Opposition in Bahamas is ‘ineffective’ November 1969
For democracy, true democracy, to be a fair and effective form of government, there has to be a robust Opposition Party. For true democracy to thrive, in a two party Continue Reading
Deputy Prime Minister post created by Pindling to help save Majority Rule – 20th February 1968
By the close of 1967, Premier Pindling was already well aware that there were those within his PLP administration who were not happy. It appeared that there was an all Continue Reading
Two by-elections lost, facing defeat in a third, Majority Rule’s near collapse in 1968
“I ought to allow for rigor mortis to have set in….” These were the scathing remarks intended to scold Opposition United Bahamian Party leader, Sir Roland Symonette, by Alvin R. Continue Reading
JFK Assassination Records – Pindling and the PLP investigated in FBI files 1967
In 1992, the United States Congress ordered that records related to the 1963 assassination of Kennedy would remained sealed, in the interest of national security, for another 25 years. In Continue Reading
White man parks Sidney Poitier’s car after black hotel porter REFUSED – Nassau 1964
There are some stories, in Bahamian history, which have come to epitomise what some have termed “black crab syndrome”. There are stories stretching back to the days of slavery. Stories Continue Reading