April 12, 2012
Khalila Nicolls
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Indifferent to the point of complicity: Violence against women
A few weeks ago I attended a forum “Because We Have Mothers, Sisters and Daughters - a Forum on Men Stopping Violence”, organised by the Bureau of Women’s Affairs in partnership with the US Embassy, the Bahamas Crisis Centre and the Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN) Bahamas.
THE WATCH WOMAN: Are mothers doing right by their children?
The Bahamas Crisis Centre held a peace conference in October that was another commendable example of the important work being done by the non-profit organisation. For some 30 years, the organisation has been supporting victims of violence in the Bahamas.
How do you plan to be great?
LAST month I reluctantly attended a prayer breakfast for the 73rd annual meeting of the Bethel Baptist Association. I went as a guest of the Royal Bank of Canada, which hosted me
Female team give mandate to lead
Female team give mandate to lead By KHALILA NICOLLS khalilanicolls@gmail.com WHEN news broke that three of the four women who were elected to the House of Assembly were put in one ministry, Transport and Aviation, some observers were perplexed, myself
Loretta Butler-Turner for 2017?
EVER since May 7 when the mighty Free National Movement (FNM) came tumbling down, the name Hubert Minnis, former Minister of Health, has been floated as the inevitable next leader of the Free National Movement (FNM).
The circus comes to town
ON ONE side of the stage, dozens of volunteer actors dressed in red flaunt their enthusiasm, jeering and cheering slogans, chants and insults, across the way. On the other side, there are yellow volunteers, equally adept in their jesting and equally inflamed. The array of colour is completed with spots of green.
Actualising power at the poles
HAVE women actualised their power at the polls? As the general election approaches, women should contemplate this important question. And it should take no time to render a clear verdict. No. The reason is simple.
Who is the best man in Nassau Village?
A few weeks ago, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham personally distributed the Free National Movement (FNM) manifesto to each of the 38 FNM candidates on stage at a mass rally. He wanted everyone to have a manifesto in
On the campaign trail in Nassau Village
WHEN I turned up for the interview at the Nassau Village Constituency Office of Free National Movement candidate (FNM) Basil J Moss, I was surprised to find a shell of an office, with no furniture, no electricity
Overcoming the party allegiance
I STARTED this campaign cycle annoyed by the fact that Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham's faces were plastered all over my constituency, considering I live far from North Abaco and far from Centreville, where these men, both leaders of their respective political parties, are offering themselves as candidates in the May 7 general election.
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