Making sense of PM Perry Christie’s obscene gesture
IT took Sir Lynden O Pindling a quarter of a century to be dubbed the worst leader in modern Bahamian history - surpassing the infamous United Bahamian Party government under Sir Roland Symonette and Sir Stafford Sands, the so-called white oligarchy.
The referendum on web shops
BEFORE we all forget didn’t the PLP in 2013 call us to a referendum on Web Shops and whether we wanted a National Lottery?
Shame of Christie’s lewd, tasteless, despicable gesture
THIS morning’s Nassau Guardian features a stunning photograph of our nation’s Prime Minister flipping the bird towards his critics.
PM’s finger flip not offensive enough
SOCIAL media sites literally went viral the day after Prime Minister, The Rt Honourable Perry Christie, put up his middle finger while addressing a rally in Fox Hill on Monday.
Martial law, spy capabilities
MARTIAL law, combined with NIA & Intercept/Spy capabilities, might well be useful in fighting crime.
Alternative facts from URCA?
Last week, at the business launch for the new mobile company Aliv, it was stated by the company’s CEO Damian Blackburn that Aliv had managed to capture 25 per cent of the market share in 12 weeks. While I have been following the company’s aggressive tactics, I was quite alarmed by the statistics presented, mainly because I recently researched telecommunications in the country and the numbers seemed off.
NHI has a surprise for male patients
I’ve just downloaded and reviewed the draft of the NHI Bahamas Primary Care Benefits Package (Physician Services), which I am sure has been extensively (and expensively) reviewed by the finest medical and legal minds in the government and the civil service, as well as in medical, legal and insurance professions.
Losing hope for our country
After reading your editorial of Monday, February 20, headed: “What is happening in our courts?” I am saddened by what our country has become.
Prime Minister Perry Christie treading on dangerous grounds
In The Nassau Guardian, December 23rd, 2016, Prime Minister Perry Christie says “Acts of God caused negative S & P action.” Mr Christie said, “We’re talking about a country that has been devastated not by the decisions of the government, but by the allowance of God.”
Praise for Naughty’s piece on Communications Interception Bill
ON Friday of last week, in his column “A Comic’s View” Naughty addressed the Communications Interception Bill and made some personal observations. His handling of the matter was very important for us all.
Rebel 7 in political abyss
ON December 7th, 2016, Loretta Butler-Turner and six other Free National Movement Members of Parliament submitted a letter to the Governor General, expressing no confidence in opposition and FNM leader, Dr Hubert Minnis. They were referred to as the Rebel 7. This essentially caused Minnis to be fired from his job as Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition.
PM speech full of cliché
THE PM’s speech to the SIDS UN Conference at Melia yesterday.
NHI - what precisely is it going to cost us?
WE now see and hear the roll-out what NHI is going to offer and clearly there should be an immediate Customer Beware insertion as what we see that NHI is going to provide behind the flam are hidden costs if you need surgical services or services outside of the minimum which is basically what NHI is going to provide.
Christie in the Wild, Wild West
In April of 2012, bad boy Sheriff Perry Christie of Centreville stood up at a rally at RM Bailey Park and waved a magic wand called a Charter of Governance that he promised would fix the economy and end crime.
Alternative facts
WHILE watching the evening news on ZNS, I couldn’t help but notice BTC’s little promotional ad where an “on the spot” reporter, armed with a microphone bearing BTC’s familiar logo, interviewed random Bahamian people, asking them if the Bahamas was “BTC Country”, and what they liked most about the company. When prodded, they all answered “yes” to question one, while giving numerous and rather interesting answers to question two. One young lady even went as far as saying that her favourite thing about BTC was “their data”.
