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Chapter 11 for Baha Mar: The Only Way

by Richard Coulson Last week ended with a blizzard of press releases about Baha Mar. The first came around midnight Thursday, with the Prime Minister reporting on the return of the Allyson Adventure, the Attorney-General’s flash descent on Beijing, and announcing the actions he would now take; by Friday noon... Read more →

Baha Mar: A government takeover?

As events unfold around the Baha Mar saga, the signs are becoming more and more ominous. Hindsight suggests this project should have been implemented in stages, but when you have a broken economy like ours (broken by the world economic downturn and anti business policies by the Bahamian government) -... Read more →

Food for thought

I stumbled across the following articles at my news feed and thought they were worth sharing. Hope you enjoy them. 1. Does a for-profit college education pay off? from The Brookings Institute "As a number of scholars have pointed out, on average, college still pays—even in light of the relatively... Read more →

Glorifying Gangsterism Revisited

by Adrian Gibson IN THE Bahamas, there appears to be a rapidly growing underclass of Bahamians who deify criminal behaviour, seemingly seeing violence and sadistic conduct as cool while engaging in a cult-like, hero-worship of gangsters and hooligans. Although I appreciate why the police, in their eagerness to prove to... Read more →

When Will The BEC Bribe-Taker Be Charged?

by Adrian Gibson CLEARLY, the statement that a promise is a comfort to a fool is something we all need to take very seriously. Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson, pictured, seems to know the identity of the person/s who accepted the more than $300,000 inducement from French energy company Alstom (then... Read more →

Will Baha Mar rise like the mythical phoenix?

Wall Street Journal Photo More thoughts from Tradewinds Lofty ideals combined with political platitudes are just fine and can even give one a sense of false hope for eventual renewal.. But as Bahamians, we had better begin to face the hard facts of reality that as a nation we maybe... Read more →

National Pride - Is It Worth The Price We Pay?

Tribune Photo Recent events have caused me to focus more closely at the given circumstances and I can only conclude that decisions have been taken in the name of “National Pride” but nobody has questioned at what cost. Having lived in the Bahamas for more than fifty (50) years I... Read more →

Bahamian & Greek Legacies

Dear Sir, It appears Mr. Christie, of late, has been quite worried what his legacy for future Bahamians might be; I can tell him not to worry, he has presided over, allegedly, one of the most corrupt governments this tiny Nation has ever experienced. It is also very worrying when... Read more →

Capitalist Theory Is Better Than Socialist Reality

In This Case, Turnabout Is Fair Play by Sandy Ikeda First published at FEE.org, and posted here with the kind permission of the author. Tell someone on the left that crony capitalism is not the same as the free market and they’ll often respond that capitalism as it really exists... Read more →

Calm Heads Needed In Baha Mar Crisis

Baha Mar Photo by Adrian Gibson I think Bahamians are about to experience Baha Mar fatigue. I certainly am. On Tuesday, Baha Mar’s legal counsel attained an adjournment from the Supreme Court, which was taken to allow the parties to engage in negotiations to resolve the issues. Notably, the hearing... Read more →