A COMIC'S VIEW: Disappointed with govt over Bill on marijuana
After a candid round or two (or three or or four or five) with several of my closest classmates from high school, the topic of the Marijuana Bill came up, along with several others that seem to have been bungled by the current administration.
EDITORIAL: We shouldn’t hide from our economic problems
WHEN Dr Duane Sands gave his assessment of how many more people need to get vaccinated to benefit the nation – a number very different from that given by his successor as Health Minister – we saluted him for being a plain talker.
STATESIDE: Putin won’t find Biden as easy to handle - but don’t expect it to make any difference
US President Joe Biden, who has been in office for five months, is now busy preparing for his first summit meeting with Vladimir Putin next week. Putin has been President of Russia for 18 of the past 22 years and was only nominally out of the office for those missing four years.
FRONT PORCH: Remembering the legacy of those who really fought for our future
In the last election, the Free National Movement (FNM) presented a slate of many new candidates and got most of them elected, negating the specious argument that new political parties are needed to get new blood in Parliament.
We must work together to fight a political virus
WHEN China reported cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology to the China office of the World Health Organisation on December 31, 2019, little did the world anticipate that a deadly pandemic unseen in a century was in the making.
EDITORIAL: Lanisha has her say - but we need answers
IT seems it was never likely that Lanisha Rolle would depart the political scene without having her say.
ALICIA WALLACE: When we clearly see the issues and block out the bullying voices then things really can change
Monday marked five years since the 2016 referendum on citizenship rights and sex-based discrimination.
EDITORIAL: Another court defeat - so will govt now wait?
NOTCH up another defeat in the courts for the government.
PETER YOUNG: Could Trump have been right after all and the virus leaked from a Chinese lab?
It is the international story of the week. Despite the earlier denials, evidence seems to be mounting that the COVID-19 virus could have leaked from China’s Wuhan laboratory rather than evolving naturally from animals to humans.
FACE TO FACE: We must protect the hard-won rights generations fought for
I came across a video on the Labour Day Holiday of a march in which Sir Randol Fawkes participated. It was good to see him especially as this was on the holiday now celebrated in his honour.
EDITORIAL: Sands adds a welcome voice on vaccinations
WHEN Health Minister Renward Wells talked of the nation being in “a good place” if it reached 120,000 vaccinations last week, we were sceptical.
WORLD VIEW: Why 84 countries are borrowing from the IMF
IN the wake of the economic damage done by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in every continent of the world have turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance.
EDITORIAL: One man’s struggle, a whole community’s support
IT has been a tough year for many of us – but few will have had as tough a year as artist Kim Smith.
STATESIDE: Millions remain off-message and yearn to see Trump’s return
IT HAS long been a truism in American politics that life and social, economic and political views are quite different outside the Washington, DC, beltway than within it.
FRONT PORCH: The Speaker has gotten it terribly wrong
IN an interview with the press following Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr Hubert Minnis’s Communication to the House of Assembly on the 2021/2022 National Budget, Speaker House Halson Moultrie publicly criticized the Budget.
