The smear campaign that failed
All week a-word-of-mouth rumour has been circulating that the PLP was busy hatching a plot to “smear” the reputation of suspended NIB Director Algernon Cargill.
Have we slid back to the Pindling era?
ON September 13, 1992, former prime minister Hubert Ingraham, in announcing his first government boards, said he was breaking a 24-year PLP tradition of giving the chairmanship of public utilities to members of parliament.
Bahamians want answers to NIB confusion
JAMES Smith, a former governor of the Central Bank and finance minister, wonders whether the Christie government recognises that it has “a very serious problem” in this country’s financial position.
Discontent brewing at National Insurance
THOSE plotting to take control of the National Insurance Board did not take the measure of a man who valued his reputation more than his life — a man who was prepared to gamble all his material possessions to fund a court case to save his good name.
Gambling: Eradicate or regulate it, says Bishop
“ERADICATE it or regulate it,” is Bishop Simeon Hall’s position on the question of gambling.
The PLP opposed the right of women to be full citizens
THE PLP was never opposed to a referendum to grant Bahamian women the same rights as Bahamian men to pass citizenship on to their children, Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin said yesterday.
Time to retire juries from serious cases
“WHEN a man is on trial for serious crime,” said Lord Denning, “trial by jury has no equal.”
Questions raised in Hywel Jones murder case
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell, alarmed by Canada’s recent inclusion of a warning in its travel advisory of the dangers of investing in the Bahamas, has pledged that he and the government will address the problem.
Monday is Mary Ingraham’s Day
ON Monday a special meeting of the House will be held to mark the 50th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement.
More attention to detail needed
IF THE FNM had won the government Bahamians would not now be arguing about a gambling referendum.
January 28 – the day of decision for Bahamians
ON January 28 Bahamians will be faced with a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t decision.
What was the cost of the trip to Singapore?
OVER THE weekend we had a call from an angry citizen — someone in a position to know what he was talking about.
Perry Christie sheds 'indecisive' label
PRIME MINISTER Perry Christie seems confused about the operation of web shops. So are we. Can you imagine the number of Bahamians — except, of course, web shop operators —who are even more confused than we are.
Obama 2nd term to sustain Asia pivot
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's re-election means he can sustain the strategic shift toward the Asia-Pacific started during his first term but the attention and resources the region gets may be hostage to instability in the Middle East and budget battles in Washington.
Strike hits Greece in bid to derail austerity plan
ATHENS, Greece — Greek trade unions launched a general strike and nationwide protests on Tuesday against a new package of austerity measures, to be voted on this week, which would condemn Greece to more years of hardship in exchange for rescue loans.
