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Christian Council suddenly comes alive to gambling?

Kindly permit my five cents on this contentious issue of gambling.

Oswald Brown used a poor choice of words in anti-Tribune letter

I hope you would permit me to comment in your newspaper on a very interesting letter that I had read at least three or four times on Bahamas Press.

In response to Sharon Turner’s Tom Foolery

I trust this letter comes at a good time when there is space enough to permit my response to Sharon Turner’s Tom Foolery.

Referendum on shifting sands

No matter what, by the time I finish writing this and make it public, the details would likely have changed yet again, so please take this writing as a snapshot taken at a particular point in time in the evolution of a political creature.

PM spouting nonsense on vote

The chicken has now come home to roost. Prime Minister Perry Christie is spewing all sorts of nonsense about the upcoming referendum on numbers with nothing seen from the consultants his government contracted for advice.

We are gambling with gambling

The Prime Minister proudly announced that the referendum on gambling will be held on December 3, 2012.

PM disgrace

It is disgraceful for our Prime Minister to stand in Parliament on Wednesday the 31st October and talk about a Referendum on Numbers and not talk about all of the poor people who suffered so much damage during Sandy.

Huge effort in North Abaco

EDITOR, The Tribune. I would like to publicly express my gratitude for the very kind words and consideration shown by our Party Leader, Dr Hubert A Minnis, MP, last week in the House of Assembly regarding my effort and involvement in the recent by-election in North Abaco.

McCartney to be a future Prime Minister

EDITOR, The Tribune. With the permission of a spiritual brother, I feel compelled to repeat the experience he encountered with the Lord. This gentleman is a very prominent businessman who was visiting a very prominent pastor. Upon leaving the pastor’s home, Mr Branville McCartney was arriving.

Stop playing games

EDITOR, The Tribune. Prime Minister Perry Christie Tuesday finally confirmed what I and other informed, discerning Bahamians already knew from day one – there is no actual UK consultant report on gambling in The Bahamas – the report Prime Minister Christie told Parliament and the country would be a basis for his Government deciding what question(s) would ultimately appear on the December 3 referendum ballot on web shop gambling in The Bahamas.

BeBe Winans PLP? For Real, Though?

EDITOR, The Tribune. Initially I did not intend to write a commentary on the weekend's events over at Atlantis, but since persons have asked: I have said in past op-eds and it bears repeating – national events should always be apolitical, meaning no political party should at any time be the focal point or muse for such events.

Bridge naming uproar

The uproar over naming Paradise Island Bridge in honour of Sidney Poitier made me cringe.

Unions and Elizabeth Thompson

EDITOR, The Tribune. Can someone please refresh our memory as to the settlement by the Registrar General’s Office and the same staffer who is causing a problem at the BTC?

Is Urban Renewal 2.0 overrated?

A few months back I commended the new Christie administration in The Nassau Guardian for implementing its award winning urban renewal 2.0 and its Project Safe Bahamas.

Christmas and Junkanoo

Christmas is incredibly just 90+ days away. Boy between the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture or really the Ministry of Junkanoo the Bay Street Shop Retailers have been slammed dunked that I have to wonder will they survive through Christmas?