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The Bahamian Court system - time is short, very short.

Sidney Sweeting, DDS On March 21, 2011 I posted a blog on the circus at Harbour Island, which some call the court, which postpones case after case, adnauseum - one case from Spanish Wells has ben going on for three years. I was referring to a particular case which has... Read more →

Remembering our Bahamian heroes

Sidney Sweeting, DDS On May 12, 2011 Rick Lowe wrote an eloquent tribute to a great Bahamian, Jackson Burnside, who passed away on May 11, 2011 and to quote from that article "he leaves a legacy that will not be surpassed." It has been suggested from some quarters that, as... Read more →

The Montagu Ramp - a ticking time bomb

Sidney Sweeting, DDS It is a truism that hindsight is always better than foresight and when Mr.Purcell Pinder started, many years ago, selling fish from the ramp at the Montagu foreshore, someone should have put a stop to it and insist that it be sold at a proper venue but... Read more →

Justice delayed is justice denied

Sidney Sweeting, DDS While all Bahamians will agree that the Bahamian judiciary is in serious need of repair, I personally believe that the court system in Harbour Island could serve as the "poster boy" for all that is wrong in the judiciary. Law schools could send students to sit in... Read more →

The Bahamas: We share a group of islands, but not a country

Sidney Sweeting, DDS I have paraphrased a part of the statement made by President George W.Bush at his inauguration on January 20, 2001, when he stated "Sometimes our differences run so deep it seems we share a continent, but not a country. We do not accept this and we will... Read more →

Who's on first?

Sidney Sweeting, DDS In the late 1930's the famous comedy duo, Abbot and Costello, did a comedy skit about baseball in which the players had odd names such as "Who's" (name of player) on first, "What's" on 2nd and "I don't know" is on third. I have been reminded of... Read more →

Read my lips - Blame the courts, not the police

Sidney Sweeting,DDS The main topic of conversation in the Bahamas is the rampant crime. It is unusual to meet someone who has not been assaulted, had a break-in at home, something stolen or know of someone who has been a victim of crime. What I find puzzling is the number... Read more →

Nassau, where nothing should surprise us

Sidney Sweeting, DDS I went out with a friend for lunch yesterday and we got caught in a class one traffic jam after turning on to Shirley Street from Kemp Road. The traffic was moving at a snails pace. We were patient, assuming that there had been an emergency somewhere... Read more →

Is there too much "goon squad" mentality with some police?

Sidney Sweeting, DDS The recent beating of a woman who was conducting a segway tour on Prince George dock was very disturbing and has a lot of Bahamians wondering what kind of people are being recruited to "serve and protect us." It has been reported that police officials will immediately... Read more →

When government is the problem, not the solution

S.T. Sweeting, DDS The secretary of the Pharmaceutical Council has been calliing physicians and dentists to make sure they know of the provisions of the new Act which will become law in January 2011. I was informed that we will then be alllowed to give patients only those pills of... Read more →