DIANE PHILLIPS: True tears for a real hero who devoted his life to the struggle for equality
If you watched the moving coverage of the long farewell to former US Congressman John Lewis this week and did not shed a tear, please check the place where your heart is supposed to be.
EDITORIAL: Crime leaving residents still feeling aftermath of hurricane
IN the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, crime was a major concern for residents of Abaco. There were fears over looting, fears over inadequate policing with officers not going out at night with no power meaning no lights on the streets.
STATESIDE: The third-party candidates who the big boys don’t like at the party
Did you know there were 21 third-party candidates who received votes in the American presidential election of 2016?
FRONT PORCH: Chapters and narrative of COVID-19 still being written
The Italian humanist, scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca, whose anglicised surname is Petrarch, wrote these words at the height of the Plague, which was also known as the Black Death, the Great Mortality and the Pestilence.
EDITORIAL: We’ve won the first round of this fight - time to do it again
THERE is good news and bad news in the fight against COVID-19.
ALICIA WALLACE: Can we have some clarity please AFTER the press conference headlines
On Monday, 40 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, most of them in Grand Bahama and New Providence. The were 16 new cases on Sunday and 10 on Saturday. The return of weekend lockdowns and the 7pm curfew were not welcomed. Everyone knew there would be an announcement last Friday, but most expected a full lockdown.
EDITORIAL: A man dead, and the police silent
THERE are things that should not happen in a modern democracy.
PETER YOUNG: Flyaway Bahamians and the BBC causing all sorts of upset
With the latest rise in COVID-19 cases in The Bahamas and re-imposition at the weekend of lockdown measures, I hasten to write briefly about this as well as about the BBC as I had planned. The reason for this spike seems to be linked to Bahamians visiting Florida during the last few weeks and is against the background of a second global wave of the virus.
FACE TO FACE: Bahamians’ rushed exodus from Florida and the flights back to quarantine - via hot spot in Freeport
When Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced on July 19 that the borders of The Bahamas would be closed to travellers from the United States by Wednesday, July 22, there was a mad scramble for Bahamians who were travelling to return home. They did not want to end up in a situation where they were stuck in America for who knows how long until PM Minnis decided to reopen the border.
WORLD VIEW: A tale of two neighbours
RECENT electoral events in Guyana and Suriname, which border each other on the north-eastern coast of the South American continent, display a remarkably different approach to democracy that could be the determining factor in catapulting Suriname’s development and prosperity well ahead of Guyana’s.
STATESIDE: In a nation divided by Trump and drowning in COVID, we need something to talk about - even sport
For as long as anyone can remember, the Washington Post has featured a full, separate sports page. The local teams have always gotten coverage ranging from barely adequate (women’s soccer) to full (the pro football team formerly known as the Redskins). Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded to feature writers. In many respects, the newspaper’s sports section has occupied as influential a place in its sphere as has the editorial section.
EDITORIAL: Leaders must make the hard decisions
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis used a word yesterday that you don’t expect to hear from a government in power.
DIANE PHILLIPS: There really is no place like home - shame we don’t go out and see it
It began with a thin piece of paper that fell out of an old folder. I can’t explain why I kept it for more than 40 years or why I kept any of the stuff in that folder, for that matter. Instinct, maybe, but back to the slip of paper. It was a small 4.5”x 8.5” flyer, now yellowed with age, with the name and photograph of Earl Nightingale, the legendary author and radio personality who ruled the airwaves in the 1950s and ‘60s.
A COMIC'S VIEW: The Chronicles of COVID (Chapter Two)
Farmer Minnis, having watched the number of animals infected with COVID-19 explode in just a few short days, was livid.
EDITORIAL: Fighting alone to earn victory together
MUCH of the focus on battling COVID-19 has fallen on the efforts of the government.
