Today marks the 57th anniversary of the achievement of Majority Rule in The Bahamas. January 10, 1967, is a red-letter day in the history of our country.
Obie Wilchcombe, the West Grand Bahama and Bimini MP, was the minister of social services, information and broadcasting with responsibility for Bahamas Information Services and the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas. Wilchcombe is the third minister to die in office in The Bahamas in the last 50 years. He is the only minister with portfolio to die
Dear Editor, The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) with the strategic assistance of Randol Fawkes and Alvin Braynen ushered in Majority Rule in The Bahamas following the general election of 1967. This historic achievement was the culmination of decades of struggle for political and civil rights by the PLP and its earlier iterations manifested by individuals
Former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet minister George Smith, who is today one of the senior men in the governing party, said yesterday he understands why former Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling is so fiercely protective of her husband’s memory, and why she would have been offended if she was not properly acknowledged during a
In comments that proved hugely controversial and were widely shared on social media yesterday, former Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling accused the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) of using her late husband’s memory and legacy for its own benefit. Following an ecumenical service at St. Agnes Anglican Church marking the 56th anniversary of Majority Rule, some