The Peter Young column: We’ve got the space, all we need is the Big Idea
Having commented briefly in an earlier column about utilising the potential of the Family Islands, I found the recent exchanges in the House of Assembly about the Immigration Bill’s amendments concerning foreign business visitors especially interesting, not least because of the indication of an easing of immigration restrictions.
EDITORIAL: Equality is about more than just the right words
HOW soon will there be a woman leading the police force?
Blind loyalty to non-intervention makes no sense
I have read comments from the opposition in the House of Assembly and from some commentators in the newspapers who believe that the Government was wrong to agree with the majority of the member states of the OAS and of the European Union in recognizing Mr. Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela.
Poisoned legacy of Hanna Martin
I saw Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin talking about misogyny the other day. What a hypocrite. She went along with the PLP in pushing the Bahamian people to vote against equality for women in a referendum called by the then FNM Government.
We don't want this concrete catastrophe
Every day driving into Nassau from the west when I get to Junkanoo Beach I am aghast at the height and darkness that the new Pointe Hotel - Condos that the eight-nine floors have brought down over this area.
High School Soccer Nationals all set
THE Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s National High School Soccer Championships is all set for the Roscow AL Davies Soccer Complex. The games pit the best of the BAISS, GSSSA and GBSSAA schools in three days of competition.
Jyles Etienne wins high jump title
Fresh off his victory at last weekend’s Penn Relays, Jyles Etienne ’17 soared to a season-best height of 7′ 0.25″ to win the high jump title at the Billy Hayes Invitational, hosted by Indiana University over the weekend.
Simms to join Warriors tennis programme next fall
ABIGAIL Simms is set to take her tennis career to the collegiate level and signed her national letter of intent to join the Indiana Tech Warriors programme next fall.
Slugger Symonette honoured on Senior Day
TEVIN Symonette was one of several Lipscomb University Bisons players honoured on Senior Day.
New Miss Teen advocates for self-acceptance in social media era
Fanaeya Nicholson, the newly crowned Miss Teen Bahamas International, never considered herself to be the type of girl to enter, much less win, a beauty pageant.
Spend Mother’s Day weekend with Dynamite Daisy
New show event to offer love, laughter and advice
MOTHERS will be treated to lots of laughter and love, and some prizes as well, as the audacious Dynamite Daisy returns to the stage for a special production this weekend.
Moms bond with their daughters at artsy pajama party
Spa La La for Girls kicked off this year’s Mother’s Day activities with a bang by hosting a Mother and Daughter Pajama Paint Party at the New Providence Community Centre.
YOU GO GIRL: Young airplane pilot flies the Florida skies
Captain Ernea Miller is a Bahamian private pilot, flying the skies in Florida and charting her own course. The 21-year-old pilot is a student at the Flight Safety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, who took time out from her busy schedule to stop at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism’s booth during the recent Sun n' Fun International Fly In and Aviation Expo in Lakeland, Florida, the second largest aviation conference in the world.
LIFE LINES: Gratitude – It's an inside job
Gratitude. Do you spontaneously or consciously take time to feel grateful for the positive benefits or people impacting your life?
Impotence in young men: Is porn the cause?
Every man will face some form of erectile dysfunction is his lifetime, whether it takes the form of poor quality erections, difficulty maintaining an erection, or premature ejaculation. To attain and sustain an erection, a man requires an adequate penile blood supply and nerve supply and sufficient male hormone testosterone, amongst other physiological components but the psychological and emotion contribution can have a potentially profoundly negative affect on erectile function.
Connecting human and environmental health
Education is necessary not only to promote a healthy personal lifestyle, but also a healthy approach to the Bahamas’ world-famous environment.
Sometimes it’s all in your head!
Health coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic.
Learning how to utilise ‘farm to table’ practices for family meals
New ways to prepare meals using fresh ingredients that come straight from the field will be the highlight of the Ministry of Health’s new “Watcha Cookin” show airing this Thursday.
Bahamas First chief ‘very confident’ over VAT deal
Bahamas First’s top executive is “very confident” the government and general insurers will reach “a mutually beneficial resolution” to end the uncertainty over VAT recoveries on claims payouts.
Engineers eye ‘level playing’ field via WTO
The Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president has voiced optimism that joining WTO will create a “level playing field” that protects local professionals and grows their “share of the pie”.
