Right the wrong
For centuries, a woman’s body was used as a tool to maintain a deeply entrenched patriarchal status quo; regardless of progress, women today still struggle for human rights. Time and time, we see many christians misinterpret the biblical text 1 Corinthians 7:3–5 to support their erroneous view that a wife can never tell her husband that she would like to defer having sex for a time.
Fatal shark attack off Green Cay
I write in response to the fatal shark attack of a female American tourist in waters off Green Cay, also as a descendant of Lowe Sound, Andros, Bahamas.
Two accused of bar break-in
TWO men were granted $5,000 bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly breaking into a restaurant and bar on Carmichael Road and attempting to steal various smoking products.
Man accused of voyeurism
A MAN was granted bail after being accused of trespassing onto a woman’s property in Crooked Island where he watched her in her night clothes without her knowledge.
Rape trial date set for man said to be armed with cutlass
A MAN accused of raping a woman while armed with a cutlass will have his trial heard before Justice Bernard Turner in the Supreme Court three months from now.
GSSSA to celebrate 30 years in grand style
WITH schools back in session, the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association is hoping that they can get their afterschool athletic programme back up and running again as they celebrate their 30th anniversary in grand style.
Gaither sixth in 200 metres at Diamond League Final in Zurich
ENJOYING what she described as her best season ever, Tynia Gaither said she’s satisfied with her sixth place finish in the women’s 200 metres at the Wanda Diamond League Final in Weltklasse, Zurich, Switzerland, yesterday.
STATESIDE: ‘A snapshot of horror’ – The shocking knife attack on author Salman Rushdie
“IT was totally surreal,” Andy said. “There is absolutely nothing that prepares you for something like that. It was as though time stopped, frozen in a snapshot of horror. I was sitting toward the top of the amphitheater bowl, so I was nearly 100 yards away from the stage. At first, I was just dazed, witnessing what was unfolding on stage. So was everyone around me.”
FRONT PORCH: Managing a crisis while building the future
IN an April 2020 Wall Street Journal article entitled, “The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order”, Henry Kissinger advised world leaders of the crises the pandemic might unleash and the urgent need to meet the complex of challenges with clarity and imagination.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's monarch for 70 years, dies – updates
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96.
‘We need crossing guards’
THE lives and safety of many young students who walk to school daily are at risk due to the absence of crossing guards to assist them at busy causeways throughout Freeport.
‘We believe PM pledge to rebuild Abaco after storm’
THE president of Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce is confident Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis is committed to rebuilding the island.
Tributes to mother after cancer battle
A VIBRANT soul lost her fight against stage four breast cancer last Friday.
Monkeypox vaccine on the way to The Bahamas
A Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) official revealed batches of monkeypox vaccines are on the way for countries as part of their revolving fund.
Superplex cuts staff 25% in $3m ‘survival’ package
The Fusion Superplex yesterday said its workforce has been reduced by 25 percent compared to pre-COVID levels as part of a $3m cost savings package “critical to our survival and keeping on the lights”.
‘Put shark victim family before tourism fall-out’
A top hotelier yesterday said The Bahamas must prioritise “comforting the traumatised family” of Tuesday’s fatal shark attack and worry later about any negative impact to the tourism industry.
Shark encounters ‘our safest dive’
A prominent Bahamian dive operator yesterday predicted Tuesday’s fatality will not have a long-lasting impact on tourism, adding that over four decades shark encounters have proven to be his company’s “safest dive”
Retail chief sees signs of supply chain ‘easing’
The Bahamas Federation of Retailers’ co-chair yesterday said larger merchants are reporting an “easing” of supply chain disruption with various surcharges previously applied to shipping costs “starting to get removed”.
‘Did tagging team lead to shark’s presence in area?’
THE owner of a local dive company has questioned if shark tagging for scientific research led to the presence of the marine animal in waters off Green Cay where a woman was fatally attacked.
