Americans' investment report daming of national affairs
LET’S be real, the US State Department’s 2014 Investment Report on the Bahamas is damning, condemnatory and a downright indictment of the state of affairs in this country.
The Bahamians who went to war
ONE hundred years ago last Saturday, the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist struggling for independence.
Death threats commotion raises concerns in FNM ranks
THIS week, I found it interesting that high-level figures within the Free National Movement had received death threats since March but no one had bothered to inform the public or, for that matter, make such a stink about it that the police would have felt compelled to address these matters with urgency and as a matter of public record.
Welcome to the land of do-as-you-please
“We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” — Leona Helmsley
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No one is above the law, no matter their political persuasion
BASED on the amount of tax dodging we have seen recently it appears that only the poor, the unfortunate and – in some cases – the middle class, are saddled with paying much needed taxes, which would go a long way towards settling the country’s skyrocketing debt and underwriting capital works and essential services.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Nation at a fiscal crossroads
Today, is my first column back after a brief sabbatical and one notes that so much has transpired over that time. As I get back into the flow of things, I intend to assess a few of the issues that jump out at me and continue to do so as usual.
Caricom: A light not yet fully turned on
DR Franklin Johnston, a strategist, project manager and advisor to the Jamaica Minister of Education, wrote a column in the Jamaica Observer of May 30 in which he basically contended that the Caribbean Common Market and Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) are the constructs of “Anglophone black people” and not in the interest of Jamaica.
TOUGH CALL: A Bahamian in Normandy
As we eased along the peaceful wooded lanes in Alan Wilson’s green Bentley, it was hard to believe that one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War lay just around the corner.
TOUGH CALL: Cultural heritage at heart of concerns at Abaco site
TREASURE CAY, Abaco — During a visit to the purported site of Abaco’s first loyalist settlement last week, Antiquities Corporation chief Dr Keith Tinker and senior archaeologist Dr Michael Pateman retrieved cultural remains for analysis and talked about organising an archaeological survey this summer.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Opposition speaks loudly, but do they carry a big stick?
I BEGIN by noting that my column will not be appearing over the next two weeks as I will be dealing with some very important matters that require my full attention. This column will return in three weeks.
Small states in danger of losing a strong advocate
THE 53-nation Commonwealth association is an important instrument for the promotion of the interests of small states, including those in the Caribbean.
TOUGH CALL: The Bahamian economy
IT IS difficult for a layman like me to figure out how this struggling $8bn economy can withstand all that is coming down the pike – without a substantive improvement in governance and political collaboration, which doesn’t appear to be in the cards.
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IT IS difficult for a layman like me to figure out how this struggling $8bn economy can withstand all that is coming down the pike – without a substantive improvement in governance and political collaboration, which doesn’t appear to be in the cards.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Questions over search of F.N.M. Chairman home
Forget politics. Forget all that petty stuff about PLP, FNM and DNA and all the gratuitously political you say and I say that preoccupy the minds of so many local politicians seeking to score cheap political brownie points. The heavy-handedness that reportedly accompanied the search and seizure of FNM chairman Darron Cash’s Cable Beach home ought to give Bahamians pause.
