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PRIME MINISTER PHILIP DAVIS delivered the national statement of The Bahamas in New York at the United Nations on Friday 27 September 2024. Our photo of the week.
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MICHAEL PINTARD KEEPS TELLING THIS LIE ON BERMUDA
Prime Minister Philip Davis had to caution the Leader of the Opposition last week on Wednesday 25 September 2024 in the House of Assembly about his use of the words breaking the law. Michael Pintard has been fast and loose with words about breaking the law and the PLP. For almost two years now, he […]
THE GRAND BAHAMA POWER COMPANY COVERS BOTH BASES
What a joke and you would have to laugh if it were not so serious. The Grand Bahama Power Company which cannot keep the lights on in Freeport announced that they had sent applications to increase the power costs to both the Grand Bahama Port Authority and the Utilities Regulatory Competition Authority. You know that […]
BPL ANNOUNCES SOME POWER COST CHANGES
The Government has intervened to ensure that BPL, the power company, carried out the Prime Minister’s mandate to the company about lowering prices. BPL against the government’s wishes went and put the cost of repaying advances from the Government into the bills over the last two months. The result is that the Prime Minister’s promise […]
COP SAYS THAT REPORT SHOULD BE READY SOON
The report into the voice notes of Supt. Michael Johnson and the alleged conspiracy to suppress evidence into an armed robbery and murder should be ready by the end of the year. This was reported in last week’s press. We look forward to the results. They should not be made public but the government must […]
POLICE MINISTER SAYS THE REPORT MAY NOT BE MADE PUBLIC
Minister for National Security Wayne Munroe told the press last week that he is not sure that the report into the investigation into Michael Johnson and the voice notes and the alleged conspiracy to suppress evidence will ever be made public. We agree that it should not be made public. However, the Commissioner must act […]
POLICE TRANSFERS TAKE PLACE INCLUDING MICHAEL JOHNSON
Supt Michael Johnson On Friday 27 September 2024, the Acting Commissioner of Police Learmond Delaveaux explained to the country why Supt Michael Johnson was on the transfer list at the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Remember that Mr. Johnson is on garden leave pending the outcome of an investigation into misconduct allegations where he was recorded […]
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THERE IS GOLD IN THE SEA GRASS IT APPEARS
Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressed the 7th annual CEO Leadership on Purpose Summit in New York on 26 September 2024. This is an aggregation of mainly private sector leaders who come together to discuss how market solutions might help with the issue of climate change. Many of them were there to hear about […]
MITCHELL ADDRESSES THE UN ON THE FUTURE
23 September 2024 United Nations New York Statement to the United Nations Summit of the Future (Check against delivery) Mr. President This is a valuable forum for the discussion of our planet, in many senses the future of mankind. We are more than half way there to the year 2030 when the world through this […]
GARTH JOHNSON DIES
26 September 2024 Back in the day, Supt Garth Johnson was the policeman’s policeman. He was a sharpshooter at what was then called the Criminal Investigation Department, now called CDU. He, Basil Dean and Raymond Mackey, you just didn’t fool with them. You were asking for death in the afternoon, the morning or the night […]
NO NEED FOR BASIC BANK ACOUNT JUST SUPPRESS FEE COSTS
We had a good laugh last week when the Governor of the Central Bank John Rolle announced that there is something which they are thinking about called a basic bank account. By description, this would be a low-level savings account with not much money or activity, below 5000 dollars and there will be no charges […]
Meeting With Tuvalu Fred Mitchell
Fred Mitchell with Maina Talia MP of Tuvalu discussing the cooperation between The Bahamas, Tuvalu, the Pacific states and Caricom and The Bahamas in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly 26 September 2024
Celac EU Meeting
Fred Mitchell attends the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) and African Union meeting in New York in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. 26 September 2024
Renewing Acquaintances With Benin
Fred Mitchell with Foreign Minister of Benin Shegun Adaji Bakari discussing Haiti and also Benin’s law of the right of return of all black people to return to Africa and Benin offers that right to return. 26 September 2024
Summit Of CEOs Leadership Of Purpose
Fred Mitchell at the 7th Annual CEO Leadership on Purpose meeting in New York on climate change in the margins of the UN General Assembly. 26 September 2024 with Ambassador Taran Mackey and Joseph Curry
Visiting The Consulate In Toronto
Fred Mitchell, Foreign Minister, with Permanent Secretary Melvin Seymour, Consul General in Toronto Melanie Griffin and the staff of the consulate including Deral Wells, Francis Adderley Smith, Deputy Chief of Mission Shelly Sweeting, Dwight Hart, Amad Burns. 25 September 2024.
Gathering At The UN
The team gathered at the UN General Assembly for the address of Joe Biden, U S President with H.E. Henry Oryem Okello – State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Uganda. From left the Uganda Minister, Permanent Secretary Melvin Seymour, Parliamentary Secretary Jamahl D. Strachan, Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin and Immigration Minister Alfred Sears […]