In little over one year, we will be celebration 50 years of Independence. In such a view, I am moved to state the following:

In December 2021 and January 2022, the Grand Bahama Island Birders (GBIB) group conducted its 22nd annual Christmas Bird Count. This was the first time that GBIB had to accomplish this feat without our fearless leader and beloved mentor, Erika Gates. Erika passed recently after several months of battling cancer. The membership of GBIB is still reeling from our loss. We extend our sincere condolences to her devoted husband, Ed Gates and her family and the many who benefited from her mentorship and loving spirit.

Standing in line on many occasions, one often sees old ladies, some not so old, digging in their purses to miraculously retrieve a few more pennies to hopefully complete payment for a few breadbasket items purchased. Pennies no longer exist for purchasing.  From time to time, there may be a generous, or maybe a little more well off shopper who would help a poor lady. If one were to check, many of these struggling have outlived their husbands or breadwinners, and thus have no other means apart from few NIB pension dollars on which to survive...

When we look at Bahamian culture, are we seeing straight, or cross-eyed? We seem to tenaciously refuse to let go of some things, while simultaneously engaging in importing and adopting other things with reckless abandon. It goes without saying that culture, of course, is not static, but always changing ... ever so slightly sometimes. Still, when we look at Bahamian culture, are we seeing straight, or crossed-eyed...

Equality Bahamas welcomes the seven women elected to Parliament to join its advocacy for the promotion, protection, and expansion of all women’s human rights. It encourages all parliamentarians to create a culture of gender sensitivity and publicly acknowledging the diverse and specific experiences of women and girls—including LBTQ+ women, women with disabilities, women experiencing poverty, and women engaged in unpaid care work—and the gender-specific response needed...

Dear Editor,

Dear Mr. Prime Minister, The Most Honorable Hubert A. Minnis:

With this week’s resignation of Leniesha Rolle, the country now faces a dire situation in which not one single member of the Cabinet of the Bahamas is a woman.

Dear Editor,

I can’t believe I am at the computer again shaking my head at more mind ‘bogglement’ taking place!

Dear Editor,
IMPROVE THE CIVIL SERVICE

The more things change, the more, unfortunately, they remain the same!

Today my facebook feed sent me my Letter to the Editor  memory from January 3, 2018 on the Commercial Enterprises Bill, 2017...

How long the abuse of women and children has existed on the planet; hundred years, five, thousand…always been there. In society knowing it was here, suddenly it becomes more transparent; those with money cannot hide it any longer. The corruption attached to businesses, governments and the rich hardly ever made it to the newspapers. But a transparency is beginning to happen. We’re now seeing things that one never imagined could happen. Compassion is finding a home in the hearts of many...

Dear Editor,

Since the passage of Hurricane Dorian we, the residents of Abaco have been living life in slow motion. Even in the middle of a global pandemic filled with economic uncertainty. Even as we ride out yet another hurricane season with limited resources in place, Abaconians face another real threat. Over the past three months, work at the major hurricane dump sites in Abaco (Spring City and Treasure Cay) has come to a crawl and almost to a complete stop...

On This National Heroes Day, as we remain locked down in our homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is an ideal time to reflect on the meaning of this holiday that was, for so many years, avidly fought for by S. Sebastian Campbell and his National Heroes Committee.

In a recent letter to the press, Campbell highlighted six points as he respectfully advocated for more Bahamian awareness, education...

Today’s date is 10/10/2020 – there must be some significance in those numbers. I had  several topics already prepared to write several Letters to the Editor this weekend, but was drawn to a facebook  post instead to start the ball rolling.

First of all, I would like to address the expression attributed to my dear friend, the Honorable Minister of Education. Supposedly, he or his government will “hunt down” those individuals who have dared to establish unregulated educational facilities in the nation. To “hunt down” immediately awakened in my mind the images of well armed hunters sent forth with bows and arrows, hand guns and pistols to capture some escaped criminals or to kill some wild and threatening beasts of prey. I know it is not what was meant, but the images linger in my mind...

 As you all may have been made aware, a zoom meeting convened on Saturday August 22 nd , 2020 to discuss the way forward for Grand Bahama. One Hundred and Eighty Four (184) Small Business Owners and Business Professionals signed on and attended this meeting.

The obvious , is that the Grand Bahama Economy has been in a vortex for a number of ye ars now for what seems like an eternity. The downward spiral of this economy didn’t just begin with Hurricane Dorian in 2019 or covid19...

As we fast approach July 1st  and the new ‘re-opening’ phase in The Bahamas due to COVID-19, I urge the government, their financial services partners, as well as the Central Bank, commercial banks and other stakeholders to get together right away to work out the glaring kinks related to implementing a burgeoning cashless environment for this country.

Since last year notices have been circulating about the closures of commercial banks, especially on the Family Islands...

Prominent Grand Bahama attorney, Terence Gape continues to stress the essential need to commence work on an Airport for Grand Bahama stating, "Without the Airport started and then in place, Freeport is going to be crossed off the map of any present Investor and/or potential Investor. The Bahamas cannot afford to lose the income of Grand Bahama and the sustainable economic diversification which the City can provide in the shortest possible period.

Freeport, I submit, is still the only place in The Bahamas that can create the Jobs and increase income the Country will need to finance the Debt Burden to give Bahamians hope going forward..."