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Chavez gets his way. Where is the international concern?

by Rick Lowe Hugo Chavez has been "democratically" provided with a dictatorship of Venezuela. Ernesto Ackerman, president of Independent Venezuelan-American Citizens is quoted in the Miami Herald as saying: "Chavez is moving faster every day toward a Castro-style communist government. What's coming is going to be terrible. Venezuelans aren't fleeing... Read more →

Stolen Car Racket Busted

by Rick Lowe Most of the newspapers of Monday, January 29, 2007 ran stories about a stolen car racket being busted, with one man being arrested in a joint operation between the Central Detective Unit (CDU) here in Nassau and the police in North Andros. While congratulations are certainly in... Read more →

What happened to National Pride?

by Sidney Sweeting, DDS In years past, while traveling abroad I was proud to tell those who asked that I am from the Bahamas. Then sometime in the early seventies I was with a group in Ft. Lauderdale for a football game and someone asked where we were from. When... Read more →

People must be allowed to fail

by Rick Lowe "There you have it — an approach that might allow the new Prime Minister to cling to his notion of socialising almost every risk that he can think of (a mistake, in my view), but combining that new socialism with some new competition and free choice. Not... Read more →

Castro's Final Hour

by Rick Lowe Andres Oppenheimer, a foreign correspondent for the Miami Herald wrote CASTRO'S FINAL HOUR An Eyewitness Account of the Disintegration of Castro's Cuba in 1992 and it chronicles the regime in Cuba in great detail. It is certainly a must read for Bahamian's so they can learn the... Read more →

Mike Batt & Friends - Song of the week - January 25, 2007

by Rick Lowe I don't remember how I came across Tarot Suite by Mike Batt and Friends, but I'm sure glad I did. My favourite song on the LP, that's right, LP, is Imbecile, a great rock song with backing by The London Symphony Orchestra no less. The entire album... Read more →

Bahamasair Middle Managers Demonstrate for bonuses

by Rick Lowe This story in today's Bahama Journal is revealing. How can any employee, or manager for that matter, expect a Christmas bonus, or any other bonus for that matter when the company they work for is losing millions of taxpayer dollars each year? I have an idea for... Read more →

Terrified is the word, Dr. Nottage

by Sidney Sweeting, DDS In the Tribune yesterday Dr. Bernard Nottage stated that "there is no need for concern regarding NHI." The late U.S. President Ronald Reagan would often say "Trust, but verify." If we have no need for concern, Dr. Nottage, please provide the National Coalition for Health Care... Read more →

Minister of Health in the news on NHI again

by Rick Lowe A friend sent a rather irate e-mail about the message being sent by Dr. Bernard Nottage, Senator and Minister of Health when he suggests that people have died because the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is not in place. Their reasoning is if that is so all... Read more →

Trade with China Numbers Revealed

by Rick Lowe After several months, September 2006 to be precise, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was finally able to provide a breakdown of the trade numbers with China as announced by Mr. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs. See this blog for the details but you might recall the... Read more →