proudloudandfnm 12 years, 2 months ago on ‘The knife that killed OJ’s wife stashed in Bahamas’
‘The knife that killed OJ’s wife stashed in Bahamas’
Is the Tribune seriously reporting on a National Enqurie peice??!?!? Seriously????
Guys have you no respect for your proffession?
So is Rosanne Barr really having a baby for an alien???
C'mon guys get real!!
Alexandre 11 years, 9 months ago on Treasure salvaging can 'wipe out national debt'
Treasure salvaging can 'wipe out national debt'
I cant believe it. The same old arguments keep popping up. Treasure hunters used them everywhere, from Cape Verde to Mozambique, to Portugal. In the former two cases, occasional, small time scale looting by local divers was indeed stoped.... but why? Because large time treasure hunting wrecked all the wrecksites and looted everything. And why keep only 25%? If Bahamians were smart, they would form a Government agency composed of archaeologists and divers, pay them an average wage, get them on the water, cooperate with international academic entities, pair up with Spain, do proper archival research - and keep 100% of it!
Alexandre 11 years, 9 months ago on Treasure salvaging can 'wipe out national debt'
Treasure salvaging can 'wipe out national debt'
An archaeologist colleague of mine compiled this list regarding treasure hunting. Enjoy it:
- Can treasure hunters do archaeology with high standards?
No. The aim of treasure hunting is profit and treasure hunting companies depend on investor's money. In a normal competitive environment investors prefer companies that yield better returns on their investments. It is an indisputable fact that careful excavations are more expensive than the quick salvage of artifacts with market value, and companies that try to follow good archaeological standards will not survive long in any informed market.
- Can archaeologists and treasure hunters work together?
No. Like any other professionals, archaeologists are bound by a deontological code. No deontological code accepts archaeologists selling artifacts to pay for the excavations. And no deontological code allows archaeologists to lower their standards of practice so that their bosses can make a better profit.
- Can archaeology be conducted by private organizations?
Yes. The Institute of Nautical Archaeology is a good example. Entirely private, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology has pioneered the field of underwater archaeology for over three decades without ever selling one artifact.
- Why should archaeological collections be kept together?
For several important reasons:
Because artifacts are normally part of assemblages and alone are frequently meaningless;
Because artifacts are always different from many points of view;
Because the study of assemblages of artifacts is always evolving;
Because as technology evolves artifacts can yield more information if tested with new techniques;
And because there is no need to sell them.
- Should less developed countries allow treasure hunting ventures in their waters when they cannot afford a high standard of archaeology?
This is one of the most preposterous arguments of many treasure hunting companies and representatives. This argument implies that poorer nations should not aim for development, education, or environmental protection (and their cultural heritage is directly related to these aspects).
Alexandre 11 years, 9 months ago on Treasure salvaging can 'wipe out national debt'
Treasure salvaging can 'wipe out national debt'
- Are shipwrecks a scarce resource?
Yes. A very scarce one. Only a certain number of ships were lost in each period, by each culture. To destroy them all now is to destroy the hope that future generations may look at their cultural heritage with their own eyes.
- Given the fact that sometimes, if not protected, shipwrecks can be looted by sport divers, destroyed by fishing trawlers, or just decay with time, should it not be advisable to allow treasure hunters to salvage them?
No. To allow the salvage of shipwrecks is to add an additional factor of destruction to those above mentioned. It is a fallacy to pretend that treasure hunters would only aim at shipwrecks in danger of being destroyed by nature, fishing trawlers, or sport divers.
- Are treasure hunters a real threat to underwater cultural heritage?
Yes. Many shipwrecks have been systematically destroyed by treasure hunters searching for valuables. We know far more about the Roman and Viking vessels than we know about Iberian vessels, so violent has been the destruction of these ships by treasure hunters.
- Is treasure hunting really profitable as an investment?
No. There are two types of treasure hunters. There is a small, silent minority who really finds and rescues precious cargoes, and that goes largely unnoticed by the general public. The large, noisy majority who advertises its activity in the press, on the internet, and through PR agencies in search of ignorant investors rarely rewards its investors. P. T. Barnum once said that "a sucker is born every minute," and sadly many treasure hunting companies have ravaged the finances of many ill-informed investors who found it exciting to go search for sunken treasures in exotic seas.
- Is there a future for treasure hunting?
No. More and more countries are forbidding this activity in their national waters. Also, most museums have adopted a ban on the purchase of items salvaged from shipwrecks.
Collin 11 years, 8 months ago on Nygard to Bacon: Let's work together
Nygard to Bacon: Let's work together
Totally, agree!!! Cease and desist, then restore! All the good feelings stories and veil threats save it to those who kiss up to you.
We appreciate your work in the community but that does not excuse your boorish behaviour and disregard for Bahamian law.
By the way, also know your other deal I understand you are seeking to obtain from PM Christie and the PLP will not happen. If they dared tried that they and you will be ran out of town!!!
Tarzan 11 years, 8 months ago on Nygard to Bacon: Let's work together
Nygard to Bacon: Let's work together
Working together would be simple. Stop your illegal dredging and construction on the sea bed which was and continues going on right while you were talking "peace and brotherhood" on the radio.
If you are really about supporting the Bahamas and the Bahamian people, stop breaking our laws by building in the sea, on Crown Land and honor the lawful orders to cease, desist and restore that have been issued to you by their elected representatives.
Mr. Nygard, it would be so simple if you were serious. Please put your actions where your mouth is, and do it now!
ThisIsOurs 11 years, 7 months ago on Brown: Deaths in police custody were collateral damage
Brown: Deaths in police custody were collateral damage
What criteria was used in the selection for this diplomatic posting??? The statements they make are astounding...The first facebook posting was a mistake because it was accidentally made public..suggesting that if it were said and done in private, it would be Ok?? and collateral damage? Every single citizen in this country has certain rights, one of them is the right not to be killed in police custody, no matter how heinous their crime is. Unfortunately or fortunately we live in a society governed by law and order (yeah I know...). That is why family members are never selected as judge or jury in a trial.
This post suggests meeting violence with violence...That. Doesn't. Work someone just decides to up it one level
A soft answer turneth away wrath but harsh words stir up anger
justthefactsplease 11 years, 6 months ago on 'I have been discriminated against for my sexuality'
'I have been discriminated against for my sexuality'
It always ticks me off whenever you and others label someone as phobic because they do not agree with or support homosexuality. Maybe you should check out the meaning and generally accepted use of the word "phobia" before you start labeling people with clinical pshycology illnesses. What is so sick about not agreeing with or supporting another person's choice of lifestyle? Based on your usage, I guess I have cigarette, alcohol, stupidity, corruption, et al phobias. Sound like I sick bad!!!
superUser 11 years, 4 months ago on Shotgun fired in clothing store as it is wrestled from would-be girl thief aged 13
Shotgun fired in clothing store as it is wrestled from would-be girl thief aged 13
Store manager at aged 20 - at least some of today's youth are doing something right. Congratulations sir.
rory 11 years, 2 months ago on Lawyers want Bahamians to help determine slavery impact
Lawyers want Bahamians to help determine slavery impact
After all is said and done, the Bahamas should be no part of this, nothing at all to do with CARICOM - we are NOT in the Caribbean.
Note - The Bahamas is NOT A CARIBBEAN NATION!!
Additionally the Bahamas is NOT a Black Nation, or a White nation, it is not identified by any one race at all. If some "African-Americanized" Bahamians wish to go after these "reparations" personally then so be it, that is their right - but to do this in the name of the Bahamas is nothing short of total lunacy and is disrespectful to all Bahamians.
ohdrap4 11 years ago on Honesty is the best policy for young brothers
Honesty is the best policy for young brothers
well done young lads, we are proud of you
crawfish 10 years, 11 months ago on Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Am I the only one curious about what the UBS fellow would have to say about this situation? Why should this story be written WITHOUT an interview of the central figure?
JohnDoes 10 years, 11 months ago on Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Govt says sorry to UBS executive
I have lost hope for this country. @Tal @banker @BID You all are taking this tooo personal. Act right and get treated right. The job of the officers in general is not to harrass the public, yall are the same ones who dont want nobody tell yall nothing about anything especially officers who enforce the law. Yall are the lawless ones in the country because you and almost every Bahamian along with some Foreigners just do not respect authority. I agree with some of your posts on other articles but here and 150+ comments on the one prior, you all have lost the rationalization of this whole process. The immigration officers were doing their jobs. How easy it is for any criminal to claim 'bad treatment' especially when they always get a away with slackness and then finally get caught. I agree with @HonestMan in giving him 24 hours or so to produce, but too much bribery is going on. How embarrassing it is for the country that is already labeled 'for sale' since the 80's for an MP to come out and apologize for the way 1 person was treated (a foreigner at most). The UBS man was not responsible enough to keep his documents on him. If he was in the USA, they would have locked his a$$ up until they could prove otherwise. When yall go to the U.S its like everyone all of a sudden remembers to obey the law, but here, yall could care less about laws because for far to long lawlessness has been going on, and now that enforcement is finally enforced and is proving to be working much better than the past, yall now complain. Who cares if he is a big time business executive. You know how many forgeries, laundering and white collar crimes are being committed in this country by these same foreign business executives that all of a sudden yall cherish so much? But you wouldn't crack down on them because they are such an 'asset' to the country. What happened to the fair treatment of the 'nationals'. Maybe some of these foreigners who are used to getting away with lawless slackness need to resort to leaving the Bahamas when they crack down on them, maybe that way many more Bahamians would get a fair chance in Life in the Bahamas as it relates to business ownership, oppurtunity etc. For far too long the Foreigners seem to be worshipped here and take advantage of our lawless loopholes, and I blame the 2 governments FNM & PLP for letting this get out of hand. Money hungry politicians. When are they going to represent the people that elected them? When they go to office they forget about the people and try to develop and make things better for their own selfishness. There isnt anything wrong with what they did, a white man being held up in a majority black country is for some reason considered a 'crime' here yet they forget that this country is dominantly black.
justthefactsplease 10 years, 11 months ago on Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Just wondering ... did they also apologise to the Haitians/Bahamians or others (primarily blacks) who may have been impacted by this?
readyforchange 10 years, 11 months ago on Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Govt says sorry to UBS executive
For Mr. Diagular's information, I carry my driver's license with me all the time, and YES they should travel with proper identification ALL the time. I am tired of Black Bahamians teaching other Black Bahamians that discriminating against black folk is fine, but touch a white person its a problem!!!! How many black Haitians and Jamaicans have been accidentally detained in these roundups in the past and I have YET to see I write up about it. I am MOST appalled by this article! I applaud immigration for attempting to tackle this problem, and yes there will be some growing pains, but I think we ALL need to be prepared to deal with it for the greater good
Guy 10 years, 11 months ago on Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Govt says sorry to UBS executive
This is so sad. Black people are their own worse enemy!
justthefactsplease 10 years, 11 months ago on Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Did the immigration officers do anything wrong? Shouldn't he have been traveling with some document that proves his status? Why then did the government apologize and if there was the need to apologize because the officers acted inappropriately, shouldn't someone be fired or at least reprimanded?
Seems to me like his colour and social status played a big role in the need for this apology. Care to refute or clarify that Mr. Minister?
baclarke 10 years, 11 months ago on Govt says sorry to UBS executive
Govt says sorry to UBS executive
This article shows us what is most important to the government. Why are we beating up on our immigration workers if they are doing their jobs. Regardless of who you are, if you are breaking the laws of the land, you should be penalized. Mr. Fiaux's economic and social status should not exempt him from our laws. Now, if he was handled incorrectly, then that should be apologized for, but we do not know enough information to make this claim. He was merely "irritated" on how he was treated and it was probably no different than how they treated anyone else, but on this we do not know for sure. The point is, if the law requires him to have certain documents on him at all times, then he needs to comply. He is not more important than any other person, at least in my view. I also pray that our government officials stop being so biased and stop always trying to please the Foreigners. Enforce our laws please and stop joking around in parliment.
TalRussell 12 years, 4 months ago on The destructive face of casino gambling
The destructive face of casino gambling
Tribune you were wrong yesterday and so it is today...wrong.
Enforcing the "criminal" law against the operators of the illegal numbers web-shops is as easy as revoking their business license with a hefty fine and as simple as "going after their cash, assets...including houses, cars, boats, land, jewelery, bank accounts, etc.
This is exactly what they did when they recently seized $1 million in hard cash from a web shop operator?
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2012…