INSIGHT: Rescued Bahamian turns out to be a Cocaine Cowboy
THE circumstances surrounding suspected drugs kingpin Jonathan Eric Gardiner’s arrest last Friday reads like something from the pages of a John Grisham thriller, with a bizarre stroke of luck for United States law enforcement authorities leading to his detention after a covert operation spanning at least three years.
The day Gardiner’s life - along with the plane on which he was a passenger - came crashing down
When Jonathan ‘Player’ Gardiner left Nassau on the now infamous election day charter flight early on the morning of May 12 – to do whatever it was he was tasked with doing that day - the last place on earth the big-time drug kingpin would have wanted to end up was in the United States of America.
Lamborghini and $1.4 million mansion: Alleged drug leader’s life of luxury
THE alleged head of a US drug trafficking organisation accused of importing cocaine through The Bahamas with the assistance of Jonathan ‘Player’ Gardiner was living a life of luxury 30 miles outside Atlanta, Georgia, until his arrest on suspected drug trafficking charges two years ago.
Fight, negotiate or co-operate: What's next for 'Player' Gardiner?
As Jonathan Gardiner sits in his New York jail cell contemplating his future, there appear to be a limited number of options open for the already convicted cocaine trafficker widely known as ‘Player.’
The KDK Report: A reason to smile . . .
ON THE flats of Exuma, where the turquoise waters blur seamlessly into the blue sky, you may be fortunate enough to meet a man whose smile is as warm as the Bahamian sun.
KDK REPORT: Questions we leave behind
TOGETHER over the past few weeks, our nation has grieved.
Vell muddasick! Plenty development, plenty promises... but who ya ask?
THE cost of unchecked development is measured long after the groundbreakings end and the ribbons are cut. Successive governments have promised development, yet few have asked the people who must ultimately live with its consequences.
INSIGHT: My trip to China - An amazing past and promising future
AS the saying goes, every country must chart its own path to development — for better or for worse. Along that path are hills and valleys, victories and losses, and moments that can either make or break a nation.
WORLD VIEW: The Caribbean “too rich for help”?
ON 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance, and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distan
THE KDK REPORT: The brave new world of health technology
WE often ignore what our bodies are telling us. We blame the bags under our eyes on a busy week, dismiss changes in how often we pass urine, and convince ourselves that the discomfort in our chest is merely heartburn.
