Crucial times for the conch
FIVE centuries ago, the Amerindian inhabitants of the Bahamas lived in a completely different world from the one we know today.
Can you keep up?
During the past 12 months, how many homes have you personally sold? Ten, 15, 20? How did you attract the buyers? Which marketing techniques were most effective? What factors have occurred to affect the selling price?
Cuba decisions rooted in politics, not principle
US President Barack Obama vetoed Cuba's attendance at this month's Summit of the Americas in Colombia for domestic political reasons. He was not alone in applying domestic considera
On the campaign trail in Nassau Village
WHEN I turned up for the interview at the Nassau Village Constituency Office of Free National Movement candidate (FNM) Basil J Moss, I was surprised to find a shell of an office, with no furniture, no electricity
Historic document opens a window onto the past
A "DELIGHTFUL DOCUMENT" published by the Bahamas Historical Society in 1968 opened a fascinating window on a long-lost age. Other than history buffs, few are familiar with this publication today, but it offers a refreshing alternative to the bilious political circuses we have to put up with now.
Woman power at the polls
IN THE 50th year of women's suffrage, Bahamian women will hold the power at the polls.
Getting the relationship right with China
CHINA'S presence in the Caribbean is becoming a matter of increasing debate if not concern as more Chinese businesses open in Caribbean towns and villages crowding out locals, and Chinese-funded projects import a majority of Chinese workers at a time of high unemployment in Caribbean countries.
Overcoming the party allegiance
I STARTED this campaign cycle annoyed by the fact that Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham's faces were plastered all over my constituency, considering I live far from North Abaco and far from Centreville, where these men, both leaders of their respective political parties, are offering themselves as candidates in the May 7 general election.
Postcards from the new-improved Nassau
Several years ago in this space, I offered this charming description of the city of Nassau... For over 20 years private sector leaders have been seeking to persuade successive governments t
Ambassador's case adds to racism concern
IT SEEMS that institutional racial profiling continues to be a massive problem in the United States notwithstanding that the country has an African-American President, several African-American Congressmen and Mayors of Cities, and accomplished African-Americans in the media and in corporate America.
Legalise the lottery now and we can all be winners
ON FEBRUARY 24, this column called for the legalising of the lottery and numbers business.
FNM still playing the dating game over naming day of the election
FNM still playing the dating game over naming day of the election THE decision to call a general election is made by the prime minister, who advises the governor-general (who represents the monarch) to dissolve parliament. This gives the governing party
Where are businesses in Caribbean business?
Where are businesses in Caribbean business? By Sir Ronald Sanders THE countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), with the exception of Guyana and Suriname, are each experiencing severe decline in their economies. The small Leeward
The best of the FNM cabinet
IN this increasingly hyper-partisan and thorny political environment—in the face of a general election—I decided to rate the FNM’s best and worst ministers from 2007 to 2012, measuring the ministerial performances of each and rating them on a scale from one to five. Last week’s YMV column listed the one-star, bottom-tier ministers who I felt had mismanaged the sky-high expectations of the Bahamian people.
Disdain for Mr 'Squeaker'
WHAT is it about Speakers of the House that makes them so pompous? First, there was Alvin Braynen of the Bahamas House of Assembly. Now there is John Bercow of the British House of Commons. JOHN MARQUIS reports...
