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STEVIE AND SHAUNAE THE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS: The Golden Twins in Tokyo. It was Steven Gardiner's turn on 5 August 2021 to win gold in the 400 metres at the Olympics. The next day 6 August 2021 day belonged to Shaunae Miller Uibo. Gold again for The Bahamas in the 400 metres. We predict one day she will be our Minister of Sports. CONGRATULATIONS and well done. 6 August 2021. OUR PHOTO OF THE WEEK. They celebrated each other in the stands.

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

THE SENSELESSNESS OF MURDER IN THE BAHAMAS

11/09/25 10:54 AM

During the past week, there was a homicide on the hill atop Balliou Hill Road in a club that used to be a hangout for the Elks.  We don’t know what happened inside but the video being shot showed a gun being pulled on someone.  Some women appearing to try to stop a fight. Then there was a body on the ground.  There was desperate CPR and next the report was three people shot and one dead. The dead man turned out to be a prison officer.  Another life ended in a senseless fashion.

The week before that there was a video of an affray on Arawak Cay, the popular place for fish fry. There were scores of young men kicking and punching and stabbing. The result one man dead.  From the video it appears that no one thought to call the authorities to stop the fight and no one intervened to bring order.  Another senseless death.

What we find hard to understand in most of these cases is the profile of social situations where young men and women appear not to be able to go out to a watering hole or restaurant and simply have a good time. There are too many examples of things descending into fights and death and mayhem ensuing.

What are they fighting for?  Inevitably it is over nonsense.  Their lives are ruined forever. The dead person’s family is in a mess and the perpetrator ends up in long periods of jail time.

One suggestion is that the police ought to examine all these videos and find the persons involved in the fights and charge them before the courts and make them all subject to a protective detention order subject their good behaviour after a course of behaviour therapy.  The pictures and the conduct sully the reputation of our country for peace and stability. Those taking the videos should be brought in as well.

This is the problem with the FNM’s attacks on the PLP’s policies on crime. How do you stop these individual acts of irrationality? This seems to be driving the murder stats in the country.

There is a whole lot of behavior therapy that is needed to change so much about anger management in this country.

Number of hits for the week ending Saturday 8 November 2025 up to midnight:

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EDITORIAL

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IN PASSING

HOW RELIABLE IS OUR NORTHERN NEIGBOUR?

11/09/25 10:29 AM

You’re going to run to the rock for rescue, there will be no rock. That is what many Bahamians are contemplating as they looked at the performance of our northern neighbour in the face of the Hurricane Melissa as it bore down on The Bahamas. Thank God for Bahamasair that moved 15 people form the south of the country to relative safety in New Providence. In the end, we are on our own.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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NEWS

WE BURY AN ARCHBISHOP

11/09/25 10:50 AM

He reached the top, the highest heights of his profession and vocation as a priest in the order of Melchizedek. His name was Drexel Gomez.  He was born to a humble public servant in the remote town of Bullock’s Harbour in the Berry Islands, in the northern Bahamas.  He stood over Anglican theology and practice like a colossus and his voice was feared and respected by Prime Ministers across the region.  Errol Barrow, Barbados’ Prime Minister who spoke to Lynden Pindling after Bishop Gomez was invited back to Nassau from his stint as Bishop of Barbados told Sir Lynden while he is in Nassau “you must keep him busy”.  The late Bishop became bishop of The Bahamas and then became the first Bahamian to serve as Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies.  He was the author of the minority report of the Commission of Inquiry of 1984 that indicated a suspicion about the sources of money in the bank accounts of Lynden Pindling.  That shook the political firmament. In the end he was a humble priest again as assistant Bishop in his home parish of St Agnes.  He is buried in the church yard according to his wishes and following a state recognized funeral.  Rest in peace.

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DEFENDING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE CARICOM STATES

11/09/25 10:45 AM

We are in a tough spot the CARICOM countries. The CARICOM region is supposed to be a zone of peace but there is a facture line that has developed in the region between those who accept uncritically the word of the United States that they are killing drug traffickers on the high seas that threaten the security of the U S and the region.  On the one side is Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname.  On the other side are the 11 others who argue not against the stopping of drug trafficking but adhere to the principles of the rule of law and judicial determinations before action and punishment.  The Venezuelan government has cancelled all arrangements with Trinidad and Tobago as a result of the Trinidad government’s rhetoric.  They have also declared the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister persona non grata.  Trinidad and Tobago have been the most bellicose about it.  The Trinidad Prime Minister for her part has said she gives not one wit about what CARICOM thinks.  She has an obligation to Trinidad and Tobago first and foremost.  The US action is guaranteeing the security of her country, she argues.  Grenada is in a pickle. They have been asked to allow U.S. military equipment on their soil. They want to say no because it endangers their own citizen and makes them a target of Venezuelan military action but they dare not say no in the face of US pressure.  Such is the sovereignty of these 14 countries in the Caribbean Sea… a zone of peace indeed.

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TRINIDAD’S PRIME MINISTER GOES ROGUE

11/09/25 10:43 AM

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad Bissessar has gone rouge.  She has indicated that she cares not one wit about CARICOM, the 14 member group in the Caribbean that coordinates its foreign policy.  This is because she hopes by cozying up to the US government in their war being waged against Venezuela, she can get the permission of the U S to develop the gas fields of Venezuela without sanctions against them by the U S.  It appears that the US is becoming more bellicose every week against the government of Nicholas Maduro in Caracas.  The Trinidad Prime Minister said that she does not care whether CARICOM countries withdraw their support for Trinidad and its election to the United Nations Security Council as a result of her words and policies. She says that as a result of the extra judicial killings on the high seas by American bombs of alleged but unproven drug traffickers, the murder rate in Trinidad and Tobago has dropped. We think that this is all quite sad and some of the stuff is gratuitously insulting and it has been shown that our northern neighbours are not the most reliable partners. We shall see where this gets Trinidad and Tobago. The opposition party in Trinidad and Tobago is horrified at the looseness of the rhetoric.

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THE FNM’S FECKLESS WORK BY CANDIA DAMES

11/09/25 10:41 AM

The journalistic wicked witch of the east was at her worst last week. She latched on to and distorted a comment made from the public stage by Darron Pickstock, the PLP’s candidate for Golden Isles. It was a generic comment about his approach to politics and the views of people he had encountered.  According to Candia Dames, Mr. Pickstock was attacking the record of the PLP in Golden Isles and true to form the FNM’s candidate was able to take up the Dames talking points.  He said that Mr. Pickstock was making it easier for him. Everyone saw through that though. Ms. Dames has a hatred for the PLP that passes all understanding, so it’s her job to fix up the election for the FNM.  Last week she did just that. But there is a surprise for all of them on 24 November 2025 the PLPs and people of good will are expected to elect Darron Pickstock their next representative for the Golden Isles constituency.  PLP all the way!

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DARRON PICKSTOCK THE MAN FOR GOLDEN ISLES

11/09/25 10:39 AM

We are asking the people of the Golden Isles constituency to vote for Darron Pickstock, the PLP’s candidate in the bye-election of 24 November 2025. He is the right man for the job.  Mr. Pickstock has unveiled an ambitious ten point plan for the constituency. He has pledged to listen to the concerns of the voters and to be present to address those concerns. He is a family man.  He has a good profession and a track record of public service from the time that he was a very young man. He is very much the future of the country. When he wins, he will be a part of a government and he will fit right in and be able to help the people of Golden Isles.  Brian Brown can do nothing to help.  He will only be warming the seat. Please vote for Pickstock on 24th November 2025.

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AL DILLETTE’S SON ADAM DIES IN CANADA

11/09/25 10:36 AM

It is our sad duty to report the following statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Statement From The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On Death of A Bahamian In Canada

6 November 2025

For Immediate Release

The Consulate General in Toronto has been informed of the death of a Bahamian citizen Adam Dillette by authorities in Nova Scotia, Canada. His family has been informed. The Consulate staff stands ready to assist and support the family.

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