Bahamian Politics
Free National Movement commentary: "Without Leadership nothing gets done" - Feb 6, 2012 - 8:28:56 PM
 The
reason that the Opposition was rejected at the polls after a single term cannot
be clearer. There was no leadership. The Christie administration was the weakest,
most incompetent and most unproductive government in an independent Bahamas.
The
scandals that rocked the Christie government, its late-again work ethic, its lack
of significant accomplishments, and its endless list of broken promises all
boiled down to a lack of vision, direction and strong leadership by Perry
Christie.
In 2009
a senior PLP who sat in Mr. Christie’s cabinet said of that government: “Many
PLPs were dissatisfied with our work ethic: our inability to get things done on
time, answer phone calls and get to work on time and to deal with requests to
the government in a timely fashi...
Bahamian Politics
PLP: North Eleuthera Believes - Feb 6, 2012 - 5:55:20 PM
 Encouraging the people of North Eleuthera to believe in themselves,
their abilities and in The Bahamas once again, Leader of the Progressive
Liberal Party, the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie told hundreds of
Eleutherans, all dressed in gold, at the opening of PLP Candidate, Clay
Sweeting’s headquarters in Lower Bogue on Saturday night, that now is
the time for the PLP, a government that will put Bahamians first.
“More so than in anytime in our country, the government of The
Bahamas must work everyday, everynight, all week, all month, all the
year to ensure that Bahamians are given maximum opportunity in their
country to be the best they can. That’s what we’re going for,” he said.
Bahamian Politics
FNM’s progress report on its trust agenda between 2007 - 2012 (PDF download) - Feb 6, 2012 - 12:41:21 PM
 Message from the Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham Prime Minister & Minister of Finance Party Leader My Fellow Bahamians:
The
FNM Government has introduced some of the most progressive legislation
and historic initiatives in the modern Bahamas, including a shorter work
week, minimum wage, unemployment benefits, women’s rights, social
assistance, poverty alleviation, national prescription drug plan,
business enhancement and environmental protection.The FNM is proud of
what it has accomplished since its election to office in May 2007.
Bahamian Politics
PLP says, "Major developing serious issues at the BEC" - Feb 6, 2012 - 10:30:59 AM
The Progressive
Liberal Party is deeply concerned over the very serious financial state
of affairs that has beset the Bahamas Electricity Corporation since May
2007. We are informed that the Corporation is seriously challenged to
pay its oil bill. Just recently Chairman Moss confirmed a BEC oil debt
of over $120 million which represents a sizable amount of the Country’s
Foreign Banking Reserves. We urge the government to disclose why BEC is
purchasing Fuel supplies at spot market prices versus forward
contracting and the rate of interest being paid by BEC to its oil
supplier as result of long overdue delay in payments.
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Bahamian Politics
PLPs gather in mass numbers in Lower Bogue to support Clay Sweeting - Feb 6, 2012 - 9:27:00 AM
Lower Bogue, Eleuthera - PLPs gathered in Lower Bogue,
Eleuthera last evening in what supposed to be a branch opening.
However, by 8pm it looked as if everyone on the island had descended on
the rally site.
Clay Sweeting is the PLP’s candidate for North Eleuthera.
Crowds packed the settlement, turning the planned opening into a massive family island rally...
Bahamian Politics
Englerston Alex Independent candidate for Morley to host community convention - Feb 5, 2012 - 12:04:18 PM
The Englerston
Community Convention will allow the Independent candidate
to fully explain
his platform. It will also allow residents to assist in formulating a solid
plan that addresses the needs of the Englerston constituency.
Nassau, Bahamas –
Independent candidate for Englerston Alex Morley will host an
Englerston Community Convention on Saturday, February 11th at the
Englerston Park on Cordeaux Avenue & Lincoln Blvd from 2pm – 10pm.
Presentations will begin at 5pm.
The Englerston
Community Convention will allow residents to hear from Alex Morley first-hand
about his plans for the community; plans that include...
Bahamian Politics
Brave Davis remarks at North Eleuthera PLP Command Centre Opening - Feb 4, 2012 - 10:00:01 PM
 The following are remarks by PLP Deputy Leader Philip Brave Davis at the
North Eleuthera PLP Command Centre Opening delivered on Saturday 4th February, 2012 in Lower Bogue North Eleuthera, Bahamas:
I have come to
reassure you that the PLP, led by Perry Gladstone Christie, will win the
upcoming general election, and Clay Sweeting is among the cadre of
dynamic young candidates we are depending on to help us return good
governance to The Bahamas.
But we need all hands on deck to make
this happen, North Eleuthera, and we know that you will not let us
down. We need Clay Sweeting as a winning member of our team...
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The Bahamian Dream: Part 2 - Feb 4, 2012 - 11:45:52 AM
 The hope and expectation
of every parent is to produce offspring that attain higher levels of
success than they did. The genuine desire of each generation should
be one that is built around the attainment of higher heights and charting
of new territories by successive generations.
The Bahamian Dream
was born out of dissatisfaction with a substandard life and discomfort
with the status quo. It is one of deep aspiration, a cherished desire,
unique ambition and daring vision of a Bahamas in which the average
Bahamian can be all that he/she hopes to be. It is a dream embedded
in the minds of our forefathers and defined by the achievement of feats...
Bahamian Politics
PLP: "FNM Delayed Implementing of National Health Insurance" - Feb 4, 2012 - 10:33:56 AM
The Progressive Liberal Party expresses disbelief and amazement that
five years after the Free National Movement government voted in favour
of the Progressive Liberal Party’s National Health Insurance scheme, and
then failing to implement the scheme upon becoming the government, they
now want to blame the PLP for their inaction.
The remarks by the Free National Movement regarding our record on
healthcare are clearly disingenuous. The record reflects that the PLP
introduced and passed legislation for the National Health Insurance
scheme after detailed consultation with industry stake-holders and
Bahamians in general during the 2002-2007 period. The legislation was
then passed in Parliament and voted on favourably by all FNM members,
including Hubert Ingraham, who spoke on behalf of that Party at the
time.
Bahamian Politics
PLP: "Stadium Opening cost escalates as PMH Ambulance Services Deteriorates" - Feb 4, 2012 - 10:17:57 AM
The Progressive Liberal
Party has noted the government’s stated intention to have a significant
celebration to formally open the new stadium in the near future. How
can the proposed level of spending for one day be justified when
Bahamians lives are been seriously place at risk when EMS ambulance at
Prince Margaret Hospital has been allowed to fall to pieces?
We know that this event is intended
to play a major role in the launch of the Free National Movement’s
election campaign. Fine, we understand the role “politricks” will play,
and shall deal with that on the “stump”..
Bahamian Politics
Philip Brave Davis responds to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham following rally in San Salvador - Feb 3, 2012 - 11:41:44 AM
Desperate to hold onto power as he counts his final weeks as
leader of The Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham went to San Salvador
challenging the accomplishments this MP and the PLP government.
It is painfully clear that the Prime Minister has forgotten
the state he left San Salvador back in 2001. The people of San Salvador have
not.
Back then the major resort on the island had closed its
doors. Scores of workers were left unemployed and businesses had to close shop
during the FNM’s term...
Bahamian Politics
San Salvador Rally Speech by FNM Leader Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham - Feb 3, 2012 - 7:59:31 AM
The following are remarks by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham Prime Minister made in San Salvador, Bahamas on Thursday 2 February, 2012:
I am very pleased to be in San Salvador, one of my favorite places in The Bahamas.
Many
of you know me and I know you. I am here to place my stamp of approval
upon my Party’s candidate for your constituency in the soon-to
be-General Election, Michael Pintard.
Many of you have met him and all of you have heard him speak this evening.
Bahamian Politics
Philip Brave Davis responds to Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham after San Salvador rally - Feb 3, 2012 - 7:44:55 AM
Desperate to hold onto power as he counts his final weeks as
leader of The Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham went to San Salvador
challenging the accomplishments this MP and the PLP government.
It is painfully clear that the Prime Minister has forgotten
the state he left San Salvador back in 2001. The people of San Salvador have
not.
Back then the major resort on the island had closed its
doors. Scores of workers were left unemployed and businesses had to close shop
during the FNM’s term.
What San Salvadorans will not forget is that it was my
efforts with the support of the Christie led PLP, which quickly entered into
discussions to reopen the Club Med Resort and bring employment back to the
island.
Columns
The Bahamian Dream: Part 1 - Feb 2, 2012 - 11:19:56 PM
The issue surrounding
Majority rule is for Bahamians the ‘elephant in the room’. It’s
the issue that is ignored and goes unaddressed because it is both socially
and politically incorrect to do so due to its close ties to the history
of race and discrimination in our country.
It is unfortunate to see
such a major achievement in our country won by men and women of that
day who believed that successive generations of Bahamians deserved a
better life than what they were experiencing. The issue has become so
politicized that it appears supporters of the Free National Movement
(FNM) have little emotion for the event and the supporters of the Progressive
Liberal Party (PLP) have claimed the event as a...
Bahamian Politics
This Week in Bahamian Politics - Jan 30, 2012 - 7:48:36 PM
 Check here for the past week in Bahamian Politics!
The Bahamas Weekly provides a category just for the political voices of The Bahamas, whether it be the Free National Movement, the Progressive Liberal Party, the Bahamas Democratic Movement, the National Development Party, or a place for anyone to write about their political opinion in The Bahamas.
Read the latest viewpoints or banter right here on The Bahamas Weekly...
Bahamian Politics
Perry G. Christie:"We Will Bring Grand Bahama BACK!" - Jan 28, 2012 - 12:34:49 AM
Freeport, Grand Bahama Friday, January 27, 2011 - Hello, Grand Bahama!
Good evening, my beloved Bahamians!
We gather here as a newly energized, forward-looking Progressive Liberal
Party primed and ready to take the first steps towards the recovery of
Grand Bahama.
I know the people of Grand Bahama are ready to leave these tired and
bleak days behind…I’ve been visiting with you and hearing your stories. I
have seen your suffering for myself. I know you are ready for change,
ready for a new day and a new direction.
Everywhere you go in Grand Bahama, from the East to the West and
everywhere in between, the cry is the same : things have never been as
bad as they are right now.
The fact is, the middle class has been decimated here in Grand
Bahama.
People who had worked so hard to leave poverty behind now find
themselves slipping back under water. Small business owners who had
taken great pride in their success have had to
Bahamian Politics
Remarks by Brave Davis at the PLP 5 Candidate Launch in Grand Bahama - Jan 27, 2012 - 9:30:19 PM
Freeport, Bahamas -
The following are remarks by the Deputy Leader of the Progressive
Liberal Party (PLP), Philip Brave Davis at the Grand Bahama launch of 5
new candidates on January 27th, 2012:
Are you Ready Grand Bahama?
The time is near. It is here
Grand Bahama. The day of decision is upon us.
Mr. Party Leader …
Team Grand Bahama! Are you
READY NOW!?
I asked you if you are
ready?
Bahamian Politics
A Voter's Manifesto by Nicolette Bethel - Jan 26, 2012 - 10:58:43 AM
 Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a Voter's Manifesto written by Nicolette Bethel.
I believe:
that Bahamians are as
intelligent, as resourceful, as industrious, as talented and as
deserving as any other group of people on the planet;
that
Bahamian innovation, creativity and adaptability carved this nation out
of these scattered rocks in the sea, and that that innovation,
creativity and adaptability will make us flourish in the twenty-first
century;
that Bahamians are full human beings, with needs that go beyond the merely material...
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