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May 09, 2017
Police Assure Public of Adequate Presence for Elections
Deputy Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour, in charge of the Northern Bahamas, during a press conference at Police Headquarters, Tuesday, stated adequate police presence will be in place in all seven constituencies...
Nomination Day: Time too short
April 28, 2017
Nomination Day: Time too short
Dear Editor,
Are you a busy person? I suspect that you are. What about your readers, Editor? Do you suspect that some of them might be busy people too? Yes? You, Editor, and they (your readers) no doubt have important things to do during the course of each day. And in the performance of your daily routine, Editor, do you find that sometimes (often enough) your day does not go as smoothly as you...
General election 2017: voter sentiment
April 24, 2017
General election 2017: voter sentiment
"Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender." - Keith Ellison
"Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed." - DeForest Soaries
Last Thursday, April 20, was Nomination Day in The Bahamas, officially launching the general election campaign of 2017. The country observed more than 120 candidates from the three major political parties, spli...
PLP Chairman blasts Minnis for 'bad' candidates
April 10, 2017
PLP Chairman blasts Minnis for 'bad' candidates
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts has castigated Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis saying his "failed leadership" has led the party to select "bad and unfit" candidates to run for the impending 2017 general election...
Trying to win the election
April 04, 2017
Trying to win the election
Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival was supposed to take place between May 4 and 6 in New Providence. Organizers planned around that date. People bought supplies. Visitors booked tickets.
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday confirmed that the dates for carnival had been "suspended or extended" due to the approaching general election. The change in festival dates was first reported in this newspaper on M...
Carnival to be postponed until May 18-20
April 03, 2017
Carnival to be postponed until May 18-20
LESS than a week after officials announced the event's line-up, Prime Minister Perry Christie has confirmed that the 2017 Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival has been postponed until after the general election.
February 24, 2017
Plumbing contractor Donald Mortimer set to run as Independent candidate
DONALD Mortimer, a well-known plumbing contractor, says he intends to campaign and run as an independent candidate for Central Grand Bahama in the upcoming 2017 general elections.
February 09, 2017
More Than Half of Grand Bahamas' Population Registered to Vote
Reno Smith, Assistant Parliamentary Commissioner in the Parliamentary Registration Department, says that more than half of the eligible voters in Grand Bahama have registered for the upcoming General Elections and he?s expecting that number to increase over the next few weeks...
Elections are not won by chance
January 13, 2017
Elections are not won by chance
"Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been the only means by which the oppressed have seen and realized the light of their own freedom." - Marcus Garvey
With a general election just a few months away, we are at the dawn of the election season. So, brace yourself to be bombarded with partisan propaganda and vis...
Damn the popular vote
November 28, 2016
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