Letters to the Editor

Too much rain to collect garbage

I HAVE just read the article in today's paper titled "Too much rain to collect garbage."

Facing the problem of poverty

ALLAN Cochorane, a noted British Social Economist, once wrote: “One measure of the success of the welfare system in any country is the extent to which it is able to maintain acceptable standards of living for its citizens.

The Urban Renewal fallacy

THIS is my comment in response to today's newspaper article under the heading: "More Urban Renewal workers to reportedly lose jobs."

Our Fiscal Woes are continuing

PRIME MINISTER the Rt Hon. Perry Christie outlined the country's current fiscal position last week. He claimed the government will need to borrow $504 million to cover debt left by the previous Free National Movement (FNM) government. This figure is more than double the $248 million the FNM government said would be needed to cover our current fiscal shortfall.

Web cafés contribute to the Bahamas

We, the Alliance of the newly formed committee named All for One and One for All, after searching far and wide have made the following discovery, except for Atlantis and the government, the web shop cafes do the following:

Dr Minnis must learn about RBDF

FIRST, I highly recommend that Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition Leader, The Hon Dr Hubert Minnis, hires a military consultant to best advise him on matters concerning the employment of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RDBF), particularly in support of civilian authorities... In fact, in keeping with provisions contained in the Defence Act, for decades the RBDF has provided personnel to assist The Bahamas Immigration Department in the round up, detention, and deportation of illegal immigrants.

Making progress is never easy

IT HAS now become quite apparent that the present government has gone into "by any means necessary" mode to regain the controlling shares of BTC. It seems as if they are willing to beg, borrow, or do whatever else is necessary to achieve their end!

Chairman must make disclosures

AS MEMBERS of the public watch the political scene unfold they should be aware of certain facts. One item of interest is section 6 of the Electricity Act of The Bahamas Part II:

Foreign investment solicited

I SEE that The Bahamas is again courting foreign investors to come and invest their money in The Bahamas.

Are we heading for a police state?

IT WAS reported that the Prime Minister Rt Hon Perry Gladstone Christie called a meeting with all of the top brass associated with the Ministry of National Security. The meeting was because The Bahamas has seen an unprecedented spike in serious crime, especially murder since Dr Nottage's announcement.

Reasons for the rate of murders

IN ANNOUNCING the launch of Urban Renewal 2.0 at Police Headquarters on Monday, June 4, the Commissioner of Police, Ellison Greenslade, was quoted by reporter Dana Smith of The Tribune as saying, "Many of the murders that we recorded to date are a result of arguments. I am ashamed to tell you, arguments over women...females, where young men are feuding over females."

The Tribune