Hand in the tiger’s mouth
Our Chinese friends have a very instructive proverb that advises that you should never try to extract a tooth from a tiger’s mouth. In layman’s terms it means don’t take unnecessary risks.
Grand Bahama’s power play
IT IS rare that any legal cases have serious public implications. The press reports often make them seem too turgid and technical to attract reader attention.
Cable Bahamas
CABLE Bahamas Limited has been awarded the second mobile cellular license in the country amid a litany of flaws as a cable television provider which has left thousands of Bahamians throughout the archipelago without the service since 1995.
Rally attendance
Whilst some may think that the crowds at the rallies held in support of the leader of the Opposition and the intended leaders, Dr Duane Sands and Mrs Loretta Butler Turner, only relate to FNM affairs, the hierarchy and Think Tank, if such exists, of the PLP must be deeply concerned.
Demand for homes?
The Adastra Gardens extension Housing project of a further 51 homes has to be economically questioned in the market there or is this pure political generation?
Bank governor concern over web shop funds
CENTRAL Bank Governor John Rolle yesterday said overlooking the need for more stringent regulations in the web shop sector could, in time, increase the possibility of local bank de-risking.
Passport Office’s shame
MY recent experience in trying to renew an e-passport for my juvenile daughter has rendered me almost ashamed to be a Bahamian.
Bahamian lives do matter
He is a controversial figure. Some call him a spin doctor and many people forget that he is a Harvard graduate.
Spare the rod
“Together we create gardens of possibility in the parched earth. If we grow the babies up right, they just might redeem us all.” Imani Perry, professor of African American Studies, Princeton University.
Missing cash
What will cause the Attorney General or the Prime Minister to simply say look this is enough we have to have urgent and in depth audits of all revenue generating departments and anyone found questionable must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Enough of Ingraham
LATE last month, the former Prime Minster, Hubert A Ingraham, was interviewed by one of the local television stations wherein he was asked if he was returning to frontline politics. His response to that question went something like this: “I will respond when I have an announcement to make.”
The PLP want Minnis to win race
Hubert Minnis should be ashamed of the dirty tricks he is employing in his bid to retain the leadership of the FNM.
PM: Face up to fundamentalists
I read with disbelief The Nassau Guardian’s article of 29 June 2016; “Group seeks to pressure PM to resign”.
A victim of crime tells her tale
I don’t know about other Bahamians and residents of New Providence but I take cold comfort in the assurances of the Minister of National Security that crime is down.
Examining the news of the day
MOODY’S THREAT... I am sure you would have had a big headline IF the FNM had voted against the 2016-2017 Budget... hot air Mr Peter Turnquest, hot air.
