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Not voting in the constitutional referendum
Not voting in the constitutional referendum
Dear Editor,
Are you going to do it? Are you going to vote? What am I talking about? This upcoming constitutional referendum. Are you going to cast your vote? Well, I'll tell you one thing: I'm not going to vote.
A PLP MP pressing for leadership
A PLP MP pressing for leadership
Yesterday we received what we thought was an opinion piece from Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate for Fort Charlotte Alfred Sears. We agreed to publish it. It is not that, though. It is a manifesto by Sears for leadership filled with new ideas for the country.
Dame Joan Sawyer's view on referendum
Dame Joan Sawyer's view on referendum
Dear Editor,
In light of the apparent reaction my answers to questions by a Nassau Guardian reporter have apparently caused, I think l owe it to the Bahamian people to give my reasons for the position I have taken. These are my reasons.
New FNM senator calls for bipartisan Bahamas
New FNM senator calls for bipartisan Bahamas
MONIQUE Gomez, newly appointed senator for the Free National Movement (FNM), is calling for Bahamians to put aside party politics and focus on nation building.
Equality referendum: Apathy, prejudice and payback
Equality referendum: Apathy, prejudice and payback
The upcoming referendum is about equality. But the passage of the four questions will be difficult in the face of apathy, prejudice and payback, all of which are drowning out the message of equality and inclusion.
Tough sell
Tough sell
The government has a lot going against it as it tries to convince the majority of Bahamian voters to support the gender equality referendum on June 7.
G24 urges IMF/WBG to address correspondent banking decline
At the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (G24) meeting held in Washington, D.C. last week, the body called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG) and "other global finance regulators" to "develop concrete measures to address the decline of correspondent banking, as a result of de-risking by global banks, in order ...
This week in the Bahamas- Commentary by Elcott Coleby: 4-8 April 2016
In the wake of leaked documents by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca dubbed the ?Panama Papers? comprising more than 11.5 million files on international banking and investment data spanning some forty years by countless clients, the Minister of Financial Services held a press conference this week to address this matter.
Push for equality a path to justice
Push for equality a path to justice
A year ago, former Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes reminded us that there are times, even in a supposedly liberal democracy, when citizens seeking equality and progress must raise their consciousness, and their individual and collective voices to effect change.
Turnquest: Moody's projecting 'anemic growth'
Turnquest: Moody's projecting 'anemic growth'
Shadow Minister of Finance and Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said the new Moody's report on The Bahamas appears to be projecting continued "anemic growth for the foreseeable future", which he contended "flies in the face" of the Christie administration's "aggressive optimism".