The Chinese Embassy yesterday donated six television sets and mounts to the Bahamian Parliament, replacing TVs the Chinese donated in 2009 with smart TVs. Speaker of the House of Assembly Patricia Deveaux said she looks forward to installing the TVs from the Chinese immediately as they will be used by government ministers who have meetings
On the resignation of Moultrie from FNM
Dear Editor,
Since the resignation of Speaker Halson Moultrie on February 4, I have received numerous calls and messages from members of the press, friends and other persons asking for my views on the resignation. So here goes.
Firstly, the constitution is silent on the question of the removal of the speaker of the House. The constitution intended that once a speaker was elected, that person would serve in office for the entirety of the parliamentary term. I doubt that the framers of the constitution could have ever envisaged the kinds of machinations that have occurred in the Bahamian House of Assembly.