ON ONE side of the stage, dozens of volunteer actors dressed in red flaunt their enthusiasm, jeering and cheering slogans, chants and insults, across the way. On the other side, there are yellow volunteers, equally adept in their jesting and equally inflamed. The array of colour is completed with spots of green. Centre stage is set with an imaginary red …
Who Is The Best Man In Nassau Village?
A FEW WEEKS ago, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham personally distributed the Free National Movement (FNM) manifesto to each of the 38 FNM candidates on stage at a mass rally. He wanted everyone to have a manifesto in hand, because it represented the plan by which they would be guided and should adhere. I wanted to think it was ceremonial, but …
DNA makes impressive showing at mass rally
For In-Depth Review: http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/apr/23/dna-hammers-opponents-at-mass-rally-an-in-depth/?opinion A Brief Review of the DNA Mass Rally Talkin Sense says: I must hand it to Branville McCartney BambooTown, he gave a rousing and impressive political speech tonight at the first DNA mass rally. As far as political speeches goes (which means, empty, even outlandish, promises aside, because there were lots of those) it was a …
Candidates Pander For Female Votes
POLITICAL parties are parading their female candidates around town trying to appeal to women voters, who this year comprise the large majority of voters. It is transparent strategy in as much as it is a bad strategy, because female politicians in the Bahamas have proven, they no more stand for women’s rights and women’s empowerment than they stand for principled …
Who Cares About Human Rights?
It was a constant theme amongst women advocates in the United States, and it appears to be the hard cold reality for women advocates in the Bahamas: that is, policy makers and private citizens are basically unmoved by impassioned cries for human rights. It was Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, who declared in 1995 that “human rights are women’s …