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Motorists need warning signs

Sir, Just want to put a word of thanks out to our glorious Ministry of Works for their tireless work to make our lives as motorists that much easier …. I DON’T THINK!!! I have just attempted to use one of the most heavily trafficked thoroughfares on New Providence, John... Read more →

Pintard does the honourable thing and resigns

Mr. Michael Pintard resigned as Chairman of the FNM yesterday in the face of the Nygard/Bacon controversy. This is the honourable thing for him to do considering his “involvement in the increasingly complicated and dark saga”. Will we see any resignations by government actors? At least the FNM can move... Read more →

Alan Doyle & The Beautiful Gypsies, live in concert in Freeport, Thursday, March 24, 2016

Visit Alan Doyle's web site here... We got to see Alan Doyle & The Beautiful Gypsies in Canso Nova Scotia last summer at Stanfest and believe me Grand Bahama, you are in for a special treat. Check out Alan's great song 1,2,3,4 below. Read more →

Alfred Gray exposes Parliament's “Achilles Heel”

Last week, in the wake of what could be the biggest governmental scandal to ever reach the press in this country, MICAL MP (PLP) V. Alfred Gray countered by suggesting some MPs are collecting $2,500 a month from the public purse to maintain a headquarters and Constituency offices and might... Read more →

Who killed murder?

Andrew Taylor, a detective writer, provides an interesting insight into the decline of murder and robbery worldwide for The Spectator. Here's a quote: "Prosperity is often fingered as the prime suspect, the idea being that the economic boom of the 1990s suppressed many of the conditions in which crime flourishes.... Read more →

VAT and the Environmental Levy

Sir, I notice everyone and his wife bitches and moans about that God forsaken Very Awful Tax and yet nobody, but nobody, makes any comment about that other taxation disaster this PLP government inflicted upon us almost within minutes of taking the government in 2012, the Environmental Levy. I hesitate... Read more →

Nygard’s boorish disrespect demeans Bahamian authority

by Adrian Gibson LAST week’s exposé in court documents and videos of conversations between Peter Nygard and two gangsters, and the references made to high-ranking politicians therein, is a sad indictment of our politics and shady political dealings. What’s more, it demonstrates to the electorate that heard the utterances of... Read more →

Economics of Entrepreneurship Course from FEE.org

Discover the link between entrepreneurship, personal character, and free markets: 40 ready-to-go lessons are ideal for enrichment or as an elective course Comes complete with engaging videos, articles, and interactive activities Teaches the humane and ethical principles of free markets and entrepreneurship Find out more here… Read more →

The Prime Minister, the Government and the Nygard Allegations

My head is reeling from all the revelations about about Peter Nygard and the present Government of The Bahamas. There is no need to regurgitate any of the details here, but I would think the Prime Minister (PM) should consider his character has, at minimum, been defamed. In Parliament the... Read more →

Quick Review of the Draft NHI Bill 2016

The draft NHI Bill again places a tremendous amount of power in the hands of the all knowing Minister as most of The Bahamas legislation does. Here are a few of my quick thoughts. I would be delighted to receive yours. Read the Bill here (pdf)… 7. Powers of Authority... Read more →