Search results for : lightbourn
Did you mean : Coldwell Banker Lightbourn Realty
Wells: Butler-Turner, Lightbourn should go
August 02, 2016
Wells: Butler-Turner, Lightbourn should go
Former Cabinet Minister Tennyson Wells said no one in their right mind would believe Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner and Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn should represent the Bahamian people after witnessing what took place at the Free National Movement (FNM) convention on Thursday night.
Nearing the end of her address to delegates on the second night of the three-day convention, Butler-Turner's...
Lightbourn unsure of nomination bid
August 02, 2016
Lightbourn unsure of nomination bid
Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn yesterday seemed undecided about whether he will seek a renomination from the Free National Movement(FNM) as backlash continued from his
at the FNM's convention that The Bahamas should look at putting in place a policy whereby the tubes of unwed mothers are tied after their second child if they cannot afford to care for their children.
Some people have opined that Lig...
August 03, 2016
Mitchell: Lightbourn should be sanctioned for comments
Fox Hill MP and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell believes Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn should be sanctioned for his statements regarding the forced sterilization of certain unwed mothers and that Lightbourn should "not return to Parliament and give another person a chance in that seat".
At last week's Free National Movement (FNM) convention, Lightbourn suggested the state...
Lightbourn faces ridicule in Parliament
August 04, 2016
Lightbourn faces ridicule in Parliament
The recent apology issued by Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn over his proposed sterilization policy was not enough for him to escape ridicule in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Englerston MP Glenys Hanna-Martin said Lightbourn's comments -- made at the Free National Movement's (FNM) convention last Thursday night -- were "cruel, insensitive and offensive".
"We on this side abhor and condemn the mem...
Minnis: Lightbourn ignored speech vetting request
August 04, 2016
Minnis: Lightbourn ignored speech vetting request
Leader of the Official Opposition Dr. Hubert Minnis told Parliament yesterday that Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn failed to submit his Free National Movement (FNM) convention speech for vetting after being asked to do so.
Minnis made the revelation after Lightbourn came under fire in Parliament for saying at the convention last Thursday night that the state should consider a policy whereby unwed mo...
Lightbourn: Comments were misinterpreted
August 04, 2016
Lightbourn: Comments were misinterpreted
Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn yesterday decried the "selective outrage" over his controversial comment that the state should tie the tubes of unwed mothers after "having more than two children", and said his comment was "misinterpreted".
However, he again apologized for the statement, which he made last week at the Free National Movement's (FNM) convention.
"It's unfortunate that we have arrived a...
August 05, 2016
Bishop Hall believes Lightbourn criticism has a lot to do with race
Weighing in on Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's much maligned comments on the forced sterilization of unwed mothers, Bishop Simeon Hall said though he disagrees with Lightbourn, he thinks that Lightbourn has faced a heightened level of criticism because of his race.
Lightbourn is white. Hall said had a "person of color" said the same thing, the criticism would not have been as harsh.
"My problem wi...
August 12, 2016
Archdeacon slams Lightbourn and calls for family planning
ARCHDEACON James Palacious said yesterday that while Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's proposal for state-sponsored sterilisation as an anti-crime initiative is "completely repulsive," the country needs to engage in a national family planning programme to prevent the "madness" of multiple children being reared in undesirable circumstances.
August 08, 2016
Time to face the problem raised by Richard Lightbourn
THERE was understandable outrage in the community to Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn?s recent suggestion in the House of Assembly that to solve today?s social ills legislation should be introduced that unwed mothers of more than two children should have their ?tubes tied?.
August 04, 2016
Minnis: Party was blindsided by Lightbourn 'tube tying' comments
FREE National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis told parliamentarians yesterday that the party was blindsided by Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn's controversial proposal for the state-sponsored sterilisation of women.
Search Options
Filter:
Sponsored Ads
