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Several Bahamian fighters prevail

BAHAMAS Open Martial Arts Championships Cage Fight hosted another event with BOMAC 2:Revenge at the British Colonial Hilton on Saturday night.

A Comic’s View: Strange bedfellows, Damian’s downer and the PM out of tune

THE American essayist Charles Dudley Warner once said “Politics makes strange bedfellows” and, based on events this past week, we can thank our politically promiscuous lawmakers for truly bringing this quote to life.

BOMAC Cage Fights 2 moves to Hilton on Saturday night to avoid storm

DESPITE the pending threat of Tropical Storm Erika, the country’s foremost mixed martial arts promotion will continue with its plans to host some of the sport’s best local talent with another marquee event. BOMAC Cage Fights 2: “The Revenge” is set for Saturday at 7pm and has moved indoors to the British Colonial Hilton.

Residents stock up as Erika heads for New Providence

STORM preparation shifted into high gear across New Providence on Thursday as forecasters have now predicted a direct hit by Tropical Storm Erika this weekend.

AF Adderley facilities condemned, students relocated

STUDENTS at AF Adderley have had to be relocated due to some of its facilities being “condemned,” Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald revealed yesterday.

TOUGH CALL: The deep roots of racial conflict

IN JUNE, a gunman walked into the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, and shot nine people to death at a prayer meeting. The shooter said his goal was to start a race war.

Is ‘corruption’ an attempt to change the conversation?

SURELY at some time in his youth Archbishop Drexel Gomez must have read and explained St Matthew’s gospel to his son Damian, who now as Minister of State for Legal Affairs has publicly condemned corruption in politics. Mr Gomez, Jr, was particularly upset with his own government for not taking corruption seriously.

Rivals urged to challenge Christie for leadership

FORMER PLP Chairman Raynard Rigby yesterday challenged party leader-hopefuls to put themselves up for nomination regardless of whether incumbent leader Prime Minister Perry Christie decides to seek another term.

Worlds 400 metre hurdles bronze medallist Jeffery Gibson hopes to ‘be a part of Club 47’

THE 2014-15 athletics season has been one of consistent progression for Bahamian national 400 metre record holder and newly minted IAAF World Championship bronze medallist Jeffery Gibson.

Appeal court to hear Maycock bail bid

A MAN fighting extradition to the United States on drug charges will have to apply for bail at the Court of Appeal, the same court presiding over his extradition appeal.

Reaching out to help students’ education

ORGANISERS of the Timothy Education Programme Bahamas have launched the programme’s first cohort of students with the aim of empowering inner-city youth through balanced mentorship and education.

Symonette support for Wilchcombe on Baha Mar

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette yesterday said he supports Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe in his calls for the government to suspend its winding up petition against Baha Mar, insisting that the government “continues to waste time that should be spent fixing the problem”.

PLP chairman can’t say if PM will stand for re-election

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday could not say whether Prime Minister Perry Christie would offer himself for re-election as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party at the party’s convention in November.

Leslie Miller defends integrity of FNM leader

PLP MP Leslie Miller yesterday defended FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis’ integrity amid ongoing conflict of interest allegations about his company having a contract with the Public Hospitals Authority while he was the minister of health.

Roberts says former PLP chairman acting like ‘little child in school’

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday blasted his colleague Raynard Rigby for labelling his recent claims against FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis as “nonsense,” and accused Mr Rigby of acting “like a little child in school”.

Rigby: Conflict claims against Minnis ‘nonsense’

FORMER PLP Chairman Raynard Rigby yesterday described the conflict of interest claims lodged by his own party against Opposition Leader Dr Hubert Minnis as “political nonsense.”

DNA calls for full probe of elected officials’ assets

DNA Leader Branville McCartney yesterday called for an investigation into the assets of all past and present officials elected to public office, including prime ministers.

Minnis pledges bill to tackle corruption

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis told supporters on Saturday at the party’s Red Splash celebration that the country is “ill” and one of the first things he plans to introduce is an anti-corruption bill when the Free National Movement wins the next election.

Rosewood exit a 'big loss' to Baha Mar, says Wilchcombe

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe described the decision by a major hotel brand to pull out of the stalled Baha Mar project a "big loss" as he called for all parties to stop their "legal wrangling" and work together to open the $3.5bn mega resort.

A COMIC'S VIEW: Too much PLP loose talk - and a divine spanking

As we get started this week, I’m glad to see that such a broad cross section of Bahamians read and enjoy this column and (judging by the side eye I get from them in Pizza Hut’s checkout line) certain politicians not so much.

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