So if the two "goons" (and obviously they were smart enough to wiggle their way out of some of the traps and even to work on both sides of the conflict)were paid some $3. Million to concoct a story about a muderous plot to kill a number of persons and all this was apparently orchestrated by lawyer Fred Smith, or at least with his knowledge, when will he be disbarred? The signal you send to the young people of the Bahamas that the Deputy Prime Minister is involved in a plot with known criminals to kill innocent people. We are in an epidemic of murder in this country and you gonna cause newspaper headlines to scream that the DPM involved in murder too? Yes a nation is for sale... How much?
So while we are waiting for the fat lady to finish singing: i don't remember the two headlines the Tribune had, but I think i read about it somewhere. Do you remember when the Tribune astarted putting color in its print and sometimes they had problems getting the color adjusted properly or properly aligned. So sometimes you would get newspapers with an overwrite or sometimes a particular color was completely missing. Then the same thing happened when The Tribune started publishing color photographs. Sometimes there were problems with alignment or color seperating and so sometimes some really off looking photos were printed. In this day and time screaming headlines (mussy 1000 point) dominate the front page. Is it because more of our population can read now or the bold headlines and color wraps are more effective than photos/
When I read that Mrs Ellen Dupuch Carron has been editor of The Tribune for 53 years that would mean that something is wrong or I would have to be over 50 to read Sir Ettienne's editorials. Then I remember that he was a contributing editor after he retired and his daughter took control of the newspaper.
All this black ink on the front page of The Tribune today reminds me of when I was a little boy growing up. Back the The Tribune was not printed in color so even as a little boy whenever you saw large black print or reverse print or shaded gray on the front page, you knew something important had happened, and seldom it was murder or the unveiling of an alleged murderous plot as it is today. And the Tribune was printed in the evenings in those days so you learned to know that an early newspaper meant little news. But sometimes when the house of assembly was meeting or a high profile court case was in session or election results were being published, it would be 8 or even 9 o'clock before The tribune hit the streets. And sometimes if the weather was bad some whole not get their evening newspaper until the next morning. You see The Tribune was sold by mostly school boys who gathered in the delivery section of the newspaper building and after receiving their allotment, they made their way over the hill and had to sell their newspapers and be home before curfew to do their homework and get ready for school the next morning, except if it was a Friday or a Saturday or school was closed. I was one of the ones who was sent to the corner store over and over to find out ,"if The Tribune reach yet." And so when The Tribune was very late I would stand with the group of persons at the corner store, "who didn't want to go to sleep in the dark" and wait for the Tribune "to reach." And from the conversations I got to know everything that was going on in the country, and sometimes I wondered why some of the people were waiting on the evening newspaper because from their conversations, "seems like they done know everything." Well somewhere I got to reading the Tribune for myself and especially the editorials written by the late Sir Ettienne Dupuch and through his been I was able to travel the world and learn about and see many things without leaving New Providence. There were topics on World War 2 and the war effort here and how so many things we take for granted were not available because all the material was being used for the war. Then sometimes Sir Etienne would write a series of articles. He would have his usual piece at the top of the editor' page then another part of the series at the bottom. This created a problem for me because we did not buy the newspaper every day And as a schoo boy I did not have the 10 or 15 cents to buy a newspaper. So I never got to read those articles. So after a while you learn to analyze news stories and not only to believe or not believe, but also to fill in the missing parts.
John says...
So if the two "goons" (and obviously they were smart enough to wiggle their way out of some of the traps and even to work on both sides of the conflict)were paid some $3. Million to concoct a story about a muderous plot to kill a number of persons and all this was apparently orchestrated by lawyer Fred Smith, or at least with his knowledge, when will he be disbarred? The signal you send to the young people of the Bahamas that the Deputy Prime Minister is involved in a plot with known criminals to kill innocent people. We are in an epidemic of murder in this country and you gonna cause newspaper headlines to scream that the DPM involved in murder too? Yes a nation is for sale... How much?
On Smith: Why quiz PM and Deputy but not Nygard?
Posted 16 March 2016, 9:37 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
So when will it be the right time to ask for lawyer Fred Smith to be disbarred?
On Nygard hits back with his own allegations
Posted 16 March 2016, 9:25 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
So while we are waiting for the fat lady to finish singing: i don't remember the two headlines the Tribune had, but I think i read about it somewhere. Do you remember when the Tribune astarted putting color in its print and sometimes they had problems getting the color adjusted properly or properly aligned. So sometimes you would get newspapers with an overwrite or sometimes a particular color was completely missing. Then the same thing happened when The Tribune started publishing color photographs. Sometimes there were problems with alignment or color seperating and so sometimes some really off looking photos were printed. In this day and time screaming headlines (mussy 1000 point) dominate the front page. Is it because more of our population can read now or the bold headlines and color wraps are more effective than photos/
On Nygard hits back with his own allegations
Posted 16 March 2016, 7:08 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
When I read that Mrs Ellen Dupuch Carron has been editor of The Tribune for 53 years that would mean that something is wrong or I would have to be over 50 to read Sir Ettienne's editorials. Then I remember that he was a contributing editor after he retired and his daughter took control of the newspaper.
On Nygard hits back with his own allegations
Posted 16 March 2016, 4:10 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
All this black ink on the front page of The Tribune today reminds me of when I was a little boy growing up. Back the The Tribune was not printed in color so even as a little boy whenever you saw large black print or reverse print or shaded gray on the front page, you knew something important had happened, and seldom it was murder or the unveiling of an alleged murderous plot as it is today. And the Tribune was printed in the evenings in those days so you learned to know that an early newspaper meant little news. But sometimes when the house of assembly was meeting or a high profile court case was in session or election results were being published, it would be 8 or even 9 o'clock before The tribune hit the streets. And sometimes if the weather was bad some whole not get their evening newspaper until the next morning. You see The Tribune was sold by mostly school boys who gathered in the delivery section of the newspaper building and after receiving their allotment, they made their way over the hill and had to sell their newspapers and be home before curfew to do their homework and get ready for school the next morning, except if it was a Friday or a Saturday or school was closed. I was one of the ones who was sent to the corner store over and over to find out ,"if The Tribune reach yet." And so when The Tribune was very late I would stand with the group of persons at the corner store, "who didn't want to go to sleep in the dark" and wait for the Tribune "to reach." And from the conversations I got to know everything that was going on in the country, and sometimes I wondered why some of the people were waiting on the evening newspaper because from their conversations, "seems like they done know everything." Well somewhere I got to reading the Tribune for myself and especially the editorials written by the late Sir Ettienne Dupuch and through his been I was able to travel the world and learn about and see many things without leaving New Providence. There were topics on World War 2 and the war effort here and how so many things we take for granted were not available because all the material was being used for the war. Then sometimes Sir Etienne would write a series of articles. He would have his usual piece at the top of the editor' page then another part of the series at the bottom. This created a problem for me because we did not buy the newspaper every day And as a schoo boy I did not have the 10 or 15 cents to buy a newspaper. So I never got to read those articles. So after a while you learn to analyze news stories and not only to believe or not believe, but also to fill in the missing parts.
On Nygard hits back with his own allegations
Posted 16 March 2016, 4:04 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Sips another kalik gold
On ‘Kick billionaire out of country’
Posted 16 March 2016, 2:39 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Sips kalik gold
On Nygard hits back with his own allegations
Posted 16 March 2016, 2:36 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
The Tribune is swearing to the dogmas of its masters...@ Publis
On EDITORIAL: The Tribune makes no apologies - it has done its duty
Posted 15 March 2016, 3 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
The fat lady has not sung yet...
On EDITORIAL: The Tribune makes no apologies - it has done its duty
Posted 14 March 2016, 11:27 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
@sheeprunner...did you ever resolve that matter you was talking about?
On PLP chairman says Pintard must resign or be fired
Posted 14 March 2016, 6:55 p.m. Suggest removal