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?
Is ingraham paving the way for a second return
Just after the Free National’s Movement (FNM) defeat at the polls on May 7, 2012, former prime minister and Member of Parliament elect for North Abaco, the Rt Hon. Hubert Ingraham declared that he would retire from politics on July 19, 2012.
Negative narrative relating to foreign investement
EDITOR, The Tribune. The Bahamas has been caught up in another negative narrative. This time relating to foreign investment.
Opposition FNM too important to be derailed by personal vendettas
EDITOR, The Tribune. In the May 7 General Election, 65,000 Bahamians cast their vote for the Free National Movement. Thousands more either still do, or have at one point supported the FNM or voted for the FNM in previous elections...
This New Providence Road Improvement Project
EDITOR, The Tribune. This New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) commenced early on the morning of Monday, November 2, 2009 at the Blue Hill Road and Robinson Road intersection, at a cost of $60 million. Nearly three years later Blue Hill Road is yet incomplete and the project now has a cost overrun of over $100 million and growing.
Does the PLP truly believe in Bahamians
EDITOR, The Tribune. I would be most grateful if you would give me space in your prestigious newspaper to express myself as a Bahamian citizen.
PM, government was hands of the gambling issue
EDITOR, The Tribune. Pilate said unto the people, “What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said unto him, “Let him be crucified.”
