As published in the Tribune Newspaper on Monday, May 7, 2012 TO the soon-to-be-announced victors: Today, the Bahamas goes to the polls to choose you. Whether in the end they select an administration dominated by fresh faces or familiar, you will come to office with a brand new mandate, based on promises made during campaign season. Some politicians put forward …
Actualising female power at the poles
HAVE women actualised their power at the polls? As the general election approaches, women should contemplate this important question. And it should take no time to render a clear verdict. No. The reason is simple. Women in the Bahamas have no unified plan, no collective vision, no common agenda. And it is impossible to actualise the power of the women’s …
The Circus Comes To Town
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 …