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EDITORIAL: Where are the ethics in President Trump’s cabinet?
READERS may recall news accounts of US president Donald Trump’s first full cabinet meeting. It was held at the White House on June 12. The nearly five month delay since his inauguration in January was due to confirmation delays for several of his nominees, as well as a few defections before the Republican-controlled Senate could even act to confirm them.
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Lanisha Rolle is a liability
I sincerely respect Dr Hubert Minnis’ role as leader of the FNM. Minnis exercised his prerogative as leader of the opposition party by appointing Lanisha Rolle in early 2015 to the Senate in lieu of Heather Hunt, who was rumoured to be a supporter of FNM MP Loretta Butler-Turner.
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Disgraceful MPs
Last evening while watching the “debate” on Parliamentary TV, I was again struck by the demeanor of our politicians especially those on the government side.
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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Nygard’s boorish disrespect demeans Bahamian authority
LAST week’s exposé in court documents and videos of conversations between Peter Nygard and two gangsters, and the references made to high-ranking politicians therein, is a sad indictment of our politics and shady political dealings. What’s more, it demonstrates to the electorate that heard the utterances of Mr Nygard that such a circus can go on in the Bahamas without immediate or significant repercussions.
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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: FNM seeks to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
At the rate that the Free National Movement (FNM) is going, it is on the fast track to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in 2017. The political chicanery on display within the FNM has reinforced the perception that the road to governance and victory at the polls next year is getting steeper.
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TOUGH CALL: Journalism that shook the leaders of the world
IT’S been 42 years since the Watergate break-in that eventually forced US President Richard Nixon from office, after an investigation that has been described as one of the greatest achievements of modern journalism.
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Mitchell says handling of NSA spy row shows superiority to FNM
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell suggested yesterday that his government’s handling of investigations into reports of the US National Security Agency recording cell phone conversations in the Bahamas reflects his party’s superior defence and support of the country when compared to the Free National Movement’s approach to such matters.
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