THE KDK REPORT: Shelter from the storm
IN January of this year, the biggest volcanic eruption in three decades occurred in Tonga, a Polynesian country consisting of 169 islands scattered throughout the Southern Pacific Ocean. With a total population of approximately 105,000 people, this cataclysmic eruption was so loud that it was heard in both Australia and New Zealand, leaving three people dead and many more missing.
DIANE PHILLIPS – Brent Stubbs: To the quiet goes the glory, even if it takes a little longer
WE are so busy looking for the greatest of all time, we even created an acronym for it. GOAT gave us an excuse to focus on the best of the best - the Simone Biles, Serena Williams, Tom Bradys, LeBron James and Michael Jordans of the world.
EDITORIAL: Workers in demand as furlough scheme ends
WHILE all eyes are on the Royal visit that began yesterday, there is one story that should not be drowned out in the fanfare.
STATESIDE: The geopolitical competition between the US and Russia
WHEN considering what’s been going on in Eastern Europe for the past four weeks, an old saying comes to mind. “You’re not paranoid if they’re really out to get you.”
FRONT PORCH: COVID-19 – Magical Thinking is Killing Us
SINCE December, a steady flow of Bahamians have continued to die from COVID-19. The great majority of these were unvaccinated. More will continue to die, especially with a new wave likely on the horizon in the weeks ahead. Some estimate a new wave may begin within six to eight weeks.
EDITORIAL: Atlantis pay rise a promising sign
FOR much of the pandemic so far, many businesses have been hanging on and waiting for better days.
ALICIA WALLACE: We see violence against women all around us
A 26-year-old father was charged with incest, indecent assault, and child cruelty this week. He appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt for sexually abusing his three-year-old daughter.
EDITORIAL: Downtown dilemma that won’t go away
TO say that a transformation of Downtown Nassau is overdue is an understatement in the extreme.
PETER YOUNG: How can conflict in Ukraine be stopped?
IT is beyond belief that this can really be happening. Such was the anguished reaction of a friend after watching last week the most recent television coverage of the horror taking place in Ukraine. Not easily shocked, he found the situation there appalling and distressing; in particular, the latest footage of the destruction of the city of Mariupol with the shelling of schools and hundreds trapped under the rubble of a bombed theatre where they had taken refuge.
FACE TO FACE: Offering youngsters a voice and a safe space
ELIZABETH Thompson was busy doing what she did best – working as a prosecutor for the Bahamas Government. She had the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to society by bringing suspected criminals to court to be tried. What she did not know was that her caring personality would attract many victims of crime to her office to pour their hearts out. They found a space of solace and a listening ear, and she was always willing to provide it.
EDITORIAL: Economy bruised by pandemic, but recovering
THROUGHOUT the pandemic, we have been aware of the economic effects hitting our country, without perhaps always being able to put a precise number to them.
WORLD VIEW: The international order is broken - where are the leaders to fix it?
THE international order, which has existed, although shakily, since the end of World War II and the establishment of the Charter of the United Nations, is now severely broken.
THE KDK REPORT: A pebble in the wheel – part two
IMAGINE having chest tightness so excruciating it feels as if there’s a 300- ton crane sitting on top of you, intermittently squeezing more and more deeply and crushing your sternum making it harder to breathe. In 2019, following four years of the most agonising chest pain imaginable, my patient was wheeled into the operating theatre for her third heart surgery.
EDITORIAL: Royal visit a chance to show off our future
THERE is sometimes a tendency to naysay by force of habit.
DIANE PHILLIPS: I never knew you cared so much, now what about Downtown?
MUCH to my shock, the March 4 column ‘Montagu Madness’ criticizing the explosion of signage cluttering and disrupting a view so many worked so hard to create set off a maelstrom of response I could never have predicted. The column which was even picked up by World News sparked a petition – though aimed at the wrong target, but well-meaning – and numerous others since that column appeared have been calling for the removal of signs.
