INSIGHT: Questions of reform and constant review
Adrian Gibson explains why his desire for equality in The Bahamas overrides his misgivings about some of the referendum bills . . .
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The hypocrisy undermining the referendum campaign
THE STINK of rank hypocrisy engulfs the upcoming constitutional referendum.
YOUR SAY: Poverty alleviation in The Bahamas begins with a history lesson
THE Bahamas is a nation of 700 islands and cays. While it is in close proximity to the United States of America, a developed nation, the Bahamas itself suffers from an identity crisis.
POLITICOLE: Breaking up is so very hard to do
It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. I hope you’re doing okay, with all the things you have going on. Your name gets called often, in these parts, and I find myself listening in whenever I hear it.
VIEW FROM AFAR: We must make use of net metering
SINCE neither all my readers nor I are engineers, I will write in layman’s terms about the practice of net metering being adopted in enlightened countries.
YOUR SAY: Fred Mitchell and the Haitian ‘pestilence’
I am a firm believer in giving credit where credit is due. I agree with the words of Dr Andre Rollins, that Fred Mitchell poses a “clear and present danger” to the continued development of democracy in The Bahamas.
YOUR SAY: How the Spelling Bee can help our nation
ALTHOUGH he did not advance to the finals of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Bahamians have every reason to be proud of the remarkable performance of Bahamas National Spelling Bee Champion Donovan Aaron Butler in the highly competitive annual competition at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbour, Maryland, near Washington DC this week.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Christie’s double speak leaves us all none the wiser
There’s an old Bahamian saying that goes “He talking out two mouths”.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Chinese whispers as Christie speaks in riddles
In yet another filibusterous performance in the House of Assembly yesterday, Prime Minister Perry Christie opened the 2016/2017 budget debate with a prevaricating talkathon that, generally, lacked substance or radical reforms.
It's time for convention - Now!
Your Say By DARRON CASH THE Free National Movement has become a shadow of its former self. The party I love should be at a high watermark comparable to its position on August 19, 1992, the day of our first general election victory. Instead, our great FNM risks being washed away in a tide of obscurity and irrelevance, being sunk by an anchor of leadership that has been found wanting.
TOUGH CALL: When parliamentary privilege was on the other foot
According to Fred ‘This is War’ Mitchell, he will not be bound by any court of law when it comes to what he considers to be his unqualified right to say and do whatever he pleases in Parliament.
POLITICOLE: The doubt at the heart of the referendum
According to yesterday’s Tribune, ‘Loretta doubts ‘yes’ vote win’. But she also supports the YES vote. Because, in last Friday’s Tribune, ‘Butler-Turner: I stand with PLP over the referendum’.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Punch drunk political pugilists top the news bill
BACK in his day, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said “the essential ingredient of politics is timing”.
YOUR SAY: The changes in Bahamian waters
GROWING up in landlocked Pennsylvania, I always was enamoured with the marine environment.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The undignified saga of Senator Lanisha Rolle
LAST week, former senator Lanisha Rolle resigned from the Senate after the publication of the content of recordings made by fellow Free National Movement (FNM) political hopeful Lincoln Bain.
