PETER YOUNG: Word on the street (when we’re allowed out) is things need to ease up
AS the nightmare of the extended lockdown now continues for another month it is amazing to watch - not least in the US and UK - how know-alls purporting to be experts attack their own governments when, more often than not, they have no relevant professional qualifications and little understanding of the pressures facing ministers.
FACE TO FACE: Rhonda’s standing tall on the shoulders of a woman who pointed the way
While schools throughout the country have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown by moving their classes online, one school has found that years of providing an online learning experience for its students is paying off.
EDITORIAL: No letting up on emergency measures now
Another month of emergency measures.
EDITORIAL: Healthcare system straining at the seams
YESTERDAY was a tragic day in the battle against COVID-19.
A COMIC'S VIEW: So you reckon there was no preferential treatment, Marvin?
AS the Coronavirus pandemic continues here in the Bahamas, this week’s ‘Corona Chronicles’ showed a track meet at the courthouse, pastors securing the bag first, and the fact some of us don’t know the meaning of ‘quarantine.’
DIANE PHILLIPS: Guess what - we’re discovering we really can do things for ourselves
Complain, gripe and grumble all you want about being stuck at home. The reality is that while it is killing the economy, it is saving lives.
STATESIDE: Wise words well worth listening to when it comes to opening up
Even as the American congress throws hundreds of billions of dollars at the COVID-19 public crisis and debate on restarting the economy continues to rage between Republicans and Democrats and along regional lines between the coasts and the Midwest and South, the pandemic steamrolls on. American reported deaths passed the 45,000 mark the other day, among nearly 850,000 confirmed cases. Those figures give the term American exceptionalism new meaning. Just not in a good way.
FRONT PORCH: Roar, refrain and echo of history
The uneven global response to COVID-19 means some countries will see less infections and deaths, while others will experience needless pain and suffering because of the recklessness, incompetence and magical thinking of some leaders.
EDITORIAL: Nygard case goes to the heart of how our nation is run
THE priority of the nation is understandably the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic right now – but the allegations that continue to unfold against Peter Nygard should not be overlooked.
ALICIA WALLACE: When it’s all over, let’s make sure we do things better
Over the past few days I have been having conversations with people about the COVID crisis, the responses of different governments and the reactions of the public. I have been interested in the thoughts of artists, activists, educators, students and members of the press. There is one question I keep asking – what is your hope for when things change? Some answers are personal and some are broader and more inclusive.
EDITORIAL: The good and the bad for new commissioner
IT it is only three weeks since Paul Rolle became Commissioner of Police – though that feels like three months in lockdown time - but yesterday saw mixed signs of what to expect under his leadership.
FACE TO FACE: Clair’s mission to level the playing field for generations to come
I’m always impressed when I learn about Bahamians doing big things in other parts of the world. It reminds me of how great we are as a people, even though we come from a small archipelago, sometimes represented as just a dot on a map.
PETER YOUNG: The virus fight goes on as do whispers of concern over our own economic fate
While the COVID-19 crisis continues around the world with a vengeance, just a month ago there was still a widespread feeling it would be short lived. It was thought the strong action taken by different countries to contain the spread of the virus through strict measures about social distancing to prevent its transmission among humans would be effective and the crisis would be rapidly over. But that has proven not to be the case. The world is in this together and the fight goes on.
EDITORIAL: How business owners can show their patriotism
WHERE is your heart? Where is your compassion? Do you have a soul?
WORLD VIEW – Prepare for a long haul: The storm is not fully formed
COVID-19 is destroying the prosperity which several Caribbean countries anticipated at the beginning of 2020.
