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July 01, 2015
Celebrate fathers and mothers -- the heroes of our land
Father's Day 2015 I was awakened by "Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her prayer, this message, blessed Savior, to her bear! Tell mother I'll be there, heaven's joys with her to share; Yes tell my darling mother I'll be there."
Fathers and champions
June 23, 2015
Fathers and champions
The celebration of fatherhood and the honoring of the fathers in our country was again on full display this year as we commemorated Fathers Day in The Bahamas on Sunday, June 21, 2015.
Leadership comes from the father
June 17, 2015
Leadership comes from the father
The strength of our country must not and cannot be measured in the erection of buildings, advances in technology nor in political maneuvers.
Model Fathers to be Honoured
June 21, 2015
Model Fathers to be Honoured
People's Assembly Word Centre, located on Wulff Road, is celebrating Father's Day by honouring two model fathers in the Bahamas. Minister Quinton Bethel and Minister Julian Glover will be special guests at the 11am service this Sunday June 21st...
Living the resurrected life
April 22, 2015
Living the resurrected life
From New Testament times, Sunday has replaced Saturday as a day of worship; it was on a Sunday that our new life in Christ begun.
January 16, 2015
Tipping point: The solutions to The Bahamas' complex crime problem
Dear Editor,
Beneath our paradise, lies a daunting social reality entangled with a growing culture of criminality. The Bahamas' geographical position and porous borders are significantly strategic for the drug trade and the trafficking of illegal weapons. Unearthing the solutions to The Bahamas' crime problem has become both urgent and more complex in an environment of, social decay, inequality of...
August 18, 2014
Constitutional Referendum: Correcting an Historical Error Part 2
Unlike most Caribbean Constitutions, the nationality provisions of the Bahamian Constitution discriminate against Bahamian women, as is reflected in Articles 8 and 9 in particular. Under Article 8, a child born outside of The Bahamas after the 9th July, 1973 to a Bahamian father, inside of a marriage, shall become a Bahamian citizen automatically at the date of birth. Whereas, under Article...
The case for constitutional reform
August 11, 2014
The case for constitutional reform
Dear Editor,
The Bahamas prides itself on being one of the oldest democracies in the western hemisphere, having convened Parliament in September 1729. Ironically, it is one of a handful of countries maintaining far-reaching reservations on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
That places us in unenviable company such as some Muslim ...
Catholics To Honour Fathers With A Gala Banquet
June 18, 2014
Catholics To Honour Fathers With A Gala Banquet
The Archdiocesan Catholic Men?s Association (ACCMA) will hold a celebratory gala banquet to honour 24 Catholic fathers on Friday June 20th at the Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort & Spa on Cable Beach...
June 17, 2014
Boys to men: A deficient rite of passage for the Bahamian male
o First published Wednesday, June 18, 2013.
In 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father's Day a national holiday in the United States of America. The day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and The Bahamas, like many other nations, has adopted this tradition.
The significant role of fathers in the national and social development cannot be emphasized enough. More...
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