SPEAKING at a ceremony to celebrate universal children's day -- held at the Church of God of Prophecy, East Street - Education Minister Desmond Bannister reminded Bahamian students of their good fortune.

He also reminded them of how much --in that forward motion called progress -- had been left behind, especially that gentle, courteous nature that marked Bahamians as a people apart.

"When I was growing up good manners was not something you chose to have, but something that you were compelled to learn and were happy to actively practice," Mr Bannister said.

In those days -- and even before Mr Bannister's time -- a curse word was not something that was tolerated from the lips of ...

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