WORLD VIEW: As Haitians suffer the world stays silent
ON February 20, the UN Security Council received a grim report of deteriorating human rights and collapsing rule of law in Haiti. The troubling situation includes widening malnutrition, kidnappings for ransom, rapes and gang violence.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Is Marijuana a pot of gold?
AS we creep closer to a final decision on the legalisation and decriminalisation of marijuana in the Bahamas, and on the heels of Pastor Dave Burrows reiterating the Christian Council’s stance on the matter…
DIANE PHILLIPS: The finest line of all – the last breath
AN old friend died this week. His death was not the saddest part of the story, the end of his life was.
STATESIDE: Democrats disarray playing straight into Trump’s hands - and they’ve done it before
Just when it looked like things couldn’t get any worse for the Democrats playing bumper cars in an increasingly futile food fight to oppose President Donald Trump in November, things got quite a bit worse.
EDITORIAL: Weigh all sides in the marijuana debate
THE Christian Council is starting to outline its position in the debate on the legalisation of marijuana – and while their report won’t be made public until next month, the head of the committee preparing that report hinted yesterday at opposition to making the drug legal.
EDITORIAL: Work permits by the numbers
THERE has been a lot of noise lately over work permits – and the prospect of denying permits to businesses if they don’t have an understudy being trained. Well, listen carefully, here comes the sound of the backtrack.
ALICIA WALLACE: It’s only $100 but its significance means so much
The recent kerfuffle about $100 is almost laughable.
EDITORIAL: Immigration sense or election trail rhetoric?
IMMIGRATION was in the Prime Minister’s sights yesterday – though his target was not always clear.
FACE TO FACE: Our own Dr King ready to shake the political throne
It takes a lot of guts to start your own political movement. Many people have complaints about the system of government.
EDITORIAL: Last chance saloon for BPL
“THERE will be an end to load shedding,” declared Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) chairman Dr Donovan Moxey in December as the new Wartsila engines were unveiled. How many of us believed him?
WORLD VIEW: Guyana-Venezuela and international law
GLOBAL attention on Guyana has focused on the current campaigning for general elections due on March 2. Reports indicate a vigorous campaign with the country’s newly found resources in oil and gas very much on the minds of the contesting political parties.
EDITORIAL: Speaker should learn when to speak
The current Speaker of the House, Halson Moultrie, came to his post without the benefit of experience of Parliament.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The culture of power is changing before our very eyes
Through the six decades that I have been writing thousands of published news articles, magazine pieces, more lately columns, I have steered clear of politics and have rarely tapped the overflowing well of famous people whose legacy descends into a downhill slide from grace.
EDITORIAL: Are we prepared for the next hurricane season?
As much as we have talked about the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, we must now turn our minds to a new hurricane season.
STATESIDE: Is Trump about to lose another loyalist who just can’t take any more?
The latest public spat between US President Trump and one of his key cabinet members has involved a superficially unlikely but perhaps predictable cabinet secretary.
