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THE PRIME MINISTER AT COP 29: this was in Baku, Azerbaijan for the Conference of The Parties on Climate Change otherwise known as COP29. The President of Azerbaijan was the host of the world leaders who showed up. The Secretary General of the United Nations joined the President to welcome Prime Minister Philip Davis.  Our […]

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THE TRIBUNE REPORT GETS IT WRONG ON HAITI DEPLOYMENT

There is a problem with the ethics of too many Bahamian journalists. The latest is Tribune’s reporter Lynaire Munnings writes a story which completely misrepresents the issue of the withdrawal of Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers from Haiti.  Even if one accepts that the statement seemed ambiguous to her as a writer, she ought not […]

THE ETHICS OF THE BAHAMIAN PRESS

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas has had to send private messages to friendly governments in the hemisphere and the Caricom region, including Haiti itself as result of an inaccurate report written by Lynaire Munnings of The Tribune on 13 November 2024.  The story reported that the Foreign Minister of The Bahamas said […]

THE CARICOM STATEMENT ON HAITI

14 November 2024 The following statement was issued by Caricom in the face of the change of Prime Ministers in Haiti: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has followed with deep concern the transitional governance process in its Member State, Haiti. CARICOM recognises the dedicated contribution of former Prime Minister Garry Conille and looks forward to an early […]

PRIME MINISTER DAVIS ON THE US AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The Prime Minister while in Baku for the Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP20), issued some words which we consider groundbreaking .  They not only continued to lay out the principles upon which the fight for climate change must continue but more importantly there was a statement in the face of the foolish decision […]

BRAVE DAVIS IN TURKEY

14 November 2024 Prime Minister Philip Davis in Alanya in Turkey where he was hosted by Businessman Ahmet Cebeci and the Governor of the province and the Mayor of the city. He was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate from Alaaddin Keykubat University in Alanya by the University’s Rector and he and his team inspected the […]

A MESSAGE FOR DUANE SANDS: SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP

Duane Sands got an effing nerve to talk about living large. This is the man who charges 75 thousand dollars for an operation on your heart, and if you don’t pay, he won’t pick up the scalpel, huh? He won’t stick around after the job is done to check  for you. This is the man […]

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KAMALA SHOULD NOT GIVE UP

The case for liberal democratic values in the worlds richest democracy should continue.  It will need a spokesperson.  Since Kamla Harris wanted to run in 2028 anyway, she should start her campaign against Donald Trump and his anti-scientists today.  We were heartened to witness the welcome that she got back at the White House after […]

ISRAEL CAN NOW KILL PEOPLE WITH ABANDON

The Israeli government under the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be as happy as pigs in mud now that Donald Trump is the President of the United States come January 2025.  Now he and his country can kill with wilder abandon the Palestinian people without pretending remorse or let up.  Meanwhile, the world is silent […]

THE POLICE REPORT NOW NEEDS ACTION

It has been months since the voice notes were circulated online about police interference in a number of cases coming out of the Criminal Detective Unit.  The public keeps agitating for an answer to the reports.  It is time to bring the matter to an end.  However, we caution that what is necessary is not […]

The Chinese Embassy Staff In Fox Hill

Staff of the Chinese embassy in Fox Hill at the Urban Renewal Basketball Tournament. According to reports a good time was had by all and Fox Hill Urban Renewal office thanked the Chinese Ambassador and her staff for their support. 15 November 2024 at Freedom Park.

Fred Mitchell With The Children In Turkey

Children are the same everywhere and once they and their mother heard that I was Foreign Minister of The Bahamas, they asked to take a picture. It was really comforting to see the number of children freely running around the city with their parents. This photo was taken in a walk about in the old […]

Fred Mitchell In Turkey

The visit to Analya on the Mediterranean coast to view the hotel properties of our host Ahmet Cebeci with Ambassadors R E Cooper and Tony Joudi. 14 November 2024

Fred Mitchell At COP 29

Pintard A No Show

Leader of the opposition, Mr. Michael Pintard, “a no show” at Diplomatic week held in Freeport, Grand Bahama, 3rd – 7th November, 2024. Envoys from around the world heard the message that notwithstanding hurricane Dorian in 2019, Grand Bahama was open for business and investment opportunities.Former Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United […]

THE IDLE QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIAL ENVOY DANIEL LIU

The FNM is trying to make a meal out of this bogus judgement that the New York courts gave to the failed developer of Bahamar a couple of weeks ago.  The  China Construction Company went to court to prevent by order the failed developer from trying to move against properties in The Bahamas owned by […]

THE MOTOR MOUTH DIONISIO D’AGUILAR RUNS RIGHT OUT

The former Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar cannot help himself. You stick a microphone in front of his mouth and he just blabs away.  All last week, he was acting as surrogate for the failed developer at Bahamar, explaining the legal strategy in The Tribune.  The problem is the case has nothing to do with […]