You have to wonder about this , when a young man says that he keeps a $45,000 dollar medal with him all the time. I know sometimes athletes have a stubborn trait that helps them to achieve their goals ,but did this same trait cause him to "lose his gold" , because i am certain that somebody , a friend, family member, or fellow athlete had to have told him that there were better options available for securing such valuables,but the advice went unheeded.

I have seen the name Brent Stubbs for years as a writer and i am a bit dismayed that he would use the phrase "revert back". The word revert means to go back, so in using that incorrect phrase is like saying "going forward frontwards"

I must congratulate the jury on this verdict because it is very easy for them to be swayed by the lies of the defence,who can say anything , no matter how outrageous to try and get their clients off.Having been a juror myself i know how easy it is to be intimidated by the process and no matter what the judge says about him being the one who makes the decision, many jurors ,no matter how strong the evidence presented against the defendant is, fear " sending people to jail ". This sentiment was even expressed to me by 90% of the jurors who were empanelled with me.
Because of this i have become a proponent of no jury trials for many serious offences in the Supreme Court and i have also come to believe that many offenders are walking the streets because of the jury system and i sympathise with the judges who know this ,but must remain silent.

Nobody is surprised by Bradley Roberts' responce ,because we all know what he purportedly had done to a former lady friend when he had problems letting go when she no longer wanted him.So it would not have been any problem to hit a woman ,even when he was the instigator.As for demeanor in the House of Assembly,we all remember Algernon Allen pleading with the Speaker to calm Bradley Roberts down as he was "frightening the little darlings" .I must also add that if Dr. Rollins had acted in such a condescending manner with either Mr. ingraham or the late Sir Lynden Pindling,he would have gotten the same responce,in the least.

Some years ago,when Keith Bell was was a police officer and going to evening classes ,studying law, a lecturer wrote that he was a very good candidate to become an attorney and that he should pursue law seriously.
He did so , graduating at the top of his class at UWI.He was one of the speakers chosen at my child's COB orientaton some years ago and i could not believe tha this was the same person and as he has entered politics , i am still of the same view.,which leads me to believe that you do not have to be the brightest to become a lawyer.
My main point about his comment about the billboards that the PLP placed about the murders in tourist frequented areas ,concerns the inadequate job that our journalists are doing,because if they were on the ball when he made that comment,surely one of them could have asked if he would have a problem with the billboards NOW.

Reading the above article i would like to know, if Justice Blackman was quoted correctly when he said "I am of the opinion that the decision of the magistrate was unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence", because if the quote was correct , then he believes that the officer should have been convicted, but that they would not change his decision, even though it was not the correct one, considering the evidence presented.Also the other two Justices said that the magistrate does not HAVE to convict the officer, in effect saying tht he has the option of letting him go free, which he did exercise. The three Justices did not say that they believed he was innocent. they just said that they would not change or overule his decision, which he was free to make.

I must admit that i am quite impressed with Miss Turner's articles .There are many letter writers out the ,whose letters are just given a quick perusal by me at best ,or not at all ,letters written from both sides of the political divide, eg; Ivoine Ingraham, Ossie Brown,Forrester Carroll etc,because historically they are all just apologists for their political masters and in many cases written for political crumbs.Without glancing over Bahamas Press,another one of them, i wouldn't even khow who Sharon Turner is.It is obvious from her writings that she is an intelligent ,articulate and knowledgible your lady with a great concern for her country.I look forward to reading more of them!

I must admit

Keep it up Hubert Chipman and use their own mantra .Remember what they used to say about the road project , which was completely necessary and has transformed Nassau. Tell them they care more about buildings than they care about people.

The mere fact that he was convicted was good even though i disagree with the punishment.We have many convicted murderers and arm robbers walking the streets and others who are a danger to soceity.His reputation has been severly tarnished and i think we missed a great oppurtunity here. Since nobody,except repeat offenders ,like to go to jail , he should have been given an alternative ; that ,or build a house over-the -hill for some poor Bahamian free of charge and he would have to report there every day for a full 8 hours,5 days a week until it is completed.I believe he would choose the latter.In my view that would be punishment enough as black Bahamian politicians only go there when on the campaign trail and most of them don't like to .