ADRIAN GIBSON: Who will emerge to champion the FNM?
Yet again, the Free National Movement (FNM) is engaging in politically cannibalistic behaviour that would see delegates once more flying from the Family Islands to New Providence to select a leader less than two years after re-electing Dr Hubert Minnis to the party’s top post.
PETER YOUNG: Britain's Brexit gamble to go it alone
THE headlines in the British press following last week’s referendum on the nation’s relationship with the European Union (EU) said it all.
POLITICOLE - Nicole Burrows: The people have spoken - now deal with it
Calm down. There’s no impending doom for Britain. They are self-sufficient. They will rise again if they should fall at all, because they make sure they can do that.
Summer break safety tips for motorists
MOTORISTS - school is out!
Brexit creates trading nightmare for the Caribbean
THE 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have, at the most, two years to formulate a plan for dealing with the serious consequences of the British exit (‘Brexit’) from the European Union (EU).
A COMIC'S VIEW: It’s payback time for our less than glorious leaders
THE word of the week, my friend, appears to be ‘payback’: Prime Minister Christie lamented on it, Bran McCartney endorsed it and ‘Butler and Sands’ prepared for it.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Questions flying around broke Bahamasair
It is clear that something funky has been going down at Bahamasair, given the government’s rogue - almost dictatorial and sneaky - advancing of $30m to the airline to purchase its new fleet from the French company Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) at a price tag of $100m to replace its aging Dash-8 300 fleet.
TOUGH CALL: Voters send a clear message to our political leaders
If sip-sip is anything to go by, the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is in turmoil as it prepares for the 2017 general election, severely wounded by the recent referendum debacle.
‘The most important decision British voters will have to make in a lifetime’
Stay or go? Peter Young examines how the UK’s place in Europe is in the balance before tomorrow’s referendum
POLITICOLE: Politics as usual
Loretta Butler-Turner and Duane Sands are the Free National Movement’s (FNM) latest treat.
VIEW FROM AFAR: Poaching is stealing, pure and simple
I NOTED the statement by the head of the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance calling for the sinking of unauthorised vessels caught fishing in Bahamian waters. The Alliance made some very valid points.
WORLD VIEW: Governments failed the OAS at its 46th Assembly
The 46th General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) was not a successful event.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Christie’s brand of leadership is so out of style
I’ve been keeping a close eye on politics in this country for a good 20 years.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Time for the creation of a Police Complaints Authority
The Complaints and Corruption Branch/Unit (CCU) of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) should be disbanded and replaced by a Police Complaints Authority.
YOUR SAY: Why Bahamians face a choice over the global gay agenda
In the newspaper last week, I saw a group of holy men - sitting behind a big table, lined off in front a firing squad of news cameras - proudly heralding victory against a sinister and powerful agenda, the purpose of which was to forever alter our way of life in The Bahamas. I guess we should say “Thank you?”
