By DENISE MAYCOCK. Tribune Freeport Reporter. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . THE need for unity among all Bahamians was stressed by Baptist minister Rev Dr Elvis Burrows during his sermon at the country’s 44th independence celebrations at Independence Park in Freeport. “We must recognise (we are) one people are living in one Bahamas,” he said.