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Ministers Get Their Final Grades In Cabinet Report

by Adrian Gibson EVEN if a minister has received a pass grade during these three weeks of the Cabinet Report, note that I will be watching closely and therefore they could either improve or be on a downgrade watch. As I conclude today, I trust that the government would seek... Read more →

Economics is the most important subject we can study

Last night a packed crowd at COB enjoyed The Nassau Institute and Temple Religion Trust's speaker Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo on "How America Became a Corporate Welfare State - Lessons for The Bahamas". In his vote of thanks, Jorge Borlandelli, noted how important it was for each of us to study... Read more →

Intelligence Squared Debate: Liberals are stifling intellectual diversity on campus

If you've never watched a debate on Intelligence Squared I highly recommend it. A very interesting debate night before last was whether or not left wing folks are preventing debate by right wing people on campus. Here's their introduction: "What is college for? For many, it’s a time for personal... Read more →

National Health Insurance (NHI): Dr. Gomez throws the gauntlet down

There will be NHI, even if it defies logic. With comments like 'this is the right thing to do' and a 'new tax is better than death', Dr. Perry Gomez, Minister of Health, has announced the government will introduce NHI, yet he provided no details on costs associated with this... Read more →

Bradley Roberts is right on this one

A Parliamentary probe into BEC bribery allegations is important, but it occurs to me that an alleged bribe of $330,000 is a criminal matter? As The Nassau Guardian points out, the Deputy Chairman of BEC resigned when Cabinet did not follow their advice on where to buy the generator he... Read more →

Book Signing: Ralph Massey's, What Happened to America?

Friday, February 27, 2015, 4 - 6 pm at Chapter One Bookstore, College of The Bahamas. Read more →

What is Parliament's vision and mission? Besides cacophony that is

The personal spat between MP's Ryan Pinder and Andre Rollins aside, the conduct of people in Parliament generally seems to have deteriorated to no more than a "poppy show" where insulting each other, not debate/discussion is the order of the day. Teasing is fun mind you, but as the country... Read more →

Eric Bibb & Ruthie Foster - Song of the week - February 23, 2015 - 'Tain't Such A Much

From Eric Bibb's 2004 release, Friends, I just love this tune. If this doesn't get your toe tapping and put a smile on your face, well… Please visit Eric Bibb's web site here… and his Facebook page here… and buy either of his cd's or all of them. They're terrific!... Read more →

Greek Fest 2015 a smashing success. One more day to go

Pericles Maillis Lecturing Live Greek Music Excellent Guitarist Greek Dancing Pericles Maillis Lecturing on Greek History If music, history, dancing, food and drink tickle your fancy, there's lots of it to be had at Greek Fest 2015, and you can enjoy a few more hours of it today (Sunday, February... Read more →

KPMG Bahamas reviews the government's mid-year budget

Gathering storm or just continual deterioration? Other than the politically correct "stuff" to their review of the government's mid-year 2014-15 national budget, they point out that: "In our review of the full year budget, we noted that the “elephant in the room” was and remains Government expenditure and questioned whether... Read more →