EDITORIAL: Antigua and Barbuda move opens up CARICOM future
WHAT does CARICOM mean to you? The question is particularly relevant at the moment, with Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis assuming the role of chair of CARICOM, taking over from President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, of Suriname.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Stop looking at immigration as a problem that needs to be solved instead of an opportunity that needs to be seized
EVERY day, thousands of people desperate to escape persecution, war, famine, violence or just in search of a better life flee their home countries. They pile into overcrowded makeshift boats or rafts. They cross harsh terrain with whatever possessions they can carry on their back, many with young children at their side, even in below freezing temperatures.
STATESIDE: Circus over McCarthy’s bid for House speaker
THE circus atmosphere surrounding the dogged efforts by California congressman Kevin McCarthy to become the new speaker of the US House of Representatives was widely mocked and derided in various American news media.
FRONT PORCH: Person of the Year 2022
WOMEN ACTIVISTS, THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
IT IS a lazy misnomer and misread of world and Bahamian history to repeat the cliché that women were “granted” the right to vote. It was not a grant or gift. Women fought ceaselessly, organised, were jailed, ostracised, went on hunger strikes, were mocked – and sometimes died in demanding and seizing the right to vote.
EDITORIAL: Wait for marital rape legislation goes on
THE long, slow progress toward legislation on marital rape seems to be continuing.
Don’t fear relapses on New Year resolutions
The year’s start is the perfect time to turn a new page, which is probably why so many people make New Year’s resolutions. It feels like a fresh start, and a great opportunity to change bad habits and establish new routines that will help spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual growth.
ALICIA WALLACE: Crime and corporal punishment
OVER the past few days, in addition to the usual crime reports, there have been stories about the need to address what the prime minister called a “serious a chronic problem”.
EDITORIAL: An apology demanded for a rift long in the making
A RIFT appeared very publicly in the ranks of the Progressive Liberal Party – given voice by Dame Marguerite Pindling.
WORLD VIEW: The fallacy of ‘President’ Juan Guaidó is now over
THE pretender, Juan Guaidó, is now finally gone. The myth that he was the President of Venezuela and had the capacity to act and speak for the country, has now evaporated.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Thanks, Eric Carey, you took the elitism out of the Bahamas National Trust and made it ours
WHEN Eric Carey said a final formal farewell to the Bahamas National Trust at the end of December, he left an organization that belonged to the people.
One Eleuthera Foundation: Food for thought about food sustainability in The Bahamas
I recently came across a document that I wrote in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when the world was in turmoil due to lockdowns and many of the distributions systems that we took for granted for many years were shutting down.
STATESIDE: Predicting the future as 2024 race begins to build
JUST about two years ago, there was a forecast in this space as to how the 2022 US Senate races would unfold.
FRONT PORCH – Majority Rule: A shared celebration
THE LATE Roman Catholic Vicar General Monsignor Preston Moss grew up a stone’s throw away from the top of the hill East Street, not far from Mortimer Candy Kitchen.
EDITORIAL: We have the statistics - now what can be done to stop child abuse?
WE have the statistics - now what can be done to stop child abuse?
ALICIA WALLACE: A good time to take a realistic look at your goals for 2023
WE are a few days into 2023. The holidays came and went as quickly as they always do. There was shopping, cleaning, cooking, and gathering. In the midst of all of the activities, many of us made time to reflect on 2022, imagine what could be in 2023, and make resolutions, set goals, or set intentions for the year ahead.
