EDITORIAL: Take police brutality seriously
We’ve been here before.
EDITORIAL: What can true ambition achieve?
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is nothing if not ambitious.
STATESIDE: We’ve read this script before - now for Bush read Trump
As Americans awoke on New Year’s Day, their thoughts may have initially been of a reflective nature, contemplating the end of one astonishing decade in their recent history and legitimately wondering what the next ten years might bring to top the tumult and turmoil to which they have unfortunately become accustomed.
EDITORIAL: Get these potholes fixed quickly
IT’S a bumpy drive to work if you have to cross the junction of Shirley Street and Village Road at the moment.
PETER YOUNG: What troubles lie ahead as the year rolls on?
Writing this column on the eve not only of another year but a new decade as well, it is almost obligatory to reflect on immediate past events as well as to look at prospects for the foreseeable future.
FACE TO FACE: ‘We have two hands. One for ourself the other to help someone up.’
It’s the finale! The end of 2019 and the end of an entire decade! Many people are in reflection mode today as the year 2020 is imminent. Tomorrow, it will be a brand new day, a brand new year and a brand new decade.
WORLD VIEW: A weak, worn out Caribbean will not serve its people in 2020
AS 2019 ends and the New Year dawns, the world faces a troubling period of uncertainty. This precariousness will affect international and regional organisations as some powerful governments pursue a policy of de-linking from the established international system, encouraging fragmentation of regional groups and imposing their own agenda through various methods of coercion.
EDITORIAL: Are you ready for the plastic ban?
WITH only a couple of days to go before the ban on single use plastics comes into effect, we would like to applaud all those in the business community who have worked hard to be prepared.
POLICE ADVICE: We need to work together to make our society safe again
New beginnings, fresh starts, reaffirmations of love and promises for a brighter future all come to mind as we ring in a New Year. In this New Year, 2020, let us remember the safety of ourselves and others. Let us also remember to come together and create safer communities.
FACE TO FACE: I felt like I was a girl from as young as I can remember, says Alexus
Christmas time is a time for family and friends to gather and spend quality time together. It’s a special time of the year. No matter whether you celebrate it or not, you will find that those celebrating will probably still buy you presents or ask you to come by the house and enjoy a meal with loved ones.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Here's some festive verse to get us in the Christmas spirit
‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the House,
PETER YOUNG: Sad that the joy of Christmas cannot be shared by all
WITH Christmas just a day away, this weekly column allows me the pleasure of writing about the joys of such a wonderful time of the year. But it is also a moment to think about the lonely and less fortunate for whom the celebrations can be a time of woe and pain as they suffer the sadness of loss and deprivation while we are all urged to ‘eat, drink and be merry’ in the traditional way.
INSIGHT: We ought to acknowledge how much we’ve lost and make a special effort to cherish this holiday season a little bit more
JUST over three months after Hurricane Dorian, the resilience of thousands of displaced Bahamians struggling with tremendous loss is palpable.
WORLD VIEW: CARICOM finds its winning voice
IT IS a valid criticism of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that they have more often failed than succeeded in coordinating their foreign policy actions.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Dick Coulson never had to hold an elected office to be voted one of the most influential men in Bahamian history
There are men whose lives are remembered because of the high office they held, titles they dined on, money, women or fancy toys they accumulated. Richard ‘Dick’ Coulson’s life mattered not for any of the obvious reasons.
