Supt. Deborah Thompson botched the Shane Gibson case After the Gibson case, there ought to be a review of all cases involving Superintendent of Police Deborah Thompson. Ms. Thomposn testified in the case that she tampered with  the principle witnesses statement by altering it after the fact and by coordinating the testimony of two witnesses in the room together. She added that it happens on the time.  Cases in which she was involved have to be reviewed and if there were convictions, they must be set aside as unsafe. Then there is the Attorney General’s office and in particular the

There’s no place for gays: three perspectives Dear Editor,  Some may disagree that gay-based discrimination exists on the basis that gay people hold professional careers. However, this may mean that there ought to be a re-consideration of what discrimination means. Take for instance these anecdotal perspectives on the way gay-based discrimination is institutionalized in The Bahamas. The police The police are generally thought to be professionals employed by the taxpayer to both uphold the law and protect citizens. Indeed this they do. Notwithstanding this is the sheer threat gay men often face when being handled by the police. I, and

We objected to the appointment of Brian Moree to be Chief Justice. The reasons are quite simple but not to be repeated here but we ask since he has been Chief Justice what has he actually done? Is the administration of justice improving under him. The jury is still out but the evidence so far is unconvincing?

On Friday 18 October 2019, the Port Lucaya Market Place opened again for business. Friday morning some businesses were still closed. Many have decided that they will take the insurance money and run. Throughout Freeport, there is this melancholy pall: are we going or are we staying. The city is replete with stories of those who are cutting and running and those who have decided to stay. One thing for sure, the land prices will plummet and so those who want a good deal and have cash would do well in Freeport. Breakfast in Zorba’s didn’t seem unusual. The waiters

I am perplexed that after 2 weeks the phobic remarks of Mr. Bennett Minnis, a long serving MCM of the FNM,  havn’t been condemned by the party’s leaders and the lost Chairma Mr. Carl Culmer, who has a voice in everything beyond his pay grade. He has not addressed the racist mesogenic comments of Mr. Minnis, who has been the Chairman of Mount Moriah from the inception of that constituency, and also serves as a Director of the Water and Sewerage Corporation. Why wasn’t he asked to resign or do the honourable thing in tendering his resignation as honourable men

Editor’s note: We agree with former MP Pierre Dupuch that the person who writes behind the cognomen The Graduate is off base. We go further and say that person is a coward. The press is complicit in this by allowing this coward to engage in as hominem attacks on people without identifying the critic. This is another example of unethical press behavior. By Pierre V. L. Dupuch April 23, 2019 Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch comments on Junior Roberts VS the Graduate. The “Graduate” never ceases to amaze me. After saying all the good things Rupert Roberts has done in his

On Thursday evening, the Puppet Master, Brent Symonette, demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt who was indeed the leader of this country; he was aided, and abetted by the jelly back, impertinent Minister, Darren Henfield. The duo led the debate in the House of Assembly, regarding the amendment to the Immigration Act. An ill-conceived, anti- Bahamian, and unpatriotic piece of legislation. This amendment, when passed into law will set the country back 50 years. This ill-conceived, loophole riddled piece of legislation will open the floodgates. Those, who enter and work in the Bahamas at two weeks intervals will reduce

LGBT Activist Erin Greene told The Tribune in her own words what she has faced since her saying that Buju Banton, the Jamaican reggae artists should not be allowed to perform his violence promotion song Boom Boom Bye Bye in Nassau as told to Rashad Rolle:  “Every time there is an increase in visibility there is an increase in hostility. “People feel powerless in their ordinary lives. They feel like politicians are taking advantage of them and people in positions of authority are repressing them and so when a gay person who is supposed to be lower than them in

The Free National Movement has brass balls.  They must. Last week, the Minister for Education Jeffery Lloyd who is now enjoying a holiday in London was in the press to say that the 100 million dollars or so that is owed by Bahamians who got loan scholarships from the Government should pay up.  He said that in pursuance of collecting the government’s money, he was going to go to a private collections firm. This is typical FNM rewriting history and seeking to change the narrative.  The facts are when the FNM came to power, they met a reconstituted Education Laon