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The beginning of the year is typically a time for spring cleaning for many of us as we file away the old and prepare for what the new year will bring.
The Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival
Kindly permit me space in your valuable columns to comment on the scheduled Junkanoo-Carnival.
Belonger’s permit
With your kind leave, I wish to add my voice to the current national debate on immigration.
Stubborn decline of Freeport
The latest jobless figures on Grand Bahama from the Department of Statistics reveals that 18.6 of the labour force on the island is unemployed.
What is the worst of the worst?
The relevant legal authorities should explain to the general society what is meant by the term “The worst of the worst”.
Who could headline?
RECENTLY, I have heard some very high figures being bandied around as the sum we will make on the Junkanoo Carnival.
Give Carnival a chance
There are many forms of cultural expressions in The Bahamas. There is energy and excitement of Junkanoo and rake and scrape music. There are masterful Bahamian carvings, sculptures and paintings. There are the performing arts and literary masterpieces.
Not all FNMs are against Carnival
I am FNM. I do not need to quantify that, but I believe the Junkanoo Carnival is a brilliant idea. I am an optimist! Mistakes have been made, but can be corrected. Let us look on the brighter side. This is a Bahamian thing, done by Bahamians.
How is marina allowed?
I was saddened to read, in this morning’s Letters to the Editor, that a commercial marina may be built in Little Harbour, Abaco. I cannot understand why such a thing might be allowed.
PLP uses the church
Some smart aleck within the Gold Rust government of PM Perry Christie conjured up the bright idea of importing the foreign carnival festival to The Bahamas and pumping $9m of the Bahamian people’s hard earned money into it.
Fix it Fred, fix it
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Frederick Mitchell, and Queen’s Counsel Frederick Smith have been on opposing sides of debates regarding the “new” immigration policies. I have been trying to follow the arguments for and against as closely as possible, and have some straight forward advice for each of them:
Big marina, little harbour
LITTLE Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas... four words that made up a big part of our lives in the early nineteen-nineties. We sailed in with our three-year-old boy, intending to continue the journey South.
Faceless racism
I am so tired of “proving” that I am Bahamian because of the colour of my skin. Who and what is a Bahamian anyway? To anyone is who NOT a Black Bahamian it feels as though you have to be Black, in order to be considered Bahamian, period. And this sentiment isn’t just felt by non-Black Bahamians (ie Caucasian Bahamians, Conchy-Joes, whatever you want to call us), it’s also felt by those who are not necessarily Bahamian at all, but are legally living in this country, and have the right to be here.
Immigration policy
The announcement of the Government’s new immigration policy appeals to certain emotions and foments a resentment of foreign nationals. In reviewing aspects of the policy, it appears, in what has become a troubling pattern, that the government is prepared to ignore the rule of law.
Invest in our people to break this cycle
Hats off to Dr Michael Neville for his “A Life of Crime” Series.
