Category Archives: Blogs by Adrian Gibson

Spiralling Debt Brings A Downgrade Dangerously Close

Posted on July 8, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson The Bahamas is on the fast track to an economic downgrade. The governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has grossly mismanaged our economy. The economy has nearly ground to a halt, the unemployment level is rocketing and Bahamians … Continue reading →

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Who Will Emerge To Champion The FNM?

Posted on July 1, 2016 by weblogbahamas

Tribune Photo by Adrian Gibson Yet again, the Free National Movement (FNM) is engaging in politically cannibalistic behaviour that would see delegates once more flying from the Family Islands to New Providence to select a leader less than two years … Continue reading →

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Questions Flying Around Broke Bahamasair

Posted on June 24, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson It is clear that something funky has been going down at Bahamasair, given the government’s rogue – almost dictatorial and sneaky – advancing of $30m to the airline to purchase its new fleet from the French company … Continue reading →

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Time For The Creation Of A Police Complaints Authority

Posted on June 17, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson The Complaints and Corruption Branch/Unit (CCU) of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) should be disbanded and replaced by a Police Complaints Authority. As it stands, the concept of the CCU is representative of a rigged process, … Continue reading →

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Out For The Count – Why Christie Should Resign

Posted on June 11, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson He who comes into equity must come with clean hands. He who seeks equity must do equity. Equitable Maxims THE outcome of the higgledy-piggledy, directionless Constitutional Referendum on Tuesday demonstrably shows that the public believes that the … Continue reading →

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Yes Or No? Stay Or Go? Mitchell Changes His Tune

Posted on June 10, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson THE CHRISTIE Administration has lost its mandate to govern. It has lost two consecutive referendums in one term. It appears that history is likely to repeat itself and much like the Free National Movement (FNM) in 2002, … Continue reading →

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The Hypocrisy Undermining The Referendum Campaign

Posted on June 4, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson THE STINK of rank hypocrisy engulfs the upcoming constitutional referendum. Whilst the anti-discrimination principles being espoused by the Bills are noble, many Bahamians fear that they would, by voting yes, sanction an untrustworthy government to yet again … Continue reading →

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Chinese Whispers As Christie Speaks In Riddles

Posted on May 29, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson In yet another filibusterous performance in the House of Assembly yesterday, Prime Minister Perry Christie opened the 2016/2017 budget debate with a prevaricating talkathon that, generally, lacked substance or radical reforms. Beyond the lack of substance, the … Continue reading →

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The Undignified Saga Of Senator Lanisha Rolle

Posted on May 20, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson LAST week, former senator Lanisha Rolle resigned from the Senate after the publication of the content of recordings made by fellow Free National Movement (FNM) political hopeful Lincoln Bain. In recent times, the FNM has been subjected … Continue reading →

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The Tiefin’ At The Heart Of Our Society

Posted on May 14, 2016 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson EVERY time Auditor General Terrance Bastian and his team releases a damning report, I become more and more convinced that we live in a society where “tiefin”, in one form or another, has become the order of … Continue reading →

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