A lie dressed up is still a lie
EDITOR, The Tribune. I have heard Perry Gladstone Christie on several occasions, especially recently, say that the PLP created 22,000 jobs between 2002-2007. I am stunned to see that he did not gather enough courage to come back to the Bahamian people to
Androsian speaks out on election
Androsian speaks out on election EDITOR, The Tribune. I'm a 42-year-old female who has only voted twice in my life, 1992 FNM, 2007 for the PLP, because I had rather abandon my party and for Vincent than Mrs Chandrice Woodside Rolle who at the time ha
Thank you to police for safety advice
EDITOR, The Tribune. On Thursday night, we attended a Community session at New Providence Community Centre on Blake Road organised by the Western District police division. The Western District is large stretching from I think the Grove and covering the
Negative aspects of Nassau life
EDITOR, The Tribune. Akin to Shakespeare to "As you like it", I make the following comments of what I see around me which is so negative. 1) The New Providence Road programme - again, Prince Charles and Market are blocked off and I really wonder if this
What caused the fish kill?
I am grateful to the MP for Montagu for providing her constituents with information regarding the recent fish kill in the area. Mrs Loretta Butler-Turner was advised of an elevation of chlorine in the wate
Why a foreign deal?
EDITOR, The Tribune. Real Property Tax - IDB and Japanese provide a $765,000 grant to improve collection. Firstly the obvious is the obvious... if you ain't got the spare cash to pay Real Property Tax, that's it.. Japanese or whoever. One of the problem
Will Bahamians be truly protected?
EDITOR, The Tribune. The Chief Justice's "warning" on the government's plan to introduce an amendment to the Bail Act, has cemented the public's opinion that changes have to be made, either to the constitution or to appointments to the offices of judici
No worse time for job layoffs
EDITOR, The Tribune. Just when you think the economy in Grand Bahama couldn't get any worse, it has. Like many Grand Bahamians, I was very disappointed to hear the heartrending news that Hutchison Whampoa had terminated 70 of its employees at the Freepo
Santorum's near win
EDITOR, The Tribune. US Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum is surging in the polls because he is militantly pro-life, morally consistent and politically courageous - just what America needs. The foundation of America's problems is not the econ
Thinking out of the box
EDITOR, The Tribune. We hear so much from the politicians and the Downtown Development Board about their high-flouting plans for the City of Nassau however the worst offenders in messing the city up seem to be government. Who did the years-old tree on t
Arson at school
EDITOR, The Tribune. THE botched attempt to burn down the Carlton E Francis Primary School is an act that I decry as despicable, treasonous and cowardly. With our current economic climate and our educational system needing all the help it can get, the p
Good governance from the DNA
EDITOR, The Tribune. The Progressive Liberal Party had its fair share of controversies during its last tenure as the governing party of the Bahamas. There was the debacle with Sydney Stubbs and the Korean boats at BAIC. Additionally, the Hon Shane Gibs
Does witchcraft exist in the straw market?
EDITOR, The Tribune. Since time immemorial, there have been rumours of unusual practices and behaviour in the straw market. There have been strange and unusual scents witnessed and experienced by others to be directed to or concentrated around the stal
Solution needed to mortgage woe
Distressed mortgages and repossessed mortgages - why can't we do something that will be rational to stop the potential of killing the real estate market? Looking at the initial announced PLP plan, o
Blame stirs up memories
PERSONS who have no sense of their own history should not be allowed to be spokespersons.
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