Peter Nygard's political blunder
LARGER than Life – he’s rich. He’s powerful. But what kind of a boss is Peter Nygard… asks the Fifth Estate in presenting an alarming documentary of interviews with former employees, who describe their experience over the years with Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard.
Christie anxious to take the House floor
PRIME MINISTER Christie has said he cannot wait to take the floor of the House today to clear up the controversy over stem cell research and his and his party’s relationship with fashion designer Peter Nygard.
Nygard confirms financial support of PLP
BEFORE we comment on yesterday’s press conference by Peter Nygard, we want to first clear the decks. Mr Nygard seems to have a few operatives in his employ whose business it is to spread vicious lies and false rumours.
Who has taken the Bahamas back?
ALTHOUGH the PLP have tried to downplay the Nygard video posted on YouTube in the past few days, judging from comments on social media and the number of tapes e-mailed to us for our information, we do not think it wise for government to continue with its dismissive claim that the matter is of “no importance”.
The question of citizenship must be settled now
THE REPORT of the Constitutional Commission, appointed last year to recommend changes to our present constitution, contained a dire warning — a warning long overdue.
What will another 40 years bring?
YESTERDAY marked the close of the Bahamas’ celebration of 40 years as an independent nation.
Will the real Christie government please stand up?
ONE WONDERS if this nation realises the necessity of providing a first class telecommunications service if it is to maintain and strengthen its reputation as a financial centre?
'Revolving door for criminals' says AG
IN THE Senate on Wednesday Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson acted as though she had made an unusual discovery.
Community co-operation is the only answer to crime
ALTHOUGH our crime problem has taken years in the making, Prime Minister Christie campaigned in the 2012 general elections on the promise that if given the government his party would produce a crime free country.
Take heart Bishop Boyd, stand firm!
“Stand firm, Bishop. You are a voice in the wilderness.”
Call for action on crime and the economy
IT should come as no surprise to the hierarchy of this country’s PLP government that its record after just over a year in office has come under intense scrutiny.
Why blame the Anglican Education
ON FRIDAY evening, the Anglican Central Education Authority drew a line in the sand.
It's better in the Bahamas - promising beginnings
NOT too many moons ago — during the Pindling era – young Bahamians were encouraged to aim to be entrepreneurs. Success meant owning ones own business and hiring others.
'Oh what a tangled web we weave . . .'
“It’s better in the Bahamas” — or is it?
It's time for communities to unite
AT LAST, government has awakened from its Rip van Winklian sleep to sound the alarm that there is indeed a crime problem that threatens this country’s future as a tourist resort.
