A report on reform
This letter is penned in honour of Pat Bain, a former President of the National Congress of Trade Unions and of the Bahamas Hotel Catering & Allied Workers Union (BHCA WU), who, had he lived, would be celebrating his birthday today.
Alcohol destroying Bahamas
Bootlegging was the smuggling and selling of alcohol at exorbitant prices
A need for peace
Bishop Fulton J Sheen (1895-1979), one of the most remarkable Americans of the 20th century once remarked: "Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace."
Underachievers
In the aftermath of the PLP’s self imposed “100 day challenge”, the Rt Hon Perry G Christie claims to be very pleased with their accomplishments
BCSE: Status quo is unacceptable
In The Tribune of August 28th Dr Ruthmae Sears of the University of South FLorida stated unequivocally in her Letter to the Editor that the BGCSE annual “national average” is “merely an illusion...a poorly defined construct.”
The Olympic truce - something to respect
The Olympic Games, held this year in London, are the greatest sports event in the world, drawing athletes from the myriad nations of the world to one city.
Hurry BEC windfall!
Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett is looking at proposals to save BEC 100 million dollars annually.
Is PLP destroying families?
Mr. Perry Gladstone Christie and Brave Davis, what would it take, my God, for you to gather the guts to stop the destruction of helpless Bahamian families?
Agreement with BGCSE criticism
I am in agreement with Dr Ruthmae Sears that the national average is an illusion; but not for the reasons that she has stated.
Raising gaming questions
There have been numerous articles on your pages over the recent days and month about the question of whether or not gaming, in some shape or form, should be legalized.
Random thoughts
I read with interest the Ava Turnquest report "Number First Before Casinos" although it may appear very noble for Ed Fields and Robert Sands to have the opening up of the "Number Business" decided before determining if Bahamians can join the regular folks gambling in "our" country’s casinos, perhaps they should state the real reason that those hotel operators don't want the rank and file Bahamian in the casinos that may possibly upset the visiting gamblers.
Take the referendum seriously
I want to register my concern with the attitude being adopted by Prime Minister Perry Christie and the vast majority of the members of his Government regarding their position on the promised referendum on legalizing “Numbers” in The Bahamas.
Leadership on gambling
Contrary to some of its detractors, the PLP government is leading on the issue of gambling by being responsive to the needs of the country.
FNM must give their backing to their leader
In one of his final sermons entitled ''The Drum Major Instincts,'' the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr said that ''there is deep down within all of us an instinct. It's a kind of drum major instinct – a desire to be out in front, a desire to lead the parade, a desire to be first.''
Incompetent ZNS at the Olympics
A gold medal for The Bahamas on the penultimate day of track and field competition in the stadium was enough to make up for the crushing disappointment we felt at the other relays and most of the other individual competitors. Nothing, however, could make up for the astonishing incompetence of ZNS in its transmission of the games.
