply writing the Chief Justice and asking for a time line to fix the issue?
The bottom line is this is politics. The FNM and their supporters and advocates have simply determined that they must keep piling on to make it look like they are doing something to solve the problem, but they are not. We insist that all they are doing is adding to public anxiety about the issue while doing nothing to solve a problem that is of their own making by their inattention while in office.
Number of hits for the week ending Saturday 15 August 2026 up to midnight: 2,567,647;
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The Tribune reported the following story on 11 August 2026: “FNM Leader Michael Pintard demanded the reinstatement of a young professional whose abrupt departure from the Bahamas Public Parks and Beaches Authority has triggered allegations of political victimisation, as party supporters protested outside the authority on Friday.
“The controversy surrounds Erinique Johnson, who was recruited as director of human resources but left the authority shortly after beginning work, prompting an online “Justice for Erinique” campaign and criticism from the Free National Movement and its Torchbearers Youth Association.”
Sounds like a good cause. There was an FNM demonstration led by Michal Pintard and joined by Andre Rollins, his competition for leader of the FNM and the MP for Long Island. They are were being dishonest.
Jamahl Strachan MP, the Chair of the Beaches and Parks Authority, against whom they were demonstrating came out and explained to the public the facts. The lady resigned her post. She came in of her own free will and resigned. No one asked her to resign. She did.
This is another example of the FNM not finding its sea legs and braying at the moon.
The press was full of salacious details against the President of The Bahamas Electrical Workers Union Kyle Wilson, an ally the PLP, and how he abused the overtime privileges at the Bahamas Power and Light Company. The power company is right to want to control over time but the question is whether this is the time to pick a public fight with the union and its leadership over an issue that will almost certainly disrupt the return to service of the facilities serving the people of The Bahamas in the middle of a hot summer. We do not believe all the salacious stuff said about this man but that aside, the Nassau Guardian pointed out that it appears that this is being done to distract from the poor performance of the management of the company and its inability to deliver power to the Bahamian people, after over promising in the spring about power supply. Our thinking is since the man is one of our allies then we should refrain from doing anything that smacks of attacking him in public.
Fred Mitchell, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration was in Freeport on Wednesday 12 August 2026 to speak to the industrial sector about the labour and immigration needs of Grand Bahama. Mr. Mitchell said that what came out of the meeting was the need for a balancing act between the demands for imported labour and protecting jobs for Bahamians. He said that there needed to be a commitment to training and getting to the younger Bahamians about work in the trades as early as in the tenth grade. He met with the Grand Bahama Shipyard and also with the trainers in the sector for the trades in Grand Bahama and with the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce headed by Ralph Hepburn.
Fred Mitchell meeting with the Grand Bahama Shipyard on Wednesday 12 August 2026 in Freeport.
There was an illuminating interview with an American businessman that was instructive about the state of play in the job front in The Bahamas. The businessman talked about the need for hundreds of thousands of welders, carpenters, masons, electricians and plumbers in the United States in the next five years. There is a similar shortage in The Bahamas and that became clear during the visit of the Minister for Immigration of Freeport on Wednesday 12 August 2026. There is a need to grab the opportunity now to get the attention of the tenth graders that these are jobs that are high paying and in demand.
The Cuban Embassy in Nassau sponsored a colloquium on the life and times of Fidel Castro, the revolutionary that changed the face of Cuba and the hemisphere. Fidel Castro would have turned 100 years on 13 August 2026. The Harry Moore Library at the University of The Bahamas was full as it listened to testimonies about his life and times. Ambassador Ron Pinder chaired the event. The Cuban Ambassador Juan Carlos Sanchez and the Chinese Ambassador Yan Jairong attended as well. The Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell spoke for the government of The Bahamas’ and former Prime Minister Perry Christie who served as Prime Minister during the last years of the presidency of Fidel spoke to the mark that he made on the world. The Minister of Tourism Glenys Hanna Martin attended as well.
Kevin Harris is a public relations consultant and worked as the personal assistant to the Leader of the Opposition. This article first appeared on Facebook on Friday 14 August 2026:
DESPERATE! The FNM Must Not Confuse Noise With Leadership
By Kevin Harris
There is a difference between being politically aggressive and being politically prepared. There is a difference between commanding attention and commanding respect. And there is a very important difference between being an effective opposition parliamentarian and being capable of leading a major political party.
The Free National Movement must not confuse the three.
Anyone seriously suggesting that Long Island MP Dr. Andre Rollins should become the next leader of the FNM is, in my view, displaying more political desperation than political vision. Rollins may be an energetic parliamentarian. He may be confrontational, unpredictable and willing to challenge his opponents at every opportunity. But none of those characteristics, by themselves, qualify a person to lead the Free National Movement.
The FNM is not a political toy.
It is a historic political organization whose story has been defined by struggle, sacrifice, resilience, defeat, recovery and victory. It is a party that has wandered through the political wilderness and found its way back to the mountaintop. Its history is filled with men and women who sacrificed personally and politically for what they believed was a better Bahamas.
That history deserves to be respected when the question of leadership arises.
The FNM has been blessed with leaders and statesmen such as the Rt. Hon. Hubert Alexander Ingraham, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Alexander Minnis, Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield, Sir Kendal Isaacs, Sir Orville Turnquest, Sir Arthur Foulkes, Sir Cornelius A. Smith, Dame Janet Bostwick, Frank Watson, O.A.T. “Tommy” Turnquest, Roma Italia Johnson, the late Theresa Moxey-Ingraham, the late Tennyson Wells, Brent Symonette, Desmond Bannister, Carl W. Bethel, Dion Foulkes, Zhivargo Laing, and many others.
These individuals were not perfect. None of them should be placed beyond criticism. But they understood that political leadership is bigger than winning an argument in Parliament or generating headlines.
It requires vision.
It requires discipline.
It requires temperament.
It requires the ability to bring people together when the natural instinct of a political party is to tear itself apart.
And above all, it requires the capacity to inspire confidence in people who may not necessarily agree with you.
The FNM Knows What Leadership Looks Like
The Free National Movement has produced two Prime Ministers to date: the Rt. Hon. Hubert Alexander Ingraham and the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Alexander Minnis.
Whatever their subsequent political disagreements or personal falling-out, both men achieved the highest political office in the country and left their respective marks on the Bahamas.
Ingraham, in particular, remains the only living Bahamian Prime Minister to have won three non-consecutive general elections.
That is not political trivia. It is evidence of what disciplined political organization, strategic leadership and electoral endurance can accomplish.
The FNM knows the bitter taste of defeat. It also knows the intoxicating taste of victory.
It knows what it is like to be dismissed, underestimated and written off.
And it knows how to fight its way back.
That is precisely why the present leadership conversation deserves more seriousness than simply asking who can make the most noise in Parliament.
The Pintard Question
There is no denying that the FNM is experiencing a period of political uncertainty.
Since Michael Pintard assumed leadership following the party’s November 2021 leadership race, the FNM has endured significant electoral setbacks, including by-election defeats and the loss of the most recent general election. Pintard subsequently secured another mandate at the party’s 2024 convention.
He came into office promising to unify the organization and bring the various factions of the FNM together.
Yet the uncomfortable truth is that the party remains deeply unsettled.
There is now increasing discussion within FNM circles about whether Pintard should continue as leader. Some of the voices questioning his leadership, I am told, are coming from individuals who were once among his strongest supporters.
Politics can be unforgiving.
Those who applaud you today can demand your resignation tomorrow.
If the FNM ultimately decides that Michael Pintard should leave the leadership, that is a matter for the party’s constitutional processes and its membership to determine. If he resigns, is removed through a properly constituted convention, or faces a duly authorized challenge through the party’s Central Council, the FNM will then have a much more consequential question to answer:
Who comes next?
That question should not be answered in haste.
I Saw the Rollins Question Coming
Several weeks before the May 12 general election, I publicly warned Michael Pintard against nominating Andre Rollins.
My concern was straightforward: if Rollins won Long Island, I believed his political ambitions could eventually collide with Pintard’s leadership.
Rollins won.
And since entering the House of Assembly, he has attracted considerable attention for his combative and often unconventional parliamentary style.
Some people appear to be impressed.
I am not.
There is nothing wrong with an opposition MP being aggressive. In fact, a strong opposition needs parliamentarians who will challenge the government, expose weaknesses, demand accountability and refuse to be intimidated.
But effective opposition politics and party leadership are not the same thing.
Rollins may have found a political lane that works for him. His bulldog approach may even serve the FNM well in opposition.
But the FNM should be extremely careful about mistaking parliamentary theatrics for evidence of leadership capacity.
A political leader must do more than attack.
A political leader must build.
A political leader must do more than dominate a debate.
A political leader must know how to unite people who disagree.
A political leader must do more than excite the party faithful.
A political leader must persuade the wider Bahamian electorate.
That distinction matters.
Rollins Has Earned His Seat—But That Is Not the Same as Earning the Leadership
Let me be clear: Dr. Andre Rollins was fairly elected by the people of Long Island. He earned his place in the House of Assembly, and he is entitled to represent his constituents as forcefully as he sees fit.
But winning a constituency does not automatically qualify anyone to lead a national political organization.
Nor does being a formidable parliamentary performer.
Nor does being popular among a particular faction of party supporters.
Nor does being willing to take on one’s own leader.
The FNM must ask a much bigger question:
What kind of leader does the party need to rebuild itself and eventually convince the Bahamian people to return it to government?
That answer cannot simply be Andre Rollins.
There was a reason, in my view, that some experienced political figures across the political divide were relieved when Rollins was not nominated by the FNM in 2017. His political temperament has always been a subject worthy of serious consideration.
Now that he has returned to frontline politics, the FNM should not allow excitement surrounding his parliamentary performance to obscure the bigger leadership question.
Rollins can be an effective opposition voice.
He can be a political fighter.
He can be a formidable debater.
But none of that automatically makes him a national party leader.
The FNM Must Think Beyond Pintard
This is not an argument for Michael Pintard.
It is an argument for the FNM.
If the party believes Pintard is no longer capable of leading it, then it should follow its constitutional procedures and make that determination.
But removing one leader without having a credible successor is not political strategy.
It is political frustration.
And frustration is a terrible way to choose a leader.
If Pintard eventually departs, the FNM will need to look carefully across its parliamentary caucus, its wider membership and its broader leadership base.
There are individuals inside and outside the current parliamentary caucus who deserve serious consideration.
I have my own recommendations.
But I will reserve those for another discussion.
For now, the warning is simple:
Do not rush.
The Next FNM Leader Must Be More Than a Fighter
The FNM currently serves as the official Opposition in a democratic parliamentary system.
The individual who leads the party—and potentially becomes Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition—must be capable of representing far more than the FNM’s most passionate supporters.
That person must be able to articulate the concerns of ordinary Bahamians.
They must understand government.
They must understand policy.
They must understand economics.
They must understand Parliament.
They must understand the internal mechanics of a political organization.
And they must possess the temperament to disagree without becoming consumed by confrontation.
The next FNM leader should be stable, measured, intelligent, strategic, respected, personable, politically experienced and capable of working with people who do not always agree with him or her.
That person must be able to walk into a room and command attention without demanding it.
The FNM should also take a careful look at the political temperament of the current Prime Minister, Philip “Brave” Davis. Whether one agrees with Davis or not, his political longevity and ability to maintain a broad political coalition should remind FNM supporters that winning opposition arguments is not the same as winning government.
The FNM needs a leader capable of doing both.
Don’t Put the Wrong Person in the Chair
The Free National Movement has survived too much to become desperate now.
It has known political defeat.
It has experienced internal conflict.
It has seen leaders rise and fall.
It has been declared finished before.
And yet, time and again, the party has found a way to reinvent itself.
That history should inform the current leadership debate.
So, yes, challenge Michael Pintard if you believe he has failed.
Yes, demand accountability.
Yes, debate the future of the party.
Yes, consider new leadership.
But do not elevate someone simply because he is loud, combative or capable of dominating the parliamentary floor.
The FNM needs a leader—not an audition.
Dr. Andre Rollins has earned his right to serve the people of Long Island.
He has earned his place in the House of Assembly.
He has earned the right to challenge the government.
But he has not, in my estimation, demonstrated that he has what it takes to lead the Free National Movement.
The FNM must resist the temptation to confuse political aggression with political maturity.
It must resist the temptation to substitute personality for vision.
And it must resist the temptation to choose its next leader simply because party members are frustrated with the current one.
The FNM is too important. Its history is too significant. Its future is too consequential.
The party must dig deep, think carefully and choose wisely.
Because the next FNM leader should not merely be someone who can fight the government.
The next FNM leader must be someone the Bahamian people can ultimately trust to govern the country.
And, in my view, Andre Rollins is not that person.
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is comprised of 700 islands . From Abaco in the north to Inagua in the south, we have a population according to census of 400,000 people dispersed over 28 populated islands.
June, of each year, is budget time. Every Island scrambles for the scarce resources from the public Treasury for these development dollars for each particular Island.
In Grand Bahama, we have five members of parliament, three opposition MP’S and two government MP’S. The MP for Central Grand Bahama is newly elected FNM Hon. Frazette Gibson. Mrs. Gibson, for many years, was a public school teacher and school administrator in the public school system. In her maiden budget communication speech to Parliament in June, Mrs. Gibson raised eyebrows when she declared that Grand Bahama does not need another new school hurricane shelter built in East Grand Bahama. ” Wow”.
Today, I publicly reach out to the minister of Education, DPM Chester Cooper to publicly ask that he ignores the MP for Central Grand Bahama’s petty opposition protest rejecting the public utterance for public funds being spent in East Grand Bahama. A seat held by a FNM MP.
Last week, Mrs. Gibson was at it again, this time she was protesting all by herself in front of the Accident and Emergency section of the Rand Memorial Hospital in downtown, Freeport.
The A&E section of the Rand Memorial was closed and relocated to another area of the hospital so that much needed repairs could take place over a 6-week period. Again, I say, wow wow!
Mrs. Gibson, may I remind you, in the run up to the May 12th general elections, your party, the FNM is on the public record as opposing the building of two new hospitals: in Grand Bahama, and, the other, in New Providence. The FNM, however, is on the record and believe that rehabilitating the Rand Memorial and the Princess Margaret Hospitals is the best way forward. So the question must be asked, why protest the upgrading of the A&E section of the Rand Memorial? Is it not in the public interest to make much needed upgrades? Mrs. Gibson you are a teacher of some vintage and with a public administrator background shouldn’t we expect critical, well thought out reasoned thinking? Instead of a past teacher opposing a new school; the upgrade of the A&E; and, rejecting Investment dollars being spent on the Island of Grand Bahama.
Mrs. Gibson, you have let Grand Bahama down. The proverbs teach us, in the multitude of counselors there is safety. Your protests are not uplifting, and, we are not safe based on your public utterances.
I dread going to any government office for anything. Before you get past the too-common poor attitude—the feeling that service is a favour rather than a duty—there is usually a line. And sometimes your best hope is knowing someone in that office or, perhaps, knowing someone who knows someone.
Years ago, when applying for my daughter’s passport, I was asked for my passport, birth certificate and the same documents for my mother. I remember asking, “Don’t you already have those on file?” Apparently, the question was ahead of its time.
For generations, doing business with government has meant carrying a folder stuffed with birth certificates, passports, NIB cards, proof of address, and photocopies. Forget one document and you return another day to stand on line again. Visit another agency and, remarkably, you may submit the same documents again.
That is the Bahamas of paper files, rubber stamps and filing cabinets. It should not be the Bahamas of 2026.
The Davis administration’s push to accelerate digital transformation—including collaboration with Estonia, a global leader in digital government—and create interoperability between government agencies could fundamentally change this experience.
In plain language: Government should stop asking citizens for information Government already has.
Consider the economic impact. Every hour a business owner spends chasing approvals is an hour away from business. Every employee taking leave to stand in a government line represents lost productivity.
The Davis administration deserves credit for recognizing that modernization is national development. This is progress, forward thinking, and a government who is committed to improving accessibility to its citizens and modernizing the way business is done in the Bahamas. A country where business can be conducted efficiently is more attractive to investors and creates greater opportunities for growth.
But technology alone will not transform government. Processes must change. Attitudes must change. Work ethics must change. Accountability must change. Institutional cultures must change. And, most importantly, training must take place.
Further, the measure of success will not be how many services are “online,” but whether transactions become faster, agencies communicate, and citizens stop repeatedly proving who they are. It’s then that we will have success.
A digital government should not simply move the line from the counter to the computer. It should eliminate the unnecessary line altogether.
With representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Nassau Yan Jairong and Ambassador Juan Carlos Sanchez of Cuba and joined by former Prime Minister Perry Christie, Minister of Tourism Glenys Hanna Martin and President of the Christian Council Mario Moxey, we marked the centenary of the birth of former President of Cuba the late Fidel Castro Ruz at the Harry Moore Library at the University Of The Bahamas.
We honoured in death Ivan PJ Deveaux Esq, former Assistant Passport Officer in Freeport now deceased by naming our passport conference room after him. From left Chief Passport Officer Nicholas Symonette, Foreign Affairs Inspector General Clarence Russell, Permanent Secretary Melvin Seymour, Mrs. Flounce Deveaux, widow of Ivan Deveaux, Fred Mitchell, the Minister, Lindalee Kemp of the Passport Office in Freeport and Jerreth Rolle, Deputy Chief Passport Officer.
Hongjuang Zhang Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Nassau, announced a gift to.thr Fox Hill Community Centre of 10,000 dollars with Warren Davis, Manager of the Centre and Yunpeng Li, Head of Protocol and Oress section of the Chinese Embassy. The announcement was made at the Fox Hill Constituency office.
The two signature pieces for the Fox Hill Day are the plaiting of the May Pole and the climbing of the greasy pole. But the best part is the fellowship and renewed acquaintances. My old neighbour from Centreville who lives in Columbus, Ohio turned up. Her name is Sandra Woods. Also ftom Ohio is my friend Mario Simms in Long Island’s sister and her friend from Tennessee. The babies, mothers and children. Interesting time.
From left on 11 August at St Mark’s Church in Fox Hill:
Assistant Director of Immigration Perry Davis, Chief Passport Officer Ambassador Nicholas Symonette, Ambassador Ron Pinder, Minster Leslia Miller Brice, Darron Pickstock, Fred Mitchell, Clay Sweeting, Wayne Munroe, Ginger Moxey, Zane Lightbourne, Chester Cooper, Barbara Cartwright, Charise Gibson of the FNM Fox Hill Association.
