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MICHELLE MILLER MOTIVATIONALS: How do you make an ‘informed’ decision?
There is making a decision and then there is making a so-called ‘informed’ decision. But what is really an ‘informed’ decision?
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Beware a different dumping of sewage
Recently, the government and many in our nation have expressed outrage upon learning that Carnival Corporation cruise ships dumped almost 500,000 gallons of sewage in Bahamian waters in 2017, and rightly so.
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HEARTBREAKING LOSS: Drowning victim was co-founder of water charity which helped millions
AN American woman who drowned while on vacation with her family in Abaco on Wednesday has been identified as Molly F Greene.
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MICHELLE MILLER MOTIVATIONALS: Are you making informed decisions?
There is making decisions and then there is what many call “informed” decisions.
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Dealing with the storms life throws at you
Despite their devastating nature, hurricanes and other such tempests can serve up some valuable life lessons. Like the importance of being proactive, making proper preparation and managing limited resources etc. But one of the greater rewards is it
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Referendum crumbling under political opportunism
JUST as forecast, support for the upcoming constitutional referendum has crumbled under the weight of political opportunism. What was initially pitched as a benign and straightforward bid to remove discrimination against women, has lit the stage for exploitation and fear mongering. Now contentious, the bills have been fated to a caustic half-life that has once again exposed the political cannibalism and unbridled personal ambition that have long characterised the country’s democratic system.
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FNM wants to find land for Junkanoo theme park
THE Free National Movement has proposed to “identify” Crown land for the establishment of a Junkanoo theme park in a bid to “foster, protect, and promote the cultural expression” of the Bahamian people if it is elected to office this year.
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The web shops and the “Absence of Data”
“OUR lives begin to end the day we remain silent on things that matter.” Martin Luther King Jr.
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EDITORIAL: GROWING POWER OF CHINA’S LEADERSHIP
IN an inter-connected world with varying time zones, information is conveyed instantaneously to a global audience day and night and the newsworthiness of items is often overtaken as the media competes to be the first to report important events.
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Small business reforms ‘vital to our existence’
The Bahamian “family unit” will continue to be undermined by this nation’s high small business failure rate, a well-known consultant warned yesterday, urging the Government to move rapidly on legislation designed to strengthen the sector.
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Dominating distractions
They are seldom ever discussed, written about or analyzed, but they are there, constantly getting in the way, interrupting and interfering.
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Get out: Minnis gives illegals exit deadline
ILLEGAL migrants in the Bahamas must leave the country by December 31, 2017, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis (pictured) declared yesterday, as he warned an aggressive pursuit and deportation will be the fate of anyone who does not comply.
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The social media queen breaking barriers and records
Radical and unconventional, Chrissy Love had the eyes and ears of The Bahamas and beyond on her on Election Day. Serena Williams lauds her effect on an historic day in politics
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A COMIC'S VIEW: How would Have-Nots know how much they don’t have if the Haves didn’t throw it in Have-Not’s faces?
ONE of the most controversial stories in the country this week revolves around a little known (at the time) wedding with huge implications.
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Breezes attorney: Baha Mar’s approach ‘simply unheard of’
An attorney for SuperClubs Breezes says he has “never experienced a more blatant trespass” in three decades of conveyancing practice than that allegedly seen in the hotel’s ‘land swap’ battle with Baha Mar.
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EDITORIAL: Parties ignoring the looming economic issue place a nation in peril
THE countdown to elections, 21 days away, is driving up the speed and lunacy of promises by the Progressive Liberal Party and threats from the Free National Movement.
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WORLD VIEW – Guatemala: Democracy vs unbridled AG authority
Recent events in the Central American country, Guatemala, underscores why organs of government in any country should have oversight bodies that have the authority to curb rogue behaviour by office holders. These events also demonstrate why legislation should be carefully drafted and reviewed before being passed into law.
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ALICIA WALLACE: Why are we wasting this chance to showcase our talents to the world?
Independence Day is approaching and the planned celebration is going to be different again this year. Due to the COVID-19 safety protocols, it will be an entirely virtual event.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: The more things change…
ANNIVERSARIES, national or personal, become times of reflection. In personal relationships, that reflection can evoke feelings of joy or sadness. There are memories that jump right out at you – the first kiss, the birth of a child, a graduation ceremony, a fight when words that should never have been spoken rang out and would not stop ringing in your ear.
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FRONT PORCH: Hubris and the march of folly
It is at once fascinating and disturbing to observe how the lust for power, greed and other blinding ambitions, so often lead to folly and failure. Politicians, businesspeople and others over millennia, though repeatedly warned of their delusions, have pursued courses of action leading to disaster and defeat.
