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An assault on our civil liberties?

Dear Editor, I read with interest this morning’s Tribune article detailing the gift of military hardware from The People’s Republic of China to our government and the RBDF. Armoured vehicles, anti-riot grenade launchers, tear gas grenades and night vision goggles among other things; all of the above equipment is used... Read more →

FNM Seeks To Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory

by Adrian Gibson At the rate that the Free National Movement (FNM) is going, it is on the fast track to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in 2017. The political chicanery on display within the FNM has reinforced the perception that the road to governance and victory at... Read more →

Response to "An Opposition in Disarray"

Dear Editor, In response to a letter in today’s paper written by “Corrector.” I am gratified by your response to my recent letter with respect to the Opposition disarray as I have obviously, judging from your comments, mashed a few corns which was my intention. While I continue to stand... Read more →

Glenn Frey and the Eagles

I know I'm a bit late with this, but the world has lost another great singer/songwriter in Glenn Frey. Admittedly I was never a huge fan of The Eagles, but as this post from 2013 notes, "A couple years back, some friends suggested we go see the Eagles when they... Read more →

Minister of National Security and Commissioner of Police meet with FBI

With the bottom falling out of the economy, everything political and crime, the government deciding to meet with the FBI for ideas on how to tackle the latter, could be a step in the right direction. (see Tribune article here...) Coming after 12 months of carnage (147 murders), most people... Read more →

The Government and the Press

So Prime Minister Perry Christie is now upset with doctors and insurers for going public with their concerns about his Nationalised Health Insurance (NHI). Let me get this straight, the political class call press conferences on a whim to get their views across, but the citizens can't? Citizens must come... Read more →

Enterprise Florida: Detailing trade with The Bahamas

A friend asked the other day if I could remember the total trade done with Florida by people/businesses in The Bahamas. For some reason one billion dollars came to mind, so I went back to the trusty Enterprise Florida web site to confirm. Sure enough, in 2014, the latest data... Read more →

Ombudsman Needed To Guard Rights Of Citizens

by Adrian Gibson Rather than going into the political abyss, Prime Minister Perry Christie decided to take a trip to Jamaica to pretend for the international community that his government is the prototype of progressive, forward-thinking and good governance. Mr Christie gave the keynote address at the official opening of... Read more →

An Opposition in disarray

Dear Editor, FNM Chairman Michael Pintard says he expects that the party will hold a convention prior to the election but it would be, in all probability, a nonvoting event in which none of the party’s executive positions would be open to challenge. This statement typifies the turmoil that the... Read more →

PM Christie has created a utopia

If you haven’t read Prime Minister Christie’s remarks at Jamaica Stock Exchange's Investments & Capital Markets Conference I encourage you to do so here… Before you begin, pour yourself a tall cool drink as you will need it to cool down as your blood boils. The one thing it confirms... Read more →