EDITORIAL: A glimpse of sunshine at last
WITH every cloud, there comes a silver lining – but what a cloud we’ve been living under.
ART OF GRAPHIX: Graphic gains from audience conversion
Graphic design is more than just aesthetics; it is a form of communication between your business and your audience. Businesses use graphics at every stage of the marketing process to inform, engage and eventually persuade prospective customers to make a purchase or take action.
ALICIA WALLACE: Let’s try not to judge - just be happy and kind this holiday season
The holidays are quickly approaching and we are all preparing in different ways. For the past few weeks, traffic has gotten heavier and it has taken more planning and time to get from one place to the next.
EDITORIAL: Will there be an end to victimisation?
VICTIMISATION is a word often thrown around in political debate – but the FNM is seemingly ready to take that beyond talk and into court.
PETER YOUNG: After scandal and blunders is the clock ticking loudly for Boris?
In Britain, it is said politicians as a species need to have the skin of a rhinoceros to thrive or even survive in the hurly-burly of their chosen occupation.
FACE TO FACE: Nikkiah’s road led to her being in the frontline in the fight against COVID
MANY years ago, a wonderful little food store with family charm and great prices was located on the corner of Market and Quakoo Streets. Utoy’s Food Mart was special. It was owned by Eustan and Mary Forbes.
EDITORIAL: A Christmas party for the party in power
A NEW twist on the Christmas Carnival saga emerged yesterday – that the request for temporary approval to bring in equipment, apparatus, trailers and supplies for the event came from no less than the Progressive Liberal Party.
WORLD VIEW: Democracy Summit missed an essential ingredient
US President Joe Biden declared at the opening of a “Summit on Democracy”, which he convened on December 9, that “democracy needs champions”.
EDITORIAL: What will we do about the tidal wave that’s coming?
TWO national leaders spoke yesterday about the omicron variant of COVID-19. One, a current Prime Minister, the other a former one.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Poster child of the Bahamian brain drain
WHILE all eyes were on Tiger Woods at the Hero World Challenge at Albany last week, something else that was happening in the rarefied air of the sport was nearly overlooked.
A COMIC'S VIEW: What kind of clown show are we running?
REMEMBER last year when the folks behind the “Holiday Carnival” spent thousands upon thousands of dollars to bring in their equipment, transport it to the Fort, set up their rides, hook up the (BPL?) power, secure temporary housing for their staff, and pay for work permits? All while crossing their fingers that the government would grant them approval to operate?
EDITORIAL: We must act to protect our environment
WHEN Hurricane Dorian tore through The Bahamas, the main worry was for the people in its path.
STATESIDE: Make no mistake, the game’s already begun before the first votes are cast
These days, it often seems like the United States actually has four major political parties, not just the two-party duopoly which has prevailed for much of the past 100 years. While there have been exceptions like Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader in 2000, third-party candidates have rarely influenced national election results in recent decades.
FRONT PORCH: Where’s our appetite for moving towards a republic?
ON one of his trips to a Family Island to discuss independence for The Bahamas, Sir Lynden Pindling was confronted by an older lady who accepted the country should become a sovereign nation. But she added a warning cum proviso: “We’re going to keep the Queen though!?”
EDITORIAL: Bain case admission deserves a full investigation
SOME remarkable scenes played out in court recenlty – where Lincoln Bain, leader of the Coalition of Independents in the election – was ordered to pay $64,000 to a woman who wanted him to hold it in a trust for her for three years. He neither invested it nor returned it.
