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Haitian president's visit turns political

Haitian president's visit turns political JUDGING from the squeals in the political arena since the two-day visit of Haitian President Michel Martelly, it would seem that many guilty consciences have been exposed. In speaking with his people -- some born

The Haitian president not invited - just passing through

The Haitian president not invited - just passing through DNA LEADER Bran McCartney has called for the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, accusing him of committing treason for allowing Haitian President Michel Martelly not only to o

The Haitian president not invited - just passing through

The Haitian president not invited - just passing through DNA LEADER Bran McCartney has called for the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, accusing him of committing treason for allowing Haitian President Michel Martelly not only to o

Obama tested by events outside control

Obama tested by events outside control This is the economy election in the US, right? Tell that to the world. President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that shape whether he will keep it. He i

Obama tested by events outside control

Obama tested by events outside control This is the economy election in the US, right? Tell that to the world. President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that shape whether he will keep it. He i

Afghanistan increasingly looks like Iraq

Afghanistan increasingly looks like Iraq Afghanistan is not Iraq, US officials have been fond of saying from the first days of Barack Obama's presidency. The difference, they said, was that one war Obama inherited, in Afghanistan, was worth fighting whil

It's only protocol - nothing sinister in the visit

It's only protocol - nothing sinister in the visit HOPEFULLY, it has by now been established that Haitian President Martelly's brief stop-over in Nassau last week on his way to Mexico was neither at the invitation of the FNM government, nor was it an off

Euro, rich-poor gap proved key at Davos

Euro, rich-poor gap proved key at Davos Europe's crippling debt crisis dominated the world's foremost gathering of business and political leaders, but for the first time the growing inequality between the planet's haves and have-nots became an issue, tha

Campaigner seeks retrial for notorious killer Sante Kimes

A YOUNG American is leading a website campaign to secure a retrial for murderess Sante Kimes, who is believed to have drowned a banker in her bath at her Cable Beach home in Nassau. Family friend Bryan Johnson believes Mrs Kimes and her son Kenny, who liv

The Bishop and his 'message' from God

The Bishop and his 'message' from God WE KNOW times are tough and that today managers have to think "outside the box" to raise revenue, but no one can match the genius of a bishop who Monday night filled his church and collection plate by promising to

The PLP promised, the FNM delivered

The PLP promised, the FNM delivered THE STRAW market, once hallowed PLP ground, turned ugly on Thursday when a group of PLP politicians arrived to look into complaints about malfunctioning toilets and insufficient stalls for vendors still waiting to set

BISHOP ELLIS IS RIGHT - SOCIAL ILLS MEAN DESTRUCTION

BISHOP ELLIS IS RIGHT - SOCIAL ILLS MEAN DESTRUCTION IN THIS column yesterday, we jested about Bishop Neil Ellis' theatrical announcement of how, as God's chosen messenger, he was sent to warn Bahamians that the world's three greatest vices, in the form

Freedom of information needs the right choice

LAST October, the government introduced an historic Freedom of Information law to Parliament - fulfilling a key election pledge. This law is expected to be debated in the next few days. Some have called the proposed legislation weak, arguing that it defer

Bahamas learns from Caymanos

GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the

Bahamas learns from Caymanos

GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the

Bahamas learns from Caymanos

GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the

Bahamas learns from Caymanos

GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the

Bahamas learns from Caymanos

GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the

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