Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell with Dame Marguerite Pindling following Easter mass this morning outside St Agnes Church
Daily Archives: April 16, 2017
TOP BRASS SAYS FAREWELL TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FARQUHARSON RETIRED
Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade and his top command gathered at the graveside of their friend, brother and colleague retired Commissioner Errol Farquharson after he was laid to rest in the Lakeview Cemetery on Thursday 13 April.
PICEWELL FORBES AT WORK IN HIS SOUTH ANDROS CONSTITUENCY
WE JUST NEED TO WIN BY ONE
The late Frank Edgecombe… you only have to win by one In 2007, after a bitter and dishonest campaign waged by the Free National Movement, the majority which Fred Mitchell had obtained in 2002 of about 1200 votes was reduced down to 64. It was remarkable. The FNM wined and dined the public, the PLP […]
HAPPY EASTER TO YOU
(He is Risen)
HOW DESPERATE OUR PEOPLE ARE AT ELECTION TIME?
There are laws against importuning for votes. Bribery at elections was at its height during the ancien regime in The Bahamas, when there was open voting. Sir Henry Taylor, the late Governor General, writing in his book My Political Memoirs tells the story of the 1910 general election when candidates who had not been seen […]
THE WORK OF THE MISSIONS ABROAD
Washington D C WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the lead-up to the April 18th launch of the OAS – Government of The Bahamas Scholarship, Ms. Kim Osborne, OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, and Dr. Jack Thomas, President of Western Illinois University, held a signing ceremony on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the OAS Administration Building in Washington, D.C., to […]
THE WEEK IN THE BAHAMAS BY ELECOTT COLEBY
THIS WEEK IN THE BAHAMAS (10 – 14 APRIL 2017) COMMENTARY BY ELCOTT G. COLEBY Prime Minister Christie announces 10th May 2017 as General Election date Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade, as Provost Marshal, read the Proclamation dissolving the current Parliament, and the Proclamation of the convening of a new Parliament, on the steps of […]
The Swimming Pool In Fox Hill Is A Hit
As at 15 April 2:33 p m. some 64,418 people had viewed the 15 second video of the first swim of the children of Fox Hill in the swimming pool. Amazing. The pool is a big hit. Last week, the Blue Waves Swim Club and their coach and parents came down for a photo shoot […]
The Fox Hill PLP’s Palm Sunday Tea Party
The Men of the Fox Hill Branch strut their stuff in the annual fashion show MC checks her notes The Branch leadership in a special song presentation Host Brian Higgs accepts a token from the branch from Chair Charlene Marhsall and Vice Chair Sherrine Glinton Armbrister
We Agree With Gilbert Morris On The Bombing By Trump
(From the FB page of Dr. Gilbert Morris 15 April) So there it is: even those despising President Donald Trump, including the lazy media, are saying bombing – without an iota of strategy – is presidential. Nearly every pundit and every quarter of America seems delighted to have dropped a massive 21 ton bomb, as […]
The Details About The Election
Dissolution: 11 April Election Date: 10 May Nomination Day: 20 April Advance Poll: 5 May Last date to Register to vote overseas: 18 April
False Controversy Over The 10 May
(painting by Kishan Munroe from his FB page) On a terrible evening in 1980 on 10 May, the Cuban air force unleashed its jets on the newly formed Bahamian Navy by the rather grandiose name the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. In fact the “force” was barely two hundred men and was barely six weeks old. […]
Fox Hill Library Gets New Computers
Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell at the presentation of six computers to the Fox Hill public library 13 April by NAGICO Insurance and its CEO L Vibart Williams. From left Mark Hayes Library technician L Vibart Williams Managing Director NAGICO Insurance Minister Fred Mitchell Dorcas Bowler Director of Libraries Ministry of Education Marina Minnis Library […]
Bahamar To Open On 21 April
Dear friends, Friday, April 21, 2017 marks the first day on a journey into a glorious future for Baha Mar. As we get ready to open our doors to the world for the first time, we cordially invite you to be part of our celebration. Below, please find a schedule of events taking place on […]
PM Addresses The Dissolution Of Parliament
April 11th, 2017 STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER THE RT. HON. PERRY G. CHRISTIE My Fellow Bahamians, Good Morning! Earlier today, just a short while ago, the present Parliament was officially dissolved. Every seat in the House of Assembly is now vacant. It is now left to you, the citizenry of our beloved nation, to […]
Jimmy Williams, Stalwart Councillor, Gets Married
Marsh Harbour, Abaco 15 April Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell with Mr Jimmy and Karen Williams nee Wilchcombe at their wedding in Marsh Harbour in Abaco 15 April. With Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis and MP Renardo Curry. This is Mr. Williams’s second marriage, his first wife having predeceased him.
More on The FNM From Andrew Allen Attorney At Law
EDITOR, The Tribune. Beginning with my column, Perspectives, which was published every Monday for 8 years, I have offered my opinions publicly via The Tribune since 1999. While it is an incontrovertible fact that I am the son of Sir William Allen, a former FNM Cabinet Minister, I deem that fact immaterial to either my […]
Andrew Allen Says Six Reasons To Vote PLP
Contributed to The Tribune 9 April 2017 Lawyer and former Tribune columnist Andrew Allen flags up the Government’s achievements and urges Bahamians to put country before party when voting in the election . . . 1 VAT In the Business section of The Tribune of April 6 (the day my opinion piece entitled “Six Reasons […]
HMBS Nassau Port Side In Madeira
15 April, almost home
Good Friday The Washing Of The Feet
Christ Church Cathedral on Good Friday
