Letters to the Editor

Who wants to be a petro-state?

Petro state: derogatory, “a small oil-rich country in which institutions are weak and wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a few”. Collins English Dictionary.

Buying citizenship?

A couple of weeks ago there was talk of allowing long time foreign residents to purchase Bahamian citizenship.

Bahamas Petroleum Company continues to roll out its “friendly Bahamian face”, otherwise known as James Smith, to parrot the dodgy slogans by CEO Simon Potter and the rest of the outside interests looking to make a quick buck by striking oil in The Bahamas.

Ill timing over Ferreira

Last week, The Bahamas learned the sad news of Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira’s 14-year-old son’s tragic and sudden passing.

BPC doesn’t care

I note with extreme interest the anxiety of BPC to endanger the Bahamas while exploiting the people for their insatiable breed.

Death knell for tourism

Our family have regularly visited The Bahamas for many years and have liked it so much that we purchased a vacation property. We keep abreast of events there by reading The Tribune online.

Zimbabwe corruption

Corruption has been grown, cultivated and nurtured in Zimbabwe and the effects of such high level political dishonest, fraudulent conducts, embezzlement of funds and bribes in civil servants, ministers, judges, prison officers and ordinary people.

It’s right to hunt for oil

After careful and extensive research into the oil industry and the safety measures available to ensure that there would be minimal possibility of an oil spill during the drilling of a sole exploratory well by your firm in Bahamian waters, I and my assorted nonprofit organisations, Common Cause and The National Republican Arena (ARENA) have decided to publicly support your efforts.

We can do better

Feudalism declined in Europe from 12th century to 15th century. In the 1300s the bubonic plague swept across Asia and Europe.

Raise taxes on property

I am, among other things, a real estate attorney. As such I work with realtors every day. Like many realtors,

Biden’s Cuba policy

Under President John F Kennedy, the United States placed a crippling economic embargo on communist Cuba, then led by Fidel Castro, a rabid loyalist of the USSR, in 1962 – 15 years into the geopolitical tension between the two countries dubbed the Cold War, which began in 1947.

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