Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008	The Bahamas Is “Adrift” Says Bahamian Anglican Archbishop - Drexel Gomez
The Nation Is “Adrift” Says Archbishop Gomez: By TAMARA McKENZIE- Nassau, Bahamas: Archbishop Drexel Gomez: A prominent religious leader known not to mince words declared on Sunday that the Bahamas is presently "drifting" and he is not entirely optimistic about its future. "I...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 3, 2008	God's Work And A Multiplying Church In The Bahamas
Splitsville—When war erupts in the church: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: As the saying goes: All is fair in love and war, but what about when that war strikes inside the church? Over the years there have been countless stories of in-fighting...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 14, 2008	The Bahamas Christian Council Has Done, or Is Doing Very Little In The Way of Providing Moral and Spiritual Initiatives for The Uplifting of the People of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Is the BCC failing? By SHAVAUGHN MOSS, Lifestyles Editor - Nassau, Bahamas: The recent abrupt change in leadership, and the silence of the Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) on major social issues facing the nation is cause for grave concern to its effectiveness, according to Reverend J....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 9, 2008	Bahamas: Minister Rejects National Lottery Suggestion To Fund Education In The Islands
Education Minister Rejects Nat’l Lottery Suggestion: By Viraj Perpall - Nassau, Bahamas: Minister of Education Carl Bethel has denied that the government plans to establish a national lottery over the next 10 years to fund education in The Bahamas. The statement that the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 4, 2008	Bahamian Pastors: Legalizing gambling in The Bahamas would only cause more impoverishment and would add to the nation’s social ills
Pastors Scoff At Plan For Nat’l Lottery: By Viraj Perpall - Nassau, Bahamas: A group of pastors on Tuesday scoffed at a bid by education officials to fund education’s future needs through a national lottery. The most recent draft of a new plan for education – which was obtained...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 15, 2008	Bahamas: Politics, Divisions, and Pastors
Politics not closed to pastors: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Is it right for Bishop Neil Ellis to have acted as the spiritual advisor for the Progressive Liberal Party, while Bishop Simeon Hall carried the same role for the Free National Movement? Do...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 22, 2008	Peace and prosperity
Reflections of Fidel: POPE Benedict XVI outshone Brown, the British Prime Minister, who replaced Blair, whom I met and spoke with for a few minutes during a recess at the WTO Second Conference in Geneva 10 years ago; it was following his speech and I was expressing my disagreement on the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 10, 2008	What Is Christianity?
Christianity-Cult or not? By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter: Nassau, Bahamas: "Jesus was only a man. He was not the Son of God. His mother, Mary, the wife of Joseph, was not a virgin. She got pregnant the normal way." Have you heard this before? If you haven't, what about...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Mar 11, 2008	A Call To Legalize Gambling In The Bahamas For Locals
Legalize Gambling, D’Aguilar Urges: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: Businessman Dionisio D’Aguilar has a simple solution to the illegality of Bahamians who are intent on flaunting the law and gambling: legalize it. He advanced the position Monday that the government should remove...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Feb 7, 2008	Lenten Season's A Time For Reflection And Prayer
Lent-A time for reflection and prayer: By KARAN MINNIS,Guardian Lifestyles Reporter, Nassau, Bahamas: We should all remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," says Father David Cooper, priest at St. Michael's Catholic Church, West End, Grand Bahama, as Catholics began...... [view]