First Published On: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. ONE of the most controversial subjects in the Bahamas, a topic which has often been too taboo for public discourse, will come to life in an hour-long documentary at the Bahamas International Film Festival this Friday. In “The Real Voodoo”, documentary filmmaker Sandra Whiteley gives viewers a behind-the-scenes, inside …
Cuba on the down low
Twice a week, the Bahamas’ national flag carrier Bahamasair takes off from the Lynden Pindling International Airport for a round trip flight to Havana, Cuba. Onboard the usually full 50-seater airplane is a hodge-podge of Latin American nationals from south of the equator, distinctively American Cuban natives using the Bahamas as a transshipment point and Bahamians, predominantly men. There is …
‘No’ to public sex offender registry
First Published On: Monday, October 03, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. The investigation into the death of 11-year-old Marco Archer, believed to have been sexually abused before he was murdered, triggered widespread calls for a sex offender’s registry in the Bahamas. I am currently taking bets on how long the public outcry will last. The chorus is building right now, …
No mercy from oil giants
Published On: Monday, September 12, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. Just over twenty years ago, the notorious regime of the Medellin Cartel came to an end, when a long series of gun battles resulted in Colombian police killing drug leader Pablo Escobar. Mr Escobar was said to be a violent mercenary responsible for the murder of hundreds of government officials, …
Win or lose, give me that sweet rush
First Published On: Monday, May 23, 2011 in the Tribune newspaper. THERE is a Yoruba story that says when the earth lost its tongue and could no longer speak the heavens gave birth to the drum. In the ceremony of Junkanoo, when the goatskin drums start to beat and the brass band starts to play, the Junkanooer disappears into a …