EDITORIAL: It’s not snitching, it’s saving lives
YOU have a weapon against COVID-19.
EDITORIAL: Paying now for missed opportunities earlier
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has made his move – and once again we prepare for a diet of curfews and lockdowns.
STATESIDE: Even for Trump this is all starting to look completely ridiculous
No one in Washington has ever witnessed anything like what is happening with and to Donald Trump these days. The US President, long suspected of sociopathic behaviour and tendencies by mental health professionals, seems to be lurching out of control in an increasingly desperate attempt to cling to office.
FRONT PORCH: The tragicomedy and farce of Trump’s America
The denouement of Donald Trump’s shambolic and dangerous presidency intensified with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting calamitous economic fallout, twin crises managed more adroitly and seriously by the Chinese rather than the American Government.
EDITORIAL: A bright idea to break the COVID impasse
JUST when it seems the government is fresh out of ideas – along comes the private sector.
ALICIA WALLACE: People in power need to stop paying lip service to the problem and do something about it
Since the murder of a young mother and her daughter, the issue of domestic violence has been getting more attention in the media.
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.
