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Criticism of abuse of House rules is unfair
I was rather surprised to read Arthur Foulke's column To The Point in your edition of Tuesday June 27 in which he criticised the Prime Minister and the PLP for attempting to have Senator Bernard Nottage address the House in session on the issue of the recent cluster of malaria cases in Exuma. He either specifically accused or implied that the PLP consistently abused and ignored the rules of the House, set bad examples for the youth by their disregard for time (a criticism with which I concur), he accused them of grandstanding, political chicanery, and of being prepared to destroy the parliamentary convention. After reading the column I was left wondering whether Sir Arthur Foulkes followed the proceedings of the House when he served as High Commissioner in London. If he did, he would have witnessed, as I did, some of the most egregious abuses of the parliament and its conventions during the two terms of the Hubert Ingraham administration.New machinery to alleviate AG backlog
State-of-the-art technology will now allow law enforcement officials in Grand Bahama to sit in on the Attorney General's Swift Justice meetings.Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Allyson Maynard-Gibson, said at the Swift Justice June update that Commissioner of Police, Paul Farquharson, has given his consent for the Freeport police team to participate in Swift Justice discussions by way of video uplink. Mrs Maynard-Gibson added that this technological connection will serve as yet another effort in the programme, as it moves to fulfil the duties and obligations that it has set out to do.
"We at the Office of the Attorney General welcome this, as it will enable the Freeport team to participate in Swift Justice meetings," she said. "We expect that the outcome will [result in the] more effective use of court time and [a] greater success rate in prosecutions."
The AG added that these steps are critical to enhancing the success of the Swift Justice process and project and will aid them as they also seek to give details to the public, as Bahamians are entitled to understand the process.
Alton Lowe. Abaco's born artist
The adage 'a chip does not fall far from the block' is oh so true in the case of Alton Lowe, one of The Bahamas' most accomplished artists.It was at the Lowes dinning table in the quaint settlement of Green Turtle Cay, North Abaco, that young Alton would watch his father, the late Albert Lowe, draw 'ships on the high seas' on newsprint, which he now describes as 'beautiful.'
The Lowes trace their ancestry back to the Eleutheran Adventurers who came to The Bahamas in 1648 and settled in Harbour Island. This family eventually migrated to Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.
Alton speaks about his career: "I began my career in art at a very early age. My father drew beautifully and he made wonderful Bahamian ship models. Many evenings he would sit at the dinning table and draw these ships on the high seas and I would try to copy them.
Minister Bashes Gov’t
Sticking to the plain-speaking manner that has come to characterise his utterances in and outside the halls of parliament, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources Leslie Miller on Monday criticised the government for not doing enough to support Bahamian manufacturers and producers. .Noble Patriot's legacy must be memorialised
When the Hon. Livingstone Nathaniel Coakley passed away on Sunday, a truly Noble Patriot left a national scene which he had greatly revolutionsied and transformed. During his lifetime, Mr Coakley achieved many feats academically, professionally and politically, in terms of making the lives of many Bahamians better and more meaningful.Mr Coakley was not only my political colleague, but also my fellow Exuma Member of Parliament and at one point, my fellow Cabinet Minister. But he was also my friend.
I feel obligated to give an account of his story, so that ensuing generations might be aware of the true record. Mr Coakley started out as a teacher in The Bahamas and struggled along with others to mould young minds and develop a nation of better qualified citizenry to lead and manage what would become today's Commonwealth of The Bahamas.