EDITORIAL: BPL is failing its customers
IT’S summer – and the power is going out.
PETER YOUNG: Tokyo breathes a sigh of relief - but will it last?
After all the opposition, controversy, setbacks and scandals surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, some people regard it as a minor miracle that these Games are finally under way despite much of Japan being under a state of emergency because of COVID.
FACE TO FACE: Pioneers in making us look a million dollars
Hollis Roberts-Delancy is a pioneer in beauty, cosmetics and spa services in The Bahamas. For decades, she has been transforming both men and women - not just through the way they look, but also how they feel about themselves. She has found a special formula for her clients, combining her effervescent personality with world-class spa techniques. The result - clients with great attitudes and gorgeous skin, hair and bodies.
WORLD VIEW: In praise of a black Caribbean woman
CARICOM should be proud of the success of a Caribbean woman who was at the centre of the effort to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.
EDITORIAL: How many times must these cases go to court?
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Fix the tax policy and the eyesores will fix themselves
ON Wednesday of this week, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis used the occasion of the opening of Margaritaville at The Pointe to pledge attention to downtown Nassau, promising to take urgent action to rid the historic city of derelict buildings.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Do I have to spell it out for you? Check your facts
I’M convinced that the internet has more “fake news” spreaders and “conspiracy theorists” per capita here in The Bahamas than anywhere else in the world.
EDITORIAL: Cases rising and workers overwhelmed - what next?
THE surge in COVID-19 cases is hitting our health services hard.
STATESIDE: Two crises in America’s backyard it’ll do very little about
BAHAMIANS pretty much understand the US only seriously engages in the Caribbean once in a while, and usually in a posture reactive to a rapidly deteriorating security situation. Well-known examples of American military intervention over many decades are to be found in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Grenada and Cuba.
FRONT PORCH: People will die and the pandemic rage on unless people wake up and take the vaccine
Last week Friday, the highly-regarded US Centre for Disease Control Director Dr Rochelle Walensky offered: “There is a clear message that is coming through: This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated”, which is becoming a term of art in the medical field.
ALICIA WALLACE: Playing games over the date of the election is another abuse of power
We want a fixed election date. The Free National Movement promised a fixed election date. It was one of its 2017 campaign promises. It, along with many others, has not received any attention from the Free National Movement administration. It is, to most of us, no surprise that we are here today, speculating on the date of the next general election, fully aware that it can be called any day.
EDITORIAL: A curious turn of phrase about the pandemic
IN acknowledging the spike in COVID-19 cases recently, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday chose some curious wording.
PETER YOUNG: The Rainbow Nation’s dream descends into violence
Observers and admirers of the modern South Africa will have been shocked and dismayed by the current images of looting, violence and general mayhem being beamed around the world on TV screens for all to witness. This has been sparked by the jailing of the nation’s former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.
FACE TO FACE: She’s at the top of her field on the world stage - but it has not been without a battle
Face to Face is a very special place in the newspaper for me, because it gives me a chance to highlight wonderful people. In some cases, I am truly amazed to find treasures existing in a country where people so often complain. I come across experts in fields where we still bring in foreigners to do the job. So, in meeting Dr Patrice Juliet Pinder, it proved to me that we must seek out and highlight these outstanding Bahamians doing extraordinary things all around the world.
EDITORIAL: A matter of politics and the pandemic
THE worlds of politics and the pandemic are coming crashing together this week.
