HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY USA: Prime Minister Philip Davis and Governor General Dame Cynthia Pratt join Kimberly Furnish, Charge ad Interim of the U S in The Bahamas for the 252 anniversary celebration of U S Independence at a reception in Nassau. Our photo of the week. Catholic Archbishop Patrick Pinder looks on.
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All week long, this past week there has been an avalanche of homophobic attacks on Fred Mitchell, Chair of the Progressive Liberal Party. It started with a video note that was passed around on FNM and COI sites with Mr. Mitchell’s picture and AI generated voice where they said that Mr. Mitchell had an agenda […]
In the back and forth on social media over the homophobic allegations by FNM and COI partisans in their attacks on Fred Mitchell, Chair of the PLP, Lincoln Bain, Leader of COI, wrote the following in a private message to Fred Mitchell: “The COI would never do anything that would help Michael Pintard become leader […]
Prime Minister Philip Davis told the press this week on Wednesday 2 July 2025 that the PLP’s candidates will be revealed in due course. This was followed up by Fred Mitchell, Chair of the PLP, who said the following on Thursday 3 July 2025: “I saw the prime minister today being quoted in the press, […]
Fred Mitchell Chair of the PLP at press conference held on Thursday 3 July 225 said the following about AI generated images: “Bahamians must have a discerning spirit to be able to distinguish truth from nonsense” Here is what he said in his own words on 2 July 2025: “The pity is that PLPs and […]
They have denied it privately. The COI have disavowed any connection to it. FNM supporters have sent private messages to the PLP saying it isn’t so. They have not disassociated themselves from the nasty innuendoes about the Chairman of the PLP Fred Mitchell but here is what Mr. Mitchell had to say in his own […]
In a voice note on Wednesday 2 July 2025 Fred Mitchell snapped back at a man calling himself a preacher named Glenroy Bethel in Grand Bahama who made false claims about Bahamians immigration and passport policy: “We move on then up to Grand Bahama, a man calling himself a preacher, but a well-known purveyor of […]
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Fred Mitchell, Chair of the PLP, had this to say about an allegation that the government of The Bahamas was deficient in defending the country against illegal immigrants. He said this on Wednesday 2 July 2025: “A well-known citizen video note man said in an attempt to trash the immigration policy of The Bahamas government […]
Image by Andre Musgrove photography
4 July 2025 at Winnie Ann With her son Sean Jr.
From Facebook: Thank you St Agnes on your 180th anniversary for giving me my sense of well-being, confidence and identity. It’s their exhibition at the Mall At Marathon with Rector Keith Cartwright and Bishop Laish Boyd. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 3 July 2025
From Facebook: Always an honour to join my friend Ambassador Rt Hon Lowell Mortimer CMG. He is the founder of the LJM Marine Academy. They had a commissioning ceremony for their sports project. Congratulations. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 3 January 2025
From Facebook: Posing with the chefs in training at UB under master chef Ellie Williams and sponsored by the personal resources of Prime Minister Philip Davis. I congratulated them on his behalf. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 3 July 2025
Thursday 3 July 2025 Fred Mitchell press conference on AI and other propaganda being spread by opposition forces.
The following statement was issued by Fred Mitchell, Chair of the PLP, in response to the roll out of FNM candidates on 26 June 2025: 26 June 2025 The wait was not worth it for the general Bahamian populace and nor staunch FNM supporters this Thursday evening, 26 June, during the Free National Movement’s Rollout […]
The following statement was issued by the PLP on the occasion of the 93rd birthday of Dame Marguerite Pindling: 26 June 2025 Today, we celebrate the 93rd birthday of an iconic trailblazer. Dame Marguerite Pindling’s life’s journey is profoundly linked to the bold and courageous rise of the PLP and the birth of an independent […]
From left to right: Alfred Sears, Minister for Immigration and husband of Marion Bethel, Fred Mitchell, Foreign Minister, Marion Bethel newly elected Commissioner for the Inter American Human Rights Commission, Mikhail Bullard, who is Deputy at the OAS Bahamas Mission in Washington, D C and Ron Sands, Second Secretary at the mission. This was at […]
