NASSAU, Bahamas — Tributes poured in over the weekend paying homage to the life of former PLP Cabinet minister and veteran broadcaster Sir Charles Carter, who died at the age of 78 on Saturday, The Tribune reported on Monday, May 17, in an article written by Tanya Smith-Cartwright.
Sir Charles was elected to the House of Assembly as a member of Parliament for the Progressive Liberal Party in 1982 and served a second term in 1987. He represented the Holy Cross constituency and served in the Pindling administration as Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In 1992, the Ingraham administration passed a law opening the airwaves to all who wanted private licences. In 1993, that administration started to issue the licences and Sir Charles was in 1999 granted a licence to open his radio station, Island FM. He was appointed to the Senate in 1997 by the PLP, but had to resign his seat as the law stipulated that no politicians were to have radio licences.
From 2004 to 2007, Sir Charles held the positions of publisher and general manager of The Nassau Guardian. He was knighted in 2016.
Colleagues in the Pindling administration –including former Prime Ministers Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham, and current Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis — were among the first to pay tribute to his life.
“More than any other radio personality of his or any other age, Charles Carter was the greatest exponent of indigenous Bahamian music that we have ever had,” Mr Christie said. See article in the Nassau Guardian at http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/may/17/pms-tributes-passing-sir-charles/
