Forced into retirement
The Bahamian general elections of 2017 is now over with the Free National Movement (FNM) being the victor. They soundly defeated the incumbent Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) at the polls.
Isaacs’ racist rant
PROMINENT PLP Errington “Minky” Isaacs’ racist rant at a party meeting for the retirement of former Prime Minister Perry Christie encapsulates the history of his party’s perennial usage of the race card in order to woo black Bahamian voters.
Where to investigate
THE instructions to the Auditor General from Prime Minister Hubert Minnis were direct and certainly there could be no misunderstanding.
Scorned Mitchell
Re: Mitchell lashes out at FNM win (May 15)
Mitchell’s alternative reality
Fred Mitchell’s “Air Force One” crash-landed in Fox Hill on election night. Neither Captain Freddie nor the wreckage of his gargantuan arrogance and self-importance could initially be found. The search party hoped to spot him at the recount the next day but His Highness was a no show.
Mitchell a danger to democracy
Former Minister Mitchell’s statement following his election defeat is an insult to Bahamians at so many levels.
Bitterness of Fred Mitchell
FORMER PLP MP Fred Mitchell’s press statement over the weekend portrays him as bitter and angry that he has lost the trappings of Cabinet ministers.
Mitchell needs humility
AFTER reading a report in which former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell tried to downplay the Free National Movement’s (FNM) landslide victory in the May 10 General Election, where the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) was annihilated in the polls, I have one question to ask, and I will use common Bahamian vernacular for emphasis: “Bey, you fa real, King?”
Patty Roker’s disastrous election night
When will our television broadcasters invest in the modern bells and whistles and state-of-the-art technology needed to give their viewers 21st century election night coverage?
Don’t encourage regulations
ON Thursday past, the CEO of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation was lamenting that people renting their homes through Airbnb should be regulated.
No term limits for PMs
THERE remains a constituency of people throughout The Bahamas who are of the opinion that our system of governance should morph into a creature that resembles the American system.
New faces
IT IS heralded as “The people’s time”. We, the people, were frustrated and felt helpless to the ills that abound. We needed to be rid of the leeches that were draining our blood; fattening only themselves and their own.
Where is the plan?
IT’S NOT about gold and purple or red and white, it’s about the Bahamas, our collective vision for the future, and what kind of world will our children, my daughter, inherit.
Voters lost trust in the government
THE Whistleblower predicted in this daily some weeks ago that the Free National Movement would win at least 29 seats in Parliament.
Cool and steady won the race
In the end, Cool and Steady won the race.
