Opinion / Insight

INSIGHT: Balancing act between constituency and party

ELECTION nomination season is proving a rough ride for the Free National Movement.

INSIGHT: US Ambassador for Bahamas long overdue

TO SAY the prospect of a new US ambassador has been long awaited in The Bahamas is an understatement of almost as epic proportions as the wait itself.

INSIGHT: Artificial intelligence and what it means in our classrooms

THERE is a line made famous by legendary musician John Lennon, who sang: “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”

INSIGHT: Unions, Davis and timing for election

ELECTION, election, election – it’s been the talk of the past week with candidates being named and others jockeying for position.

INSIGHT: Junkanoo bust up may mean an empty Bay

THE road to Bay for Junkanoo this year is proving harder than ever.

INSIGHT: The strong case for filming cops

ANOTHER fatal shooting by police officers took place in the US over the weekend, and amid all the outrage, one thing is certain: without the video footage captured by phones, the story as we understand it might be very different.

INSIGHT: Funding agreement for new hospital - what could possibly go wrong?

ALARM BELLS are ringing over the terms of the loan from China to build the new hospital (after the hospital itself being a bone of contention in the first place.)

INSIGHT: Another dog shooting. Accountability next time?

THE shooting of a dog by an officer in uniform, as seen in a video that circulated on Friday, has caused plenty of outrage on social media at the weekend.

INSIGHT: Same old story for public disclosures

A familiar story played out last week over the deadline for public disclosures – yet again, a number of Parliamentarians did not file by the deadline, with several requesting extensions.

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INSIGHT: Rescued Bahamian turns out to be a Cocaine Cowboy

THE circumstances surrounding suspected drugs kingpin Jonathan Eric Gardiner’s arrest last Friday reads like something from the pages of a John Grisham thriller, with a bizarre stroke of luck for United States law enforcement authorities leading to his detention after a covert operation spanning at least three years.