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Convention Is A Watershed Moment For The FNM

Editor's Note: Mrs. Butler-Turner and Dr. Sands withdrew their candidacy and Dr. Minnis and Mr. Turnquest remain as leader and deputy leader of the FNM respectively. Friday night’s vote at the Free National Movement’s (FNM) convention will likely be a watershed moment in the party’s history. The convention, which began... Read more →

A Lament For Long Island

by Adrian Gibson Long Island is in desperate need of governmental assistance and year-round economic stimulus but, unfortunately, its economy has stalled. Before last October’s Hurricane Joaquin disrupted the way of life of Long Islanders and caused the island to suffer an infrastructural setback that it has yet to recover... Read more →

Terence Corcoran: Don't be bamboozled, Brexit creates huge opportunities for the U.K.

The immediate market and political shock reactions to the thin-margin Brexit referendum result should not be taken as portents of coming cataclysm. The Leave vote may stagger the British pound, rock some global stock exchanges, topple a prime minister and depose a pro-EU leftist crank from the leadership of the... Read more →

Currency Devaluation fears

The recent conversation over devaluation fears between Mr. Robert Myers and Mr. Gowon Bowe is intriguing. What is even more interesting is they are both right. Mr. Myers is correct in the sense that if the government does not start to reform its fiscal mess we will not be able... Read more →

Tax Compliance Certificate Nightmare and a Chamber Missing in Action

Mr. Branville McCartney is the latest in a long line of business people that has felt the sting of the governments insensitive over regulation where presenting a Tax Compliance Certificate (TCC) in order to get paid for services already rendered or under the terms of a contract that are being... Read more →

“Two Conventions: Conventional wisdom hard to find at home and abroad”

by Richard Coulson First published in The Tribune Insight and posted here with the kind permission of the author. Last week the US Republicans (GOP, or “Grand Old Party”) held their convention in Ohio, and this week our Free National Movement (FNM) will hold theirs here in Nassau. The two... Read more →

Book Review: In Defense of Global Capitalism, by Johan Norberg

Note: Frustration with the modern day “interpretation” of Capitalism has made me start to re-read Johan Norberg’s In Defense of Global Capitalism and thought our readers might be interested in this review by Professor Donald Boudreaux. Hope you enjoy this review and will purchase the book. In Defense of Global... Read more →

Christopher Buckley on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Watching this fabulous Uncommon Knowledge interview with Christopher Buckley recently it set the mind wondering about the upcoming US elections and their choice of candidates for the GOP and the DNC. Oddly enough, Mr. Buckley has opined in his elegant prose on both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump. In a... Read more →

Mr Christie and other PLP Conundrums

by Adrian Gibson Based on the Prime Minister’s comments this week, it appears that the post-Perry Christie era within the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will be interminably delayed. It is clear that Mr Christie has designs on dying in office of old age and/or stress related complications. According to Mr... Read more →

Sit small, shut up, but send the cheque

Dear Editor WeblogBahamas, After “chequing” out Sideburns cartoon in this morning’s Guardian and having recently read other less than flattering remarks made about Mr. Symonette in various media by both PLPs and FNMs, the stark reality is that many black Bahamians even after almost fifty years of majority rule, still... Read more →