Monthly Archives: March 2018

Forget The Potential Environmental Issues With The Oban Deal

The Bahamas National Trust has come out strongly against the Oban Energies deal the Government has signed citing potential environmental damage to the nearby National Parks. Their concerns are reasonable and coming from the country's most important environmental group add … Continue reading

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Leadership: A Missed Opportunity

by Dr. Donald M. McCartney, D.M. It appears to me that unless Bahamians take a serious approach and stand to the business as usual approach to the way The Bahamas is governed, this trend will continue much to the destruction … Continue reading

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REACH Spectrum of Jazz April 21, 2018

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REACH Annual Fun Run Walk April 28, 2018

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3 Economic Fallacies That Just Won’t Die

by Luis Pablo de la Horra Henry Hazlitt discussed, dissected, and debunked 22 economic sophisms in his classic work 'Economics in One Lesson.' This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. In any academic discipline, one can … Continue reading

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The “Greatest Little Country” In The World…???

by Dr. Donald M. McCartney, D.M. I watched a video recently where the question was asked: What makes America great? The video carries a message for all who watched it. However, for me there was much for Bahamians to learn … Continue reading

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EU moves the goal posts yet again

Mr. Peter Turnquest, Deputy Prime Minister announced in Parliament recently that "The Bahamas is set to be blacklisted as a tax haven by the European Union (EU) next week." More… But everyone knew this would come. The EU and OECD … Continue reading

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Albert Castiglia Blues Blast Magazine Interview

You can see Albert Castiglia live around the South Florida Blues scene when he's not touring or recording and he was interviewed by Blues Blast Magazine recently. Here's a snippet: “Listen, man. I work in a welfare office, and I’ve … Continue reading

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Lecture: The Secret Seahorses of Eleuthera March 21, 2018 6:30pm Baha Mar Convention Centre

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Business Bites for week of March 5, 2018

by Richard Coulson First published in The Tribune March, 5, 2018 Oban Mythology So now we have the 41-page Heads of Agreement, that presumably any citizen may read, as I have done. It is signed for Oban Energies LLC not … Continue reading

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