FRONT PORCH: Fragility and Potential Resilience of Democracy
FROM ancient Greece, with its limited democratic franchise, to the present, democracy has always been an idea, a set of principles and values, often codified into law, equally a set of conventions and traditions defined and crafted over centuries, observed and adjudicated by flawed and biased human beings.
EDITORIAL: A deal that’s been a long time coming
THE announcement of the buyer for the Grand Lucayan Resort has been long coming.
ALICIA WALLACE: No excuse for failing to disclose on time
HERE we are again. It is a familiar place. Government administrations change with some regularity, and many of the practices remain the same.
PETER YOUNG: Local elections send message to political leaders
HAVING read an interesting letter recently in The Tribune by Maurice Tynes entitled “Modernising our nation” in which he advocated introduction of community or local government in New Providence, I thought it might be interesting in today’s column to write about last week’s regional and local government elections in Britain and the effect on the wider political situation in the country.
FACE TO FACE – Commodore Bethel: Name our waters the ‘Lucayan Sea’
The beautiful waters of the Bahamas are a treasure trove of natural resources that could become a symbol for world peace, paying homage to a rich past and guiding the way toward a bright future.
EDITORIAL: Excuses over disclosures are dangerous nonsense
THERE appears to be a dangerous nonsense developing in the discussion over parliamentary disclosures.
WORLD VIEW: Abortion is a woman’s right - legalise it
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto).
EDITORIAL: Stop COVID rise from becoming a surge
THE announcement of a wave of cases of COVID-19 involving senior staff members at the Office of the Prime Minister comes amid a rising number of infections in the nation.
DIANE PHILLIPS: IS OUR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING THREATENED?
FOR a writer, it’s hard to make economics exciting.
Make the family great again
THE singing career of Grammy Award Winner Marvin Gaye, ended in tragedy on April 1st, 1983. He was shot to death by his own father. He and his father never got on. Gaye’s close friend David Ritz, wrote Gaye’s biography a year later, he called it “Divided Soul”.
EDITORIAL: Resisting temptation to break the law
THERE was quite a startling admission from Environment Minister Vaughn Miller yesterday.
STATESIDE: Why is Kremlin reportedly planning a grand celebration of its military?
THIS Sunday is celebrated generally in the West and specifically in the US and UK as V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, commemorating the Allied triumph over the Axis powers in World War II. May 8 was the date in 1945 when the German army surrendered to the victorious allies led by America and Great Britain.
FRONT PORCH – Celebration and reflection: 50 years of Independence
COUNTRIES, like individuals and institutions, often commemorate silver, golden and diamond jubilees, as well as seminal events, with outstanding and dynamic celebrations which capture and reflect the occasion and moment.
EDITORIAL: Ignorance is no defence for lawmakers
LAST month, an American tourist faced court in The Bahamas.
ALICIA WALLACE: How you can make Mother’s Day magical
MOTHER’S Day is just a few days away, and many are scrambling to make plans and purchases for the mothers in their lives.
