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 […]
Hubert Ingraham was quite sober when he spoke at the closing out rally of the Free National Movement for the Golden Isles Bye-election on Friday21 November 2025. He called the Prime Minister “my friend Brave”. He told the FNM crowd that he had advised their candidate Brian Brown not to run, to save his time […]
This column wishes to congratulate the winner of the Golden Isles bye-election Darron Pickstock. He is a PLP. He came up through the PLP’s farm system, starting as a former Progressive Young Liberal Chairman. He is a decent young man, a family man and has a steady head on his shoulder. We wish him every […]
Gone after 24 years in power The following statement was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas:27 November 2025Late on Thursday 27 November 2025, the Foreign Minister of The Bahamas Fred Mitchell spoke to the new Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Godwin Friday to extend warnest congratulations on behalf […]
The Nassau Guardian’s video service carried an interview with Vonique Toote in it she asked former Prime Minister Hubert Minnis his thoughts on the outcome of the bye-election in Golden Isles on 24 November 2025. Mr. Minnis did not mince words. He said that he supported Hubert Ingraham’s view that running in the bye-election in […]
On Friday 21 November 2025, Hubert Ingraham was called back to the FNM stage. He was supposed to close the deal for Brian Brown, the FNM’s candidate for the Golden Isles seat, belle the cat of the FNM’s campaign. He didn’t help their cause though at that their final rally. He started off by calling […]
Michael Pintard has some splaining to do. He has lost two bye-elections since he became leader of the FNM. He is a failure. Yet he told the press before the election that no matter what happened his leadership was secure. The talk is that the plotters and schemers in the FNM are after him. They […]
The PLP has always prided itself on being a party that is disciplined and keeps its counsel. The bye-election in Golden Isles is the latest example. Our leaders showed up in an FNM constituency and led the way to victory. Since the win though there have been PLPs gainsaying the victory. That should really be […]
In the Golden Isles campaign, you would have thought that the campaign from the FNM side would have been about issues: how they would govern differently and what policies they would implement to help the people of Golden Isles. Instead it has been just one attempt or the other to talk nastiness and filth, make […]
The following is excerpted from an editorial by the Nassau Guardian on 20th November 2025:Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Michael Pintard cannot reasonably expect to be regarded as a credible prime minister in waiting if he continues to make sensational claims that he cannot substantiate and then doubles down when asked to present even the […]
Some things you cannot believe. On 15 October 2025, Lincoln Bain, who we call the chief of the Coalition of Idiots aka COI, went to church the Salem Baptist Church and sang Amazing Grace and then apologized to Michael Pintard with Mr. Pintard sitting in the church for calling him a crackhead. Mr. Bain is […]
File photo of presentation of instruments to Rick FoxOver the past month, the Bahamian/Canadian basketball star Rick Fox has been teasing the public with statements on his Facebook page that indicate that he is thinking about venturing into the political arena. It is still at this point playing too coy but in a small society […]
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 […]
There were a lot of questions about the poll held in Golden Isles and the voters who did not show up. It appears that half the voters decided to stay away from the polls. We wouldn’t worry about it too much. We think it has nothing to do with the state of the register. The […]
There is a dictum that the late Arthur Hanna, our former Governor General, used to say about elections: “When you win, you win. When you lose, you lose.” We commend it to all that are handwringing about what happened in Golden Isles on 14th November 2025, when the PLP won the election. Cecil Wallace Whitfield […]
THE NEW HAITIAN AMBASSADOR: Derns Jovens Bonhomme is the new Ambassador for Haiti to The Bahamas. He paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Philip Davis on Friday 28 November 2025 at the Cecil Wallace Whitfield Building. That is our photo of the week. Photo by Peter Ramsay of the Bahamas Information Services.
Hubert Ingraham was quite sober when he spoke at the closing out rally of the Free National Movement for the Golden Isles Bye-election on Friday21 November 2025. He called the Prime Minister “my friend Brave”. He told the FNM crowd that he had advised their candidate Brian Brown not to run, to save his time […]
This column wishes to congratulate the winner of the Golden Isles bye-election Darron Pickstock. He is a PLP. He came up through the PLP’s farm system, starting as a former Progressive Young Liberal Chairman. He is a decent young man, a family man and has a steady head on his shoulder. We wish him every […]
Gone after 24 years in power The following statement was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas:27 November 2025Late on Thursday 27 November 2025, the Foreign Minister of The Bahamas Fred Mitchell spoke to the new Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Godwin Friday to extend warnest congratulations on behalf […]
The Nassau Guardian’s video service carried an interview with Vonique Toote in it she asked former Prime Minister Hubert Minnis his thoughts on the outcome of the bye-election in Golden Isles on 24 November 2025. Mr. Minnis did not mince words. He said that he supported Hubert Ingraham’s view that running in the bye-election in […]
On Friday 21 November 2025, Hubert Ingraham was called back to the FNM stage. He was supposed to close the deal for Brian Brown, the FNM’s candidate for the Golden Isles seat, belle the cat of the FNM’s campaign. He didn’t help their cause though at that their final rally. He started off by calling […]
Michael Pintard has some splaining to do. He has lost two bye-elections since he became leader of the FNM. He is a failure. Yet he told the press before the election that no matter what happened his leadership was secure. The talk is that the plotters and schemers in the FNM are after him. They […]
The PLP has always prided itself on being a party that is disciplined and keeps its counsel. The bye-election in Golden Isles is the latest example. Our leaders showed up in an FNM constituency and led the way to victory. Since the win though there have been PLPs gainsaying the victory. That should really be […]
There were a lot of questions about the poll held in Golden Isles and the voters who did not show up. It appears that half the voters decided to stay away from the polls. We wouldn’t worry about it too much. We think it has nothing to do with the state of the register. The […]
There is a dictum that the late Arthur Hanna, our former Governor General, used to say about elections: “When you win, you win. When you lose, you lose.” We commend it to all that are handwringing about what happened in Golden Isles on 14th November 2025, when the PLP won the election. Cecil Wallace Whitfield […]
Last week in this column, we reported the story of the arrest and detention of Al Collie at the age of 81 at his home and in hospital as a result of being shot by police officers who entered his home on the Western Road at 1 a.m. in the morning, shot through the door […]
There it was across the front pages of the press in The Bahamas. The failed developer of the first iteration of Bahamar was walking away with a settlement from China Construction. The company China Construction was responsible for building the now hugely successful Bahamas Resort in Nassau. The failed developer claimed that he was bilked […]
Christmas is coming and you can only think of the Christmas Story by Charles Dickens when you look at what Belinda Wilson had to say about the gift of a salary increase, ex gratia from the Government foe civil servants just before Christmas. The lady who finds fault and excuse for anything connected with the […]
The annual Thanksgiving treat for seniors of Fox Hill was a smashing success on 27 November 2025 at the Fox Hill Community Centre.
From Facebook:My sister Carla visited with office administrator Desiree Gibbs, Branch Chair Ida Symonette and our facilities advisor Tony Gardiner at the Fox Hill hq 24 November 2025,viewing our new campaign hats and shirtsFred Mitchell MPFox Hill