Economics of gymnastics
The Gymnastics event at Atlantis and what is the real revenue income - forget the filling of beds with children?
Bite the Baha Mar bullet
BAHA MAR - Provisional Liquidator appointed with limited authority, simply it seems to ensure that the owners cannot dissipate the assets.
$7m fund
Re: Urban Renewal spends $7M on home repairs.
Straw Market improvements
I applaud the Straw Market Authority (SMA) and the government for their recent upgrades to the Straw Market for the safety, comfort and health of the occupants and the public.
Farewell to a kindred spirit
On Saturday, I lost a kindred spirit – a sister in every way but biologically.
A matter of self respect?
WITH reference to the Deputy Prime Minister’s admonishment that the office of Prime Minister should not be disrespected by anyone . . .
Champion tomato paste
ALBURY’S champion tomato paste, which is a Bahamian product faced major issues over the last two months as the product could rarely be found. Imagine my contempt when I found out recently that it was because of a price issue whose resolution was in the hands of another malfunctioning government agency.
FNM mandarins, shut up!
I so wish that the so-called mandarins of the FNM would just stop talking nonsense. Frank Watson started the silliness when the FNM passed up a great opportunity to elect Loretta Butler Turner and get rid of Dr Hubert Minnis who is dragging the party down.
Don’t trivialise the issue of rape
I have been struggling with the weekly column Politicole since it became a part of The Tribune. Given the name of the column, I thought there was a slight chance that readers would get thoughtful, challenging views on the political state of the country. Wrong.
The price of a vote
Re: Urban Renewal spends $7M on home repairs (The Tribune, September 8).
BOB and NIB
‘BOB losses slash NIB income 66%’ (Tribune Business, September 9). It is as if simply publishing this fact, is a sufficient discharge and apology, for what can only be a gross breach of the public trust.
Munroe off without a farewell
Now that former Democratic National Alliance candidate Wayne Munroe has defected to the ruling Progressive Liberal Party without so much as having the deference to inform the DNA hierarchy, it is high time that Branville McCartney and his rabid followers come to grips with the cold, hard facts of reality about politics in The Bahamas.
Like a used car lot
I was beginning to worry that I was the only one noticing how our city and island is becoming more unattractive every day – that is until I read some recent letters and columns in the press. One or two of them made mention of something that is particularly irritating to me and that is the proliferation of advertising signs all over the place.
Baha Mar made me proud
Picture a diver climbing high up the ladder. Hours, years of practice behind them as their moment gets closer. They walk to the edge of the board. This feat has never been seen before. A country holds its breath, hoping for gold. We’ve been given a state of the art springboard; hear it quietly creak under their toes before they bend their knees and lift off, weightless ...
Mitchell hasn’t the temperament to be PM
Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell is routinely mentioned as one of three possible successors of Prime Minister Perry Christie, once the latter finally demits office as PLP leader.
