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POLITICAL POLICE UNIT? BRING IT ON.
By PACO NUNEZ Tribune news editor IT is generally accepted that the use of law enforcement to intimidate or suppress political rivals is the sign of an authoritarian government. Talk of secret police units invokes sinister nightmares from the past - the
Montagu foreshore earns praise for government
IT'S not often that professional critics like Tough Call feel the need to offer kudos to those in office. After all, they can draw on the multiple resources of the state (including a $2.5 million-a-year "information service") to stroke themselves. And hop
Montagu foreshore earns praise for government
IT'S not often that professional critics like Tough Call feel the need to offer kudos to those in office. After all, they can draw on the multiple resources of the state (including a $2.5 million-a-year "information service") to stroke themselves. And hop
Montagu foreshore earns praise for government
IT'S not often that professional critics like Tough Call feel the need to offer kudos to those in office. After all, they can draw on the multiple resources of the state (including a $2.5 million-a-year "information service") to stroke themselves. And hop
Absolutely no apology necessary
EDITOR, The Tribune. Minister Tommy Turnquest wants an apology from an Australian journalist. His Australian documentary, now showing on YouTube, presents the Bahamas as a country "under siege by crime and violence". Mr Turnquest wants an apology? Excuse
Absolutely no apology necessary
EDITOR, The Tribune. Minister Tommy Turnquest wants an apology from an Australian journalist. His Australian documentary, now showing on YouTube, presents the Bahamas as a country "under siege by crime and violence". Mr Turnquest wants an apology? Excuse
The audacity of greed
EDITOR, The Tribune. Did my eyes deceive me or did I really see the headline "PLP Hopeful Backs Oil Exploration" in Thursday's paper? Does Leslie Miller really think we have forgotten about his dubious trail of misdeeds when it comes to energy in The Bah
Of women and Shakespeare
Of women and Shakespeare By LARRY SMITH IT WAS not so long ago that women had few rights in western society. And even today, long after slavery was abolished in most of the world, many countries still treat women like chattel - a term that refers to mov
Euro, rich-poor gap proved key at Davos
Euro, rich-poor gap proved key at Davos Europe's crippling debt crisis dominated the world's foremost gathering of business and political leaders, but for the first time the growing inequality between the planet's haves and have-nots became an issue, tha
America wrestling with changing notions of race
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million - at least 1 in 14 - went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," "Haitian," "Mexican" and "mu
Bishop: Demons loose in country
Bishop: Demons loose in country By LAMECH JOHNSON and SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporters sbrown@tribunemedia.net THREE demons are holding the Bahamas hostage and can only be exorcised with prayer, Bishop Neil Ellis, of Mount Tabor Full Gospel Bapti
Obama faces host of election-year constraints
Obama faces host of election-year constraints Missile defence isn't the only area in which President Barack Obama will have "more flexibility" if he's re-elected. Immigration, the Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, gay marriage, tax policy and other issues co
The destruction of Jumbey village
The destruction of Jumbey village "NO, I can't believe it - that can't be true!" This was Coconut Grove MP's Ed Moxey's shocked reply in May 1974 when a news reporter called to ask what he thought of a report that government had planned to build a repli
Politics and lent can't mix
Politics and lent can't mix EDITOR, The Tribune. I was most disappointed to read in the papers that Fr Sebastian Campbell has criticised politicians for having political rallies during the season of Lent. I was also most distressed at the language used
Politics and lent can't mix
Politics and lent can't mix EDITOR, The Tribune. I was most disappointed to read in the papers that Fr Sebastian Campbell has criticised politicians for having political rallies during the season of Lent. I was also most distressed at the language used
Politics and lent can't mix
Politics and lent can't mix EDITOR, The Tribune. I was most disappointed to read in the papers that Fr Sebastian Campbell has criticised politicians for having political rallies during the season of Lent. I was also most distressed at the language used
Survivor of the Holocaust tells how Schindler saved her life
Survivor of the Holocaust tells how Schindler saved her life During the entire period in which we worked for Director Schindler, he did everything possible to save the lives of the greatest possible number of Jews, in spite of the tremendous difficulties
The morning after
EDITOR, The Tribune. Congratulations are in order. The Bahamian people swallowed the PLP's message hook, line and sinker. They said in no uncertain terms that they did not want the FNM, and that they trust the PLP to be in charge of their affairs for the
Wake up and take back your country
Wake up and take back your country Editor, The Tribune. Sometime before Christmas, a map showing the proposed new boundaries was published which showed drastic changes in the constituency boundaries. I called it gerrymandering at its worst, a blow to th
Threats from the political class
EDITOR, The Tribune. Governments arose as a means of keeping the power of monarchs in check and it's disappointing to read the comments associated with some of the Ministers of the new PLP regime. With all the problems facing the country threats to the p
