PHOTO OF THE WEEK

OVERDOS GETS TO BE A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR: Prime Minister Philip Davis congratulate the D.J. of renowned fame in The Bahamas receives the honorific of Cultural Ambassador at the House of Assembly on Wednesday  16 July 2025. Our photo of the week.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND DATA SERVICES GET WORSE

 There was an announcement in the press during the past week by Aliv, the other phone company in The Bahamas.  The announcement congratulated themselves on winning an award for the fastest internet in the Caribbean region it said.  The country must have descended into collective laughter.  However, at least it was not BTC.  BTC for […]

THE BANKING NIGHTMARE IN THE BAHAMAS

Last week, the Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party Fred Mitchell reported that he had sent an aide to perform a simple task in a bank.  That task was to take a cheque to the bank and pay a bill that he owed the bank on a personal credit card. The bank refused to take […]

PLAYING OUT GEOPOLITICS IN THE BAHAMAS

Last week there were two startling headlines in the press. One was the US Charge Kimberly Furnish in The Bahamas attacking the decision of the government to borrow money from China to build a new hospital.  Then a few days later, the Chinese attacking the US statement.  This is geopolitics being played out in a […]

TARIFFS ON BAHAMIAN GOODS INTO THE U S

The continued upset of the international world economy by the US Government is a matter of grave concern. The Bahamas exports maybe 200 million to the US. The largest chunk is crawfish.  Then there is the re-export of mineral products.  The President of the United States, a country from which we buy 1.1 billon or […]

FLAG RAISING IN FOX HILL

Fox Hill will have its 21st annual Flag Raising Ceremony to mark the independence of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas on Monday 21 July 2025. The flag raising was sponsored by the Fox Hill Festival Committee and the flag was raised by the 12th Bahamas Scouts, the Fox Hill Boy Scouts troop.

THE PRESS IS FASINCATED BY ELECTIONS ONE YEAR AWAY

Fred Mitchell, Chair of the PLP, was quoted by the press from a speech that he gave at the Fox Hill PLP Branch meeting on Monday 14 July 2025 that the general election is at least one year away. The press in The Bahamas picks at every morsel.  The FNM launched its candidates with an […]

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MISSOURI SHERMAN PETER FORMER AMABSSADOR DIES

The following statement was issued by the Foreign Ministry 18 July 2025 We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Excellency Angela Missouri Sherman Peter, ODC, today in New York City, surrounded by her loved ones.  During her remarkable diplomatic and public service career, she served as Consul General at New York; Deputy Permanent […]

Happy Birth Tami Ferguson Culmer

From Facebook: Former Branch Fox Hill PLP chair Tami Ferguson Culmer celebrated her 53rd birthday at Akhepran Hall 18 July 2025 with her boys Joseph and John Culmer Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill

Funeral Of Wife Of Former Ambassador To Washington Francoise Newry

From Facebook: With Eugene Torchon Newry, the son of Francoise Newry, widow of Ambassador Eugene Newry at his mother’s funeral at St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Nassau, representing the Foreign Ministry. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 18 July 2025

Fox Hill PLP Branch Meeting

From Facebook: Our Fox Hill PLP Branch meeting at the Doris Johnson Senior High School with my colleague Wayde Watson MP and Branch Chair of the Women’s Branch Calverna Small. 14 July 2025

Long Island Branch Meeting Of The PLP

From Facebook: The joint branch meeting of the PLP north and south at McKanns Community Centre 14 July 2025

Honouring Sir Henry Taylor

From Facebook: We honoured Sir Henry Taylor this year at the Clarence Town Catholic Cemetery for his contribution to the founding of the PLP and Bahamian democracy in 1953. I was joined by the Men’s Branch of the PLP and Sir Henry’s niece who laid the wreath. Thank you Joe Johnson and Keith Cox. Thank […]

Attending Mass At St Peter’s In Simms Long Island

From Facebook: Spent part of the morning at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Simms, Long Island with Rev Fr Philip Hield and joined by the Men’s Branch of thr PLP. We met former MP for Ann’s Town Sylvia Scriven. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 13 July 2025

Mitchell In Exuma

10 July 2025 in Georgetown, Exuma with Officers Moss and Cash

Caricom Heads And A Selfie By Jamaica’s PM

1 a.m. 8 July 2025, the session just broke up and Jamaica’s PM Holeness demanded a selfie form left: Fred Mitchell of The Bahamas, PM Holeness, John Biceno of Belize, Philip Davis of The Bahamas, Irfaan Ali Of Guyana and Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

An Evening With T’Anna

From Facebook: After dinner with T’anna Riley, godchild, in front of the Henry Moore statue in the Intercontinental Lobby in Miami on my way to Georgetown, Exuma. She is 3 years old. Nice evening. Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill 8 July 2025