Simple solution?
IT'S SO exciting when an ingenious new solution is proposed for a vexing and persistent old problem.
Roadworks improving Nassau
DRIVING around Nassau, you get this gut feeling that upon completion of the road works, it's going to be a pleasure to drive anywhere in this city, regardless of what the naysayers and the opposition are saying.
Candidate turned crimefighter
AS I was catching up on my reading this week, I came across a story in which Ben Albury was cast in the light of a crime fighter. I have heard Mr Albury leading the oil exploration charge in recent weeks.
Education hiring policies
Education hiring policies EDITOR, The Tribune. I would advise the Ministry of Education to review their hiring policies when it comes to the appointment of Principals and Senior Masters. It has come to my attention that when a school experiences a prob
No man - or woman - is above the law
SHARP WORDS were exchanged last week at the Nassau Street magistrate's court complex between the police officer in charge of security and a lawyer, himself a former senior police officer, who objected to the new security measures that had been introduced just 10 days before.
It is time for drastic measures
Thank you for allowing me to address the letter by Mr Watkins. First of all I would like to thank you, Mr Watkins, for the great and special service you have given to our country as a police officer.
Sir Alvin is far from a mulatto
I READ with interest an article written in Thursday, February 24, 2011 edition of The Punch in which P. Anthony White referred to Sir Alvin Braynen as a "mulatto" from The Current.
Is anyone responsible for mayhem?
Is anyone responsible for mayhem? EDITOR, The Tribune. Every island, cay, and rock in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas falls within a parliamentary constituency. In other words, every constituency is represented in the Honourable House of Assembly. Howev
No mortgage magic bullet
No mortgage magic bullet EDITOR, The Tribune. After the PLP set a new standard for bad public policy recommendations, the DNA followed behind with an equally bad idea, stating that banks should reduce the principal on troubled mortgages by 50 per cent.
Bring a statue of Tommy to the stadium bearing his name
I WATCHED with pride on Saturday, February 25th, 2012 as the Thomas A Robinson Stadium was officially opened.
Recent naturalisations
IS IT just me or has anyone else noticed the sudden increase in recent weeks in the number of "Notices" in our local papers for persons who are being considered for naturalisation/citizenship?
On visit of New York supercop
WILLIAM Bratton, the former Police Commissioner in New York City, credited for cleaning up New York crime problems in the mid-1990's, was in town recently for a consultation with Bahamian Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade and the Cabinet of The Bahamas Government.
Costs of laying water main
Costs of laying water main EDITOR, The Tribune. For the sake of accuracy, the public needs to appreciate that in 2007 this FNM government added to the New Providence Road Improvement programme the strategic 30-inch water main which was to be installed f
Fundamentals are the problem
EDITOR, The Tribune. Debates have raged and the public and pundits alike have given their two cents on the poor state of our Judiciary. From the amount of time it takes for a matter to make its way through the system, to issues pertaining to jury trials
Protocol and the Prince
EDITOR, The Tribune. Some years ago, when Sir Gerald Cash was Governor General, we had a royal visitor to the Bahamas in the person of Princess Anne, the Queen's daughter. The visit coincided with the opening of a new session of parliament and so some o
