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Bahamas hosting Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Meeting to "Deepen Democracy"

According to the flashy supplement in yesterday’s Nassau Guardian, “The Bahamas Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is hosting the 41st Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region of the CPA during the period 22-30 July, 2016. The Conference is being held at the Coral Towers of Atlantis,... Read more →

Sir Franklyn: FNM's are the bad guys again

Sir Franklyn argued recently that "that Opposition supporters were almost willing it to happen (a Moody's downgrade) in the belief it would boost their party’s prospects in the upcoming general election." But he suggests investors need to shake that off and take more risks. Unfortunately his ties to the governing... Read more →

Inland Revenue's Locked Security Doors

Dear Editor, Have you been down to the Department of Inland Revenue’s brand new building located in the back of beyond on Carmichael Road? I have only just discovered it myself and have been trying ever since to pay for this year’s Business Licence - I think I’m just starting... Read more →

Leslie Miller’s racists tactics. Let's all cry shame

Leslie Miller, PLP MP for Tall Pines claims Dr. Hubert Minnis would be the best leader for the opposition FNM because he “…is a man [who] represents the small Bahamian.” In this article he goes on to say, “It’s time for some small, black Bahamians to get something in this... Read more →

Grand Bahama Power

Dear Editor, It’s rare that any legal cases have serious public implications. The press reports often make them seem too turgid and technical to attract reader attention. But this one is different. Simply put, Grand Power Company (GBC) is denying that it is subject to our national utility regulator, URCA.... Read more →

Mitchell’s Credibility At Stake In War Of The Travel Advisories

by Adrian Gibson Over the last few days, many Bahamians have pulled up a chair to observe the war of the travel advisories between The Bahamas and the United States. On July 8, the beginning of the Independence holiday weekend, The Bahamas’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a travel advisory... Read more →

Equality, Fair Play, And Justice For All Under The Bahamian Constitution

by Dr. Donald M. McCartney, DM President Barack Obama in a recent speech given in Warsaw, Poland said that Sunshine is the best and most effective disinfectant. He said this to illustrate how the social media is being used to expose the behaviour of law enforcement officers who do not... Read more →

Heroic Halkitis vs. Lances of Rating Agencies

by Richard Coulson First published in The Tribune and posted here with the kind permission of the author. This week and next, the warriors of the dreaded international rating agencies will ride into town to pick at the bones of our financial structure. Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (S&P), each... Read more →

Fall Out From US Over Fred Mitchell’s Travel Advisory

Question: Who could have predicted fall out from Mr. Mitchell’s US travel advisory? Answer: Everyone except Mr. Mitchell of course! In typical fashion the country’s chief “diplomat” didn’t look before he took the plunge to poke the US in the eye. Something he seems to get excited about. Anyone with... Read more →

Registering to vote

Dear WeblogBahamas Editor, It’s one thing when moronic bank tellers demand a current passport as identification - actually I take that back, the teller is not the moron it is the senior bank management, who writes the ludicrous operations manuals - but a Government department demanding the same, uh, uh,... Read more →