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Coming home to find house has a new number
EDITOR, The Tribune. The stupidity or lack of common sense displayed by some of those who govern us never ceases to amaze me. Yesterday, I received a notice from the Ministry of Works and Transport that they were engaging in a house numbering exercise in
Slow down and live
EDITOR, The Tribune. The commissioner of police recently presented his yearly report to the press. The report stated that there have been 276 traffic fatalities in the Bahamas over the last six years. This is an average of 46 fatalities per year. This is
Slow down and live
EDITOR, The Tribune. The commissioner of police recently presented his yearly report to the press. The report stated that there have been 276 traffic fatalities in the Bahamas over the last six years. This is an average of 46 fatalities per year. This is
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm THERE WAS excitement in Grand Bahama when in a jocular remark -- which translated meant that the PLP's election promises will happen "when chickens grow teeth!" - Prime Minister Ingraham remarked: "Down in West End Mr S
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm THERE WAS excitement in Grand Bahama when in a jocular remark -- which translated meant that the PLP's election promises will happen "when chickens grow teeth!" - Prime Minister Ingraham remarked: "Down in West End Mr S
Quo Vadis
EDITOR, The Tribune. In another missive (Tribune, March 22), Mr Dupuch suggests we take our country back. He does not tell us how to do that, or what/who we are taking back from or even what do with it if we figure out the hows, whys and what fors. He al
Quo Vadis
EDITOR, The Tribune. In another missive (Tribune, March 22), Mr Dupuch suggests we take our country back. He does not tell us how to do that, or what/who we are taking back from or even what do with it if we figure out the hows, whys and what fors. He al
Quo Vadis
EDITOR, The Tribune. In another missive (Tribune, March 22), Mr Dupuch suggests we take our country back. He does not tell us how to do that, or what/who we are taking back from or even what do with it if we figure out the hows, whys and what fors. He al
Quo Vadis
EDITOR, The Tribune. In another missive (Tribune, March 22), Mr Dupuch suggests we take our country back. He does not tell us how to do that, or what/who we are taking back from or even what do with it if we figure out the hows, whys and what fors. He al
Quo Vadis
EDITOR, The Tribune. In another missive (Tribune, March 22), Mr Dupuch suggests we take our country back. He does not tell us how to do that, or what/who we are taking back from or even what do with it if we figure out the hows, whys and what fors. He al
Let's talk about Arawak, why not Clifton?
Let's talk about Arawak, why not Clifton? "LET'S TALK about the new container port at Arawak Cay," was Opposition leader Perry Christie's invitation to his supporters at Clifford Park Friday night. In this column today, we shall take Mr Christie up on hi
Britons cry for return of death penalty
Britons cry for return of death penalty WHILE the Bahamas government, in an attempt to crack down on crime, this year made life sentences for murder mean just that -- "the remaining years of a convicted person's life" - there was an uproar in England when
Airport issues must be addressed
THIS TIME, next week a new Government of the Bahamas will have been elected.
Women's struggles in the Bahamas
Women's struggles in the Bahamas By JANET BOSTWICK IN the general elections in the Colony of The Bahama Islands in 1949, Mr Rufus Ingraham, the Member of Parliament for Inagua for two years, lost his bid to be re-elected. His wife, Mrs Mary Ingraham, t
Why the hold-up in turning college into a university?
RECENTLY, I caught the tail-end of a polite rant on JCN-TV by College of the Bahamas professor Nicollette Bethel. She was lamenting the fact that the College's move towards university status has stalled, threatening dire consequences for the future of the
Why the hold-up in turning college into a university?
RECENTLY, I caught the tail-end of a polite rant on JCN-TV by College of the Bahamas professor Nicollette Bethel. She was lamenting the fact that the College's move towards university status has stalled, threatening dire consequences for the future of the
Why the hold-up in turning college into a university?
RECENTLY, I caught the tail-end of a polite rant on JCN-TV by College of the Bahamas professor Nicollette Bethel. She was lamenting the fact that the College's move towards university status has stalled, threatening dire consequences for the future of the
Greek austerity meeting postponed again
Greek austerity meeting postponed again Greece's prime minister negotiated late into the night Tuesday with the country's international creditors, finalizing a proposal for new austerity measures to avoid a disastrous bankruptcy. Prime Minister Lucas Pap
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
Will Greece decide the fate of the Bahamas?
Will Greece decide the fate of the Bahamas? "Like frogs we have settled on the shores of this sea," wrote Plato in describing the early beginnings of ancient Greece and its people who inhabited the shores of the Aegean Sea and over the centuries exported
