Capital punishment
On the books, legal BUT….since the last hanging 2000 - David Mitchell, when there was a double hanging under the Ingraham Government, the Crown has not been able to win– if you have to use a descriptive word – a Privy Council approval to carry out hanging – 21 years.
Empty paper bags?
IT’S been almost two months since the elevation of the Most Hon Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, QC, MP, as Prime Minister of our wonderful nation. The shock waves of this are still vibrating among those within the opposition and many so-called elites. Brave, in their unadulterated view was not prime ministerial material, whatever that is supposed to mean. Indeed, there were/are many within the PLP who never supported him or believed that he could stand in the political gap on behalf of the people of The Bahamas. Well, he is now doing it with aplomb and focused intensity.
Christopher Columbus of 1492; friend or foe?
An online petition started in 2020 rallied support to have Columbus statue removed from Government House captured more than 15,000 signatures.
The FNM troika and the Bahamian moral majority
Reading The Nassau Guardian heading of a news report about Central Grand Bahama MP Iram Lewis’ claims about God calling him to lead the Free National Movement (FNM) brought to mind Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson making similar claims about being divinely called to lead the Republican Party and the United States in 1987.
The Health Services Rules 2021
The PLP has issued the Health Services (COVID-19) Rules 2021, which should be read and construed in conjunction with one another and are alleged to amend section 29 of the Health Services Act to declare a pandemic of COVID-19 (i.e. a state of emergency) in The Bahamas.
Downgrades are a blessing in disguise
There are few problems easier to fix than the fiscal “crisis” facing The Bahamas.
'Every mickle makes a muckle’
“Old time Bahamian, you need to re-educate yourself if you truly believe that a few charcoal burners in the pine barrens produced emissions on the scale of the carbon fueled power plants required to power your modern electrical appliances. You and other old timers, myself included, lived in a paradise compared to how we live now, especially in Nassau.”
Former FNM Cabinet ministers were deprived of $44,000 in salaries
Former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis must now be deeply regretting his decision to call for a general election eight months before it was constitutionally scheduled, with the gradual decrease in COVID-19 infections and the uptick in tourist arrivals in Nassau.
How accurate have the financial statements been?
If The Tribune had a quote of the week, certainly that attributed to MP Kwasi Thompson, MP for East Grand Bahama when he said…paraphrase…we only need to state what we wish to –we don’t state in financial statements everything.
Hoping we choose a sustainable future
I am Promise Russell, and I am a Bahamas Environmental Steward Scholar. This programme aims to train youth like me into becoming the next generation of environmental stewards.
Bahamian men who act like a Pithecanthropus should be treated like one
Academicians at the University of The Bahamas (UB), according to The Nassau Guardian, conducted a poll in which it was discovered that nearly 25 percent of its female participants were raped. This sobering statistic, I believe, is representative of a significant percentage of the overall population.
Addressing critical national problem
The media is currently filled with letters, comments, and opinions in response to the reported recent abuse and death of a four-year-old girl.
A mismanaged opportunity
The conclusion of Dr Minnis’ term as prime minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas came on September 16, 2021.
Were the pirates actually expelled?
As per 47 illegals recently caught in our waters from at least six different countries, may I remind you of the words of the late American President Ronald Reagan, and I quote: "A nation that cannot control its borders ceases to be a nation."
‘Rise Bahamas, Rise!’
Attached is a poem written by me in April 1999, which I submit for publication in memory of our little darling Bella and the call to our national compassion and action: “Rise Bahamas, Rise!”
