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EDITORIAL: Potential voters turned away because of dress code

WITH the 2017 election deadline only four months away, there is growing concern that Bahamians are so turned off by their politicians that they are not registering to vote.

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NASSAU LIFE: New view of the Duke of Windsor is not just black and white

Sir Orville Turnquest’s recently published book, ‘What Manner of Man is This?’ is becoming a best-seller in The Bahamas - as well it should be.

EDITORIAL: Las Vegas and the Bahamas Cabinet

THE Cabinet of the Bahamas and Las Vegas have a lot in common.

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POLITICOLE: Where is the hope for the Bahamas?

Michelle Obama gave what I believe was meant to be her last official interview before she and her husband and family leave the White House to Oprah Winfrey in recent weeks.

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A COMIC'S VIEW: Bathed in BPL light, Perry will be on time in 2017

Glad to know so many of you enjoyed last week’s column; in all honesty this week, like most Bahamians, I’m still fighting the Christmas hangover.

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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: New Year resolve required to energise a modern Bahamas

By all accounts, in 2017 the major political parties will no doubt be conducting a scorched earth policy in the lead up to what will likely be a hotly contested general election.

EDITORIAL: Thanks to those who helped bring Christmas cheer

ON BOXING DAY, hundreds of under privileged children crossed Paradise Island bridge — many of them for the first time — to attend the Santa Claus Committee’s Christmas party organised especially for their enjoyment.

A COMIC'S VIEW: ‘Twas the night before Christmas in Bahamaland'

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the House,

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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: A pledge of service to my hometown

Dear Long Islanders, To use the words of founding father Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield, today “my soul is dancing!”

EDITORIAL: Standard & Poor’s Christmas gift to The Bahamas

WHAT a gift to be dropped into The Bahamas’ Christmas stocking a mere five days before Christmas!

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POLITICOLE: Split party, split votes and the leader who splits opinions

‘I, Hubert Alexander Minnis, is the leader of the Free National Movement ...” Cringe.

EDITORIAL: Time for Dr Minnis to step down

TODAY’S politicians don’t seem to understand that Bahamians are no longer impressed by their promises, yet they continue to throw out the attractive-sounding bait still believing that there are enough voters out there of borderline intelligence to bite.

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WORLD VIEW: Outraged for black womanhood

After a lifetime in Caribbean and international politics, I thought the time had long since passed when I could be outraged by any event.

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A COMIC'S VIEW: The rise and fall of Branetta

Well, it was bound to happen. In a world that has given us infamous couples like Bennifer (Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez), Brennifer (Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston) and Brangelina (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie), it was only a matter of time before we spawned our own super couple.

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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Why I’m proud to stand and serve Long Islanders and the FNM

Wow! It is amazing what a week makes in local politics.