Winning the war against COVID-19
COVID-19 has moved with lightning speed around the globe. From a cluster in Wuhan, China declared on December 31, it has caused over 1 million cases with 50,000 deaths worldwide in three months.
FACE TO FACE: Struggling to cope in this crisis? Imagine if you couldn’t see . . .
The global pandemic created by the Covid-19 virus has resulted in fear and anxiety for many as people the world over face uncertain times. People are taking measures to protect themselves, including distancing themselves from others, wearing masks and gloves.
WORLD VIEW: CARICOM should help but Guyana must save itself
THE image and standing of Guyana are being tarnished throughout the world. Yet, a small window of opportunity remains open for the country to be regarded as democratic and for its government to be hailed as legitimate.
EDITORIAL: A Bahamas for Bahamians
IT’S hard to imagine just now – but picture what life will be like when this current crisis is over.
EDITORIAL: Where's the firm 'no' we gave to the Braemar?
YOU would be forgiven if you were not comforted by the words of Renward Wells MP with regard to cruise ships.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Shopping by alphabet? My name starts with Z!
THIS week, the ‘Corona Chronicles’ continue.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The sadness of suspicion which hangs over us
We all know the obvious consequences of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. We see the closed signs on shops, the empty airports, ports, schools and churches. We see an economy temporarily grinding to a halt. We hear the silence of streets after 9pm and we are far happier than we should be to see the garbage collection truck because it signifies activity.
EDITORIAL: An economic crisis - but don’t forget those at the sharp end
AS the grim landmark of the nation’s first death from coronavirus was confirmed yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis tried to make the country realise the scale of the problem facing us.
STATESIDE: Like father, like son - Cuomo becoming the man to watch
It happens every day now, around midday. What pops up on the television screen is a briefing by a senior elected official full of useful, relevant information backed up by charts and graphs and a sense of honest credibility.
ALICIA WALLACE: Choose life for ourselves and each other by playing by the rules
We are almost two weeks into our new and temporary way of living. It has been extended, as many of us expected, and it is in our best interest to follow the guidelines provided.
EDITORIAL: The cost of the coronavirus battle
A BILLION dollars by July.
FACE TO FACE: Keeping the faithful connected as churches fall silent
Churches all around the world are embracing the digital age like never before in the face of the global pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus. Church leaders are faced with finding new ways to reach their members as the pews are not filled for the first time in recent history.
PETER YOUNG: Are we doing enough to prevent economy being left in ruins?
In writing further about the coronavirus crisis - now being called the greatest ever threat to the world in peacetime - I offer comment this week on the latest developments in Europe, including Britain, and here at home as well. The crisis affecting so many countries has become nothing short of a human catastrophe and the most serious global health challenge of our times. Its effects have also had a horrifying impact on the world economy and have disrupted modern society on an unimaginable scale.
EDITORIAL: Get off the roads and stay at home
STILL too many people on the road – that’s the key point to be drawn from the latest tightening of regulations to curtail movement.
WORLD VIEW: Today’s OAS - run by a few for a few
ON March 20 a reckless and irresponsible General Assembly (GA) was held by the Organization of American States (OAS), putting the health of many at risk and giving an entirely wrong example to the entire world.
