Toastmasters Club 1600 hits the big screen: Documentary honors men whose oratory skills captivated a nation

A one-hour documentary chronicling the history of the country’s first Toastmasters Club premiered at Fusion Superplex Cinemas, spotlighting the public speaking and leadership organization’s 53-year impact on The Bahamas and the brand’s expansion to more than 40 clubs nationwide.

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"…Feed the poor, guide the youth and bring peace to every heart… THAT’S our responsibility" - Prime Minister Philip Davis, addressing the State Funeral, and quoting the late Obie Wilchcombe

"Your Excellency the Governor-General,

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Wilchcombe dead at 64

Minister of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe, a former journalist who was jailed after he refused to reveal a source and whose zeal for public service led him into politics, died suddenly in Grand Bahama on Monday morning. He was 64. Wilchcombe served as the member of Parliament for West Grand Bahama and Bimini ...
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Shakespeare in Paradise

Sunday 10th October 2010  8:00 PM

James Weldon Johnson?s God?s Trombones, which is also sometimes known by its full title, God?s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. This production, written in 1927, is based on a book of poems by Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory.

Guest Performer: Deacon Jeff Lloyd

Start Time: October 10th at 8:00pm
Where: St Anselm?s Church, Bernard Road

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Shakespeare in Paradise

Wednesday 6th October 2010  8:00 PM

James Weldon Johnson?s God?s Trombones, which is also sometimes known by its full title, God?s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. This production, written in 1927, is based on a book of poems by Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory.

Guest Performer: Bishop Delton Fernander

Start Time: October 6th at 8:00pm
Where: New Destiny Baptist Church, Sunshine P...

New prime minister takes office

Dr. Hubert Minnis was yesterday sworn in as prime minister of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. It was an historic evening at Government House.
Minnis is the first prime minister of The Bahamas who was not in a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet. He is also our first prime minister who is not an attorney.
He came to office during the largest ever defeat of an incumbent government. His Free Nat...

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Hard sell

With a dismal record this term and an unfocused election campaign, Prime Minister Perry Christie has clearly decided that the most effective message for him right now is to place the spotlight on Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis -- his challenges with articulating his ideas and vision, and his lackluster performance while leader of the Official Opposition.
We opined in this sp...

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The 'one leader' cult

Perry Christie was returned as leader of the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) yesterday by a landslide majority. Christie received 1,264 votes to the 169 votes cast for Alfred Sears, the party's candidate for Fort Charlotte.
"Despite the outcome today, I remain resolute and firm in the quest for change in our party and country," said Sears in concession.
The loss did not shake the former ...

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Time to live the dream

Many have claimed that Dr. Hubert Minnis lacks oratory skills and therefore is unfit to be leader of the FNM or, for that matter, to be leader of this country.

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Will there be a different result

In November 2014, Dr. Hubert Minnis defeated Loretta Butler-Turner by a large margin, 298 votes to 106 votes, to retain the leadership of the Free National Movement (FNM). Butler-Turner is opposing him again - for good reason.

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