Basic safety and Mayaguana
The death of three people in Mayaguana last week was a tragedy. The residents were attempting to illuminate a runway for a medical charter. The plane struck the vehicles and two women and man were killed.
The victims were identified as f... |
Unnecessary disclosures
In parliaments, vicious debates often take place. Opposing sides do everything they can to win a point or cause the other side to be derailed. Parliaments are not places for thin-skinned people or for the faint of heart.
Public life in general is ... |
A worrying crime prediction
A senior U.S. State Department official is predicting that the Caribbean will likely experience a surge in drug-trafficking activity by 2015 because criminal operations are slowly moving out of parts of Latin America due to an international crackdown... |
Government and police must show strength to unions
Unions have a right to protest. They have a responsibility to advocate on behalf of their workers. They do not, however, have the right to takeover property they do not own.
Yesterday workers at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) went t... |
The concept of earned gratuity
The obligatory inclusion of 15 percent gratuity is without a doubt a point of frustration for most diners. Gratuity in The Bahamas is not so much a reflection of service but more an inflation of 15 percent in the price of food at a restaurant.
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Stepping down from high office
The world was surprised when the head of the Roman Catholic Church resigned. Popes don’t usually resign. Like monarchs they serve until death. The last pope to resign did so six centuries ago.
Pope Benedict XVI is an old man. The 85-year-old s... |
The role of quality teaching
The names of many of our public schools pay tribute to master teachers whose contributions to national development were extraordinary and critical.
Students should be reminded of those contributions by educators such as Mabel Walker, L.N. Coakley, N... |
Does the immigration minister get it?
Why do politicians feel that they have a right to say anything in Parliament and that those impacted will keep their lips sealed, especially when asked by the press to comment?
Is the business community henpecked by the political class to the point ... |
BEC and the government’s debt position
The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) is in crisis. It has a quarter of a billion dollars in debt the government has to back, it may lose $50 million this year and it is unable to provide enough power to keep the lights on in the high-demand sum... |
The national spelling bee
It is always a pleasure for The Nassau Guardian to sponsor the Bahamas National Spelling Bee. Danielle Smith of St. John’s College won this year’s competition yesterday. She outperformed a talented field of students from around the country.
Da... |
