Alex_Charles 6 years, 5 months ago on RBDF investigating threats made on social media after arrests
RBDF investigating threats made on social media after arrests
desperate to feed their families? Is that why they treat their Haitian neighbors with such contempt when Haitians try to do the same? To hell with the DR. If they are trying to feed their families then do so in their own damn waters and stay TF out of ours.
Wish our Defense Force boats actually had proper naval guns instead of the Water guns the Christie administration switched them to. We can't take threats of death by these animals lightly.
BahamaPundit 6 years, 5 months ago on 4C’s boat seized by port officials
4C’s boat seized by port officials
Now all we need is a PLP press release saying it's racist to take this man's boats and everybody has the right to work. They will also say how the FNM caused the accident with their rich UBP backers.
pablojay 6 years, 5 months ago on Super Value ends staff ‘sex’ benefit
Super Value ends staff ‘sex’ benefit
I do not understand why Mr. Roberts was doing this . Doesn't he know that he is a white man? Who does he think he is, Frankie Wilson or Bradley Roberts?
sheeprunner12 6 years, 5 months ago on Why the row over Sir Ronald?
Why the row over Sir Ronald?
WHY IS SIR RANDOL FAWKES LEFT OUT OF THIS GROUP??????? ....... HE HAD THE MOST TO LOSE ......... AND HE DID LOSE AFTER HIS ALLIANCE WITH PINDLING.
licks2 6 years, 5 months ago on Clash over hero of ‘racist regime’
Clash over hero of ‘racist regime’
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. . .what a breath of fresh air. . .laying down the facts as they are and holding the torch for nobody!!!
DDK 6 years, 5 months ago on Clash over hero of ‘racist regime’
Clash over hero of ‘racist regime’
Biography[edit]
Roland "Pop" Symonette was one of nine children of Methodist minister Edwin Symonette and his wife Lavania (née Weech) on the small island settlement of Current, Eleuthera.
Although he had only six years of formal education, Symonette became one of the wealthiest men of his generation. An autodidact and lifelong advocate of education, he was a school teacher early in his career, but, during Prohibition, Symonette transported whiskey to the United States. With the profits from bootlegging, he invested in real estate, hotels, a shipyard and eventually a wide range of philanthropic interests, including Camp Symonette, originally built for the youth of the Bahamas. The Symonette family's holdings have never been publicly confirmed, but public speculation has placed it between $700 million and $2.5 billion USD.
In 1925, Symonette campaigned successfully for a seat in the Bahamas' House of Assembly. He served in the House, representing the Shirlea district until his retirement in 1977. His 52 years as a Member of Parliament is the longest record of service in the House of Assembly.
Symonette served as the head of government of the Bahama Islands from 1955 to 1964 and in 1964, when the country achieved internal self-government, he became the first Premier of the Bahama Islands. In 1959, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
The 1967 British Royal Commission of Inquiry reported that Symonette received 5,000 pounds from the U.S. casino interests who had left Cuba and were seeking a greater presence in The Bahamas. This sum was so modest to a man of Symonette's wealth that it is thought that he was acting as an informant to US intelligence agencies, who were concerned lest mobsters reestablish enterprises like the ones they operated in Cuba before the revolution. (See article on Prime Minister Lynden Pindling, who succeeded Symonette in 1967, his $57million+ involvement in Illegal drug trade in the Bahamas See also Sir Stafford Sands.
Source: Masters of Paradise: Organised Crime and the Internal Revenue Service in the Bahamas by Alan Block page 41 as quoted below:
"…Of those on the executive council who were lobbied so in intensely and extensively, Sir Roland Symonette was the most reluctant and disturbed. Soon to become the first premier of the Bahamas with the passage of a new constitution in 1964, Symonette was morally opposed to gambling. And even though he finally accepted a modest consultancy agreement with DEVCO, he still could not bring himself to vote for the certificate. Shortly after this difficult and morally ambiguous period, Symonette became premier and resigned his consultancy, having collected only 5,000 pounds.(21)"
screwedbahamian 6 years, 4 months ago on Injuncted: Judge orders govt to halt all shanty town clearances
Injuncted: Judge orders govt to halt all shanty town clearances
The longer the government remain wishy-washy in their decisions and delay the needed action on this problem the larger and vexing this situation is going to become. Simular problems like this went away when the citizens of the Dominican Republic took matters into their own hands. If these SHANTYTOWNS are illegal and break Bahamian laws, [demolished them and be done with it already. Let the legal immigrants find their own alternative housing. In any law abiding country, those that break the laws are incarcerated,
joeblow 6 years, 4 months ago on Uniforms assistance - ‘put the cash back’
Uniforms assistance - ‘put the cash back’
The government is already providing "free" education, in some instances "free" lunch, and they have been spending tax payer money for some children to get uniforms as well. This is an insane abuse of taxpayer funds, but people want to complain when VAT is increased? This lunacy is a part of the reason why the cost of living continues to increase! What about parental responsibility??
Future 6 years, 4 months ago on Rights Bahamas plans to take shanty town case international
Rights Bahamas plans to take shanty town case international
WE NEED PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THE BAHAMAS
concernedcitizen 6 years, 4 months ago on Man found hanging in Blue Hill Heights home
Man found hanging in Blue Hill Heights home
Your words ,',your not going to convince them that they're wicked '...your words ,,' I do believe all bad things are caused by impulses from the spiritual realm '..I know how to read what you typed ,perhaps you meant something else .I don,t need to look up hyperbole I know what the word means .
DDK 6 years, 1 month ago on 'It's time to call for anti-corruption laws'
'It's time to call for anti-corruption laws'
True and getting worse under the continued Pindling/Christie/Ingraham/Minnis & Co. regime.
proudloudandfnm 6 years, 1 month ago on Deficit overshoots DPM’s final prediction by $105m
Deficit overshoots DPM’s final prediction by $105m
Bout pay tithes. I don't do church bro. Never will. Biggest damn con on the planet....
Dawes 6 years, 1 month ago on Why it's now time to legalise marijuana
Why it's now time to legalise marijuana
Some one may want to explain to Dr. Pinder that for 50 years this country has been ruled by "black" men as such it is "black" men who have been putting young and old black men in jail. Otherwise of course it should be legalised, all of it, for recreation and for medical use.
Carolinaboy 5 years, 11 months ago on Fyre Festival producer 'was willing to perform sexual favours' to save event
Fyre Festival producer 'was willing to perform sexual favours' to save event
Mrs Rolle represents the best of Bahamians. Stepping up and taking responsibility.
Very sorry to see crooked rich boys ripping off Mrs Rolle. Who knows how this affected her family, lots of families.
I just stopped to watch the documentary. Lessons learned. Someone should setup go fund me site for Mrs Rolle. She should get paid back double just for doing the right thing. That’s possible in today’s world of social media.
This show really gives some insight into social media and marketing, and what can be created. Fabricated.
sheeprunner12 9 months, 3 weeks ago on Miller tells PM ‘hold ya head’ on union uproar over BPL proposal
Miller tells PM ‘hold ya head’ on union uproar over BPL proposal
Potcake singing for more sweetheart deals. He is nobody's friend ...... Opportunist
sheeprunner12 6 years, 5 months ago on Evictions over Straw Market debts
Evictions over Straw Market debts
This is how the PLP messes up things ......... they did not build the Market after they won in 2002 .......... The FNM re-built the Market after 2007 ........ Then the PLP stacked the place with their supporters after 2012 .......... Now the FNM has to clean out the place again ....... SMH