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The Englerston Community Convention will allow Alex Morley to fully explain his platform. It will also allow residents to assist in formulating a solid plan that addresses the needs of the Englerston constituency. Independent candidate for Englerston Alex Morley will host an Englerston Community Convention on Saturday, February 11th at the Englerston Park on Cordeaux Avenue & Lincoln Blvd from 2pm – 10pm. Presentations will begin at 5pm. The Englerston Community Convention will allow residents to hear from Alex Morley first-hand about his plans for the community; plans that include initiating economic development programs, improving the educational facilities and addressing citizenship rights issues. The Convention will also allow local residents to participate in designing solutions to the problems that they face. In addition, knowledgeable attorneys will give presentations on knowing your rights when dealing with the police and the law and citizenship rights....

AT LAST Thursday’s presentation, ‘Female Slaves in The Bahamas’ by Dr. Jennifer M. Bethel many women, as well as men, filled the halls of the Bahamas Historical Society to learn more about how the institution of slavery affected African women in The Bahamas. This writer was critical of the presentation at the outset given Dr. Bethel’s characterization of African women as “female slaves”. During the question and answer period, when asked about her choice to characterize African women in this manner she failed to recognize that she was using the colonizer’s language. Generally, I felt that her presentation was disjointed and lacked clarity. To give a fair review of her work, though, this writer read the article ‘Female Slaves in The Bahamas’ in the Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society (Volume 33) in its entirety. The most positive aspect of Dr. Bethel’s presentation was her awareness that African women, ...

In the American media, Haiti is most often spoken of as a tragedy – when it is actually the scene of horrific crimes, mainly perpetrated by the United States over the span of two centuries. For the past two years, since the earthquake that shook the life out of hundreds of thousands of already deeply wounded people, the United States has flexed every superpower muscle to prolong Haiti’s agony. Half a million people are still homeless, two years after the quake, despite the billions in relief and recovery aid pledged by international donors. Sixty percent of the rubble has yet to be removed from the capital and its suburbs, and 6,000 people have died from a cholera epidemic brought into the country by United Nations troops. The UN has still not seen fit to apologize for being the vector of disease, because the UN is not accountable to the people of Haiti – only to the United States. The Americans used a huge chunk of their so-called aid money to reimburse themsel...

We're calling on all of you to support Alex Morley's bid for representative of Englerston in the 2012 elections by DONATING to his campiagn! Donations of $20 or more receive a campaign T-shirt (sample attached). E-mail: alexmorleyforenglerston@gmail.com. Phone: 242-326-1003. Alex, who is the co-founder of BlackFood Media, is the only African voice in this upcoming election. Some of the initiatives that he will continue to implement once elected include: Ensuring that the people of Englerston democratically and collectively control the politics and economics of their community   Replacing police control of the community with community policing   Promoting true democracy by demanding citizenship rights for all persons born in The Bahamas   Improving the educational facilities in the community Let's do what we can to ensure that he is the next Member of Parliament for the Englerston constituency...DONATE today!♦bf  ...

Alex Morley, Interim Chair of the African People's Socialist Party-Bahamas, exchanged formal introductions with His Excellency Enersto Soberón Guzmán, during a meeting at the Cuban Embassy this Thursday, December 22, 2011. The two spoke on points of mutual interest including the continuation of the work of Friends of the Cuban Five here in Nassau, the unjust and criminal blockade imposed by the Government of the United States on the people of Cuba, and the upcoming African Socialist International Caribbean & Latin American Regional Conference being held here in Nassau April 2012. Ambassador Guzman succeeded Ambassador Jose Ponce Caraballo.♦bf    ...

This past Saturday the African People's Socialist Party-Bahamas hosted the last One Africa! One Nation! Marketplace for 2011. The past three months have been a real lesson in African self-determination as we worked along with members of the Englerston community to make this economic development project a success. December’s Marketplace saw tremendous growth with a turn-out of over 30 persons and the full support of the community. We would like to thank everyone who came out to the Marketplace or who have supported us in some way. Especially those of you who supported our One Africa! One Nation! Raffle Fundraiser. Prize winners of the Raffle were drawn last Saturday. A complete listing of the prize winners is below: 1. ROUND TRIP FOR ONE TO ABACO (AIRFARE ONLY) – Shon Higgs 2. TWO DENTAL EXAMS AND TWO CLEANINGS - Bullard 3. CELLULAR PHONE – Queenell Conliffe 4. GIFT CERTIFICATE AT GERI’S NATURAL HAIR SALON – Mechelle McDonald 5. GIFT CERTI...