Bahamas cost of living: $10,000 per year 1968 to $10,000 per month 2024
In 1968, the colony’s Chamber of Commerce, such as it was, “warned” of sharp rises in its new cost of living measure. For a Bahamian family of three, to live Continue Reading
Bahamas threatened with U.S. sanctions as two Cuban dentists detained for almost a year 2006
In 2006, The Bahamas received a blunt message, which was published in the Miami Herald newspaper. The Bahamas was not too subtly asked to consider several factors when deciding between Continue Reading
Political Slavery a letter written 100 years ago Nassau 1924
In philosophical terms, the original value of man, an hypothesis promulgated by progressive society and religious doctrine, imposed an intellectual conundrum for the emancipated negro. By 1924, some 90 years Continue Reading
Government Swindles Negro Land Owners in Oakes Field 1955
Ironies underly the history of the land known as Oakes Field. It was Harold G. Christie (H. G. Christie) who was behind the sale of all that land to Sir Continue Reading
House says no to Financial Secretary post but British insist 1955
By 1955, public sector revenues were on a promising upward trajectory. For a small island colony of the British Empire, this was nothing short of miraculous. Nassau, in particular, was Continue Reading