FACE TO FACE: Weathering the hurricane of divorce
THERE is a stigma attached to being divorced that is often unspoken. But it is felt by all who have undergone its sting.
EDITORIAL: More details needed for proposed PPP with BPL
IT did not take long for the word BaTelCo to come up after word began to spread of a shake-up of Bahamas Power and Light.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Stop the insanity of boaters flushing effluent in our waters
SOMETHING sickening is happening before our eyes, endangering marine resources and water quality and we are acting like it is no big deal.
ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION – Creating Lifelong Learners
It is a common thought to see all learning as equal. We can see the differences in how teachers, instructors, and professors approach learning based on the age of the learners.
EDITORIAL: Public funds for party travel rightly queried
PUBLIC use of funds has come under the spotlight recently – and the Office of the Prime Minister did itself no favours yesterday with a statement that sounded petulant at best.
STATESIDE: No relief in sight as food and fuel prices remain high
HOW’S your grocery bill these days? Still uncomfortably high? How can that be? We keep reading that inflation is down in the US. Many of the problems that drove prices through the roof so far during this decade seem to have either been solved or simply subsided as the world’s economy tries to stabilise after the worst of COVID-19 settles firmly into the rearview mirror. What’s going on?
FRONT PORCH: The dizzying results of dumbing down
WHILE some may disagree with Rev TG Morrison, Pastor of Zion Baptist Church, on various social issues, many agree with a number of compelling points he made at the Majority Rule Day Service in January of this year.
ALICIA WALLACE: No more empty words, govt - we need action on equality
We have to demand more from the government
IN two days, it will be Women’s History Month, also known as International Women’s Month due to International Women’s Day being on the eighth. It is a time to not only acknowledge the work and achievements of women in the past, but to face the issues of the present in a way that can contribute to an equitable future.
FACE TO FACE: Alexander Maillis - first Bahamian to be ordained deacon in the Greek Orthodox Church
Alexander Maillis was born into the Greek Orthodox Church in The Bahamas. He was baptised in the church sanctuary on West Street, Nassau. He and his family members went through all the rights of passage there.
WORLD VIEW: France and the US broke Haiti; they should be the first to mend it
WHEN the Foreign Ministers of the world’s wealthiest nations gathered in Brazil from February 21, 2024, Haiti’s dire situation found a brief moment of attention — not in the main agenda but on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
EDITORIAL: Enforce the laws to reduce stray dog numbers
THE sight of dogs roaming our streets is a familiar one to us. For Bahamians, we have long been used to seeing potcakes – and other breeds – travelling alone or in packs around our islands. Just because it is familiar does not make it right.
DIANE PHILLIPS: I stopped by a building while on Dowdeswell Street
SOME things you just have to set eyes on to appreciate. Like Beyonce. Or Taylor Swift. Or a building on Dowdeswell Street that was recently transformed.
Eric Wiberg – Sunk in Nassau harbour: The Fancy and the Pilot Boat
TWO vessels were lost in Nassau harbour – one of them huge and famous, the other a tiny nameless rowboat whose loss is commemorated with a 20-foot stone tower on the country’s busiest street.
STATESIDE: The tale of two martyrs
A GROUP of friends had gathered for one couple’s anniversary party just outside Philadelphia.
FRONT PORCH: The power of empathy and service to others
“SERVICE is what prayer looks like when it gets up off its knees and walks around the world.” – Fr Michael Graham, SJ.
