Most bahamians do not read for enjoyment,knowledge or pleasure. My self included. I went years without reading books after I finish going to school. The public school system. I have started recently to attempt to read various genres of books.
I vividly remember the first time I saw the main library in Broward County, down town Fort Lauderdale. Also the Books a Million store in the mall. I said to myself, there is nothing like this in the Bahamas.
The lack of persons who read and discuss ideas is one of the reasons,the level of public debate in this country is so low. Many of the politicians and the elite in this country do not understand public policy. They are light years behind in that regard. Ideas written and implemented years ago in other countries have not been attempted in this country yet.
Bahamians don't know how their government works.Even so call politicians.
Bahamians merely vote. They can't explain or don't know the ideology or the political philosophy of these parties. in fact they are quite to live under an autocratic dictatorship. Since they do not seem to tolerate dissent or opposition
Minister Sears should resign from his post for misleading the house. He throw Wilson the financial secretary under the bus. This is however goes deeper than that.
I see the Tribune disable the commenting on their story about the government not having the funds last year to execute the fuel hedges.That is true. Somebody in the Ministry of Finance told me that. The Financial Secretary and the senior technocrats in that ministry decided it was more important to refinance the BPL loan. They were warned by creditors what was going to happen if that loan was not refinanced or BPL defaulted on the loan. That loan had some onerous terms.
What is ironic about his situation is about Dr.Minnis and Marlon Johnson the so called acting financial secretary know about this situation.They created this situation.That is Marlon's method of operation...Take credit for things when they are good and deflect and pretend when things go wrong..This situation is one of the reasons why Dr,.Minnis called an early election. He knew of the many hard decisions that were going to be made.
There needs to be on-going maintenance program on the island of New Providence. Indeed the entire Bahamas.Public buildings, roads,parks,green spaces,road signage and drains need to be maintain regularly. The ministry of works under this PLP government no longer seems to be functioning. They were not doing much before.They are simply worse. Just awful in their performance.
The minister should answer the questions about how many taxi plates are issued.Also the rationale about why so many were issued. Taxi plates seem to given out as political patronage.
The island of New Providence needs a sensible full managed public transportation system.There are too many private vehicles on this island. If the road project was not undertaken by the last Ingraham administration,traffic would be far worse on this island. Tiny Bermuda has well -organized public transportation system from the forties New Providence should have had one from the fifties.
The Bahamas was one of the last countries in the english speaking caribbean to grant women the right of vote.
Women first got the right to vote in Cuba in 1934. Women first got the right to vote in Jamaica in 1944. Trinidad and Tobago granted women the right to vote in 1946. Haitian and Barbadian women got the right to vote in 1950. Property owning women got the right to vote in Bermuda in 1944.
Somebody told me this. I was very embarrassed to hear this. The person also said to me this ,despite what is believed here in the Bahamas,the Bahamas is very socially backward country.
However I salute Mrs. Darling on her achievement.It was the culmination of a long struggle. The struggle for equality for Bahamian women continues to this day.
The ultimate responsibility for the fuel hedges not being executed lies at the feet of the Minister of Finance, Phillip Edward Brave Davis. True to form, he threw the financial secretary Wilson under the bus.He does not accept responsibility for any thing just like Hubert Minnis.
The situation of the fuel hedge is not as cut and dry as Michael Pintard makes it to be..The same way he won't say that the loan to refinance BPL''s debt of 246 million came due in February this year. That loan was a loan contracted by his FNM government. BPL is simply a mess. Tribune Business don't practice good journalism. They don't ask any questions and attempt to analyse things. They merely print what they are given.
I experience the lack of connectivity between various Bahamian islands on my first trip to Exuma. I saw a well -known track athlete and his family who wanted to visit Cat Island.He was told that he and his family had to fly back to New Providence and book a flight to Cat Island. That is what the Sky Bahamas counter agent told them. There was no flight operated by Sky Bahamas at that time between Exuma and Cat Island.
The lack of connectivity between islands was one of the factors why the hip hop between islands campaign failed in the nineties.That program was attempted when Brent Symonette was serving as Minister of Tourism.
It is somewhat easier in this country to travel to South Florida than travel to some islands in this country. This is one of the issues in this country with domestic tourism. Many Nassavians in particular don't really travel with in this country.
To the columnist, before PM Mia Mottley ,there was PM Michael Manley of Jamaica. The Jamaica Gleaner said that in an editorial.He had the same charisma,intellectual capability and vison as Mia.Mia is not as polarizing as Michael Manley was in his day. Michael Manley spoke about these issues in the seventies and eighties. The Gleaner recommends that she move on after her political career to contest the position for the post of UN secretary general. She is not the spokesperson for most of the spanish and french speaking caribbean.They have been separate from the english speaking caribbean from the days of colonialism.
The Bahamas is indeed adrift. I sense that living in this country at this time. A lot of persons who go aboard for their tertiary education don't return to live and work in this country. A lady told me this recently. Her daughter said to her leaving for university. she is never coming back to this country to live ,only to visit.
Hubert Ingraham to his credit had a vision for this country.Some of his plans and ideas were thwarted by both PLPs and as well FNMs. He said recently, certain persons in the FNM council meetings were concerned about what they did not get. Mainly their interest was getting contracts He did his best to modernize the Bahamas. Limited local government in the family islands,introduction of private broadcasting,attempting to improve the legal status of women and children born out of wedlock are some of his policy ideas.
BONEFISH says...
Most bahamians do not read for enjoyment,knowledge or pleasure. My self included. I went years without reading books after I finish going to school. The public school system. I have started recently to attempt to read various genres of books.
I vividly remember the first time I saw the main library in Broward County, down town Fort Lauderdale. Also the Books a Million store in the mall. I said to myself, there is nothing like this in the Bahamas.
The lack of persons who read and discuss ideas is one of the reasons,the level of public debate in this country is so low. Many of the politicians and the elite in this country do not understand public policy. They are light years behind in that regard. Ideas written and implemented years ago in other countries have not been attempted in this country yet.
On FRONT PORCH: Reading critical to human development
Posted 29 December 2022, 8:26 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Bahamians don't know how their government works.Even so call politicians.
Bahamians merely vote. They can't explain or don't know the ideology or the political philosophy of these parties. in fact they are quite to live under an autocratic dictatorship. Since they do not seem to tolerate dissent or opposition
On FRONT PORCH: Ignorance poses threat to our political system
Posted 16 December 2022, 10:04 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Minister Sears should resign from his post for misleading the house. He throw Wilson the financial secretary under the bus. This is however goes deeper than that.
I see the Tribune disable the commenting on their story about the government not having the funds last year to execute the fuel hedges.That is true. Somebody in the Ministry of Finance told me that. The Financial Secretary and the senior technocrats in that ministry decided it was more important to refinance the BPL loan. They were warned by creditors what was going to happen if that loan was not refinanced or BPL defaulted on the loan. That loan had some onerous terms.
What is ironic about his situation is about Dr.Minnis and Marlon Johnson the so called acting financial secretary know about this situation.They created this situation.That is Marlon's method of operation...Take credit for things when they are good and deflect and pretend when things go wrong..This situation is one of the reasons why Dr,.Minnis called an early election. He knew of the many hard decisions that were going to be made.
On Sears admits misleading House on BPL fuel hedge
Posted 9 December 2022, 6:23 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
There needs to be on-going maintenance program on the island of New Providence. Indeed the entire Bahamas.Public buildings, roads,parks,green spaces,road signage and drains need to be maintain regularly. The ministry of works under this PLP government no longer seems to be functioning. They were not doing much before.They are simply worse. Just awful in their performance.
On 'Sears unsuitable for his portfolio’
Posted 8 December 2022, 6:49 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The minister should answer the questions about how many taxi plates are issued.Also the rationale about why so many were issued. Taxi plates seem to given out as political patronage.
The island of New Providence needs a sensible full managed public transportation system.There are too many private vehicles on this island. If the road project was not undertaken by the last Ingraham administration,traffic would be far worse on this island. Tiny Bermuda has well -organized public transportation system from the forties New Providence should have had one from the fifties.
On ‘How many taxi plates have been issued?’
Posted 2 December 2022, 9:14 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The Bahamas was one of the last countries in the english speaking caribbean to grant women the right of vote.
Women first got the right to vote in Cuba in 1934.
Women first got the right to vote in Jamaica in 1944.
Trinidad and Tobago granted women the right to vote in 1946.
Haitian and Barbadian women got the right to vote in 1950.
Property owning women got the right to vote in Bermuda in 1944.
Somebody told me this. I was very embarrassed to hear this. The person also said to me this ,despite what is believed here in the Bahamas,the Bahamas is very socially backward country.
However I salute Mrs. Darling on her achievement.It was the culmination of a long struggle. The struggle for equality for Bahamian women continues to this day.
On FACE TO FACE: The first in line to change The Bahamas
Posted 29 November 2022, 6:18 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The ultimate responsibility for the fuel hedges not being executed lies at the feet of the Minister of Finance, Phillip Edward Brave Davis. True to form, he threw the financial secretary Wilson under the bus.He does not accept responsibility for any thing just like Hubert Minnis.
The situation of the fuel hedge is not as cut and dry as Michael Pintard makes it to be..The same way he won't say that the loan to refinance BPL''s debt of 246 million came due in February this year. That loan was a loan contracted by his FNM government. BPL is simply a mess. Tribune Business don't practice good journalism. They don't ask any questions and attempt to analyse things. They merely print what they are given.
On PM told: $22m savings if BPL fuel trades done
Posted 28 November 2022, 9:38 a.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
I experience the lack of connectivity between various Bahamian islands on my first trip to Exuma. I saw a well -known track athlete and his family who wanted to visit Cat Island.He was told that he and his family had to fly back to New Providence and book a flight to Cat Island. That is what the Sky Bahamas counter agent told them. There was no flight operated by Sky Bahamas at that time between Exuma and Cat Island.
The lack of connectivity between islands was one of the factors why the hip hop between islands campaign failed in the nineties.That program was attempted when Brent Symonette was serving as Minister of Tourism.
It is somewhat easier in this country to travel to South Florida than travel to some islands in this country. This is one of the issues in this country with domestic tourism. Many Nassavians in particular don't really travel with in this country.
On DIANE PHILLIPS: Island hopping, anyone? Kudos to Bahamas.com for whetting the appetite – now what?
Posted 26 November 2022, 2:01 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
A next black eye for this country. This situation is not helping the image of the Bahamas as an off shore financial center.
On Sir Franklyn: FTX is ‘not our first rodeo’
Posted 26 November 2022, 9:55 a.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
To the columnist, before PM Mia Mottley ,there was PM Michael Manley of Jamaica. The Jamaica Gleaner said that in an editorial.He had the same charisma,intellectual capability and vison as Mia.Mia is not as polarizing as Michael Manley was in his day. Michael Manley spoke about these issues in the seventies and eighties. The Gleaner recommends that she move on after her political career to contest the position for the post of UN secretary general. She is not the spokesperson for most of the spanish and french speaking caribbean.They have been separate from the english speaking caribbean from the days of colonialism.
The Bahamas is indeed adrift. I sense that living in this country at this time. A lot of persons who go aboard for their tertiary education don't return to live and work in this country. A lady told me this recently. Her daughter said to her leaving for university. she is never coming back to this country to live ,only to visit.
Hubert Ingraham to his credit had a vision for this country.Some of his plans and ideas were thwarted by both PLPs and as well FNMs. He said recently, certain persons in the FNM council meetings were concerned about what they did not get. Mainly their interest was getting contracts He did his best to modernize the Bahamas. Limited local government in the family islands,introduction of private broadcasting,attempting to improve the legal status of women and children born out of wedlock are some of his policy ideas.
On FRONT PORCH – The insurgency of Mia Mottley: 21st century philosophy and vision for national development
Posted 24 November 2022, 4:24 p.m. Suggest removal