I certainly wouldn't think anyone could characterize Latin, American, Canadian and European cities and countries Carnivals as "native" festival that they call "carnival".
However, you are unquestionably on point that Junkanoo has always been substantially way underutilized. With proper funding as pumped into Carnival, the Bahamas can easily create, and **possibly have already unwittingly created a unique event** to encourage and attract the huge Carnival followers to a one of kind Carnival type event by **seriously** incorporating more aspects of Junkanoo and Bahamian culture into "*Junkanoo* Carnival"!
Thanks for your input. If politicians would learn they are not instant geniuses after winning seats in Parliament and would LISTEN to people on the ground for a change, and we focus on putting our collective heads together, we WILL find the best-suited solutions to our problems.
Pastor Moss is entitled to his opinion, however, he is not entitled to cast his opinions and moral beliefs on the whole country based on his own personal convictions.
Nobody is forced to watch or participate in Carnival. It is a personal choice albeit easily considered risqué especially to certain individuals considering themselves as having high moral character.
I personally have no interest in the carnival, have never attended a carnival event and probably never will, although I have watched carnival clips from various countries and do find it aspects of it vulgar, that does not mean I am right and Carnival has is without merit.
Firstly, the PLP in their usual lousy fashion failed to educate Bahamians what Carnival is about and why they thought it would be a badly needed addition to the Bahamas failing tourism product.
Carnival has absolutely nothing to do with Bahamian culture, should never have been introduced as something Bahamian. The words "Carnival" and "Bahamian culture" should have never been uttered in the same sentence and that is where the former deceitful, smoke and mirror specialist administration made their biggest irreversible mistake!
Carnival is not just a Caribbean event. It is held in 90 countries globally and a proven profit center for countries tourism bottom line.
The Bahamas is desperately short on attractions and Carnival, if promoted honestly and properly, could become a major event for drawing tourist to the Bahamas as it has in dozens of Caribbean, Latin, American, Canadian and European cities and countries.
It is all too easy for Pastor Moss and others to grandstand, point fingers and find fault with Carnival. However, these people have never suggested any alternative solutions to help reverse our downward spiral in tourism!
**It time for all of us to stop all the whining and start chipping in with the heavy lifting**
A serious look at Miami, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Cuba's calendar of events should be studied to determine possible additions to, or replacement for Carnival.
The guy already has an outstanding criminal warrant, obviously refused commands to drop his weapon, attacked the police, and you want the police to risk life and limb trying to disarm this known attacking criminal lowlife troublemaker with a box cutter? Really?
You ever used a box cutter? It is easily a lethal weapon! In my opinion, the police used good judgment.
Branville McCartney like Hubert Ingraham is struggling to remain relevant!
These two "old schoolers" have yet to get it through their thick skulls they were rejected by an electorate tired of their stupidity, hard-headedness, proven lack of ability to compromise and overwhelming selfishness.
Branville proved beyond all doubt to have extremely poor judgment skills when he colluded with undeniable wacko, power mad, Loretta Butler. NOBODY with sense trust either of them or cares what he or Loretta has to say as proven May 10th.
Thank GOD Bahamians were intuitive enough to recognize Loretta and Branville for what they really are ...."power-crazed at any cost"!
Unquestionably, the Bahamas and our people would have suffered more than ever had Branville McCartney and Loretta Butler succeded in gaining control of the country!
Whatever Moodys' does is totally irrelevant to resolving the Bahamas systemic corruption situation!
Regardless which way the pendulum swings, we must first find out where the leakages are and plug them before pouring more good money after bad money into the coffers of these pirates that have robbed us blind and stifled growth for decades.
Taking one step backward is not easy and certainly not anyone's preference, but it still "is what it is" and cannot be avoided at this juncture.
@ Tarzan..I am very pleased to know there are sensible people out there with enough common sense to recognize the absolutely gargantuan task, and the amount of work it requires for the Minnis administration to unravel, investigate, bring charges and prosecute individuals dating back 10 years of massive corruption!
Politicians, civil servants, lawyers, accountants, contractors, bankers, vendors and any number of friends, family, and lovers on both sides of the political divide are tightly weaved into a sophisticated criminal organization involving every ministry, corporation, government, and private entity in the country.
PM Dr. Hubert Minnis has properly set the stage nationally and internationally for the dominos to fall in the right places at the right time. There are no short-cuts or quick fixes'!
Picewell Forbes has once again proven beyond doubt the PLP are totally incapable of change.
MP Chester Cooper is obliviously aligned with the wrong side and needs to cross the floor if is to deliver the kind of representation his constituency is expecting.
There is no hope of political leadership future for the PLP!
SP says...
Brazil’s former President Lula da Silva found guilty of corruption
http://fox2now.com/2017/07/13/brazils-f…
How many former Bahamian politicians will be found guilty of corruption?
On Christie: You can’t lie about Nottage now
Posted 13 July 2017, 6:45 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**plp all the way to nowhere** Sounds just about right!
On Corruption abuses bring Bahamas to 'junk' brink
Posted 12 July 2017, 9:12 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
I certainly wouldn't think anyone could characterize Latin, American, Canadian and European cities and countries Carnivals as "native" festival that they call "carnival".
However, you are unquestionably on point that Junkanoo has always been substantially way underutilized. With proper funding as pumped into Carnival, the Bahamas can easily create, and **possibly have already unwittingly created a unique event** to encourage and attract the huge Carnival followers to a one of kind Carnival type event by **seriously** incorporating more aspects of Junkanoo and Bahamian culture into "*Junkanoo* Carnival"!
Thanks for your input. If politicians would learn they are not instant geniuses after winning seats in Parliament and would LISTEN to people on the ground for a change, and we focus on putting our collective heads together, we WILL find the best-suited solutions to our problems.
On Cancel not privatise the carnival
Posted 10 July 2017, 8:30 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Pastor Moss is entitled to his opinion, however, he is not entitled to cast his opinions and moral beliefs on the whole country based on his own personal convictions.
Nobody is forced to watch or participate in Carnival. It is a personal choice albeit easily considered risqué especially to certain individuals considering themselves as having high moral character.
I personally have no interest in the carnival, have never attended a carnival event and probably never will, although I have watched carnival clips from various countries and do find it aspects of it vulgar, that does not mean I am right and Carnival has is without merit.
Firstly, the PLP in their usual lousy fashion failed to educate Bahamians what Carnival is about and why they thought it would be a badly needed addition to the Bahamas failing tourism product.
Carnival has absolutely nothing to do with Bahamian culture, should never have been introduced as something Bahamian. The words "Carnival" and "Bahamian culture" should have never been uttered in the same sentence and that is where the former deceitful, smoke and mirror specialist administration made their biggest irreversible mistake!
Carnival is not just a Caribbean event. It is held in 90 countries globally and a proven profit center for countries tourism bottom line.
https://tenandlee.wordpress.com/worldwi…
The Bahamas is desperately short on attractions and Carnival, if promoted honestly and properly, could become a major event for drawing tourist to the Bahamas as it has in dozens of Caribbean, Latin, American, Canadian and European cities and countries.
It is all too easy for Pastor Moss and others to grandstand, point fingers and find fault with Carnival. However, these people have never suggested any alternative solutions to help reverse our downward spiral in tourism!
**It time for all of us to stop all the whining and start chipping in with the heavy lifting**
A serious look at Miami, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Cuba's calendar of events should be studied to determine possible additions to, or replacement for Carnival.
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/ja…
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/do…
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/cu…
http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/events/a…
On Cancel not privatise the carnival
Posted 10 July 2017, 2:34 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
The guy already has an outstanding criminal warrant, obviously refused commands to drop his weapon, attacked the police, and you want the police to risk life and limb trying to disarm this known attacking criminal lowlife troublemaker with a box cutter? Really?
You ever used a box cutter? It is easily a lethal weapon! In my opinion, the police used good judgment.
On UPDATED: Police open fire as man attacks officers with knife
Posted 10 July 2017, 12:14 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Lol...Nobody told this fool what happens when you bring a knife to a gun fight?
On UPDATED: Police open fire as man attacks officers with knife
Posted 10 July 2017, 8:03 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Branville McCartney like Hubert Ingraham is struggling to remain relevant!
These two "old schoolers" have yet to get it through their thick skulls they were rejected by an electorate tired of their stupidity, hard-headedness, proven lack of ability to compromise and overwhelming selfishness.
Branville proved beyond all doubt to have extremely poor judgment skills when he colluded with undeniable wacko, power mad, Loretta Butler. NOBODY with sense trust either of them or cares what he or Loretta has to say as proven May 10th.
Thank GOD Bahamians were intuitive enough to recognize Loretta and Branville for what they really are ...."power-crazed at any cost"!
Unquestionably, the Bahamas and our people would have suffered more than ever had Branville McCartney and Loretta Butler succeded in gaining control of the country!
On DNA leader calls for action over impropriety allegations
Posted 10 July 2017, 7:59 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Whatever Moodys' does is totally irrelevant to resolving the Bahamas systemic corruption situation!
Regardless which way the pendulum swings, we must first find out where the leakages are and plug them before pouring more good money after bad money into the coffers of these pirates that have robbed us blind and stifled growth for decades.
Taking one step backward is not easy and certainly not anyone's preference, but it still "is what it is" and cannot be avoided at this juncture.
On DNA leader calls for action over impropriety allegations
Posted 10 July 2017, 7:29 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
@ Tarzan..I am very pleased to know there are sensible people out there with enough common sense to recognize the absolutely gargantuan task, and the amount of work it requires for the Minnis administration to unravel, investigate, bring charges and prosecute individuals dating back 10 years of massive corruption!
Politicians, civil servants, lawyers, accountants, contractors, bankers, vendors and any number of friends, family, and lovers on both sides of the political divide are tightly weaved into a sophisticated criminal organization involving every ministry, corporation, government, and private entity in the country.
PM Dr. Hubert Minnis has properly set the stage nationally and internationally for the dominos to fall in the right places at the right time. There are no short-cuts or quick fixes'!
On DNA leader calls for action over impropriety allegations
Posted 9 July 2017, 11:58 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Picewell Forbes has once again proven beyond doubt the PLP are totally incapable of change.
MP Chester Cooper is obliviously aligned with the wrong side and needs to cross the floor if is to deliver the kind of representation his constituency is expecting.
There is no hope of political leadership future for the PLP!
On ‘Cocky and arrogant PLP’ must seek forgiveness
Posted 8 July 2017, 10:31 a.m. Suggest removal