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 …
Overcoming The Party Allegiance
I STARTED this campaign cycle annoyed by the fact that Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham’s faces were plastered all over my constituency, considering I live far from North Abaco and far from Centreville, where these men, both leaders of their respective political parties, are offering themselves as candidates in the May 7 general election. I was fighting hard to hold …
Blacklisted: Branville McCartney
First Published On: Monday, March 26, 2012 in the Tribune newspaper. WHEN it comes to illegal immigration Branville McCartney, member of parliament for Bamboo Town, time and time again, proves himself to be a master at pandering, but last week he added a new issue to his chest, in a desperate attempt to galvanise some form of base for his …
The great porn debate
First Published On: Monday, January 16, 2012 in the Tribune newspaper. CONSTITUTIONAL watchdogs, the Bahamas Christian Council (BCC), are up to their old tricks again. Against the backdrop of the Bahamas constitution, they are making outlandish claims in defence of public morality. The BCC took great interest in reviewing channels 874 to 895 from service provider Cable Bahamas, outlining in …