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Murder in The Bahamas and what to do about it

First published in The Tribune on Friday, July 20, 2007 under the byline, Young Man's View. Murder in The Bahamas and what to do about it. THE Bahamas is speedily becoming an anarchic, barbarous state where vicious murders abound almost daily. It is only July, barely pass the midpoint of... Read more →

Theft in The Bahamas - Learned behaviour or innate?

I often wonder if our criminal behaviour is learned or innate? I sometimes ask my colleagues what they would do if they knew another employee was stealing. Almost to a man the response is, "I'll talk to them and let them know they shouldn't do things like that." I bet... Read more →

Separation of Church and State in The Bahamas

Fellow blogger, Adrian Gibson opines in this weblog that "...that the Bahamas Christian Council's new president, John Humes, was out of line with his recent comments about politics, the PLP's election court fight, etc...." While I agree that a couple of Rev Humes comments might be considered political, like suggesting... Read more →

Eliot Morris - Song of the Week - July 23, 2007

"For Eliot Morris - whose Universal Records debut, What's Mine Is Yours, ripples with the kind of sure-footed songcraft of an artist blooming at precisely the right time - maybe the series of hurdles the Alabama native endured to deliver his major label inaugural happened for a reason." More... Enjoy... Read more →

Dog fighting in the Bahamas

by Sidney Sweeting, DDS When Michael Vick, quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons was indicted last week on charges of operating a dog fighting ring, Senator Robert Byrd delivered an emotional speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate shouting the word “barbaric” several times and he fought tears as he... Read more →

Lets separate church and state!

by Adrian Gibson I am not one to regularly agree with my good ole second cousin Raynard Rigby, but this time he seems to have a valid point when he seemed to have suggested that the church should foster healing. I think that the Bahamas Christian Council's new president, John... Read more →

Urban Renewal: Political fodder, while crime continues to skyrocket!

by Adrian Gibson The implementation of Urban Renewal (UR) by the former administration has not caused any miraculous turn-around, in terms of crime, in the urban/ghetto areas of Nassau. However, I do admit that the UR program was a laudable attempt by the former administration to assist in the socialization... Read more →

Through Your Lens - Breakfast anyone?

Through Your Lens is a feature of photographs sent in by our visitors. The following photo is by one of our bloggers, Dr. Sidney Sweeting. If you send photos, we'll post them. Click on image to enlarge. Read more →

Hat Tip to Barbados Free Press

Global Voices recently highlighted Weblog Bahamas and the Barbados Free Press blog regarding our respective pieces on the ruthless Castro regime in Cuba. Their brief reference with links to both sites said: Both WeblogBahamas.com and Barbados Free Press have concerns about their respective countries’ support for the Cuban regime. Your... Read more →

Why is the Cuban embassy being closed?

by Adrian Gibson In my opinion, the recall of the Cuban ambassador (Felix Wilson Hernandez), likely due to the FNM government's requests, is one of the first major blunders of this new administration. To close our embassy in Cuba and/or withdraw from relations with Cuba is a nonsensical move, particularly... Read more →