EDITORIAL: What really went on in Treasure Cay?
THERE are very obviously missing pieces in the story of what happened that led to the plane crash in Abaco that killed two pilots.
STATESIDE: An old warhorse rides into town with the same unchallenged message
Cal Thomas came to town the other day.
FRONT PORCH: Curiosity and discernship in leadership
AMERICAN journalist and author David Simon, better known as a writer and producer of The Wire, captures the role of curiosity in human endeavour: “The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful.
EDITORIAL: Hesitation may be your last regret
OUR country’s hesitation to get vaccinated is coming home to roost – with Princess Margaret Hospital now at full capacity.
ALICIA WALLACE: Why are we wasting this chance to showcase our talents to the world?
Independence Day is approaching and the planned celebration is going to be different again this year. Due to the COVID-19 safety protocols, it will be an entirely virtual event.
FACE TO FACE: Remembering ‘Sir Coaks’ who put Bahamians front and centre
AS The Bahamas gears up to celebrate another Independence anniversary, I wanted to take the time to take a look back in history at the man who helped to organise our very first Independence celebration cultural extravaganza.
EDITORIAL: Hesitancy among our health workers
IN yesterday’s Tribune, we reported on the concerns of nurses with a number of workers sick with COVID, and one having recently died. Those are valid concerns indeed – so why is it that in today’s Tribune, we hear that there is a hesitancy within healthcare workers to take the vaccine?
PETER YOUNG: Beating the Germans at Wembley, dare we dream of more?
AFTER writing last week about the then upcoming clash between England and Germany at the European football championships, the extraordinary events of recent days demand a return to the subject today.
WORLD VIEW: The Caribbean should support ecocide as an international crime
SMALL island states and countries with low-lying coast are the victims of ecocide.
DIANE PHILLIPS: What we should learn from the Surfside tragedy
For days after a 12-storey luxury high rise in Surfside, Florida crumbled, leaving a scene that looked more like a bombed-out city in Syria than an upscale coastal town in America, we were glued to the screen. As the hours passed, the horror of what happened hit harder, loss of life climbed, hope of finding survivors waned.
EDITORIAL: Unsolved murder at Government House
WHO killed Petty Officer Percival Perpall and attempted to kill two more Marines at Government House in 2019?
STATESIDE: North and South Biden’s got problems on the border
WE are all too familiar with the devastating effects of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic on families here and in every country. Statisticians and historians probably will need years if not decades to calculate the loss and damage.
FRONT PORCH: So much to gain by playing the long game
IT is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent. – Charlie Munger (Warren Buffet’s long-term partner in Berkshire Hathaway).
EDITORIAL: A remarkable woman, gone too young
TAKE a look at the woman on our front page today.
ALICIA WALLACE: Whose rules to follow in the great dating game?
ON Bahamian social media, there are a few topics that come up over and over again, always without resolution. On an endless loop, people on opposite sides argue their positions or, more accurately, argue against other positions. In these pseudo-conversations, some people actively participate by engaging others, some state their own opinions while others have side conversations on the topic at hand or one adjacent to it.
