Letters
IMPROVE THE CIVIL SERVICE
January 14, 2021
The more things change, the more, unfortunately, they remain the same!
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Praise For Fort Charlotte Road Traffic DEPARTMENT
December 17, 2020
I am so pleased to be able to write this letter about my successful experience with Road Traffic this month!
I messaged RTD on their Facebook page for an appointment at Fort Charlotte for my annual car and driver's license renewals. Within half an hour l received a reply indicating an available spot that same day, which unfortunately l could not make, so l requested another time. Within the hour l had accepted a date for the following morning at 9.30.
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Ban Oil Drilling In The Bahamas
December 14, 2020
Government enacted lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic have forced Bahamians to stay home, crushed the economy, and destroyed Bahamian businesses. Meanwhile, Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC)...
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Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch Comments on the Firing of Michelle Malcolm!
November 02, 2020
I have watched the Free Press die. Michelle Malcolm, a dedicated, honest, and conscientious journalist, was fired and her very popular show cancelled, and not a word of support from her fellow journalists!!!
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Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch Comments on the Princess Margaret Hospital!
October 22, 2020
With COVID 19 spreading like wildfire in The Bahamas, the Bahamian people are now finally focusing on the facilities at the Princess Margaret Hospital. They say it's too small, it isn't efficient, and a new one should be built...
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Minister Rolle Recognizes 20th Anniversary of the "Golden Girls"
October 01, 2020
In recognition of the 20th Anniversary of the “Golden Girls” gold-medal-winning performance at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Lanisha Rolle poses with “Golden Girls...”
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Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch Comments on COVID-19
August 03, 2020
Fifty people die, and it's a hoax says Dr. Trump...500 people die, and it's a hoax says Dr. Trump...
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Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch Comments on COVID-19
August 03, 2020
Fifty people die, and it's a hoax says Dr. Trump...500 people die, and it's a hoax says Dr. Trump...
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Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch Makes Additional Comments on Proposed Rock Mining in Andros' Fresh Water Lens!
July 03, 2020
Some have said that your opinion of the Andros project should be reserved until all that is proposed comes out...This sounds like the doctor who, when getting you ready for a colonoscopy, says...
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Why are we still under curfew
June 16, 2020
It has now been about 12 weeks since the Bahamian society has been under an emergency curfew due to the onset of COVID-19...
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Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch Comments on Medicine in The Bahamas!
June 03, 2020
"Common sense ain't common". It takes a Hurricane, Covid 19, and a broke country to make people think...
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An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
October 22, 2019
Hurricane Dorian has been a wakeup call for our country. I was present at one of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) situation report meetings immediately after Dorian, where I gained a true understanding of the scale and magnitude of this climate disaster...
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Front Porch Letter to young Bahamians after Hurricane Dorian
September 26, 2019
This is the 600th column by this writer. It is dedicated to young Bahamians (including the sons and daughters of family members and dear friends) in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, which has exposed the dire threat of the global climate emergency for The Bahamas...
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Power to the People NOW
August 19, 2019
Electrical power is a necessity and a priority! Any modern country in the 21st century cannot run effectively and efficiently without it – period!
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Letter to the Editor-THE GREATER GOOD
August 05, 2019
Navigating through life can be a very simple process, but we human beings, although positioned at the top of the evolution chain, are amazingly dumb animals when you think about it, especially if we haven’t been properly prepared and sufficiently anchored to a firm foundation...
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How to select a life-long partner
July 18, 2019
Question: I have been in many relationships with girls, and each time I think, this could be the one. But every time I start thinking that, the relationship goes sour. I'm in a relationship with this girl who's like no other girl that I have [...]
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Letter to The Editor: On Cannibis
June 17, 2019
No, wait. Cannabis isn't a drug. It is a genus of plants that collectively are a strategic resource for the entire planet. A resource that has been suppressed for far too long to the detriment of this planet's inhabitants...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Former M.P. Pierre Dupuch comments the WTO
May 22, 2019
What is WTO? It is the World Trade Organization comprised of some very large countries and organizations controlling the economies of smaller countries. Is that not colonization...
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Challenges strengthen us
January 04, 2019
I had a pleasant visit from an old friend whom I hadn't seen for quite a while a couple of weeks ago. I knew that for quite a while this person had been working on a very ambitious project which was near and dear to ...
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Letter to the Editor-A Yuletide Cry for Mother Earth
December 14, 2018
A recent trip to Bimini, Cat Cay & Ocean Cay, by a team from Save The Bays, has us asking more questions of this Government than we can find answers to...
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