Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 4, 2008	Police Intelligence In The Bahamas
Assassination attempts foiled: By CANDIA DAMES, Guardian News Editor - Nassau, Bahamas: The Royal Bahamas Police Force is increasingly driven by intelligence-led policing, which has thwarted assassination attempts on magistrates, prosecutors and witnesses, Acting Commissioner of Police...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 26, 2008	Bahamian Parliamentarians Updated On The Bahamas Government’s Position To The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) With The European Union (EU)
Parliamentarians Get EPA Update: By Sasha L. Lightbourne - Nassau, Bahamas: However, some – including members of Bahamians Agitating for a Referendum on Free Trade (BARF) – have argued that it amounts to The Bahamas giving up its sovereignty. Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008	THE DISSOLUTION OF THE NORTH CENTRAL AND SABARAGAMUWA PROVINCIAL COUNCILS: THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
ROHAN EDRISINHA & ASANGA WELIKALA The North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councils have been dissolved by Proclamation of the respective Governors effective as of midnight on Monday 9 th May 2008 (see Gazette Extraordinary No. 1553/6 (North Central Province) and No. 1553/7...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 31, 2008	The Need To Have Bahamians Informed About The Economic Partnership Agreement [EPA] Between Caribbean and European Countries
Laing rejects EPA criticism: By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: The minister of state in the Ministry of Finance has shot down claims that the economic partnership agreement (EPA) will shrink the local job market if The Bahamas becomes a signatory. The EPA...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 15, 2008	Bahamas: Politics, Divisions, and Pastors
Politics not closed to pastors: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Is it right for Bishop Neil Ellis to have acted as the spiritual advisor for the Progressive Liberal Party, while Bishop Simeon Hall carried the same role for the Free National Movement? Do...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 30, 2008	Yourself Is Simply The Greatest Thing That You Can Be!
The greatest thing you can be: By D. Paul Reilly, For The Guardian - Nassau, Bahamas: I guess, you're already speculating about what I think the greatest thing you can be is. Some will perhaps think it's that the greatest thing a person can be is a medical doctor, because they assist...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 11, 2008	Bush, war and the tooth-and-nail struggle for survival
Reflections of Fidel: IN the reflection titled "Bush in Heaven," published by our newspapers this past March 23, I affirmed that Bush would get up to his old tricks during the NATO meeting in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, from April 1 through 3. Important events are taking place in...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 2, 2008	The Great European Union (EU) Betrayal
An erosion of democracy:- By The Nassau Institute - Nassau, Bahamas: The new European Union treaty approved at a summit of member states in Lisbon in October, 2007, has attracted fierce opposition in Britain. It has been labeled "the great EU betrayal". The controversy is as much...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Mar 12, 2008	US State Department's Report Highlights Possible Human Rights Concerns in The Bahamas
US Report Highlights Possible Human Rights Concerns: By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR - Nassau, Bahamas: In its annual human rights report released Tuesday, the US State Department highlights various police killings in The Bahamas, the slowness of the judicial system and election violence. ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Mar 5, 2008	Partisanship is no longer important to a growing number of Bahamians
MPs Slam Partisan Politics: By Juan McCartney - Nassau, Bahamas: The Bahamian society would not survive unless it "rejects narrow-mindedness, selfishness and inflated egos," according to Elizabeth Member of Parliament Malcolm Adderley. Mr. Adderley was contributing to debate on the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Feb 19, 2008	Cuba: Message from the Commander in Chief - Fidel Castro Ruz
Message from the Commander in Chief: Dear compatriots: Last Friday, February 15, I promised you that in my next reflection I would deal with an issue of interest to many compatriots. Thus, this now is rather a message. The moment has come to nominate and elect the State Council, its...... [view]

Scottish Youth Parliament
Submitted By:   stevenk Website:  http://www.syp.org.uk Phone:  +44(0) 131 313 2488 E-mail:  info@scottishyouthparliament.org.uk	Vision:   The stated vision of the Scottish Youth Parliament is to work, with others, to deliver "a Scotland in which young people realise their potential, become full and active citizens and play a key part in all decisions which......   [view]

International Youth Parliament (IYP)
Submitted By:    Website:  http://www.iyp.oxfam.org/ E-mail:  info@iyp.oxfam.org	Vision:   "Youth building an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world."...   StateProv:   New South Wales   City:   Sydney   [view]