We must remember that although Obama is the first Black US president; the institution of Americanism is established. He along with most Americans including Blacks and Latinos are just as guilty in allowing their government to oppress nations at will - while they say and do nothing about it! Particularly Blacks and Latinos although they have their plate full; ought to stand up against US oppressive policies in the region and the world for that matter. Guess what - fundamentally, the policies are against US interests too. The USA still has a intransigent republican foreign policy…, worst than the one at home!

Historically Haitians are some of the oldest immigrants to the Bahamas. They are some of the oldest fighters for Black equality in the Bahamas. Haitians are the most hard working and easiest to assimilate with Bahamians. Lately because of the economy Bahamians are finding themselves more intolerant of Haitians. The Bahamas should allocate X amount of immigrants to the country every year and Haitians ought to be at the top of the list. The Bahamas has other immigrants that are much more unacceptable than Haitians; but we only talk about the Haitians. At the same time we must protect our borders and its not only about Haitians!

All I can say about the US immigration policy that give Cubans US citizenship is;
Cuba ought to consider offering Americans citizenship when they come to Cuba and are desirous of it. But Cuba would have to allocate a certain amount; because too many Americans might want to emigrate - and Cuba cannot absorb all of them.

Every country around us are our neighbours, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, US, Canada, all the Caribbean and South American countries etc. - across the ocean and the world…, the Bahamas is a neighbour to all with a coastline! Cuba is one of our oldest neighbours. I hope this government take a neighbourly view of that and vote yes (not abstain as the Bahamas did in the UN Palestinian vote) to stop the US blockade at the UN! Unlike the US and Israel that tries to stop peace and interaction between countries. US has traded with all the communist nations of the world; except perhaps not North Korea. They need to cut the crap and move away from their negative dogmatic policies trying to keep Cuba down - that’s bad for everyone! It certainly is not neighbourly!

The Caribbean countries even though they established diplomatic relations with Cuba and there is a semblance of trade - they are in the US camp on trade with Cuba. Only when the US tells them its OK to trade with Cuba will they do so. They are shy of saying so but that’s the deal. Its liken to Haiti when it declared independence from France. The USA was the first nation to recognize Haiti ; but that’s all it did - nothing else! And so our Caribbean neighbours are afraid to trade with their historical neighbour Cuba - until master uncle Sam says so! It’s a silly policy; because Cuba is not going anywhere.

Sure Bay Street has out grown Junkanoo - but remember our colonial mentality cannot get past moving it from Bay Street. Put it in the sports stadium and regulate the size of the groups or let them in one at a time for the spectators in the stadium. The Valley Boys won fair and square for highlighting the English monarchy; the very symbol that raped our people as slaves and took the monarch jewels from Africa - lately celebrating a diamond jubilee - there are no diamonds in Briton - wonder where they got them from…,
Our colonial patsy system of government, our history of celebrating European culture is the most neocolonialist Bahamians can ever be. Sadly this is what we are as a people - still skewed by the European master. And most of us love it and care not to know any better.

The national crime is when the Bahamas abstained on the vote at the UN yesterday to elect Palestine as an observer member state. The abstention by the Bahamas puts us on the wrong side of history. That decision is not local - realizing Bahamians were a colonized and oppressed people too. The foreign minister ought to explain why the Bahamas took that position.

The national crime is when the Bahamas abstained on the vote at the UN yesterday to elect Palestine as an observer member state. The abstention by the Bahamas puts us on the wrong side of history. That decision is not local - realizing Bahamians were a colonized and oppressed people too. The foreign minister ought to explain why the Bahamas took that position.

The referendum question on gambling must simply be:

Should the government legalize, regulate and tax all forms of gambling?

Yes____

No ____

The present government ought to enact complete detail legislation to make ALL of Grand Bahama a freeport island - inviting all sorts of investments to its shores - the whole ten yards! Bahamians and the world would appreciate a complete Bahamian Freeport island in the Bahamas.