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30k may be voting in early poll
August 24, 2021
30k may be voting in early poll
ACTING Parliamentary Commissioner Lavado Duncanson announced yesterday that the advanced poll for the next general election will be held on September 9 - with about 30,000 people eligible to take part.
Bad optics
April 28, 2021
Bad optics
With American politics so in our faces every four years and in between polling day, calls for our electoral system to take on more features of our neighbors to the north are often made in The Bahamas as a general election nears. One such call is for political leaders to engage in debates, to reflect a more mature approach to electioneering by making themselves available for questioning on a nation...
Statement on National Election Debate Series
April 26, 2021
Statement on National Election Debate Series
The National Election Debate Series that University of The Bahamas (UB) and Verizon Media Group (VMG) are collaboratively hosting will provide a platform for political parties with ratified candidates to articulate their vision and perspectives on issues that are deeply important to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. We are in an unprecedented era and the forthcoming General Elections will be among ...
April 20, 2021
UB and Verizon Media Group Hosting Historic General Election National Debate Series
Political candidates will be scrutinized and have the opportunity to debate pivotal issues facing The Bahamas via a series of televised, national debates leading to the next general election through a collaboration involving University of The Bahamas (UB) and Verizon Media Group (VMG).
At a recent press conference announcement, Co-Chair of the Planning Committee and Associate Professor of Hist...
The third party thrust
November 09, 2020
The third party thrust
Are Bahamians willing to elect third-party candidates when the next general election is called? It has been 43 years since a party other than the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Free National Movement (FNM) captured seats in a general election in The Bahamas. The Bahamas operates within a two-party political system, wherein the electorate primarily ...The post The third party thrust appear...
PM Explains Firing
December 12, 2011
PM Explains Firing
Freeport, Grand Bahama --Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham explained yesterday that he fired Kenneth Russell from his Cabinet on Friday because he acted inappropriately as it relates to a development that was being proposed for East Grand Bahama.
September 17, 2021
Unions 'not surprised' by result - and hoping grievances will be addressed
THE leaders of the country's top labour unions said they are not surprised by the Progressive Liberal Party's victory in yesterday's election and are hopeful that their various grievances can be adequately addressed under the new administration.
Russell Responds To Being Fired
December 10, 2011
Russell Responds To Being Fired
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is a "dictator" who should not be allowed to run the Free National Movement as a "one man show", charged former Housing Minister Kenneth Russell, who was fired from his post yesterday.
The High Rock MP said there was no good reason why he was booted from Ingraham's Cabinet and told The Nassau Guardian he had exceeded the government's expectations for the Ministry of...
November 29, 2011
Elimination Of Seats To Save Taxpayers 138,000 Annually
While there has been some opposition to the elimination of three seats in Parliament, the change could translate into savings of $138,000 for Bahamian taxpayers.
PM predicts clean FNM sweep in GB
January 16, 2012
PM predicts clean FNM sweep in GB
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday predicted that the Free National Movement (FNM) will pick up all five seats in Grand Bahama, and declared that the approaching general election will be about the quality of leadership that will move the country forward.
"The PLP was a massive failure during their single disastrous term from 2002 to 2007," said Ingraham at the launc...
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