Zimbabwe government
It is tearful that in Zimbabwe there is one set of laws and law enforcement agents for those who actively oppose the ZANUPF regime and corruption; and another set of laws and law agents for those who don’t. In essence the rule of law is an alien concept in Zimbabwe. Government of Zimbabwe violates the rights to shelter, food, freedom of movement and residence, freedom of assembly and the protection of the law.
No way to treat people
The longer that we are mired in this pandemic the more our humanity is being stripped away. This was illustrated very clearly when I returned home to Canada in early May. I am sharing this experience because I feel that it is important to understand that while it is easy for visitors and residents to complain about their experiences in travelling to The Bahamas, Bahamian customs officials are like schoolboys in short pants when compared to the draconian methods employed by some Canadian officials.
Book us elsewhere
“Book us Elsewhere” has been the constant hallmark of the past year concerning possible trips to The Bahamas at the travel agencies which I operate in Rochester and Syracuse New York.
No way to bounce back after pandemic
Confusion and uncertainties are the hallmarks of the current entry rules to travel to The Bahamas. They increase daily with the ongoing comments of your Tourism Minister and staff.
Water and Sewerage suppliers
There have been a number of reports in the newspapers about the deteriorating relationship between the Water & Sewerage Corporation and its water suppliers.
Davis is a man for all seasons
Many Bahamians often wonder about my politics. Some say that I am an FNM while others say that I would die the death of a thousand cuts to preserve and promote the Hon Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, QC, (PLP-Cat Island). Whatever my political preference maybe, there are a few members of the House of Assembly, whom I support regardless of party labels.
Issues and ideas
Issue: The Smuggling of Guns of various types into our country. Gun violence exposing the public to grave danger. Government, Public and Law-enforce response.
A young voter
This upcoming election will be the third time that I, as a young Bahamian male, will vote in a general election.
Kelly needs electronic wake-up call
The letter writer Catherine Kelly is usually a “glass half full” sociologist but occasionally she draws back her bow and the arrow lands way off the mark.
Govt’s poor treatment of Bahamians
Please see the list attached of almost a hundred Government employees that Paradise Island Lighthouse & Beach Club have been sent on a merry-go-round in seeking approvals, giving presentations, writing letters, providing a never ending litany of requirements, present to board meetings, asked for meetings, being told “no”, the big Bahamian government run-around and yet foreign investors get the red carpet treatment and a one stop shop at the Office of the Prime Minister!
It has to stop
It has been some months since I have written a letter to the press. However, several articles in yesterday’s newspaper “jook up ma vexation”, so here goes!
I am not my mother’s daughter
I was my mother’s consequence not her daughter. I was the consequence of her intimacy with my father, but I was not her child. The words ‘daughter’ and ‘child’ denote a caring and closeness that is thought to be normal and natural between mother and child. For my mother and I this was not so. Although I came from her, I was foreign to her like an invading pathogen to the body.
The importance of environment protection
The Building Regulations Act, through its Planning Department, sets out the requirements for obtaining a building permit and makes it an offence to commence construction without a building permit. This includes all elements of physical development, from cutting down a tree to building a city. It includes operating a home office to a theme park.
Debate about debates
I hear all kinds of noise about debates between political leaders in the country. Once again, much of it is “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”. UB Professor Nicolette Bethel has now weighed in with her two cents.
Mandatory vaccination
There has been much spirited debate, and not a little political posturing on all sides, over the issue of employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations. Much of the discourse is being shaped without regard to the Law; focusing rather on the ‘politics’ of appeasing apparently irrational public fears or scepticism fueled by social media posts.
