A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Carnival strikes a discordant note - again
THOUGH the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is not likely to scrap the Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival (BJC) any time soon, this is one programme that deserves a stiff dose of stop, review and cancel.
POLITICOLE: Why we shouldn’t be afraid to move on
IT usually takes me quite some time to make up my mind about something, especially if it’s something of great importance or meaning to me.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Loose talk, leaks and lotteries - just another week in the Bahamas
My, what a week it has been. Filled with some of my favourite forms of comedy - innuendo and irony.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Chairman Moncur can put much-needed fight into the FNM
THE Free National Movement is in a ‘quagmire of web’. The so-called Official Opposition has become the laughing stock of Bahamian politics … and the jokes aren’t even funny.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Fred Smith’s decision to run will liven up 2017 election
Callenders Managing Partner Frederick Smith QC told me last night that he is so disappointed with the Free National Movement and that the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is so corrupt that he has decided to run for election in 2017. Mr Smith stated that he is considering his options and will likely enter the political fray.
VIEW FROM AFAR: Overlooked change in restrictions on foreign exchange
WITH all the attention being paid by the media to the Free National Movement party leadership, Save The Bays disputes and Baha Mar, I am not surprised that when a fundamental move with long-term economic benefits was announced by the Central Bank, there was little or no public comment.
TOUGH CALL: Land grabs, law suits and gangsters - a guide to the Nygard saga
THE complex controversy swirling around Peter Nygard appears to have bewildered most Bahamians. And our government has deliberately contributed to this confusion. This fact sheet will help readers understand what is going on and what is at stake.
EDITORIAL: The reason outside investigators were engaged by Save The Bays
A RECURRING question behind the police investigation into death threats against the Save the Bays environmental group comes from Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade who wants to know why there were no complaints to police about the death threats before now.
YOUR SAY: Alleviating poverty starts with combatting climate change
WE HEAR about climate change in the Bahamas but greenhouse gas emissions are rarely spoken of.
POLITICOLE: Politicians and the abuse of Parliamentary privilege
“Parliamentary privilege grants certain legal immunities for Members of both Houses to allow them to perform their duties without interference from outside of the House. Parliamentary privilege includes freedom of speech and the right of both Houses to regulate their own affairs.” www.parliament.uk
A COMIC'S VIEW: Save our Bahamian souls from this Prince of Darkness
After watching the whole ‘Bahamian Hustle’ scandal play out day-by-day, like some of my favourite daytime soaps and big screen movies with more skeletons ‘moon walking’ out of closets on all sides of the political divide, one name seems to be at the centre of all this madness.
PETER YOUNG: To stay or not to stay? That is the question
The British will vote on the nation’s place in Europe in the first referendum for 40 years this summer. Peter Young looks at what is at stake and why the case for leaving is gathering strength.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Election outlook appears bleak for the FNM
THE Free National Movement has failed in Opposition.
POLITICOLE: Respect for leadership is not simply following blindly
SHANE Gibson had the temerity to stand in Parliament and talk about respect for leadership.
WORLD VIEW: Cuba is an imminent competitor
MY commentary this week is an expanded version of a response I gave to a Jamaican journalist who asked me: what are the implications for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean of US President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba and the opening-up of the Cuban market?
