What happened to BAL could happen to BTC
WHILE the Swires (Cathay Pacific) group was negotiating with the Bahamas government to take over Bahamas Airways, which was a subsidiary of BOAC, another airline company was being incorporated in the chambers of Lynden Pindling and Kendal Nottage. The date was March 13, 1968.
Bahamas Airways – another PLP milestone
OURS WAS not the only raw nerve touched when Dr Nottage threw out his chest in the House of Assembly on August 8 and boasted: “Every important milestone, historical or otherwise, every important institution, every important liberalisation of personal rights have been ushered in by the Progressive Liberal Party or this government.”
No 100-day victory as many problems loom
DESPITE the PLP’s promises of a better Bahamas at the end of its first 100 days in office, crime continues to dominate the headlines.
Another milestone smashed —vote for women
THE TRIBUNE reported on Tuesday that Attorney General Allyson-Maynard Gibson blamed former prime minister Hubert Ingraham for the failure of the 2002 referendum because it was he – and not her party – that had politicised the issue.
Did Dr Nottage create his alma mater?
“EVERY important milestone, historical or otherwise, every important institution, every important liberalisation of right, personal rights, have been ushered in by the Progressive Liberal Party or this government,” Dr Bernard Nottage reminded House members last week.
PLP claims every important milestone
"EVERY important milestone, historical or otherwise, every important institution, every important liberalisation of right, personal rights, have been ushered in by the Progressive Liberal Party or this government,” Dr Bernard Nottage, Minister of National Security and Government Leader in the House, proudly boasted on the floor of the House on August 8.
Bahamians deserve accounting of payments
IN a discussion in this column on Friday of how this government, instead of reducing expenditure in an attempt to reduce the country’s “unsustainable” national debt, is increasing it by granting unnecessary perks to reflect the status of certain government MPs, we got two separate Moss families confused.
Does status justify extra expenses?
SEVERAL YEARS ago a debate arose when members of the public expressed annoyance at expensive cars being used by government members during the Pindling administration for a certain official function — at the moment we do not recall whether the function was in the Bahamas or in the US.
‘Ask not what your country can do for you …’
ACCORDING to reports filtering into The Tribune’s newsroom, several persons appointed to head government boards and committees by the PLP administration seem unaware of this country’s stressed financial situation. Although the Bahamas is a part of the world, albeit a miniscule and not very important part in the overall scheme of things, the PLP while in opposition and naturally their followers, refused to believe that the Bahamas’ economic downturn was in anyway affected by the world’s economic collapse.
The destructive face of casino gambling
AS A follow up to our comments in this column yesterday a Tribune reader has sent us an interesting article from London’s Daily Mail on the Englishman’s destructive addiction to the roulette machine and Labour’s admission that it made a mistake by relaxing gambling laws thus allowing casinos to flourish.
The devil has had it too long, turn it to good
TO GAMBLE or not to gamble — that is the question. In the Bahamas today it is a question that has already been answered by a large number of Bahamians without need of a referendum.
Beware – take a lesson from Belize
PRIME MINISTER Perry Christie is sticking to his story — his government was elected on May 7 “on the basis that we would move to acquire the majority interest” of Bahamas Telecommunications Company from its new owners, Cable and Wireless.
An investor calls it nationalisation
IT SEEMS that Prime Minister Christie’s plans to move full steam ahead to regain the remaining two per cent of Bahamas Telecommunications Company and return it to government control, will start in August.
Time for Christie to move to other projects
WITH THE Bahamas’ economy in desperate straits – the need to reduce our crippling national debt, get Bahamians back to work, and attract both local and foreign investors – we were surprised that Prime Minister Christie would reveal at an international conference how little his government respects contracts, especially those negotiated by a previous government.
After 10 years delay a referendum is promised
ISN’T it a shame that Prime Minister Perry Christie, who would have us believe that he and his party are primarily interested in people – particularly Bahamian people – has decided to hold a referendum on women’s rights mainly because of growing international concern about this country’s policies on women’s rights.
