The people who are responsible for the web site bahamasb2b.com are dangerous and will cause untold damage to this country and its citizens if they are allowed to continue in the vein that they are going. It has been seen in at least two instances where stories from local newspapers have been manipulated and placed on this web site, even with the reporter’s byline and name of the newspaper from which the story was taken.
This is wrong. It is criminal and should be denounced in the strongest terms.
A story published in The Nassau Guardian on April 28 had epithets added to it for the web site that intentionally criminalised a legitimate and responsible Bahamian enterprise. The publishers of this web site should be found and made to pay the penalty for these defamatory remarks.
Then on Monday, the editors of the website attached a sub-head and a lead paragraph to a Bahama Journal story that unquestionably have the potential to do unfathomable damage to The Bahamas’ tourism industry.
The sub-head stated: “Racism against whites is rampant in the Bahamas as Cabinet Minister publicly endorses it.” Even more damaging was the lead paragraph, which stated: “White tourists and resident of The Bahamas beware! Racism is rearing its ugly head and the government of The Bahamas is embracing it, rather than arresting it.”
A remark made by Minister of Trade and Industry Leslie Miller, has been interpreted as “racism against whites” being “rampant in The Bahamas.”
Appearing on Love 97 “Jones and Company” on Sunday, Mr. Miller made reference to the opposition to the proposed LNG project for The Bahamas by environmental group ReEarth’s spokesperson Sam Duncombe that resulted in a story in The Bahama Journal under the headline, “Miller Fires Off LNG Racial Remark.” The Journal’s article quoted Mr. Miller as saying: “The lady that was pushing this, Ms. Duncombe, was also involved in (opposing) the Clifton (Cay) project. So I think because of that she is given a little extra incentive to push and be listened to. Had this been a regular Bahamian or a hue like you and I, it would not have been tolerated or she would not have gotten the coverage that she has certainly gotten.”
That quote was used in a report on the www.bahamasb2b.com web site, which purports to be “part of the Bahamas International network of web sites, dedicated to the islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.”
Clearly, one of the defining characteristics of Mr. Miller is that he does not give much thought to the consequences of controversial statements he makes as a cabinet minister, but to suggest that his remarks about Ms. Duncombe was tantamount to racism against whites being rampant in The Bahamas is mischievous nonsense. The same is true about racism being embraced by The Bahamas government. Whomever is responsible for the information that appears on this web site cannot be a friend of The Bahamas, and indeed could be categorized as someone who means The Bahamas no good.
This is the kind of publicity The Bahamas does not need and we have to put a stop to it.
Editorial from the Nassau Guardian
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