EDITORIAL: We haven't tackled obesity - and now it's proving our downfall
WHEN it comes to the fight against COVID-19, our past failings are coming back to haunt us.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Down on the farm . . .
Farmer Minnis heard the cries of the animals on the farm. He knew they were angry and waiting for a solution to the COVID pandemic.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Sean Connery reaches landmark age
An irresistible ladies’ man but with family at his heart
The first time I met Sean Connery he knew exactly who I was, much to my shock. I was flattered. That was before he lashed into me, transforming me into an ant looking for a rock to crawl under. His unmistakable deep-throated baritone mixed with Scottish brogue came barrelling at me to let me know I had made a mistake in something I wrote.
EDITORIAL: What is the course for the ship of state?
THERE’S some political sparring afoot. As readers of today’s Tribune can see, the deputy leaders of the FNM and PLP are taking potshots at one another.
STATESIDE: Out of the White House shadows at last we saw something presidential emerge - Melania Trump
Looking back, maybe we should have seen it coming. But it was quite unexpected. It was unethical if not yet illegal. And it might yet prove to be a real turning point.
FRONT PORCH: Make no mistake - we’re all in this fight and have to work together
“We have to move from ‘they should’ to “we should’. We have to move from ‘they say’ to ‘we say’.” – Prime Minister Hubert Minnis
EDITORIAL: Is a level playing field really the best way?
WITH the country on course to start to reopen next week, when will the borders fully reopen?
ALICIA WALLACE: Scratching your head trying to work out what really changed in seven days? Me too
Last week, the Prime Minister announced a seven-day lockdown to start immediately due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The next day, he reversed the decision because, as should have been obvious, people were not prepared for it. He said various business could operate “until further notice”, but never gave any indication of plans to announce another lockdown.
EDITORIAL: From lockdown to opening the doors
That wasn’t what we expected.
PETER YOUNG: COVID’s here to stay and it may be we’ll just have to learn to live alongside it
Some people consider that so much has been written about the coronavirus pandemic that there is little further to say.
FACE TO FACE: A lifetime’s mission to redress the wrongs of slavery and explore a people’s African roots
August is the month that commemorates the emancipation of Africans in the Western world. The people of the Rastafari movement never let Emancipation Day pass without impassioned calls for the freedom, redemption and repatriation of African descendants throughout the Diaspora. It has been decades since the calls first began.
WORLD VIEW: Diplomats hamstrung as COVID drives them to the computer screen
THE COVID-19 pandemic is severely limiting the work of diplomacy. It could have a lasting adverse affect on international relations if finding a vaccine continues to elude global researchers for much longer.
EDITORIAL: Hearing nurse Rolle shows reality of the COVID-19 fight
AS she fought a losing battle against COVID-19, nurse Bernadette Rolle recorded a voice note detailing her struggle.
EDITORIAL: The long arm of the law has a heavy hand
WHEN Deon Duverny set off to drive his cousin home, he did not expect the journey would end in a prison cell.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Is there a plot to jettison Minnis? His advisers are not making him look too hot
Let me open this week by saying, as a professional comedian with 23 years in the industry, you can’t write the comedy of errors that unfolded before our eyes this week any funnier.
