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Reflections on Independence - May 10, 2022 - 2:58:49 PM

In little over one year, we will be celebration 50 years of Independence. In such a view, I am moved to state the following:

By Divine grace and a genetic transformation, the Israelites  came to realize that no entry into the promised land was possible until every iota of mental slavery was exorcised from the very foundation of their being. It could have taken them but a mere sixty days by foot to reach their ultimate physical goal...
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22nd Annual Christmas Bird Count in Honour of the Late Erika Gates - Feb 1, 2022 - 8:05:23 PM

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In December 2021 and January 2022, the Grand Bahama Island Birders (GBIB) group conducted its 22nd annual Christmas Bird Count. This was the first time that GBIB had to accomplish this feat without our fearless leader and beloved mentor, Erika Gates. Erika passed recently after several months of battling cancer. The membership of GBIB is still reeling from our loss. We extend our sincere condolences to her devoted husband, Ed Gates and her family and the many who benefited from her mentorship and loving spirit.

As a result of teaching a basic birding class in partnership with the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism...
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Proposed zero vat removal from breadbasket items - Nov 1, 2021 - 2:50:14 PM

Standing in line on many occasions, one often sees old ladies, some not so old, digging in their purses to miraculously retrieve a few more pennies to hopefully complete payment for a few breadbasket items purchased. Pennies no longer exist for purchasing.  From time to time, there may be a generous, or maybe a little more well off shopper who would help a poor lady. If one were to check, many of these struggling have outlived their husbands or breadwinners, and thus have no other means apart from few NIB pension dollars on which to survive...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Michael Brooks: A look at Bahamian culture - Sep 27, 2021 - 11:54:57 AM

When we look at Bahamian culture, are we seeing straight, or cross-eyed? We seem to tenaciously refuse to let go of some things, while simultaneously engaging in importing and adopting other things with reckless abandon. It goes without saying that culture, of course, is not static, but always changing ... ever so slightly sometimes. Still, when we look at Bahamian culture, are we seeing straight, or crossed-eyed...
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Equality Bahamas Welcomes Women in Parliament to Advocate for Human Rights - Sep 21, 2021 - 6:13:54 PM

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Equality Bahamas welcomes the seven women elected to Parliament to join its advocacy for the promotion, protection, and expansion of all women’s human rights. It encourages all parliamentarians to create a culture of gender sensitivity and publicly acknowledging the diverse and specific experiences of women and girls—including LBTQ+ women, women with disabilities, women experiencing poverty, and women engaged in unpaid care work—and the gender-specific response needed...
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Letter to the Editor: The time is now! The Bahamas must act now to ban oil drilling forever - Jul 21, 2021 - 2:31:02 PM

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Dear Editor,

For the first time in over 14 years there are no active foreign oil drilling licenses in Bahamian waters.  We applaud the government for refusing to renew Challenger Energy Company’s (aka Bahamas Petroleum Company) licenses because they have failed to pay their basic fees.  Yet we are still vulnerable to the risks of oil drilling in our waters from future corporate misadventures...
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Joe Darville: Open Letter to The Prime Minister of The Bahamas - Apr 2, 2021 - 8:07:43 PM

Dear Mr. Prime Minister, The Most Honorable Hubert A. Minnis:

I listened with bated breath recently while you were on a trip to Ragged Island, where you were asked by a reporter to state your opinion on oil drilling in our archipelagic waters. Your response was one of great admiration for me and anyone whose desire is to pass these pristine and national waters on to future generations totally unspoiled. There was absolutely no equivocation in your words...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Joseph Darville: A sad comment on gender equality in the Bahamas - Mar 2, 2021 - 7:50:34 AM

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With this week’s resignation of Leniesha Rolle, the country now faces a dire situation in which not one single member of the Cabinet of the Bahamas is a woman.

In the 21st Century, this should be unthinkable. This is a sad comment upon, but – we are forced to admit – also a fair reflection of, the truly shameful state of gender rights in this country...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Pamela Burnside: Domes, Doom and The FOI - Jan 15, 2021 - 7:06:07 PM

Dear Editor,

I can’t believe I am at the computer again shaking my head at more mind ‘bogglement’ taking place!

Yesterday, there was a spirited whatsapp video flying around the country concerning the many sitting trailers of exposed wood going to rot, along with mattresses and sheet rock lying open to the elements in Abaco...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Pamela Burnside: Improve the civil service - Jan 5, 2021 - 10:37:25 PM

Dear Editor,
IMPROVE THE CIVIL SERVICE

The more things change, the more, unfortunately, they remain the same!

Today my facebook feed sent me my Letter to the Editor  memory from January 3, 2018 on the Commercial Enterprises Bill, 2017...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Presentation: Rights of Women and Children: Human Rights Day 2020 - Dec 18, 2020 - 3:47:02 PM

How long the abuse of women and children has existed on the planet; hundred years, five, thousand…always been there. In society knowing it was here, suddenly it becomes more transparent; those with money cannot hide it any longer. The corruption attached to businesses, governments and the rich hardly ever made it to the newspapers. But a transparency is beginning to happen. We’re now seeing things that one never imagined could happen. Compassion is finding a home in the hearts of many...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Essy Bootle: The Wisdom of Potter - Dec 2, 2020 - 12:25:31 PM

Dear Editor,

Thank you for allowing me to respond to the breathtaking wisdom of Bahamas Petroleum Company CEO Simon Potter, who has once again demonstrated that knows what is best for Bahamians, far better than we ever could.

Speaking on behalf of the “silent majority” of Bahamians who secretly support BPC’s gamble...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Work slows, no clear plan for Temp. Hurricane Debris Sites in Abaco - Oct 20, 2020 - 8:38:10 PM


Since the passage of Hurricane Dorian we, the residents of Abaco have been living life in slow motion. Even in the middle of a global pandemic filled with economic uncertainty. Even as we ride out yet another hurricane season with limited resources in place, Abaconians face another real threat. Over the past three months, work at the major hurricane dump sites in Abaco (Spring City and Treasure Cay) has come to a crawl and almost to a complete stop...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Pamela Burnside: National Heroes Day – The good, the bad, and the ugly - Oct 13, 2020 - 9:51:51 AM

On This National Heroes Day, as we remain locked down in our homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is an ideal time to reflect on the meaning of this holiday that was, for so many years, avidly fought for by S. Sebastian Campbell and his National Heroes Committee.

In a recent letter to the press, Campbell highlighted six points as he respectfully advocated for more Bahamian awareness, education...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Pamela Burnside: Begin with the end in mind - Oct 10, 2020 - 10:49:16 PM

Today’s date is 10/10/2020 – there must be some significance in those numbers. I had  several topics already prepared to write several Letters to the Editor this weekend, but was drawn to a facebook  post instead to start the ball rolling.

Yesterday I read several online posts and a newspaper article pertaining to Tin Ferl, a group of young...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Pamela Burnside: The Peril of the Power of One - Sep 21, 2020 - 1:10:34 PM

I awoke this morning feeling burdened by a desire to put pen to paper once again to continue the thoughtspenned earlier in the morning on my facebook page which reflected a sense of malaise that seems to be settling ominously over our beautiful country. How have we reached this bleak point? The words in W.B. Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” reverberates ...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Joe Darville: Ongoing investment in the education of our children..a sacred obligation - Aug 27, 2020 - 2:21:52 PM

First of all, I would like to address the expression attributed to my dear friend, the Honorable Minister of Education. Supposedly, he or his government will “hunt down” those individuals who have dared to establish unregulated educational facilities in the nation. To “hunt down” immediately awakened in my mind the images of well armed hunters sent forth with bows and arrows, hand guns and pistols to capture some escaped criminals or to kill some wild and threatening beasts of prey. I know it is not what was meant, but the images linger in my mind...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
GB Small Business Community: Letter to the Prime Minister - Aug 23, 2020 - 10:01:31 PM

 As you all may have been made aware, a zoom meeting convened on Saturday August 22 nd , 2020 to discuss the way forward for Grand Bahama. One Hundred and Eighty Four (184) Small Business Owners and Business Professionals signed on and attended this meeting.

The obvious , is that the Grand Bahama Economy has been in a vortex for a number of ye ars now for what seems like an eternity. The downward spiral of this economy didn’t just begin with Hurricane Dorian in 2019 or covid19...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
Pamela Burnside: Monetary Cooperation - Jun 19, 2020 - 2:25:30 PM

As we fast approach July 1st  and the new ‘re-opening’ phase in The Bahamas due to COVID-19, I urge the government, their financial services partners, as well as the Central Bank, commercial banks and other stakeholders to get together right away to work out the glaring kinks related to implementing a burgeoning cashless environment for this country.

Since last year notices have been circulating about the closures of commercial banks, especially on the Family Islands...
Columns : Letters to The Editor
GB Airport a necessity to attract investors & jobs - May 5, 2020 - 8:53:53 AM

Prominent Grand Bahama attorney, Terence Gape continues to stress the essential need to commence work on an Airport for Grand Bahama stating, "Without the Airport started and then in place, Freeport is going to be crossed off the map of any present Investor and/or potential Investor. The Bahamas cannot afford to lose the income of Grand Bahama and the sustainable economic diversification which the City can provide in the shortest possible period.

Freeport, I submit, is still the only place in The Bahamas that can create the Jobs and increase income the Country will need to finance the Debt Burden to give Bahamians hope going forward..."

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