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Shanty town action is needed now

Please allow me space in your daily to touch on a vexing national concern, illegal and irregular communities aka shanty towns.

FNM wikipedia

I was surprised at how inaccurate a Wikipedia article is on the Free National Movement leadership. The article, which was last edited in December 2022, asserts that Peter Turnquest serves as deputy leader to Michael Pintard. The readership would know that the FNM deputy leader is St Barnabas MP Shanendon Cartwright. Turnquest isn’t even an MP, which the writer of the Wikipedia article seems to assume.

China’s Ukraine position

RE: CHINA’S position on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis: 1. Respecting the sovereignty of all countries. Universally recognised international law, including the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, must be strictly observed.

Haiti is in dire straits

Jovenel Moïse’s death has created a power vacuum for the local gangs to seize control over more than half of Port-au-Prince as the death toll rises from gang warfare and the Haitian national police struggle to keep the peace while being underfunded, outmanned and outgunned.

Troubles at BTC accounts

I think that BTC has completely lost the plot now. Over the last few days I have had several missed calls from a number 702-0795. When I called back I got the message that it was BTC but we can’t take your call right now.

Children in poverty

“Suffer The Little Children to come unto Me, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

PLP opposed independence too

My interest was piqued by a Nassau Guardian article pertaining to a Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister's claim in Parliament that the Free National Movement opposed independence. The PLP minister is correct. However, I wish the minister would have demonstrated the level of bipartisanship that senior PLP statesman George Smith showed when he corrected an untruth about FNM delegates to the Constitutional Conference leaving before an agreement was reached in 1972.

Children’s learning disorders

Please allow the publishing of this open letter to the Minister of Education & Culture:

Certainty and issue of immigration

I have often spoken about the concept of “certainty” and why it is important to the success of any endeavour.

Basic freedoms

I do not agree with Lincoln Bain. With that said, however, I believe it is incumbent upon all of us to defend the right of Lincoln Bain to have a voice in this country.

Don’t avenge our self-harm on Haitians

Before I was ten, I was all heated up about the Haitian migration issue.

Let us pray

A FORMER Barbados and International fast bowler (Cricketer) Pastor Courtney Selman, now radio Evangelist, believes that he was Divinely called to “make this clarion call globally in order to make our world a better one.” He thinks, “this can be achieved by calling the 2.2 billion Christians and 1.2 billion Catholics world-wide to regular corporate daily prayer.

Defend our freedoms

Like many Bahamians, I watched several clips circulated on social media on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. As I watched, I was very disturbed to see what was transpiring and now find it not only necessary to put pen to paper, but important to do so.

Alcohol, drugs and gambling

In Jesus put all your trust, all your belief, and all your heart.

FNM, tell the truth

The FNM needs to tell the truth. It was interesting to see the barrage of letters that flooded your column a few weeks ago in response to the Mackey Street Man’s opinion on who should lead the FNM into the next general election. The litany of letters to the editors seemed so insubstantial and offered no real substantive case in support of Mr Pintard’s leadership, other than he is not Dr Minnis.

Name the highway for boxing champion

We, the Committee to Honour Elisha Obed, our first World Champion in an Independent Bahamas, formally make a request to government to name the East West Highway, The Elisha Obed Highway.

The reason for so little property tax

In a well-written letter in Tuesday’s Tribune, a Mr. Jerome Smith questions why the Ministry of Finance cannot seem to collect property taxes.

Such a noise

Why do the RBPF need to make such a noise when escorting a dignitary?

Borrowing from NIB

Once again I find it necessary to put pen to paper and express a growing concern for the citizenry of The Bahamas.

A name fit for a road

Today I mount my hobby horse, again – about street names.

Haiti must find own solution

No sensible person is able to deny that the Republic of Haiti is a ‘failed’ state. This is a sad indictment and is fast becoming a geopolitical problem and a source of dislocation for her people and a bane on the wider Caribbean, inclusive of The Bahamas and Turks & Caicos. The resources of these two nations have been stretched to the limits and the seams could rapidly burst in short order.

Why can’t Finance collect property tax?

PM says we are collecting 40 percent of the whole due from Real Property Tax - the FNM and then the PLP governments re-assessed New Providence and found, so they say, and it is reported that thousands are not registered and hundreds with enormous arrears… didn’t they say $600m?

Clean it up

Lake Cunningham cleaning overgrown sides of lake... congrats to the ever going Mr Pot Cake, Hon Leslie Miller - Mr Get-it-done.

Will COI air dirty laundry?

I’M GUESSING that the average Bahamian is unaware of Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis’ role in CARICOM as chairperson. Davis will head this year’s 44th Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community or CARICOM in New Providence. The meeting will be held on February 15-17.

Speaking for Bahamians?

A voice note has been sent around on Whatsapp from the president of the taxi union, Wesley Ferguson – and it has to be heard to be believed.