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Laing still hounded by the PLP
I HAVE always argued the point that the former Free National Movement (FNM) member of Parliament for Marco City and Minister of State for Finance Senator Zhivargo Laing had become the whipping boy for supporters of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) during the tenure of the former Ingraham administration.
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23 more homes to be demolished
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said his ministry spearheaded the demolition of 23 illegal structures in The Farm shanty town in Abaco last week, with some 20 more structures targeted for demolition this week.
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‘SECRET PAYMENTS’ TO FORCE SARKIS OUT: Claim Baha Mar contractor gave money to government officials and their associates
Sarkis Izmirlian is alleging that Baha Mar’s contractor make secret payments to unnamed “government officials, their family and associates” as part of a scheme to force him out from the multi-billion dollar development.
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WORLD VIEW – The Caribbean: Confronting its demons
Had the meeting of CARICOM governments on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) been the only event affecting the Caribbean in the first week of December, it would have been a week to celebrate. But, it was also a week when global emissions of carbon dioxide reached such high levels that the future of Caribbean countries is now almost irreversibly endangered.
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Atlantis and its sudden concerns
It is with great interest and mostly baffled as I read in the daily newspapers about the various articles penned by Atlantis president and managing director Audrey Oswell that were published in protest of Royal Caribbean International (RCI) Royal Beach Club proposed to be developed on the western side of Paradise Island. As we all know by now that RCI was given Government approval pending environment impact assessment reports to go forward with its $100m project.
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History not subject to our feelings
Each February is Black History Month in the United States. This is the month Americans reflect on the significant contributions of African Americans and the struggle for equality, from the Civil War era to the civil rights movement in the twentieth century.
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$20m complex named after Cornelius A Smith
FREEPORT - The new $20 million government complex was named in honor of Cornelius A Smith and was opened by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
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US advisory on crime ‘wrong’
THE United States Embassy is “wrong” and the assertions made in their latest crime advisory regarding The Bahamas are “not true,” National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage insisted yesterday, a day after the US released a security message urging its citizens and visitors in Nassau and Paradise Island to exercise heightened personal security awareness.
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DR IAN BETHELL-BENNETT: A time to speak – Trumpism in the Bahamas
IF it is the case that the Bahamas feels the influence of Donald Trump and that many Bahamians hold similar views to his, we need to speak to our boys.
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Concerns over the witness protection programme
THE brutal slayings of 53-year-old Nora Johnson and her son, 24-year-old Dario Dean must have rattled the nerves of many Bahamians who have been witnesses of serious crimes, such as murder.
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Gendered norms without updated expectations and skills
MANY Bahamians argue that men must be men; they must earn more than their wives or partners, they must be educated and they must be good providers.
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QC blasts Sarkis for ‘obstruction’
A well-known QC last night accused Sarkis Izmirlian of mounting “a last ditch effort to obstruct” the potential resolution of the $3.5 billion Baha Mar impasse.
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Nygard Cay's 'paradigm shift' in Town Planning
A well-known QC yesterday expressed hope that “a paradigm shift in Town Planning” had occurred, after the Government announced a 21-day consultation period over Nygard Cay’s proposed redevelopment.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: The lighter side of soppy
VALENTINE’S Day came and went. Did you notice? No, neither did we. It was probably because it was on a Monday and a Monday that followed the Super Bowl no less. I mean, how much excitement can one body handle?
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A COMIC'S VIEW: BPL in the dark
When Bahamas Power & Light CEO Pamela Hill defended the company’s $1.1m performance bonus under the former Christie administration, I couldn’t control the hysterical fit of laughter, her comments put me under.
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Bahamas ‘No. 1 target’ via Panama-style leak
The Bahamas yesterday became the world’s ‘number one target’ among international financial centres (IFCs), after it fell victim to a Panama Papers-style leak of 1.3 million documents.
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Foreign policy based on cult of personality
The A-list columnist Philip Galanis posited an interesting take on the geopolitical machinations by the US and China to achieve hegemony in the Caribbean.
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STATESIDE: To Rush Limbaugh it was all so simple - most Americans just don’t like the Left and Democrats
Rush Limbaugh died last week. A defiant cigar smoker, he died at the age 70 from lung cancer.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: The mystery of the missing medical test
THERE must be a million medical tests out there. You can check your blood type, heart rate, hearing loss, even your vestibular, whatever that is.
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Corporate tax paper 'setting foundation' to broaden base
A prominent banker yesterday asserted it was no accident that the Government released its corporate income tax 'green paper' just days before the Budget, adding: "It needs to increase its revenue base."
