We should have seen the signs that former Bahamian Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis wasn’t cut out for leadership. They were all there. Long before his admitted missteps with the $5.5 billion Oban Energies deal, the cold-hearted mass burials in Abaco following Hurricane Dorian or his ...
House Speaker At It Again
House Speaker Halson Moultrie just can’t get out of his own way. After suffering a public crucifixion for his blistering attack on the media, Moultrie moved on to another target, former Golden Gates MP, Shane Gibson. Moultrie, clearly dissatisfied with the outcome of Gibson’s bribery trial, in ...
Nygard: A Lesson About The Company We Keep
Peter Nygard, the flamboyant foreign fashion designer whose life has played out like a Spanish telenovela – rife with scandal, fiery feuds, an alleged murder conspiracy and more plot twists than Citizen Kane, is out of favour with the courts again. It’s yet another reminder that our nation needs to ...
Bahamian Cultural Icon “Chippie” Chipman Dies
Our drummer boy is gone. John “Chippie” Chipman, a Bahamian cultural icon who spent his life marching to the beat of his own goat skin drum, has died. Chippie, who was known as the "godfather of Bahamian drumming," passed away at the Princess Margaret Hospital Monday afternoon. He was ...
Calling No Challengers: The Hypocrisy Of The PLP
Well, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, I guess. Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, I. Chester Cooper and Fred Mitchell were returned as leader, deputy leader and chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) during its 54thNational Convention last week. The suspense was killing me. Some ...
