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Car Theft Rings in The Bahamas and a Market for Stolen Parts!

by Jerome Pinder The following headline appeared in The Tribune on the 26th April 2010: "Man turns himself in after seizure of vehicle parts." According to the report the police searched a house and found doors, windshields, head lights, air conditioning units, fenders, rims, bumpers, etc...... It seems the main... Read more →

Child Abuse in The Bahamas and around the World!

by Jerome Pinder A recent Tribune article entitled "Man charged with abusing young boys" reported that a 36 year old man was arraigned before the courts for abusing four young boys. The man was charged with having sex with the four youngsters who are between the ages and 2 and... Read more →

Peter Schiff on "The Fed’s Last Hurrah"

An interesting Article by Peter Schiff, and most fitting given the potential expansion of Government in The Bahamas: During the 1990s, inflationary Federal Reserve policy fueled a tech stock bubble. When that bubble burst, the Fed inflated a larger one in real estate. Now that the real estate bubble has... Read more →

First Annual Policing Plan for The Bahamas!

by Jerome Pinder The Tribune's Headline on Saturday April 17th read "Alleged home invader turned in by mother." This individual is alleged to have been involved in a number of home invasions in the eastern area of the island. His mother is to be commended for her brave actions in... Read more →

Are we asleep at the wheel in The Bahamas?

by Jerome Pinder While overshadowed by other recent, pressing news, crime still continues to haunt our daily lives. Reports of stabbings, robberies, and murder still consume the daily news. I was relieved to hear from our Minister of National Security today when he spoke to the media about the Defence... Read more →

What Ever Happened to Rewards for Responsible Behavior?

by Jerome Pinder In the Bahamas Edition of the USA Today there is a front page article entitled "BofA will cut loan balances." The goal of this program is to reduce home foreclosures. BofA will consider reducing the principal balance on loans up to 30% for 45,000 customers. The borrowers... Read more →

Penalties for Illegal Gun Possession in the Bahamas!

by Jerome Pinder Recently Mr. Paul Thompson Sr. had a letter to the Editor of the Tribune entitled "Media can do more on crime prevention education." For the most part I agree with Mr. Thompson and I certainly support the Royal Bahamas Police Force. However, Mr. Thompson had this to... Read more →

Nassau Tribune's Article: "Faulty Signs Set For Repair"

by Jerome Pinder In the Tribune on March 17th, the Ministry of Works was making a grand announcement about a current project to repair street signs and street lights, which should be completed in six months. While this effort is long overdue, the Ministry of Works should be embarrassed to... Read more →

The Great Credit Squeeze by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.

An interesting article by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. If you think that the sovereign debt crisis is mostly behind us … that America’s federal deficit is turning into a non-issue … or that we can just go back to business as usual … you’d better consider the drama now unfolding... Read more →

A message to Mr. Philip Turner, Controller of Road Traffic for the Bahamas

by Jerome Pinder For years, a constant cry of the Bahamian People has been the poor and inefficient service of our Government Departments and Agencies. We have all experienced the sour attitudes, chatting on the phone, slow service, eating chicken in the bag, the sense of entitlement in having a... Read more →