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YOUR SAY: Six reasons not to ‘Roc wit Doc’

1 That awful slogan In a country where basic grammar and literacy are in such short supply, there is nothing cute, charming or amusing about the elevation of rank inarticulacy into the lexicon of a major political party.

CULTURE CLASH: Last call to sign up and use your vote

According to reports from the Parliamentary Registration Department, 141,698 people had registered to vote as at March 20 for the 2017 general election .

EDITORIAL: Bahamians have a right to know PLP succession plan

AS LONG lines formed at voter registration centres yesterday following Sunday’s announcement by the Prime Minister that he would dissolve Parliament on April 11, paving the way for the national election, the question on many minds was obvious - what is the date of the election?

POLITICOLE: Why? Why? Why? A time for inquisitive minds

The more news I read or listen to, the more questions I have.

WORLD VIEW: OAS needs review after fracas in Venezuela

On March 28, the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) experienced a public spectacle of disarray that, in 36 years of diplomatic life in many international and multinational organisations, I have never witnessed. A similar observation was made by many other seasoned Ambassadors.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Don't tax our intelligence and take us for dummies, Mr PM

After two years and two months, our Prime Minister has finally delivered a thorough accounting in response to the question of the decade, ‘Where da VAT money gone?’ Well, sort of. Okay, not really.

The lessons of the deadly Westminster attack

A random act of terrorism in London last week has brought the issues around multicultural Britain into sharp focus again, Peter Young says . . .

EDITORIAL: Baptist ministers think now is the time to speak

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak - Ecclesiastes 3:4”

TOUGH CALL: Dead pigs and suffering horses a result of poor governance

A recent spate of animal stories has unexpectedly highlighted the bad governance issues that are harming our country.

EDITORIAL: Bahamians deserve better

BAHAMIANS deserve better.

POLITICOLE: Minnis mumbles while Christie trash talks

It is obvious now that Prime Minister Perry Christie has unashamedly built his 2017 election campaign upon drawing contrasts between himself and Free National Movement (FNM) leader Hubert Minnis.

EDITORIAL: A ‘boogeyman’ chasing ‘Brave’ Davis?

SPEAKING at a PLP town hall meeting last Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis warned his listeners that the return of former deputy prime minister Brent Symonette to frontline politics was proof that the FNM was now representing the interests of the “Bay Street Boys” – not that of the people.

WORLD VIEW: De-risking a serious threat to Caribbean security

FOR over a year in the Councils of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Caribbean countries have been warning of the threat to the region’s economic and political stability arising from the withdrawal by US banks of correspondent banking relations to Caribbean banks. Those relations have been in place for over a century, giving significant profits to US banks.