HRB: Nation’s stance on immigrants an embarrassment on the world stage
“The thin excuse that they are simply respecting the laws of The Bahamas isn’t fooling anyone”
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Local activist organization Human Rights Bahamas (HRB) yesterday cried shame on Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson’s recent comments on the planned demolition of shantytown structures on Abaco.
The issue of unregulated communities, otherwise known as shantytowns, in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas has been long-standing.
The matter has been exasperated on Abaco to some extent in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in September 2019, which nearly wiped out one of the largest shantytown communities The Mudd.
Demolition of unregulated structures in The Farm expected to continue today
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Minister of Immigration Elsworth Johnson said yesterday that the government’s decision to demolish the shantytown in The Farm, Abaco, is in the best interest of The Bahamas, notwithstanding appeals from the United Nations to forgoe the destruction of the homes in the community.
“The work being done is fully in keeping with the laws of The Bahamas as a sovereign and democratic country,” Johnson told
Eyewitness News.
“The laws that are being applied I think are internationally accepted in terms of how persons should live and construct houses. If you go almost anywhere around the world there are regulations and rules to construct housing suitable for human habitation.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Tempers flared in the House of Assembly yesterday with both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly lashing out at party leaders.
A shouting match between Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Don Saunders and Opposition Leader Philip Davis saw the Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador MP escorted out of Parliament during the evening session.
Davis rose to his feet to take issue with Saunders’ treatment of Englerston MP Glenys Hanna-Martin, who was seeking to raise a point of order but was asked to stand down.
The Opposition Leader was denied but refused to sit down and got into a shouting match with Saunders, who stood to his feet several times to ask for Davis to be escorted from the Lower Chamber.
CIArb Bahamas says country now has highest amount of fellows per capita in the region
NASSAU, BAHAMAS The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Bahamas Branch (CIArb Bahamas) recently announced that ten individuals have successfully achieved the status of fellow.
Rengin Johnson.
Karen Brown.
Karen Brown, Carla Card-Stubbs, Joy Delaney, Kenia Nottage, Justice Petra Hanna-Adderley, Jethlyn Burrows, Michael Diggiss, Cherise Cox-Nottage, Rengin Johnson and Charisse Brown were the individuals named and congratulated by CIArb Bahamas in a statement.
Cherise Cox-Nottage.
Charisse Brown.
“The minister of financial services, trade and industry and immigration, Elsworth Johnson, congratulated the ten new fellows,” the statement read.
Cabinet ministers express confidence in FNM re-election Desmond Bannister.
Several Cabinet ministers yesterday expressed optimism about the Free National Movement’s (FNM) chances of being re-elected as the current term nears its end.
Deputy Prime Minister Desmond Bannister said the Minnis administration will be judged on what it has accomplished.
“This Cabinet will be judged on the basis of what we have done,” he said.
Asked if he believes the FNM will win the next election, Bannister said: “There is no question about that. In my mind, no question. There is going to be a second Minnis term as prime minister.”