EDITORIAL: Less talk, more action on nurses’ issues
NURSES at the Marsh Harbour Clinic in Abaco had enough of waiting for their concerns to be heard this week.
DIANE PHILLIPS: What would have happened if the rioters were black?
THERE are moments you never forget. They are seared into your brain as hard-wired as the DNA you were born with. Like November 22, 1963, the day John F Kennedy was shot. I was a freshman at the University of Florida on my way to a chemistry class. A bell rang out, speakers blared, students were running in every direction. I made it into a classroom, don’t remember which, and in seconds everyone – strangers who had never met before – everyone was crying and huddled together in shock and disbelief.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Resolutions hit a speed bump?
OKAY it’s January 15th, 2021, a week since I wrote about New Year’s resolutions and the importance of making the right resolution choices.
EDITORIAL: Building for a future after COVID
IT is difficult to assess the past year in comparison to other years – and that holds true in the court system too.
STATESIDE: America’s had enough
THE man with the political death wish may have finally been granted that wish.
FRONT PORCH: Dark religious and political forces in America
THERE is a disturbingly iconic image from last week Wednesday’s violent invasion of the US Capitol Building of a man clad in black abseiling from the public gallery to the floor of the United States Senate.
EDITORIAL: No change for now, says Dr Minnis
FOR a national address, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis did not have a great deal to say last night.
ALICIA WALLACE: It’s work and it doesn’t matter who is doing it
LAST week, I observed an online conversation about the suitability of migrant and Bahamian workers for domestic work. Someone was looking for a domestic worker and specifically noted they were not interested in a Bahamian employee and listed specific characteristics they did not want.
EDITORIAL: Missed tests show we are not prepared
WHEN Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar discussed in November the rollout of the rapid antigen testing on the fifth day for a visitor in The Bahamas, he advised that It was going to be “a little bumpy”.
PETER YOUNG: Assange - hero or villain - still slips from US fingers
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is back in the news again. Not in the American media, which unsurprisingly remains obsessed with the current drama in Washington, but in the UK from where the US government is seeking his extradition to face charges over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.
FACE TO FACE: ‘What you do always speaks louder than what you say’
WHEN a man decides to pick up a pen and write about love, it can be epic. Often, women express themselves and share their emotions more freely. Society has taught males to suppress their feelings which can have negative effects on their lives. Both males and females should be taught to embrace their feelings and become more emotionally intelligent. So, when Adrianna Munnings told me about a man who was willing to bare his soul onto a page in a beautiful way, I wanted to meet him and to hear his story.
EDITORIAL: Are single-sex classes a step forward - or back?
AS the FNM campaigned for election in 2017, then candidate Jeff Lloyd made a pledge. He said if the party was elected, it planned to “immediately” implement a pilot programme to try out single-sex classes.
Remembering Butch: The man who shared his heart and love to create a million memories
This week we lost a giant in the Caribbean tourism industry - Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who brought vision and excitement, romance and luxury to the world of all-inclusive resorts.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Good idea or bad - it’s time for resolutions
IT’S a New Year once again, that time of year when we all make a myriad of bad self improvement promises to ourselves called ‘New Year’s Resolutions.’
EDITORIAL: A shameful day for the US
AS you drive down Shirley Street, a large screen blocks off the view of construction of the new US Embassy. A new era for the embassy – one which we’re sure those behind its construction will hope will be a bright one.
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