Op-Ed: Sailing toward a green future - Ambassador outlines China–Bahamas co-operation opportunities
MANY Bahamians have shared with me the advantages of driving electric vehicles (EVs), especially in light of rising fuel prices caused by conflicts in the Middle East.
ERIC WIBERG: Drug plane crashes of Staniel Cay, Exumas, and Long Island
IN LATE 1973 and early 1974 a police report recounted the details of drug trafficking for the six months.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Music that soothes the savage soul – or why we love our RBPF Band so
THE WORLD is full of them – law enforcement bands that march in formations so straight they make rulers look crooked, play so powerfully they challenge the siren on a fire engine, and entertain so regally you’d think they were royalty in uniform.
STATESIDE: Trump in the middle - war in the mideast and mid-term elections
THE WAR in Iran looks like it may quiet down now for a couple of weeks after the current leadership in Tehran accepted an offer from US president Donald Trump to cease the expanded, comprehensive military attacks he was threatening in recent days.
FRONT PORCH: Social, family, and childcare policies
WHEN attorney Heather Hunt, the Free National Movement (FNM) candidate for Elizabeth, recently discussed her party’s Working Parent Child Support Initiative in this journal, in a story titled “FNM will give single moms $200 monthly,” she failed to articulate critical details of the policy.
From Gatekeeping to Grievance: The Evolution of Bahamian Control
A survey of our modern national discourse reveals a recurring and troubling theme: the weaponisation of “victimhood”.
WORLD VIEW: Caribbean forced to reconsider US trade ties
THE Caribbean has not set out to loosen its trade dependence on the United States. It is being driven to do so.
Silent erosion: Ingratitude and the death of the common good
THERE is a hollow space in our public life where a simple “thank you” once lived.
FRONT PORCH: Easter - conversion and transformation
CONVERSION is at the heart of the Easter miracle.
FACING REALITY: The pretentiousness of the gated heart
THERE is a specific kind of silence that exists in the gated communities of New Providence.
WORLD VIEW: Quo vadis, OAS?
THE ORGANIZATION of American States (OAS) is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance.
INSIGHT: “No one man should hold a country hostage,” said Davis
Parliament has been prorogued until April 8, and PLP chairman Fred Mitchell is telling people to pay attention to that date.
BEYOND THE BORDER: Preclearance - Arrests, Visas, and Bahamian Dilemma
The intersection of United States immigration law and criminal justice represents a definitive "one-strike" environment for foreign nationals.
