Some things never change
ON May 7 the government changed; unfortunately certain attitudes didn’t follow suit.
Christie the reformer?
PRIME Minister Perry Christie made a commendable move last week in calling for an end to “criminal” election practices.
Why the PLP is still afraid of Hubert Ingraham
LOVE or hate him, honest people have to admit there is no one in Bahamian politics quite like Hubert Ingraham.
Playground politics
THE Progressive Liberal Party attacked the former government’s performance with great success in the run-up to the election. But now that they hold the reigns, Christie and Co find themselves reverting to schoolyard tactics in an attempt to justify adopting some of the very actions they condemned. Insight reports...
A chance to lead the way
AT an international summit in Trinidad last week, press freedom advocates said they intend to target the Caribbean in their quest to exterminate criminal defamation laws. In the Bahamas, where this repressive vestige of Colonialism still exists but is practically never applied, the announcement opens the door on a rare opportunity to reap global accolades with minimum effort.
Rio+20: No closer to a safer global environment
THE Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has brought the world no closer to a safer global environment. Indeed, if the measure of its success is that the large and influential countries stood still while the dreadful effects of Climate Change sped along, the Conference was a disappointment.
Don't mess with the press
LITTLE more than a month has passed since the election, yet already the PLP can't help trying to fiddle with the media. Politicians always have a great deal to say; Insight considers whether they have a clue what they're talking about.
Christian cloak protecting misogynists
I HARDLY know where to begin in rebuking Rodney Moncur, social activist and defeated Democratic National Alliance candidate for his misogynist comments last week regarding women and their reproductive choices.
Gambling is a sure-fire bet
EVERY day, a considerable number of Bahamians commit a crime.
Tread carefully, Mr Minister
LESS than two weeks in, and the new Minister of National Security is already threatening to make the PLP's stance on crime look confused, constrained and contradictory. This, at a time when - as the latest US travel warning so dramatically demonstrated - the Bahamas can little afford to be seen as weak on criminals.
A wish list for the next government
TO the soon-to-be-announced victors: Today, the Bahamas goes to the polls to choose you. Whether in the end they select an administration dominated by fresh faces or familiar, you will come to office with a brand new mandate, based on promises made during campaign season.
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE DNA?
The Democratic National Alliance has managed to establish itself as a real political contender, capable of attracting more support than any third party before it. The big question is, at whose expense?
DNA hammers opponents at mass rally: An in-depth review
LOVE him or hate him as you choose, but accept, Branville McCartney, leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) and candidate for Bamboo Town, is no political lightweight.
A voter's manifesto
WITH elections three weeks away and three political parties that apparently have yet to formulate, much less articulate, any new or credible plan for Bahamian development or growth in 21st century (and no, planning to beg more rich people for more money to buy up more of our precious archipelago does not count), I think it's time for the average Bahamian, the voter, to exercise her democratic right and put down in print what will or will not get her vote.
Report on crime
IN today's Insight, we present the official report on crime prepared by noted psychiatrist Dr David Allen. Some findings from this report were first published in The Tribune on March 30, 2012.
