With the Holiday’s quickly approaching and October kicking off with Breast Cancer Awareness Month there are letters and ads everywhere…”Donate to this cause”…”Support our event”…”Sponsor this charity” when in actuality sometimes you are only sponsoring the marketing of a business or personal agenda. This October I have seen some businesses go as far as using logos that have not been approved by breast cancer foundations in the Bahamas or United States. People will stop at no end to promote themselves in the shameless act of pretending to support a cause. It should make us all stop and ask the question, “Who will I support this Holiday Season?”

While it is always a great notion for businesses to support and use their influence to raise money for community organizations it can sometimes become a confusing path of misleading information. My cry to all Bahamian businesses, individuals and even non profit organizations is to be knowledgeable about who you are donating to. Ask yourself these questions:

1. Is the business that is asking for a donation a reputable one?
2. Exactly how much is being donated to the charity and if it is not specified, demand to know.
3. Is any money actually being donated or is it just a marketing plan to promote their own schedule ?
4. Who should checks be made payable to? If someone is asking that checks be made to a personal name or business and NOT the charity, that is a problem.
5. Are they sanctioned by the actual charity they are promoting goodwill towards?

The key problem with speculative events that supposedly raise money for a non-organization is that they can disqualify or seriously hurt the validity of events that actually raise and give money away. Donators can become hesitant to give at all because there are so many people “fighting for a cause”. There is such a limited amount of money in our economy so make sure you know exactly what you are sponsoring and where the money is going to.

The "ready on day #1" PLP Government 'mussie' forget 'bout' Environmental Health! Dey een pick up da garbage in some areas since day #1! According to very reliable sources, calls have been coming in to The Department of Environmental Health from all over Nassau because of the grave neglect of the garbage collection in the east, west north and south! From Fox Hill to South Beach to Westridge. In some cases its been more than four weeks since the garbage has been collected! The Rodents are now moving in!

Can someone please ask the Minister of Environmental Health

The Hon. Kenred Dorsett, M.P., to cease the celebrations and

GET TO WORK!!

VELL MUDDOES!! Thanks to this new PLP government which claims they "Believe in Bahamians" well known, and loved radio personality, 'Immediate Response' Chrissy Love axed.

We are hearing more stories all the way from Freeport and we want some answers! 

What's the reason for this?

Please clarify! One of the few REAL, "Tell it like it is" Radio Personalities Axed? 

Can anyone say Victimization!

So I sent my company Christmas cards to local addresses the second week of December (early)! And surprise, surprise they have not made it to their destinations yet.  So now it will be a month for cards mailed in Freeport to get to another Freeport address.

Merry Christmas to you the GB Post Office - guess those extra government workers are really working hard?  Hmmmm me thinks NOT!

-Mrs. Clause

Well Muddasick, what happened to my Java?  

Island Java - the coffee shop in Port Lucaya that is.  No worries when they closed in September -- business is slow and it is too hot to drink coffee. But it is now December and a chill is in the air and I miss my Java!

No closed sign, the place looks ready to open any minute, but it never does.  What happened?

Why all the noise about the gays Baptist Bishop Simeon Hall?  Why don't you  fix the problem you have in the churches first, with your child molesters and even rape of young children.  When you have cleaned up your act then maybe we can discuss the gays! -MC

OMG - the ridiculousness of the USA outsourcing has reached Grand Bahama.  Trying to reach FEDEX in FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, you have to speak to Miami (I think) and then get asked if you want to speak to someone in English or Spanish.  Last time I checked we speak English in The Bahamas but not Spanish and as far  as I know they are supposed to speak English in the US too!  

I was tracking packages coming from Nassau to Freeport.  So, Fedex sends them to the US and then to us here in Freeport, which is ridiculous if you ask me.  

It gets better!!! I tried to call them to suggest they don't deliver to me but to my client, as my packages are heavy and my office has lots of stairs.  The very nice Spanish lady in the US gets me to the even lovelier Bahamian here (hope you are getting the sarcasm here) -  who tells me that the packages are on the road and she can't reach them to change the direction.

So let's put this altogether now:

I am in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas ...
but have to call Florida, to be rerouted back to the office in Freeport, Grand Bahama ...
and now the Fedex person in Grand Bahama can't reach the van driver ...

Muddasick!