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The struggle for a free press in the Bahamas
The struggle for a free press in the Bahamas TRIBUNE staff are probably wondering today why we devoted a whole page to mark World Press Freedom day with a general election only two more publishing days away and every inch of space needed for election new
Strike that stirred the nation
LAST Friday marked the 54th anniversary of the 1958 general strike, one of the seminal events of the modern Bahamas. On January 13 of that year, hundreds of public and private sector workers walked off their jobs, shutting down New Providence for almost t
Housing and the Recession
Opinion By RALPH MASSEY IN late January, the author spoke briefly at a conference in the Bahamas honouring the work of the late Milton Friedman, the monetarist and Nobel Laureate. Those comments: * Summarised Friedman's monumental work from the late 194
Unionists now agitating at BTC
Unionists now agitating at BTC IN FEBRUARY, Bahamas Telecommunications Company told Tribune Business that it was ahead of its operating projections for 2012 because its new owners -- Cable and Wireless Communications -- had generated cost savings faster in
Housing and the Recession
Opinion By RALPH MASSEY IN late January, the author spoke briefly at a conference in the Bahamas honouring the work of the late Milton Friedman, the monetarist and Nobel Laureate. Those comments: * Summarised Friedman's monumental work from the late 194
Unionists now agitating at BTC
Unionists now agitating at BTC IN FEBRUARY, Bahamas Telecommunications Company told Tribune Business that it was ahead of its operating projections for 2012 because its new owners -- Cable and Wireless Communications -- had generated cost savings faster in
Housing and the Recession
Opinion By RALPH MASSEY IN late January, the author spoke briefly at a conference in the Bahamas honouring the work of the late Milton Friedman, the monetarist and Nobel Laureate. Those comments: * Summarised Friedman's monumental work from the late 194
Bahamas learns from Caymanos
GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the
Bahamas learns from Caymanos
GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the
Bahamas learns from Caymanos
GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the
Bahamas learns from Caymanos
GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the
Bahamas learns from Caymanos
GEORGE TOWN, the Cayman Islands - the political status of this tiny British Overseas Territory south of Cuba, which enjoys one of the world's highest standards of living, has been described by local intellectuals as "voluntary colonialism". As late as the
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
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
Freedom of information needs the right choice
LAST October, the government introduced an historic Freedom of Information law to Parliament - fulfilling a key election pledge. This law is expected to be debated in the next few days. Some have called the proposed legislation weak, arguing that it defer
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
How and why the Haitian problem grew
How and why the Haitian problem grew WE have always had Haitians in the Bahamas. Like all Bahamians they came by different routes. Peaceful citizens, they were fully embraced by the locals, and many of them made outstanding contributions to their new cou
Oil's well that ends well
By Sir Ronald Sanders OIL wells off the coast of South America's only English-speaking country, Guyana, are now being drilled in earnest. Already Guyana's economy is benefitting from millions of dollars being pumped by two companies into their operations
