PM Christie and his juggling act
WE THINK it is now time for Prime Minister Perry Christie to realise that he is Prime Minister of all of the Bahamas. He is no longer on the campaign trail playing to his hard core supporters.
It's all in the name of free speech, Dr Rollins
DR ANDRE ROLLINS, a new face to the political scene, does not seem to understand the difference between opinion pieces -- solely the opinion of the writer -- and objective news.
FNM has to hold watching brief on finances
IN yesterday's Business section of The Tribune, Standard & Poor's --an international credit rating agency-- urged the Bahamas and the Caribbean nations to improve their national savings rate, and reverse the decli
Will not oppose for the sake of opposing
UNLIKE the United States where winning power at any price seems more important to many politicians than passing laws for the good of the nation, newly elected Opposition leader Dr Herbert Minnis has promised that under his leadership the FNM will “not oppose for the sake of opposing.”
A speech high school principals should give
THIS WEEK, several persons have e-mailed us a speech, which has been recommended as the opening speech that every American high school prinicipal should give their students so that they will understand their educational objective.
Standards, not money, needed
EDUCATION Minister Jerome Fitzgerald, speaking with a Tribune reporter, confirmed at a Government House reception yesterday that the Christie government planned to honour its election commitment to double the Bahamas’ education budget.
Code of ethics must be enforced
IN VIEW of the PLP's past record and the public's criticisms of its various scandals over the years, Archbishop Drexel Gomez urged the Christie administration to quickly establish a Code of Ethics to which the new governme
Supporters impatient for results
THE PLP recognises that crime is quickly escalating and that the duty of a government is to keep the public safe, "but my God, give us some time!"
Did the PLP hoodwink the voters?
PLP GOVERNMENT members can wipe that look of doe-eyed innocence from their faces when they express alarm at what they claim they are just discovering about this country's deficit.
Has the PLP gone soft on the criminal?
WHILE for the first time in this country's history, US authorities have announced that these once peaceful "isles of June" have a "critical" level of crime, the new Christie administration plans to review the last government's mandatory minimum laws because the criminal has complained that they are too tough!
A reckless promise that might founder
TUESDAY’S first cabinet meeting of the newly-elected PLP government, marked Day One of its first 100 days of governing, Prime Minister Perry Christie announced. Day One was also marked with a warning salvo from Moody’s Investment Services, one of three major credit rating agencies.
All must join in the fight against crime
FOR THE first time yesterday, we heard a PLP Minister come close — the closest that any of them has ever come in the past five years — to admitting that no government can completely eradicate crime — certainly not the type of crime that has changed our way of life.
Can the country afford Christie's Cabinet plans?
WITH THE Bahamas experiencing the most serious economic slump in living memory, the new Christie government has appointed the largest cabinet in Bahamian history with the promise of additions to be made at mid-term.
PLP's first promise - to curb crime
WE ARE glad that Prime Minister Perry Christie has put crime at the top of his agenda. He and his party always blamed the rising crime on an inept Ingraham government, claiming that it was his PLP party that had all th
How much did bribery influence the election?
IN AN interview, Alfonso Quinonez, OAS Head of Mission, whose team was invited to the Bahamas by the Ingraham government to observe Monday's election, hit the target when he observed that lack of regulated election funding fuelled talk of corruption.
