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 Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holeness had on full display a photo of a visit by American officials from the Department of Defence in the United States, now named the Department of War visiting Jamaica. The caption said that the officials were in Jamaica to discuss security cooperation with the region. The rumour is they […]
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 House of Assembly and Senate was and is built off falsehoods. The FNM and their Coalition of Idiots (COI) collaborators insist on saying that […]
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 of what it is to be civil and to understand where he sits in the firmament. […]
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 expression as Adrian Gibson, the disgraced and on trial MP for crookedness, was speaking in the House of Assembly […]
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 protect migrants, they when they were the government proposed an asylum bill that would have done just that. Mr. Pinder was speaking in the […]
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 Junkanoo bleachers on the one side and barricades on the other. The police allowed demonstrators with hostile intent to get into […]
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 should move by legislation to prevent this, if the banks do not stop.
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 Bahamar the hotel development on Cable beach. This would allow the completion of a brand new 350 […]
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. He recounted that the failed developer had not been able to pay the mortgage on the property on two […]
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 accomplishment and will serve the Bahamian people well. The usual suspects in the FNM were damning it with faint praise, […]
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 who is now the first Ambassador of the United States to The Bahamas Herschel Walker in 14 years. I took the […]
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 […]
Politically I have been quiet for awhile. I watch in amazement at times how persons present information amended to their perspective. To those people I say in a free society or a democratic society that is your right. However, I hasten to say as a responsible citizen “thou shalt not distort the truth”. Unfortunately, the […]
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 […]
Politically I have been quiet for awhile. I watch in amazement at times how persons present information amended to their perspective. To those people I say in a free society or a democratic society that is your right. However, I hasten to say as a responsible citizen “thou shalt not distort the truth”. Unfortunately, the […]
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 […]
THE NEW US AMBASSADOR MEETS THE PRIME MINISTER: US Ambassador to The Bahamas Herschel Walker and his wife, Mrs. Julie Walker with Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister on December 9, 2025. (BIS Photos/Patrick Hanna) Our photo of the week.
The Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holeness had on full display a photo of a visit by American officials from the Department of Defence in the United States, now named the Department of War visiting Jamaica. The caption said that the officials were in Jamaica to discuss security cooperation with the region. The rumour is they […]
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 House of Assembly and Senate was and is built off falsehoods. The FNM and their Coalition of Idiots (COI) collaborators insist on saying that […]
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 of what it is to be civil and to understand where he sits in the firmament. […]
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 expression as Adrian Gibson, the disgraced and on trial MP for crookedness, was speaking in the House of Assembly […]
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 protect migrants, they when they were the government proposed an asylum bill that would have done just that. Mr. Pinder was speaking in the […]
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 Junkanoo bleachers on the one side and barricades on the other. The police allowed demonstrators with hostile intent to get into […]
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 should move by legislation to prevent this, if the banks do not stop.
The word is the mandarins in the PLP have decided that the phone company that calls itself BTC is such a shadow of itself that the present owners need to go. We hope that this is true and that it soon translates into public policy. The phone system is a patchwork of dropped calls, poor […]
Rick Fox has let his father and family down by his conduct in The Bahamas. He is an ambassador appointed by the PLP and refuses to step down now that he is a FNM putative candidate. He is engaging instead in a polemic with the government in public. In no other country would that stand. […]
From Facebook: I joined the Deputy Chief of Mission Kim Furnish and her husband Michael at their home for the welcome reception of the Ambassador to The Bahamas for the United States Herschel Walker and Mrs. Julie Walker. It was a very pleasant occasion.Fred Mitchell MPFox Hill12 December 2025
From Facebook: This is my brother Ian. My parents took us to Max Stubbs photo studio in Market St to take photos. Ian was fine as long as we were together but they could not get him to stay for his own solo photo. So they had me stand next to him then when he […]
The new headstone for my mother’s grave in the Eastern Cemetery. Rest in peace Lilla Angelina Mitchell nee Ford. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 11 December 2025