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How Young Teachers’ Complaints Can Be Solved

by Adrian Gibson WHEN young teachers tell me their complaints, I can relate to them wholeheartedly as a former teacher myself. Yesterday, the Ministry of Education (MOE) held an orientation exercise for 193 newly appointed teachers. I’m sure that was well-attended and a nice gesture. However, an even nicer gesture... Read more →

Stronger Capital Market and Improved BISX

by Richard Coulson “SAVE WITH FINCO—Finco pays 7½% on savings deposits; 9½% on time deposits.” Unbelievable? Not in 1980, when the above ad was published. A retiree with some savings could survive on those interest rates. No longer—today the figures would be more like a miserly 1% and 2½%, before... Read more →

The Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon, September 5 2015

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Shane Gibson, the Chamber of Commerce and the Minimum Wage Fallacy

According to a report in The Tribune… the Atlantis Resort might have to reduce employment of entry level workers as a result the government's 40% hike in the minimum wage to $210 per week. Apparently the Minister of Labour, Shane Gibson finds this "unfortunate". Heck he even finds solace for... Read more →

Banal behavior of our leaders

Nassau Guardian Photo Bradley Roberts, chairman of the governing PLP added to the jousting match over allegations of conflict of interest by the attorney general threatening to reveal details of a contract between the leader of the opposition and the government. Roberts tit for tat behaviour is nothing more than... Read more →

The Slow-Motion Financial Suicide of the Roman Empire

The Bailout State Is as Old as Rome by Lawrence W. Reed & Marc Hyden First published at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and posted here with the kind permission of Mr. Lawrence W. Reed. Support Fee here... MORE than 2,000 years before America’s bailouts and entitlement programs, the... Read more →

Baha Mar: Arriving at an equitable solution

If a building contractor agrees to complete a project for a specific budget and on an agreed upon deadline, and fails to live up to that obligation, penalties should be levied. If the argument is that the developer required excessive changes that were not in the original contact that resulted... Read more →

Nature's bounty on Abaco

Two of my favorite Bahamian "nature" sites are Rolling Harbour Abaco and Conch Salad TV. One of the really neat things this year is the story of the Piping Plover on Abaco. Conch salad TV has an excellent video, "Piping Plovers: The Story of a Bahamian Bird" here… And a... Read more →

Bahamas Debt per Person. A comparison

Mr. Patrick J. Bethel of Abaco raised considerable discussion on Facebook with this post but several people commented that The Bahamas debt per person is not a problem. Someone else commented and provided a link to the Bloomberg Best (and Worst) list and under the section of countries with the... Read more →

We implore PM to solve Baha Mar impasse

Tribune Photo: Prime Minister Perry Christie (centre) in full costume with the Valley Boys. IN THE past few days The Tribune has urged the Prime Minister in the strongest terms to control two of his ministers who have indulged in inflammatory rhetoric about the developer of the Baha Mar project.... Read more →