WORLD VIEW: Now’s not the time to sit quietly while others again decide our fate
Developing countries, including Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states, would make a grave mistake if, in the wake of the economic crisis they now face, they decide to diminish their foreign affairs budgets.
EDITORIAL: Where is the leader when he’s needed?
WHAT a difference a week makes.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Sounds great - a job for life where you can’t get furloughed or fired
Wikipedia tells us there are two billion mothers in the world, 84.5 million of them in the United States. We don’t know exactly how many mothers there are in The Bahamas but one thing we do know – an awful lot of them are holding down the fort on their own.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Give us what we need and not what we want
AS more manure continues to hit the fan, on one end of the “Swabs for Entry Scandal”, the plot thickens on the other, with some interesting characters both old and new, raising their heads.
EDITORIAL: Fighting on the front line
When we talk about healthcare workers on the front line of the battle against COVID-19, it’s people such as Dr George Charite and his daughters that we are talking about.
STATESIDE: A bitter pill to swallow for the greater good
You have to give Donald Trump credit. The American President, who has been caught in nearly 20,000 public lies by what he calls the “lamestream” press, spoke with disarming candour the other day.
FRONT PORCH: Collective responsibility & cabinet government
It is unfortunate many in the media as well as many academics do not understand the basic tenets of our system of government. Correspondingly, we often get our language and our thinking muddled and just plain wrong in constitutional matters.
EDITORIAL: Are the borders open to some but not to all?
AFTER a long day of waiting to find out who the new Minister of Health would be, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed there was only one man for the job – himself!
ALICIA WALLACE: More questions than answers which Sands’ resignation does not make go away
No one was pleased when news broke that two permanent residents were allowed to enter Nassau early last week while the borders were closed. It was said these people brought 2500 COVID-19 testing swabs – not testing kits – which were donations.
FACE TO FACE: CB’s life has been a perfect marriage - church, community and Francisca by his side
This is a trying time for everyone, especially those who are facing unemployment and an uncertain future. But people are reaching out, pulling together and showing they care in order to cope with the crisis caused by COVID-19. Some have called on the church to play a bigger role in helping not only their members, but their community and one church is doing just that.
EDITORIAL: A resignation that could have been avoided
A DAY of political drama ended in a short statement last night.
PETER YOUNG: A world working together is only way to win this war and Britain is playing its role
As the horror, grief and desperation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continues, the need for international co-operation to combat it has become all the more pressing. The World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11. According to its latest figures, the virus has been found so far in as many as 185 countries with some 3.5 million confirmed cases and nearly 250,000 deaths worldwide.
EDITORIAL: Border breach row an unwelcome issue
THE whole story of the US couple who breached border restrictions has become a real mess.
EDITORIAL: The other battle we face - against hunger
ONE in four people in The Bahamas may now be facing hunger.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Comedy in times of the coronavirus
THIS coming May 10th, Lord spare my life, will be my 22nd year as ‘House Comic’ at the Jokers Wild Comedy Club, and as a professional stand up comedian, both locally and internationally. To God be the glory.
