FACE TO FACE: Belinda learned from her mother - standing up for others and making their voices heard
MANY schools, especially public schools in The Bahamas, had their first day of school yesterday. It also happened to be World Teacher’s Day - the 26th annual day honouring teachers globally. This year’s theme was: “Teachers leading in crisis – reimagining the future”.
EDITORIAL: What do we do about oil?
IS oil the future or is oil the past?
EDITORIAL: Get ready, New Providence
BRACE yourselves for another lockdown.
DIANE PHILLIPS: We drive by them every day, stick thin faces hiding a story few of us care to listen to
The first time I met Jennie (not her real name), she was the picture of all-American wholesomeness, the kind of girl who looked like she was raised near the cornfields of Iowa or flew in fresh from the cheese belt of Wisconsin. Long, dark hair with sun streaks running through it, bright, light brown eyes, full of life and anticipation. I’d guess her age to be in her late 20s.
A COMIC'S VIEW: There can be another way
THIS week, I had another encounter at the barber shop and it turned out to be quite informative.
EDITORIAL: Could the police have prevented double murder?
IT must be heartbreaking beyond belief for the family of Alicia Sawyer and eight-year-old Ednique Wallace to be left asking “What if?”
EDITORIAL: The enemy we cannot see
IT is hard to fight any battle – but it is harder still to fight an enemy you cannot see.
FRONT PORCH: The Conceit and Danger of Blind Ambition
“To lose patience is to lose the battle.” – Mohandas Gandhi AFTER the results of the 1972 general election, Sir Randol Fawkes, honoured as the Father of Labour who helped to form the first Majority Rule government and became Minister of Labour and Commerce, was out of frontline politics and would never return as a Member of Parliament.
STATESIDE: Trump’s a jerk, a bully and a creep, but for his base of supporters, he’s their jerk
Anne was worried sick. She was sitting on her neighbour Helen’s brick patio, socially distanced, mask waiting in her purse in case it was needed. Some half-empty glasses of white wine sat on the round wrought iron table. Anne settled herself and took another sip of her wine.
PETER YOUNG: Whichever way we turn in this crisis there is a bitter pill to swallow
After so many months of endless debate and controversy, some may regard further comment about the COVID-19 pandemic to be superfluous. But what appears to be a second wave of the virus in Europe - resulting in imposition of new restrictions - has reignited argument about the efforts of governments to control its spread.
EDITORIAL: Extending aid scheme is the right move
THE decision to extend the government’s aid programme for COVID-19 is the right choice.
ALICIA WALLACE: A mother and daughter die but are we really shocked in a society complicit in violence against women?
FOLLOWING the murder of a 30-year-old mother and her eight-year-old daughter on Monday morning, the conversation about domestic violence has started again. There is shock, sadness and frustration. We have questions that have been asked before and never seem to get answers. How are guns getting into the country? Why do so many disagreements end in violent death? Who could kill a child? Then there is the question far too many people ask: Well, what did she do for him to kill her?
FACE TO FACE: Rocky’s got a plan which can bring us all success
EXCELLENCE is something we encourage our children to strive for. We want them to give their all and be their best at noble pursuits that will enrich their lives and the lives of others. We know that if they strive for excellence, it will set them apart and help them to survive the trials of life.
WORLD VIEW: Caribbean wouldn’t tolerate external interference on Republics
OF all the fanciful reasons imputed to the decision of the government to make Barbados a Republic, shedding its monarchical status with Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State, the most surprising has come from the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat.
EDITORIAL: Our prison system is not doing its job
WHATEVER we are doing, it is not working.
