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BEC: Bahamas Excuse-making Corporation

by Adrian Gibson I wonder....every summer BEC has the same problem....power outages in one sector of Nassau or islandwide. And after they inconvenience you for a few hours to a day, they say the usual: "We do realise that it is an inconvenience, and for that we send our apologies... Read more →

Mideast Conflict

by Adrian Gibson Please read this very interesting outlook on the Mideast crisis, forwarded to me by Sir Arthur Foulkes...AND do read this one as well. They are both from a site called Common Dreams News Center. Read more →

Israel has finally had enough

by Sidney Sweeting, DDS When the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, recently addressed a joint session of the United States Congress he stated that "we have created an oasis of hope and opportunity in a troubled region...but there has been not one day of peace." That's over 21,000 days... Read more →

The Montague Ramp

By John Farmer There is an old adage that a camel is a horse designed by committee. Regrettably, the committee chaired by Pierre Dupuch to redesign the Montague ramp area has emerged with a concept worthy of the camel. While the intent is laudable, insofar as the idea is to... Read more →

Thomas Sowell on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict

by Rick Lowe In a recent post at Townhall.com Dr. Sowell puts the present mid-East crisis in perspective in an article titled A ‘cycle’ on nonsense. Here is a quote: People who have long been sheltered from mortal dangers can indulge themselves in the belief that there are no mortal... Read more →

Nicolette Bethel responds

by Rick Lowe Nicolette Bethel over at Blogworld and I have been exchanging comments on this recent opinion piece about the Sunday Jazz at Sandyport For ease of reference, the exchange follows: I don't see why the businesses in Sandyport and the various performers couldn't do something similar. Maybe form... Read more →

Lousy Bahamasair

by Adrian Gibson Bahamasair.....one of the most worthless, inadequately managed airlines in this hemisphere! I say no more............ Read more →

Principles and Pragmatism

by Rick Lowe One of this bloggers favourite economists is Donald Boudreaux over at Cafe Hayek He is a Libertarian and can sum things up brilliantly. I wish I had the talent to express my opinion as he does in this post titled Principles and Pragmatism regarding his goal of... Read more →

The Barbadian's are coming

By Rick Lowe The Tribune Business ran another story yesterday (Friday, July 21, 2006) about the concerns of business people over firms from Barbados buying into local businesses. Concerned Bahamians cited the fact that the National Investments Policy prohibited foreign investment in certain types of businesses. The bankruptcy of Winn... Read more →

The crisis in the Middle East and the US's failure to fairly moderate and foster a resolution

by Adrian Gibson Originally published in The Tribune, Friday, July 21, 2006 under the column title, Young Man's View. THE inequitable international policies of our neighbors to the North—the US—are becoming more transparent as Israel is allowed to unabatedly persist with its decimation of Lebanon under the pretext of self... Read more →