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Mitchell says Minnis should ‘go quietly’
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell said former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis should “go quietly into the good night” after declaring his reasons for calling an early election.
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US says efforts to tackle corruption are not enough
THE United States continues to highlight the inadequacy of local legislation and enforcement efforts to combat corruption and conflicts of interest in public office.
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Man fined $5,000 for bid to tamper with jury
A 26-year-old man was fined $5,000 yesterday for asking a female juror to declare the man whose trial she was judging as innocent.
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Captain held after ‘threats to his crew’
POLICE are questioning a boat captain after his vessel was brought into New Providence on Sunday by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force for allegedly threatening his crew.
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ALICIA WALLACE: No excuse for failing to disclose on time
HERE we are again. It is a familiar place. Government administrations change with some regularity, and many of the practices remain the same.
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DON’T BLAME US FOR BEETLE CARGO FIASCO: Shipping agents say sub-contractor was to blame for blunder
The Bahamian shipping agent for a vessel that offloaded wood waste containing an invasive beetle species yesterday pledged to fight impending Customs charges and efforts to make it “a scapegoat”.
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Top US trade body singles out ‘bribes of convenience’
The Bahamian political system is “beleaguered by reports of corruption”, a newly-released US government report has asserted, singling out what it labelled as “small scale ‘bribes of convenience’”.
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Time to give back with volunteer initiative
GOVERNOR General Sir Cornelius A Smith has called on citizens and residents to take part in a national volunteer initiative.
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INSIGHT: We have been warned before about Putin
THE eyes of the world have been on the conflict in Ukraine as Russian forces have invaded.
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Private pilots: ‘Trust but verify on show stopper’
Private pilots plan to “trust but verify” pledges by Customs to ease clearance reforms that some argue could cost this nation up to 25 percent of its existing business if implemented in their original form.
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Protect our sovereignty
I write to you as a concerned Bahamian citizen, urging The Bahamas Government to oppose the proposed amendments to the World Health Organisation's International Health Regulations, which would effectively cede the Bahamas' sovereignty to a globalist organisation seeking the power to control free nations' response to future health crises.
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Underground abortion industry
Bahamian evangelical Christians must play close attention to the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) impending policy announcement on abortion.
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Moultrie raises issue of Gibson staying MP
FORMER House Speaker Halson Moultrie suggested yesterday “any honourable” parliamentarian accused of criminal offences should consider resigning to protect the institution of Parliament.
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Govt urged to keep promise on P.I. land
SAVE the Bays has urged the Davis administration to keep a pre-election promise to cancel any agreement that would result in Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines leasing Crown land on Paradise Island.
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HMBS Flamingo Disaster 10th May, 1980
A Sermon Preached by Canon S. Sebastian Campbell at the annual Red Mass in observance of the sinking of HMBS Flamingo.
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WORLD VIEW: Commonwealth should stand together over Russian aggression
THE Commonwealth, made up of 54 nations of which 32 are small states, should be deeply concerned at the grave threat to the international legal order caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and should act together to show strong disapproval.
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WORLD VIEW: Democracy in Barbados fully entrusted to the new Mia Mottley government
Rejecting the accusations of bullying and despotism that were levelled at Mia Mottley, the overwhelming majority of the electorate of Barbados returned her and her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to government for a second consecutive term at general elections held on January 19.
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SAFE & SECURE: SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Almost two years later and there is seemingly no end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic; the fifth such declared event since 1918. This particular one, though, harnesses the power of the Internet to drive its messaging. The media impact, notwithstanding the global spread, has been immediate and consistent. Perhaps the coverage has done more damage than the actual virus, but that is another story.
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Saunders considers FNM chairman run
DON Saunders, former House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, said he is considering offering himself as chairman of the Free National Movement at the party’s November convention.
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Union chief hails ‘night and day’ labour change
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) president yesterday accused the former Minnis administration of committing “an unforgivable sin” as he hailed a “night and day” difference in labour relations.
