PM Christie faces a daunting task
RETURNING TO the helm of state after five years to ponder what went wrong in his first five years in office, Prime Minister Perry Christie has promised to do his “very best.”
Bahamas has lost a great leader
BAHAMIANS went to the polls yesterday and showed the depth of their ingratitude to a man who had dedicated 35 selfless years to their service.
Today the Bahamian people have their say
AT LAST the day has arrived when Bahamians go to the polls to exercise their democratic right to say what political party they want to govern them for the next five years.
Bahamians decide their future on Monday
LAST WEEK, a young Bahamian came to see us. He wanted to talk. It was about the election, but, according to him, it was mainly about his future, which the outcome of the election would determine.
The shifting sands of Bahamian politics
LADY PINDLING'S appearance at the PLP's Clifford Park rally Friday night - to "set the record straight" for her "PLP family" - brought back many memories of the upheaval created by the Commission of Inquiry into drugs. It also highlighted the shifting sands of politics.
Christie was never Sir Cecil’s choice
LADY PINDLING took to the podium at the PLP’s Clifford Park rally Friday night to set the record straight. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, she declared, was not chosen by the late Sir Lynden Pindling to be his heir.
FNM decisions lessen economic hardships
ONE of our readers does not believe that enough focus has been given to the human impact of some of government’s policies and accomplishments in downtown Nassau.
National Security Minister congratulated
THE $4.6 million contract signed yesterday by Minister Tommy Turnquest to install 243 Closed Circuit Television cameras in strategic locations in New Providence is indeed a "critical milestone" in government's efforts to fight crime.
Will drilling for oil decide this election?
ACCORDING to the talk, the PLP are now busy making promises to the unions of how much better off their members will be under a Christie government.
How yellow changed to red in Centreville
AFTER a second tour of Bay and Grants Town Saturday, Prime Minister Ingraham said yesterday he is confident that the FNM will win the once PLP stronghold – turning it from a stream of yellow to an ocean of red.
Hollande victory could impact US markets
A strong showing by Socialist candidate François Hollande in the first round of France’s presidential election Sunday may rattle US and global financial markets in the coming weeks.
Thanks for cancer donations - more needed
WE WANT to thank those who over the past several weeks have so generously donated to the campaign to raise funds for a much-needed up-to-date digital mammogram machine for the Princess Margaret Hospital. The $500,000 fund-raising goal was achieved and the machine is now on its way.
Political leaders have to be more responsible
THE predictions are that this is going to be an "ugly" election. This need not be so if the leaders of the various political parties would in fact lead by example, not just talk about avoiding clashes, but do
Striking unionists refuse to return to work
A FEW immigration officers have dribbled back to work with sick slips, claims of being away on vacation, or joining the picket line only on their days off to try to escape the consequences of participation in the immigration-customs strike at the airport. The airport workers walked off the job on April 5.
Decision time for striking unionists
Decision time for striking unionists A VISITOR arriving at Lynden Pindling International Airport over the weekend asked a Bahamian if the airport strike was still on. The Bahamian, feigning ignorance, asked: "What strike?" The visitor replied that he had
