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Guyana crisis follows election
By Sir Ronald Sanders NOVEMBER 28 general elections in Guyana have resulted in a crisis for the country. While it is being suggested that the elected President, Donald Ramotar, of the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) can appoint and run a minori
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Save Guyana: History summons its leaders to higher purpose By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a Consultant and former Caribbean diplomat) NOVEMBER 28 general elections in Guyana have resulted in a crisis for the country. While it is being suggeste
Campaigner seeks retrial for notorious killer Sante Kimes
A YOUNG American is leading a website campaign to secure a retrial for murderess Sante Kimes, who is believed to have drowned a banker in her bath at her Cable Beach home in Nassau. Family friend Bryan Johnson believes Mrs Kimes and her son Kenny, who liv
Guyana crisis follows election
By Sir Ronald Sanders NOVEMBER 28 general elections in Guyana have resulted in a crisis for the country. While it is being suggested that the elected President, Donald Ramotar, of the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) can appoint and run a minori
Oil's well that ends well
By Sir Ronald Sanders OIL wells off the coast of South America's only English-speaking country, Guyana, are now being drilled in earnest. Already Guyana's economy is benefitting from millions of dollars being pumped by two companies into their operations
Oil's well that ends well
By Sir Ronald Sanders OIL wells off the coast of South America's only English-speaking country, Guyana, are now being drilled in earnest. Already Guyana's economy is benefitting from millions of dollars being pumped by two companies into their operations
Bahamas trip for senate hopeful
Bahamas trip for senate hopeful A newspaper is reporting that Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel travelled to a Bahamas resort for a speech and fundraiser in his quest to win a seat in the US Senate. The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reports Mandel made the trip to
FRIEDMAN TALK
THE Nassau Institute has joined the "Free to Choose Network" in a worldwide celebration of the centennial of American economist Milton Friedman's birth by hosting a showing of Johan Norberg's new documentary, Free or Equal. It will be shown in The Milton
TRIBUTES PAID TO FATHER THEOPHILE
FUNERAL services for Father Theophile Brown, O.S.B., former Prior of St Augustine's Monastery and teacher at St Augustine's College, were held Friday morning at Mary Mother of the Church Benedictine Abbey, in Richmond, Virginia. Interment followed in the
LIAT - time for regional action
By Sir Ronald Sanders THE three main shareholder governments in LIAT - the airline that is vital to movement of tourists and local alike in the Caribbean - are scheduled to meet on January 31 to consider options for the airline which lost US$14.8 million
RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT NUCLEAR IRAN
RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT NUCLEAR IRAN Russia expressed regret and concern Tuesday about Iran's launch of uranium enrichment up to 20 per cent at an underground facility, but urged all parties involved in the nuclear standoff with Tehran to avoid hasty move
The struggle for a free press in the Bahamas
The struggle for a free press in the Bahamas TRIBUNE staff are probably wondering today why we devoted a whole page to mark World Press Freedom day with a general election only two more publishing days away and every inch of space needed for election new
Oil drilling in the Bahamas - the facts behind the scares
Oil drilling in the Bahamas - the facts behind the scares By LARRY SMITH IN recent weeks, the Democratic National Alliance has tried to gain political mileage by stirring up a controversy over oil exploration. But rather than focus on the very real sub
FNM READY FOR ELECTION FIGHT
FNM READY FOR ELECTION FIGHT By PAUL G TURNQUEST Chief Reporter pturnquest@tribunemedia.net THE FREE National Movement will ratify its full slate of 38 candidates tonight, signaling the official start of their 2012 general election campaign. The party'
Greece caves in on civil service firings
Greece caves in on civil service firings Greece's coalition government caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure maj
Greece caves in on civil service firings
Greece caves in on civil service firings Greece's coalition government caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure maj
Greece caves in on civil service firings
Greece caves in on civil service firings Greece's coalition government caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure maj
How and why the Haitian problem grew
How and why the Haitian problem grew WE have always had Haitians in the Bahamas. Like all Bahamians they came by different routes. Peaceful citizens, they were fully embraced by the locals, and many of them made outstanding contributions to their new cou
Will Greece decide the fate of the Bahamas?
Will Greece decide the fate of the Bahamas? "Like frogs we have settled on the shores of this sea," wrote Plato in describing the early beginnings of ancient Greece and its people who inhabited the shores of the Aegean Sea and over the centuries exported
LAWYER ARRESTED IN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
REPORTS from Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, say that lawyer Chalmers "Chal" Misick was arrested on Tuesday and detained overnight. Misick is the brother of former Turks and Caicos Islands premier Michael Misick. Caribbean News Weekly said Thurs
