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Has The PLP's Dream Boat Finally Run Aground?

by Adrian Gibson First appeared in The Tribune under the byline, Young Mans View here… E-Mail Adrian. THE hollow announcement on BTC and the attainment of the much sought after two per cent—or lack of attainment of the same—is representative of the derailment of the PLP’s dream-selling express. What a... Read more →

My last words on the BTC saga

It cannot be denied that both the PLP and FNM political parties favoured privatising BaTelCo. This point alone makes so much of the political rhetoric a waste of good ink and paper. In a perfect world the former government should have gotten more for BTC, but people pay what the... Read more →

Richard Coulson on the BTC deal.

by Richard Coulson I have just received the document issued by Franklyn Wilson, Chairman of the BTC Negotiating Committee, giving questions and answers about the new “Majority Bahamian Owned” BTC. I have no quarrel with the substantive results of the new arrangement. Clearly the Committee did a heroic job of... Read more →

So they've moved the BTC goal posts again? Enough with the political posturing already

Now that the Parliamentary Select Committee has apologised to and confirmed no wrong doing by Cable & Wireless (CWC) the purchaser of the local phone company (BTC) after attempting to "pressure" them into giving the government majority shares again, they suggest the former administration "acted with great impropriety", according to... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: The New York Times is Wrong Again

by Tibor R. Machan Here is the opening salvo in The New York Times of a lengthy piece on Rand Paul. And it is dead wrong: “As Rand Paul test-markets a presidential candidacy and tries to broaden his appeal, he is also trying to take libertarianism, an ideology long on... Read more →

Do we want to be like Detroit or Hong Kong? Yes, The Bahamas can still choose.

In this recent article for the Wall Street Journal, P. J. O'Rourke suggests that Detroit should follow Hong Kong's example toward economic growth. Mr. O'Rourke points out that to this day - eventhough back in mainland China's hands - Hong Kong has "no sales tax; no VAT; no taxes on... Read more →

Mike Zito and The Wheel - Song of the week - January 27, 2014 - Judgement Day

On a recent trip to Florida with the kids we got to see Mike Zito and The Wheel, touring to promote their new CD, Gone To Texas. One of my favourite songs from their set was Judgement Day from his Greyhound CD. Hope you enjoy it below. If you've never... Read more →

Tricoloured Heron in the Glades - Photo of the week

A couple weeks back we were in Florida and took a jaunt out to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge to walk and enjoy nature, where I took this photo. My only regret is the heron's beak is slightly obscured. Hope you enjoy it. By the way, the... Read more →

The State. Otherwise known as the great bamboozler?

I thought I would attempt to write something a little more detailed than my Facebook and Twitter comment that "the BTC take back farce is over", but enough was said on that post and others exposing the mockery it all was. One point I'd like to emphasise before moving on... Read more →

A national ID card system will probably do more harm than good

by Athena Damianos How will tourists react to being subjected to immigration spot checks, not to mention Bahamians who have an aversion to apartheid-like pass laws? What if someone forgets to carry their card? Will they be tossed into the hell hole of a detention Center like the Swiss banker?... Read more →