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The Traffic "Problem" On New Providence

by John Farmer There has been a lot of press coverage lately about the so-called "traffic problem" in New Providence. The Tribune published an article early in the week following an interview with a civil servant in the Road Traffic department. According to this gentleman, the population of NP will... Read more →

More on The Bahamas, Cuba and The UNHRC

by Rick Lowe This story in the Bahama Journal today, under the headline "Row Over Cuba Vote" is enough to make your hair stand on end. Click here for the full story. The foreign policy of our country is now firmly in the hands of Socialists and Prime Minister Christie... Read more →

Cuba gets pyrrhic victory at UN

by Rick Lowe Mr. Felix Wilson, the resident Cuban Ambassador to The Bahamas, was overjoyed that Cuba was elected to the reconstructed United Nations Human Rights Council, much to the chagrin of the United States of America. However, at the end of the day, the Cuban people are the ones... Read more →

Better late than never...

by John Farmer I sent the following to one of the dailies, who declined to publish it. This was disappointing, considering that they managed to print a letter from an American on the same topic not once but twice! Which, I suppose, goes to confirm the old adage "if it... Read more →

John Farmer

John Farmer is the President of Custom Computers Ltd, the local representative for Hewlett Packard, Apple, and Konica-Minolta. Born in London, England, Mr. Farmer is a graduate of the University of London, England with first class honours degree in Computer Science. Mr. Farmer is married with 2 children. Click here... Read more →

Dr. Don Boudreaux makes "some easy predictions"

by Rick Lowe Dr. Boudreaux, chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. and one of the bloggers at Cafe Hayek makes what he calls some "easy projections". For many of us, and particularly this blogger, he makes complicated economic issues more easily understood. In... Read more →

US Embassy on Freedom of the press

Check out the latest speech by Mike Taylor, Political-Economic Chief at the US Embassy here in Nassau, Bahamas posted at our friends at the Nassau Institute. This topic is Freedom of the press. The speech was delivered to the Rotary Club of East Nassau on Friday, May 5, 2006. Here's... Read more →

Government gets a qualified audit report

by Rick Lowe The headline of The Bahama Journal this morning screamed Auditor Raps Gov't. This is a very serious issue and there are several points that deserve comment: First: The Government sets the rules that all businesses in the country are to follow. They are even more stringent with... Read more →

Peter Drucker on the "Sickness of Government"

by Rick Lowe Peter Drucker is a world renowned and revered business guru and in 2004 he released a great little book titled The Daily Drucker - 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done. It is published by Harper Business and hopefully we are not... Read more →

More on why government boards are ineffective

A reader responds to this blog about why government boards are ineffective, and it is worth repeating here. The unfortunate part is that our children will pay the price - not the present day leaders. Absolutely true and unfortunatly one of the main hinderences to progress in the Bahamas. As... Read more →