The Free National Movement (FNM) issued the following statement regarding Brave Davis’ commentary on last Friday’s blackout:

How y’all doing tonight PLP’s?...

CONGRATULATIONS to Shane Gibson and his legal team for a tremendous job done in the face of victor’s justice.

The acquittal was a miracle.
 
We thank lead Counsel K. D. Knight QC, Damian Gomez, Philip “Fish” McKenzie and Owen Wells for exposing what we in the PLP thought and said about these cases...

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) notes the resignation of the Senate President Kay Forbes-Smith in pursuit of greener pastures and better compensation within the newly established Disaster Reconstruction Authority.

The Free National Movement (FNM) issued the following statement regarding Chester Cooper’s repeat of the PLP’s rhetoric concerning the Government’s solutions for BPL:

The Free National Movement (FNM) issued the following statement regarding the PLP’s contributions to the unsatisfactory state of BPL:

The recent statement by the Most Honorable  Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis on his support for expunging the records of people convicted for possession of small quantities of marijuana is progressive, courageous and in my view the right thing to do. For decades, many young Bahamian men including those who live in the St. Barnabas Constituency have had their lives and livelihoods put on hold as a result of these records...

The Bahamas under the Free National Movement (FNM) is at crossroads in an economy that has been steered into a crisis of epic proportions. Just after the government finally admitted that they have presided over an energy crisis with their oversight of Bahama Power and Light (BPL), the economic outlook is dimmer than it has ever been in recent memory. The fiscal deficit for 2019/20 is now projected to be $678 million (5.3% of GDP) with expected additional borrowing of $507 million, unemployment is projected to increase to over 13%...

The Free National Movement (FNM) issued the following statement responding to Chester Cooper’s comments regarding the government’s borrowing strategy to mitigate revenue setbacks of Hurricane Dorian:

The Free National Movement (FNM) issued the following statement regarding the current challenges to BPL as it relates to the PLP’s years of neglect:

The Free National Movement (FNM) issued the following statement regarding the newly discovered PLP computer scandal:

The assault on the shrinking middle class and further increase in the burden on the working class continues. It is crystal clear that the Free National Movement (FNM) government is now officially tone deaf to the cries and concerns of the struggling masses.

Though criticism of BPL mounted for five years under the woeful PLP, the Christie Administration continued to neglect needed upgrades, choosing rather to pass on the results of their complacency to the next government.

Madame President, before I begin my Contribution I wish to raise in this Honorable place a formal objection regarding the matter of the communication by the AG. Madame President it is clear that the conventions state there should be no controversial material in a communication and nothing that invites debate. However, on Monday pass, ignoring the conventions and rules, the PLP was ambushed and accused of things that it never did or said! I was further surprised and could not believe that the Vice President in accordance with practice allowed the communication and then allowed the Senate to be suspended without, in the interest of fairness, an opportunity to hear the other side...

Madam President, Senate Colleagues, I'm thankful to be here once again to speak on behalf of the Bahamian people and to contribute to this Disaster Reconstruction Authority Bill 2019. However before I begin, I would like to take the opportunity to extend condolences on behalf of my family, my wife Delia and our son Davin, to the family of Frankie Symonette, he was a true friend, and a father, and he took pride in his job working for the privately owned St. Georges Cay Power Company on Spanish Wells. I extend my prayers to his family, especially his 3 year old daughter...

On Thursday 7 November 2019, I received a two line communication from the President of the Senate in response to a letter written on behalf of the Progressive Liberal Party dated 24th October 2019.

The PLP’s letter raised inter alia the fact that a debate on hurricane relief was about to occur in the Senate and given her role as one of the coordinators of hurricane relief in Grand Bahama directly answerable to a Minister of the government, she was in a position of a conflict between her role as presiding officer of the Senate and that of a member of the executive.

It was suggested that at the very least, she should not have presided over the debate last week, given her dual role...

I rise today on behalf of the good people of Exuma and the good, as well as forgotten, people of Ragged Island to contribute to the Disaster Recovery Authority Bill, 2019.

And as is my tradition I will say at the outset that we are not going to support this legislation.

In fact, let me go a step further and say that this is one of the worst drafted, poorly thought-out pieces of legislation I have seen.

It is actually offensive in many regards...

The ongoing persecution of Frank Smith

Madam President, thank you for recognizing me and allowing me to speak for a short while on the compendium of bills today.  As always I thank God for the strength he has afforded me to once again stand up and contribute in this place.

The Speaker of the House of Assembly has been making the headlines for the wrong reasons since the Free National Movement (FNM) assumed office in 2017. As the head of the second arm of government, the Speaker holds a pivotal role in our parliamentary democracy and ought to uphold the highest standard in the discharge of his duties.