Showing posts with label Bahamas Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bahamas Constitution. Show all posts
Monday, November 7, 2022

Haitians Need to Stop Sewing Seeds of Discord in The Bahamas and Focus on Assimilaton Into The Bahamian Society

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STOP XENOPHOBIA IN BAHAMA LAND! By Dedrie Woods Last month, Louby Georges posted on his page a Post of a Bahamian Soccer Team which won the...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The Rule of Law and the Constitution Trumps Parliamentary Privilege in The Bahamas

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Insight: A Simmering Constitutional Crisis Ready To Erupt Frederick Smith QC says the separation of powers between executive and judi...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Naturalized citizens of The Bahamas, take serious note of the Bahamian Constitution ...which speaks in Article 11 of the circumstances that can lead to the Governor General depriving a Bahamian of citizenship

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has taken note of complaints to the Ministry from Bahamian citizens about the comments m...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Constitutional reform - pt. 14... ...the need for a new Caribbean jurisprudence... ...Caribbean Judges should be encouraged to demonstrate flexibility in developing our constitutional jurisprudence in the Commonwealth Caribbean

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Constitutional reform pt. 14 The constitution: Limitations in enforcement of Bill of Rights By Alfred Sears The fundamental rights gu...
Friday, October 5, 2012

Constitutional reform Pt. 7: ... ...I, therefore, recommend that we amend our constitution to provide for the public funding of national elections ...with appropriate legislation to establish a system of public campaign financing ...to better secure the right to vote, reduce corruption of the political process and increase competition by independent candidates and small parties

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Constitutional reform Pt. 7 By ALFRED SEARS In June 1998 in an address at the Colloquium on Political Reform, Constitutional Change and...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Constitutional reform Pt. 1: ... ...After 39 years of constitutional practice in The Bahamas, it is now time that we examine our constitution ...to determine if it conforms to the demands and expectations of contemporary Bahamian society... ...Does the Bahamian constitution reflect the contemporary shared expectations and experiences of the Bahamian community today?

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Constitutional reform Pt. 1 By Alfred Sears On Wednesday, August 1, 2012, Prime Minister Perry Christie, in a communication to the House ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

...what were the salient issues facing those charged with shaping our constitution as we moved to independence ...and how were those issues reconciled?

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The independence series, part 1 Consider This... By Philip C. Galanis Tomorrow we celebrate the 39th anniversary of Bahamian independen...
Monday, February 27, 2012

On February 27, 2002 — exactly 10 years ago today — Bahamians went to the polls in the country’s first referendum... ...A decade after that vote, The Bahamas is still behind many in the so-called civilized world in some respects... ...By voting "no" Bahamians ensured that the country remained in the archaic position of having discriminatory language in its Constitution

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A cause for change Bahamas should revisit issues in failed 2002 referendum By Candia Dames Guardian News Editor candia@nasguard.com There...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Erin Greene - human rights activist: It is important for me to educate people about the constitution and the citizen’s constitutional obligation to the country... and to other citizens and people resident or present in The Bahamas

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Profile: Erin Greene BY SONIA FARMER NG National Correspondent sonia@nasguard.com For Erin Greene, human rights activism is a way of...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham: I would not be late in calling the next general election

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PM Laments Election Costs By Macushla N. Pinder If Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham had his way, he would reform the way general electio...