From Facebook: It was a privilege to join the Youth Minister Mario Bowleg with our colleague the Minister for Grand Bahama Ginger Moxey at the House of Assembly to honour James Clarke and Dudley Seide, who are the newest entrants into the Youth Excellence Hall of Fame. Congratulations gentlemen and thank you for your service. […]
Fred Mitchell, Chair of the PLP, reflected on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the death of the late National Hero Sir Lynden O Pindling, how difficult it is to defend the sovereignty of a small state, as the United States has moved ships into the seas off Venezuela and Trinidad, using drug smuggling […]
From Facebook: With Kache Hanna, Bahamas Youth Ambassador and one of the regional finalists for Youth Awards from the Commonwealth. I’m with her in London. Congratulations. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 12 March 2025
(Opening Night 31 January 2025, Grand Lucayan)
From FB: I was honoured to have a tour of the Junkanoo preparations in Georgetown, Exuma for their parade on 4 January 2025. They are in good shape the group Musical Youths. L-R Keris Rolle, Anthony Ingraham,Wyllan Brennan, Latina Gray. Thank you and I wish them all the best. Fred Mitchell MPFox Hill4 December 2024
Prime Minister Philip Davis joined with the Minister of Youth Mario Bowleg to welcome the young crowd to a reception at the Goldwyn Hotel in Cable Beach in honour of youth month. He wanted to talk with them about the country and the future and to mix and mingle with them. It was very successful […]
(The following was originally published as a voice note by the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party Fred Mitchell on New Year’s Day 2026—Editor) Fred Mitchell, Chairman of the PLP made this statement on New Year’s Day: Freeport and Grand Bahama are places where the PLP has grown the economy over the last four years, […]
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 accomplish that hat trick. There are strong headwinds that work against the party on that score. One of them […]
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 of the Christmas season could have and should have punted the question’s answer for later, and simply wished everyone a […]
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 progress in the island. He stopped to check up on the repairs to the Taino Bridge in Freeport. This leads […]
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. The churches are full. The tourists are packing the island. We have to thank the steady hand of the […]
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 of four years of governing. You make mistakes. You cannot get some things done. Others are unforced errors […]
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 constitutional Christian Nation why is it so prevalent that we assign another nationality to our leaders to create discontent or hatred […]
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 Trinidad and Tobago on CARICOM and in particular on Antigua and Barbuda, reeling from a decision of the […]
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 Chaguaramus in Trinidad to create CARICOM. It had come after the bitter experience under the colonial rule of the British that led to […]
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 contract bound from Venezuela and heading to Cuba were seized on the high seas by the American military in an attempt to […]
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 over the Saxons so they have boasting rights. Now on to New Year’s Day. Saxons in the belly.
Prime Minister Philip Davis with Resilience Capital announced and revealed the Bahamas Sustainable Investment Programme to the COP 28 wider audience at the meeting in Dubai on Wednesday 29 November 2023. The idea is to issue bonds which are based on the asset of the carbon credits which The Bahamas will generate from the sea […]
Former Clerk of the House Maurice Tynes Dear Editor, The saga involving Adrian Gibson continues to resonate throughout the country. Much of the commentary surrounding the saga has been centred around whether Gibson ought to resign his seat as the member of Parliament for Long Island. Gibson has been charged with some 56 serious criminal […]
Pocket Square in coat? The short answer is no. Although it might seem like an easy way to coordinate your outfit, matching your pocket square and tie or bow tie is a no – no, its part of an usher or flight attendant attire! also the broad tie is outdated, the slim tie is the […]
After abandoning their role as the maintainer of the city of Freeport, the Grand Bahama Port Authority now boasts about spending half a million dollars on roads. They got a nerve. 15 July 2022 FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) has invested a further approximately $500,000 to extend its road […]
The Calculus of Sovereignty A short essay by Miguel Taylor The Bahamas stands at the geographic crossroads of despair and opportunity, a sovereign nation constantly assailed by the transnational crime of migrant smuggling. Against this relentless tide, a Government’s first and most sacred duty is to secure its borders and protect its citizenry. One essential […]
Statement On The Passing of Dr Franklyn Walkine. From Fred Mitchell MP Chair Progressive Liberal Party For Immediate Release 30 December 2025 I announce with deep sadness and regret the passing of former MP Dr Franklyn Walkine. He served as a Member of Parliament for Acklins and Crooked Island. Dr Walkine was a hugely successful […]
PRIME MINISTER AND U.S. AMBASSADOR WALLKER: At the Carnival in Nassau on 29 December 2025. The Prime Minister was hosting the children to the rides and ran into the U S Ambassador and Mrs. Walker at the Carnival. Our photo of the week.
(The following was originally published as a voice note by the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party Fred Mitchell on New Year’s Day 2026—Editor) Fred Mitchell, Chairman of the PLP made this statement on New Year’s Day: Freeport and Grand Bahama are places where the PLP has grown the economy over the last four years, […]
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 accomplish that hat trick. There are strong headwinds that work against the party on that score. One of them […]
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 of the Christmas season could have and should have punted the question’s answer for later, and simply wished everyone a […]
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 progress in the island. He stopped to check up on the repairs to the Taino Bridge in Freeport. This leads […]
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. The churches are full. The tourists are packing the island. We have to thank the steady hand of the […]
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 of four years of governing. You make mistakes. You cannot get some things done. Others are unforced errors […]
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 constitutional Christian Nation why is it so prevalent that we assign another nationality to our leaders to create discontent or hatred […]
The Calculus of Sovereignty A short essay by Miguel Taylor The Bahamas stands at the geographic crossroads of despair and opportunity, a sovereign nation constantly assailed by the transnational crime of migrant smuggling. Against this relentless tide, a Government’s first and most sacred duty is to secure its borders and protect its citizenry. One essential […]
Statement On The Passing of Dr Franklyn Walkine. From Fred Mitchell MP Chair Progressive Liberal Party For Immediate Release 30 December 2025 I announce with deep sadness and regret the passing of former MP Dr Franklyn Walkine. He served as a Member of Parliament for Acklins and Crooked Island. Dr Walkine was a hugely successful […]
From Facebook: That’s Fr O J, the Roman Catholic priest, pastor at Mary Star of The Sea in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on the far left and he hosted us all to dinner and helped to memorialize the new year and welcome the new priest from Nigeria Fr. Patrick Igwe, MSP. It was good to gather […]
From Facebook: Ambassador Brian Seymour and me the Minister but before all that Diane Wildgoose and Rose Carson and McQuela Smith used to join Brian and me for coffee and tea at McDonald’s in Freeport in the morning before work. So for old times sake we gathered at Mario Donato’s restaurant in the Islander Hotel […]
From Facebook: Forgive me for thinking I was in paradise this day with ambient air like air conditioning, clear blue skies and we spent the afternoon inspecting the Taino Bridge repairs or the lack thereof. We had a look at the works at Smith’s Point as well. I was joined by Ambassador Brian Seymour. Fred […]
From Facebook: Scenes from the annual New Year’s Day Church of God of Prophecy parade from Sea Grape to Pinedale in Eight Mile Rock. Thank you Bishop Barry Morris for your kind invitation. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 1 January 2026
From Facebook: At the altar of St Bart’s in New York city after mass. The feast of the Holy Innocents. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 28 December 2025