EDITORIAL: What is Bran McCartney’s plan - if not a coalition?
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance leader Branville McCartney, in an interview with The Tribune, explained that he had resigned his Senate seat to which he was appointed by Official Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner because it has become a distraction to his party.
EDITORIAL: Is Justice Bain to be punished for non-recusal?
A REQUEST for Justice Rhonda Bain to recuse herself from certain cases – one of which involves the Prime Minister - coupled with her application to have her nearing retirement date extended for another two years, comes within the same time frame as government’s attempt to pass the Interception of Communications Bill, 2017. These clashing interests have now started a conversation — a conversation questioning the extent of the judiciary’s independence from that of the executive.
EDITORIAL: Bahamians have lost confidence in politicians
IN August 1992 the late Sir Lynden Pindling cut a sorry figure as he admitted — in almost incredulous disbelief — that after 25 years his party had lost the election that year because it had lost touch with the Bahamian people.
EDITORIAL: When will the animal cruelty stop?
IT IS said that you can judge a society by how it treats its animals. If that is so, the Bahamas would be judged harshly.
EDITORIAL: Bahamians find your voices before it is too late
WE have no intention of discussing Canadian Bruno Rufa’s case now before the courts — that’s a matter for the courts. However, we are concerned about Mr Rufa being denied the inalienable right of every person in a democracy to defend himself when accused. Mr Rufa is being denied that right by the Bahamas Immigration Department.
EDITORIAL: Britain’s new Commonwealth relationship
FOLLOWING last year’s referendum on Britain’s relationship with the European Union (EU) and the momentous decision to leave, ‘Brexit’ has remained top of the international news agenda because the likely effects will be far-reaching beyond Europe itself.
EDITORIAL: Dangerous ‘spy bill’ lumps innocent with terrorists
THE GOVERNMENT is considering the Interception of Communications Bill, commonly and accurately nicknamed the ‘Spying Bill’.
EDITORIAL: What is happening in our courts?
WHEN WE read the remarks last week of Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson in defence of the integrity of our courts and the fairness of our judges, we recalled a 2016 report in a St Lucia newspaper about a Bahamian lawyer, accompanied by a Bahamian police officer, snooping around St Lucia ostensibly investigating the background of one of the most respected judges on our Supreme Court Bench today.
EDITORIAL: Now is the time to put aside egos and unite
TODAY we make no apology for returning once again to the burning political issue facing our country - the alarming prospect that, in the face of a warring and fractured Opposition, a Progressive Liberal Party government may be returned for another five years at the general election which has to be held no later than May.
EDITORIAL: Boundaries debate now sub judice - no debate
IN DISCUSSING the government’s controversial Interception of Communications Bill, 2017, which has attracted much opposition because it is seen as an unbridled invasion of privacy, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson pointed out that “the Supreme Court is charged with protecting our Constitution, our rights under the Constitution.
EDITORIAL: Senate must find its voice and stand up for Bahamians
THE SENATE has a rare opportunity to make a difference in the future of The Bahamas this week when a certain Bill comes before it.
EDITORIAL: The mouse that got caught in the trap
THIS latest attempt by government to strip Bahamians of all privacy is proof that these legislators must indeed take all Bahamians for fools.
EDITORIAL: ‘Bring ’em in, suck ’em dry and throw away the husk’
LAST YEAR, we wrote two editorials, each inviting Prime Minister Christie to tell Bahamians whose side he and his government were on in the dispute between Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian and the Beijing owned EXIM bank and its construction company.
EDITORIAL: Let the Dames Games begin
FORMER Deputy Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames, now a Free National Movement candidate for the Mount Moriah constituency, released a detailed plan over the weekend to “save the country” from the scourge of crime that has Bahamians looking over their shoulders, living behind burglar bars or gated communities and wondering every day if this will be the day their luck runs out.
EDITORIAL: Crime continues - where does the blame lie?
WE ARE 36 days into the new year and already 19 Bahamians are dead and several others are in hospital fighting for their lives.
