Letters to the EditorNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022 at 3:34 am Eyewitness News

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: National Health Care NOW

Editor, From the very early days of Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, The Bahamas has been debating and talking about a National Health Care system, ad nauseum. Tens of thousands of Bahamians have died and many more are dying on a daily basis while we have this discourse as to whether or not we actually need […]

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The FTX Meltdown

Dear Editor, Bahamians should fasten their seatbelts. The collapse of the FTX crypto exchange under the thirty-year-old Sam Bankman Fried and his young colleagues may turn out to be one of the biggest financial scandals in Bahamian history. It is also a huge international story that has the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Securities […]

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Op-edSeptember 26, 2022September 26, 2022 at 3:45 am Eyewitness News

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Op-Ed: Rape threatens marriage, not better laws

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Human Rights Bahamas applauds and fully supports Attorney General Ryan Pinder’s position on the question of marital rape. As Pinder recently suggested, criminalizing spousal sexual abuse is an important step toward ending discrimination on the basis of gender in The Bahamas and ensuring that everyone enjoys equal rights and protections under the […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Human Rights Bahamas applauds and fully supports Attorney General Ryan Pinder’s position on the question of marital... read more »

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Letter to the Editor: Mask mandate – do as I say, not as I do

Dear Editor, I flew back to Nassau from Florida on Bahamasair on Saturday, 10th September – as we were walking off of the plane we were greeted by a fellow advising all of us to put our masks on.  I approached him and showed him a picture of our maskless Prime Minister and asked him […]

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Op-edSeptember 9, 2022September 9, 2022 at 3:34 am Eyewitness News

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Op-Ed: Restorative Justice vs Capital Punishment

By Rise Bahamas Rise Bahamas does not share the same stance taken by some in support of capital punishment. We do advocate for stiffer penalties for persons who commit crimes, particularly against children, with our primary push being for restorative justice. It is the only way to guarantee that no innocent convicted person’s life is […]

By Rise Bahamas Rise Bahamas does not share the same stance taken by some in support of capital punishment. We... read more »

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Op-Ed: A legal look at marital rape ruling

By Tanya N. Wright, Attorney If the August 31, 2022 report of the Supreme Court’s ruling in a recent divorce matter is true, the Ruling is a missed opportunity of epic and catastrophic proportions. It is a dog whistle to every abusive spouse in this country that has set us back decades in our mission […]

By Tanya N. Wright, Attorney If the August 31, 2022 report of the Supreme Court’s ruling in a recent divorce... read more »

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Watch Your Back, Mr. Pintard!

Dear Editor, When Dr Hubert Minnis was prime minister, Dr Duane Sands was not always a team player. He often criticized that government when he was a member of the cabinet. He ultimately resigned because of a mistake he made as Minister of Health during the pandemic. It is no secret Sands wants to be […]

Dear Editor, When Dr Hubert Minnis was prime minister, Dr Duane Sands was not always a team player. He often... read more »

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Letter to the Editor: Promises Made…Promises Kept

Editor, It is a common expectation here in The Bahamas and I am sure almost all around the world, that voters are accustomed to politicians and their allies making big and bold promises to them about high-browed plans to make their lives better while encouraging the economic and societal advancements of the nation, once elected. […]

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Letters to the Editor: National Development Plan – An Elusive Myth?

Editor, Over the years it has become quite a favorite pastime of many Bahamian politicians and their enablers to gush about the necessity, in their view, of the introduction of a National Development Plan. Successive governments have even gone so far as to spend unknown sums of taxpayers hard earned monies to set up ad […]

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Letter to the Editor: Pockets of New Providence have become literal ‘killing fields’

Editor, Communal pockets within New Providence have become literal ‘killing fields’. Of course, alleged and suspected homicides and other serious crimes occur throughout our otherwise wonderful nation but the vast majority of such crimes seem to be concentrated here in New Providence. This is a sad indictment but one must be careful not to ascribe […]

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Letters to the Editor: Banking fees are modern-day piracy

Dear Editor, I was disgusted but not surprised to read that the commercial banks have enriched themselves off the backs of Bahamians yet again, increasing their fees to the point where over the last decade, the banks’ income from fees alone has doubled. DOUBLED! Think about that: In a decade in which we suffered several devastating […]

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Op-Ed: My Change of Heart – Why I decided to get the Covid-19 Vaccine

By Trevann Thompson I hadn’t planned to take a Covid-19 vaccine at first. I was concerned about how quickly they’d been invented, what long-term effects they might have, and why they’d been approved for “emergency use only”. Plus, I believed I could avoid getting Covid if I was careful enough. I avoided touching my eyes, […]

By Trevann Thompson I hadn’t planned to take a Covid-19 vaccine at first. I was concerned about how quickly they’d... read more »

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Letters to the Editor: So, how rich are these police officers now?

Dear Editor, During the FNM’s tenure, PLP operatives complained constantly about damages paid to abuse victims by the courts. It is therefore quite incredible that so soon after coming to office, the PLP government would come to a secret settlement with senior police officers, pay them with our money, and decline to say how much […]

Dear Editor, During the FNM’s tenure, PLP operatives complained constantly about damages paid to abuse victims by the courts. It... read more »

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Op-Ed: Why the Rainbow Flag?

By Brian A. Nichols When my grandparents emigrated to the United States from Barbados, they didn’t know if they would manage to make a life for themselves in the U.S.  They certainly never imagined their grandchild would grow up to become an American diplomat, and eventually return to Barbados as an official representative of the […]

By Brian A. Nichols When my grandparents emigrated to the United States from Barbados, they didn’t know if they would... read more »

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Letters to the Editor: The struggles of Michael Pintard

Dear Editor, Like some FNMs and Bahamians, I have been watching in amusement the dueling letters between the Mackey Street Man and the responses to his letters. I agree with some of what each of them has had to say. Dr. Hubert Minnis had his mistakes and sometimes didn’t talk to people right. But he […]

Dear Editor, Like some FNMs and Bahamians, I have been watching in amusement the dueling letters between the Mackey Street... read more »

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Letters to the Editor: How do Bahamians benefit from foreign banks?

Dear Editor, How do Bahamians benefit from banks that pay no interest? Why do we tolerate foreign banks that pay very little or no interest for the privilege of holding our money and using it to make themselves a profit, yet charge us for everything they can, as often as they possibly can? A glance […]

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Take a stand today against “heinous attacks on our children”

Dear Editor, I pen this letter, not because l take pleasure in doing so, but as a responsible citizen l must. I refuse to sit in silence on this vexing issue. My team and l will not rest until every adult in this country summons the courage to take action against these heinous attacks on […]

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OP-ED: The Summit of the Americas Hits Home: Our Relationship and My Family History

By Brian A. Nichols Brian A. Nichols is the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State NASSAU, BAHAMAS — How fitting that the United States hosted the Ninth Summit of the Americas in June, when we celebrate Caribbean American Heritage month. Through a coincidence of timing, the […]

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We need new banking options

Dear editor, Why is it that the same handful of Canadian banks continue to hold the Bahamian people hostage after all these years? Why are these banks even operating in The Bahamas when they clearly don’t want to interact with or have anything to do with our citizens, and only serve customers grudgingly, as if […]

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Letters to the Editor: The Bahamas must share its climate science 

Dear Editor, At this moment of global fear over climate change, and particularly the destruction it may soon cause to low-lying island nation-states like The Bahamas, why has the government chosen to stop cooperating with the international scientific community? Hurricane Dorian was only the beginning. Bigger storms, flooding, sea surges, and tsunamis will become more and more […]

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June 21, 2022June 20, 2022 at 3:37 am | Eyewitness News