Bahamas Democracy Newswire

Top UK lawyer quits Hong Kong team prosecuting pro-democracy activists

A top British barrister has pulled out of leading a team prosecuting a group of prominent Hong Kong dissidents following growing criticism in the UK, after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called his actions 'pretty mercenary'.  David Perry was …

Immigration staff call on the Government to stop looking outside when talent is in the Department!

Dear BP, It seems as if you are the only voice bold enough to address the pink elephant 🐘 in the room. Two days ago, Director Clarence Russell sent out a circular under captioned, “Director’s Orders” dated 19th January 2021. He proudly announced the …

A Coup on Democracy by Trump is unfolding outside the US Capitol Building. TRUMP SUPPORTERS HAVE GONE CRAZY as the ...

News24.com | Boat with 20 aboard disappears between Bahamas and US

United States Coast guard aboard a patrol boat during monitoring of the area. A boat carrying 20 people has disappeared between the Bahamas and Florida, the US Coast Guard announced on Saturday, the day after suspending an unsuccessful three day search. …

Bahamas Finance Minister Resigns with Immediate Effect

Bahamian legislator, Kevin Peter Turnquest has resigned from the Hubert Minnis led administration. Turnquest, in a letter on Wednesday, said that he was stepping down as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the wake of what he claimed to be “ …

Mike Lee: Democracy Robs My Money and Liberty

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is an authority on the Constitution—just ask him. "Democracy does not appear in the Constitution, and we are not a democracy," he tweeted. (We are not making this up.) Lee had quarantined himself in his kids' treehouse …

Bahamians under House Arrest while COVID19 guest flood the beaches of the Bahamas!

BIMINI| “Da Lockdown” PM Hubert Minnis told you you cannot go on the beach but look at this! This is a video from Bimini taken this past Friday with the COMPLETE Lockdown in full effect. Guests are Up and Down on the beaches of the Bahamas swimming, …

Hong Kong election postponed for one year; Eurozone economy down more than 12%; Isaias now a hurricane heading toward ...

Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here. Beijing-backed Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has announced the upcoming parliamentary elections for September will be delayed a year because of a spike in cases of …

Turnquest tell of his reputation of “transparency and accountability” but we have yet to know what happened with the $5....

Axed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest (BIS Photo_Patrick Hanna) By K Peter Turnquest, MP It has been my great honour and privilege to serve my country in public office. I have done so with total fidelity and …

Democracy Works! - My Annual 4th of July Holiday Opinion

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Long before the ink was dry on the United States Declaration of Independence, people had been coming to the new-world seeking political and religious asylum and personal prosperity. …

New CARICOM Chair lauds Mottley for defending democracy in Guyana

Ralph Gonsalves, CARICOM Chair …in face of “vulgar and opportunistic criticisms” New CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Friday praised the work of his colleague, outgoing CARICOM Chair, Barbados Prime …

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO LEADERSHIP

Parliament. In its October 8 editorial entitled “Dying in a Leadership Vacuum”, the New England Journal of Medicine opined that leadership in the United States’ fight against COVID-19 had “failed the test”, and had “taken a crisis and turned it into a …

Trump’s Senate show-trial is the logical next step in the right wing’s decades-long assault on American democracy

Welcome to another edition of What Fresh Hell?, Raw Story’s roundup of news items that might have become controversies under another regime, but got buried – or were at least under-appreciated – due to the daily firehose of political pratfalls, unhinged …

Justice under threat in the Bahamas and Carl Bethel is UNFIT!

This one cannot protect the Bahamas! NASSAU| Justice, which undergirds the very existence of our democracy, is under threat in the Bahamas and we can tell you that our report on Sunday is just the beginning of a story unfolding deep inside the walls of the …

Opposition Leader Philip Davis Q.C. unveils plan to fight Covid19

Opposition Leader Hon. Philip Brave Davis Q.C. By Leader of the Opposition, Philip Brave Davis Monthly PRESSER BY OPPOSITION Welcome to all of you. I thank you for joining me this afternoon. THE SHADOW CABINET Before we start, I wish to advise that with …

Maynard-Gibson: “Dare we ask whether The Bahamas is implementing one immigration policy for Haitians and another for ...

Former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson Dear Editor, “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning–the sixth day.” – Genesis 1:31 You and I enjoy democracy and everything that goes with it because …

Minnis intends to block democracy in Parliament today and fly to Abaco where a protest awaits!

Parliament. NASSAU| There will be a showdown in the Parliament today as The Minnis Government attempts to block democracy and fail to permit the Leader of the Opposition the opportunity to speak. The Parliament, which returns today following the longest …

Young Woman Police Constable interdicted and placed on half pay after she expressed concerns on social media of sexual ...

FREEPORT| Bahamas Press is learning an Woman Police Constable on the Royal Bahamas Police Force has been interdicted on Grand Bahama after she took to social media and expressed her concerns on the FORCE. Allegations have surfaced where the female was …

British Colonial Hilton in downtown Nassau will not open in October!

Hilton Hotel NASSAU| In a letter to its staff on Friday, the hotel said: “We were hoping to resume our operations in October but unfortunately, this is not the case. “We continue to see an increase and widespread of the virus with no flattening of the …

Church of Scientology among the many churches nationwide that paid tribute to the 400,000 who died from COVID-19

Nationwide, church bells rang and buildings were ablaze with lights in unity with President Biden’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool national tribute WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- As 400 …

Chicago School Principals Offer Solution to Safely Reopen Schools Goal is to Bring Together CTU, CPS and Community

Goal is to Bring Together CTU, CPS and Community CHICAGO, IL, USA, January 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Chicago school principals, assistant principals and school leaders are calling for a school reopening pilot program as a solution to end …

Advocates for Overseas Americans come together to form Residence-Based Taxation Coalition.

A group of organizations have joined together to form the Residence-Based Taxation (RBT) Coalition. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A group of organizations have joined together to form the Residence-Based …

Study Shows Long-Term Benefits in Georgia Education Scholarship Accounts

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Education savings accounts could increase Georgia’s graduation rates and workers’ lifetime earnings as well as reduce crime and its related costs, according to a study …

COLORpockit™ is the intersection of Self-Care, Relaxation, Screen Time Reduction, and Creativity

COLORpockit™ salutes the MADE IN THE USA Campaign FORT COLLINS, CO, USA, January 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On-trend is one thing, but on par with an Executive Order, it's the intersection of business getting done in America. As …

Florida State Parks Foundation Seeks Specialty License Plate to Support Florida State Parks

About $1 billion dollars is needed to reinvest in aging infrastructure and provide needed facilities TALLAHASSEE, FL, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Florida State Parks Foundation has won bipartisan support in its bid …

STAND UP FOR FREE SPEECH

TAKE A STAND FOR YOUR 1st AMENDMENT RIGHTS PLYMOUTH, MN, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- New social media platform features zero tolerance for censure of thoughts. WhyWould.com Is the new platform where you can truly …

Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman: "The Hill We Climb" set to the music of "Still I Rise"

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Amanda Gorman: "The Hill We Climb" set to the music of "Still I Rise" #AmandaGorman is the nation's first-ever 23 year old black poet laureate …

Acclaimed Author, Steven Markoff, New George W. Bush Book Praised by Pierce O’Donnell, Renown Constitutional Lawyer

Foreword by Richard Clarke. LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Acclaimed Author Steven Markoff has a new book, "The Case Against George W. Bush," that was released late last year on November 13, 2020 …

NovoaGlobal Receives Washington, DC Photo Enforcement Contract

NovoaGlobal Continues Providing Automated Traffic Solutions ORLANDO, FL, UNITED STATES, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- NovoaGlobal, Inc., a leading provider of advanced photo enforcement technology, signs a new contract with Washington, …

Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities (LATLC) Announces New Officers and Board of Directors

The Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities (LATLC) announces the 2021 leadership and annual strategy. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Daniel K. Kramer is the 2021 President of the Los Angeles …

சர்வதேச குற்றிவியல் நீதிமன்றம் - மீளநிகழாமைக்கு பொதுவாக்கெடுப்பு : நாடுகளுக்கு நாடுகடந்த தமிழீழ அரசாங்கம் வலியுறுத்தல் !

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- மீளநிகழாமை தொடர்பிலான முடிவினை எடுக்கும் அதிகாரம் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கே வேண்டும் என ஐ.நா முகன்மைக்குழு நாடுகளுக்கு வலியுறுத்திறுத்தியுள்ள நாடுகடந்த தமிழீழ …

Public Opinion and Experts Agree: the Time to Regulate Social Media Has Arrived

OTTAWA, Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Key to note, is that the Commission and the Assembly have independently arrived at the same conclusion: the Canadian government must undertake urgent action to ensure that social media platforms are subject to …

Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court (ICC). Victims Must Fashion Modalities for Non-recurrence: TGTE

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) has urged the UN Core Group on Sri Lanka (Canada, Germany, the UK, North Macedonia, and Montenegro) to submit a new …

GlobalWonks Announces New Advisory Board Members

Enterprise platform for real-time expert insights welcomes three new global advisors to guide future growth WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- GlobalWonks, a technology provider of real-time expert insights for …

Teenage Cartoonist Gains Thousands Of Followers Worldwide With His Whiteboard Comics

Jake has drawn thousand from around the world that follow him and plug in to read his comics. DENVER, COLORADO, USA, January 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Jake Hamilton a teenage prodigy cartoonist and has become an inspiration to thousand of …

International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and Prime Bank Sign US$15 million Murabaha Financing Facility to ...

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has approved a US$15 million Murabaha Financing Facility in favour of Prime Bank Limited, Bangladesh to facilitate cross- …

New African Development Bank-Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) initiative will galvanize $25 billion to scale up African ...

African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. …

Ethiopian-Oromo Human Rights Organization to Push the Biden Administration to Help Stop Oromo Genocide in Ethiopia

OLLAA initiates the 'STOP THE KILLINGS' campaign to bring US attention to the extrajudicial killings of Oromos by Ethiopian security forces and militia. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, January 25, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Members of …

New Book Promises to Help Chamber Professionals Have a Greater Impact on Their Chambers and Communities

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, January 25, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Ignite Press announced the release of Horseshoes vs. Chess: A Practical Guide for Chamber of Commerce Leaders, by seasoned chamber executive and former mayor Dave Adkisson. …