STATESIDE: George got a rare justice in a system which needs change
Derek Chauvin was convicted late Tuesday afternoon by a Minneapolis jury on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. You might have heard about it.
FRONT PORCH: The British Monarchy is an anachronism for sovereign, independent countries like ours
One does not have to be a monarchist or a fan of the late Prince Philip to admire the simplicity and beauty of the Order of Service at his brief funeral held at St. George’s Chapel on the Lower Ward at Windsor Castle.
EDITORIAL: Vaccinations and the workplace
SHOULD an employer be able to require a worker to be vaccinated if they want to keep their job?
ALICIA WALLACE: If you’re worried about the vaccine, read up, learn the facts and hopefully, like me, you’ll take it
LAST week, I got my first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. I had been watching and waiting to be eligible, ready to get vaccinated even before the vaccines were ready.
EDITORIAL: Plenty of reasons to be concerned about virus
IF Education Minister Jeff Lloyd truly has “no concern at all” over an outbreak taking place at schools despite a third wave of COVID-19 hitting the country, then we suggest he think again.
FACE TO FACE: Setting out the path to giving women a fairer deal
Somewhere out there, a little girl dreams of becoming the first female Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. This lofty aspiration will not be out of reach if the Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) and Zonta Club of New Providence have anything to do about it. They have been assiduously working to change the narrative and place females at equal levels as males in leadership positions in every profession.
WORLD VIEW: Small countries need an IMF that is a lender of conscience
AS undesirable as it may be, governments of Caribbean countries that are not in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are being pushed in that direction.
EDITORIAL: Something is going to have to change in our attitude to vaccination
THE road out of the COVID crisis was always going to be bumpy and right now it seems we’re being bounced all over the place.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Along came Starbuck’s and nothing was ever the same again
The date March 31 passed two weeks ago with hardly anyone noticing, or maybe I missed the celebration and hoopla you might have expected on the 50th anniversary of a product that changed the culture. Starbuck’s turned 50 on that day and we are all a little poorer, a pound or two heavier and definitely more satiated for it.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Life is one big line these days
WE have all had to wait in line, especially here in the Bahamas.
STATESIDE: Georgia changed the rules and laid bare a dark, racist intolerance
Doesn’t it seem like the United States is coming apart at the seams? Consider the following:
FRONT PORCH: America the Violent
A concatenation of recent brutal events in America are knottily stitched together in a star-spangled and blood-soaked banner of racial and gun violence that stretches from the inception of America to the present day.
ALICIA WALLACE: Our Caribbean cousins need help and we should not be slow to provide it
On Friday, April 9 there was an explosive eruption of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ La Soufrière volcano for the first time since 1979. It sent plumes of ash 3.7 miles into the air. This came one day after the country’s Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves issued a Stage 3 disaster alert which was followed by an evacuation order to communities in the red zone. Early estimates indicated that 16,000 people—15 percent of the population—would be displaced as a direct result of this disaster.
PETER YOUNG: Raise a glass to Prince Philip - he wouldn’t like all the fuss but he surely deserves it
WHEN Prince Charles spoke publicly for the first time following the news on Friday of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh he said how amazed his father would have been by the reaction of so many to his passing, both in Britain itself and around the world – not least in the Commonwealth – and that he would have been surprised and touched by the depth of feeling and sorrow expressed by millions.
FACE TO FACE: A real ‘son of the soil’ seeking to pass on his knowledge
THE term Bahamian “son of the soil” could never be more true or have such literal meaning as it does for Dr Robert Taylor. He is a soil scientist and environmental chemist whose expertise has been utilised throughout the United States, including Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Michigan and Florida, and even extends throughout the world. His work in the study of the soil has been critical to crop performance in the agricultural industry in the US.
