My three mistakes
From the time that nation/states emerged the chiefs and leaders have experimented and tinkered with the economic order, often to the detriment of the lower and middle classes. Those at the top of the fabled totem, how apt a reference.....’tote them’ are oftentimes, like right here in The Bahamas, are often allied with the politicians and their suitcase people.......some call them bag men/women; lobbyists and facilitators.
Call on the commissioner
Good morning Commissioner. First of all, my congratulations on your elevation. I predicted this on my radio talk show a few years ago when you were my special guest on MORE 94.9 FM. So said, so done. I have absolutely no doubt that you will live up to expectations and continue to serve the nation well.
Five steps to battle virus
It goes without saying that we should minimize the loss of life where we can with challenges like Covid-19. But we must be careful to balance what feels good, with actually doing good. Parliament’s most recent response to the Covid-19 dilemma appears to be largely based on emotions and fear, for which neither forms the best framework for developing robust policy or effective measures. We must as a society recognize the fact that there are trade-offs to every policy pursued and no one factor supersedes all others.
Just let grocery shops open seven days a week
We hear a lot these days about flattening the curve but one has to wonder why our leaders think that the only curve to be flattened is COVID 19 infections.
All is not lost
We, as human beings, across the globe and in this coronavirus assault as one and we are united.
We are a visionless people
The plague that besets us and awakened nations to the realization that over dependence on outsiders to supply the necessities could spell their destruction like nothing else and we in this produce-nothing Bahamas are especially vulnerable.
It should not be business as usual after COVID-19
Today there is an eerie silence across the globe. Bustling cities have gone quiet and highways that were once jammed with bumper to bumper traffic, are empty. In homes, thousands of families are anxiously awaiting a phone call from a hospital about their loved ones. Many have already received the devastating news that their mother, father, child, spouse, sibling or friend has died from coronavirus complications - often without the comfort of someone familiar to hold their hands.
I fear I'm seeing elements of a police state out there
We are sitting back as citizens in this country and allowing our country to become a police state!
Start of the meltdown
The United States have gone berserk.
Inequalities of lockdown
As a (construction) owner’s representative/Project Manager in the Bahamas I spend the vast majority of my time refereeing and (trying to) keep a fair balance between some extraordinarily wealthy globe-trotting foreigners and some incredibly poor and downtrodden local construction workers (plus a fair share of legal Haitian immigrants). What has taken me some time to get my head around and put a voice to – is the glaring inequality of this lockdown.
Dr Eneas touched lives – and raised up our spirits
On Saturday - the day before Palm Sunday - Dr. Judson Frazier Eneas, passed from time to eternity. The media reports that he is the first Bahamian physician to succumb to COVID19. I agree with the quote that The Nassau Guardian attributes to his colleague, Dr. Charles Diggis, “the ultimate sacrifice – doctors on the frontline – patient above self.”
Catching the world off-guard
“Where there is love grace abounds
Questions to be answered
It is easy to be the smartest person in the room when the right questions are not being asked, and if I were a lawyer representing a client it would be in the interest of my client/clients to get the questions right.
Reasons we should be thankful
Be thankful that you have access to the internet, are able to read this, and are able to order your groceries online/watch TV online/take a course online. Some persons among us don’t even have electricity where they live. Further to that some cannot even read or write.
Extra bandwith
One hears of private sector companies in the USA and UK making ventilators . . .
