Daily Archives: April 29, 2018
MINNIS CAUSES CONFUSION ABOUT CORRUPTION
The Prime Minister Hubert Minnis is doubling down on the nonsense that he has been spinning on a monthly basis about this nation and corruption. He has been the subject of adverse commentary in this country since the day he was elected and decided to go down to Caricom in Grenada to tell the […]
SCENES FROM THE 65TH ANNUAL NATIONAL REGATTA | Elizabeth Harbour, Georgetown, Exuma
SCENES FROM THE 65TH ANNUAL NATIONAL REGATTA Elizabeth Harbour, Georgetown, Exuma 28 April 2018
PLP CHAIR EXPLAINS THE LOSS IN THE LAST ELECTION (What he actually said)
At the Marathon PLP Branch Meeting On 23 April 2018 The Nassau Guardian in its story on Tuesday 24 April about the Marathon Branch meeting of the PLP where M’Wale Rahming of Public Domain spoke reported that Mr. Mitchell said “We Knew We Would Lose”. Mr. Mitchell did not say that. Here is what he […]
THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE BONEFISH
Confusion is said to rein in The Bahamas about the fly fishing regulations. The press reports that the Cabinet is split on what to do. The Tourism Minister has gone and promised the foreign tourist interests that he will have the regs suspended. The Minister for Fisheries supports the regulations. This protects the private second […]
THE TRAVESTY OF THE PLP COURT CASES CONTINUES
A court order was obtained by the Attorneys for Frank Smith, the former Senator and former Chairman of the Public Health Authority to compel the production of records to his side from the virtual complainant in the charges of corruption brought against him. The order was given by Justice Gregory Hilton. Barbara Hanna and the […]
JAMES SMITH: NOT SO FAST ON FINANCIAL SERVICES BILLS
(Tribune business Friday 27 April 2018) James Smith, the former Central Bank Governor and Minister State for Finance decried the speed with which The Bahamas is moving to establish a beneficial share registry and other financial services sector reforms. He thinks that we are getting little in return for doing the work of others. We […]
THE SO CALLED SPY BILL DEBATED—FNM HYPOCRISY
The PLP’s Leader Philip Davis led the PLP to vote against the so called Spy Bill which was brought by the FNM Government after opposing it in Opposition. The Leader accused the FNM of hypocrisy. However, the PLP opposed the Bill because he said that the bill does not do what the Privy Council asked […]
RBDF The Butt Of Jokes
Last week came the report that the HMBS Rolly Gray, one of the nine new boats purchased by The Bahamas government under Minister of National Security Bernard Nottage, ran aground just outside the Coral harbour home base of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF). This makes two out of the nine new boats out of […]
Travis Robinson Dresses Just For Kelly Burrows
Kelly Burrows who contributes from time to time to this column is usually quite exercised over the choices of clothing by these new men of power in the Free National Movement. They seem to have a penchant for wearing light coloured suits which are not according to Mr. Burrows and everything that we see, the […]
Leader Of The Opposition To Tour Grand Bahama
Leader of the Opposition and of the Progressive Liberal Party Philip Brave Davis will lead a delegation of the Progressive Liberal Party for a four day tour of Grand Bahama from Sweetings Cay in the East to West Grand Bahama. This will include meetings in Eight Mile Rock, Freeport and McClean’s Town from 3rd May […]
Two Former PLP MPs Can Teach Us About Party Message Discipline
George Smith, who carries the title honorable for life, and Philip Galanis, who is a former Member of Parliament and once in the line up to leader of the PLP, were in the press on Friday 27 April answering something that needed no answer. The Chair of the PLP Senator Fred Mitchell at a PLP branch meeting […]
Golden Knights Honoured
PLP Regional Meeting In The South East | Wednesday 25 April 2018
Posted by Jon Smith on Saturday, April 28, 2018
Fox Hill PLP Branch Meets | 25 April 2018
Marathon Branch Of The PLP Meets | Monday 23 April 2018 | Guest speaker M’Wale Rahming of Public Domain
Picewell Forbes In Behring Point, South Andros Primary School Walkathon | 28 April 2018
Mt. Moriah PLP Branch Meets | 24th April 2018
Black Tuesday Remembered
From the Office of the Chair of the Progressive Liberal Party Remembering Black Tuesday on it’s 53rd Anniversary For Immediate Release 27 April 2018 Today we ask all PLPs and people of goodwill to remember the day known in our history as Black Tuesday. It was the day when the PLP in 1965 […]
Ft. Charlotte PLP Branch Meets | Thursday 26 April 2018 | Special Guest Barry Griffin, Chair Young Liberals
The Bill Cosby Verdict
The deck was stacked against Bill Cosby, the 80 year old American Black actor, who had won the hearts of many with the standards he set in the sit com that he produced on NBC during the 1990s. All that is now gone because he apparently had some dark habits, that of drugging women to […]
Meanwhile Trump Continues To Rule
The world is certainly a bit of a crazy cauldron of activity. Of course, this is in part because of the century in which we live where events across the globe that we would not have known about for months, years or at all, now come front and centre into our living rooms and bedrooms […]
Mashing Up Our New Boats—PM Warns The RBDF
Posted by Jon Smith on Saturday, April 28, 2018
Happy Birthday To Carla Gwendolyn Mitchell 60 Years (Where did the time go from 26 April 1958 to now?)
Bahamian Artist Harry Wallace’s Newest Exhibition
By Randia Coakley 25 April 2018 Nassau, Bahamas – This Spring, Artist Harry Wallace celebrated his inaugural art exhibition in a partnership with CornerTrader. This endorsement is significant as it directly connects the creative arts and private businesses. For the next four months, Harry Wallace collections will be on public display. “It is a great […]
