DIANE PHILLIPS: Leave our debt for another day - we need to spend to fight off climate change
Like most folks, I hate to owe anything to anybody. I feel a sense of supreme satisfaction paying off a credit card. I even enjoy paying bills (except BPL which infuriates me), but as I said, knowing that I’m momentarily debt-free and what I earn is what I get to keep - at least until the next bill comes along - provides a good-all-over feeling.
EDITORIAL: Questions over failed prosecutions
First, the Frank Smith trial ended with him walking away a free man, and now the Shane Gibson bribery case has ended the same way. Both men are not guilty, both cases leave questions for whether the charges should have been brought in the first place based on the evidence that prosecutors presented.
STATESIDE: Pardoning a disgraced Seal - cynical or genius?
Thanksgiving morning in the United States has for the past 30 years been preceded by the charming ritual of the American President “pardoning” a couple of fat, healthy turkeys from becoming someone’s holiday feast. The president, with his wife at his side, usually pats one of the turkeys, cracks a joke or two, and the photo op is over.
OP-ED: We can't send people back to damaged, poor homes
Mr Frankie Campbell, Minister of Social Services, pictured, is a very compassionate and caring individual. I understand clearly his desire that individuals who are still housed in shelters need to get back to their homes. However, what is the conditi
EDITORIAL: Who is talking to US officials?
THE new travel alert from the US Department of State for The Bahamas prompts a question or two.
ALICIA WALLACE: When women at risk become even more vulnerable
Monday marked the beginning of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence and was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We all know the numbers. One in three women experiences violence in her lifetime. Though they may not have shared their stories with us, we all know people who have been affected by gender-based violence, having experienced it themselves or witnessed it.
EDITORIAL: When it comes to climate change, we really have to try
JUST 11 days ago we asked here how serious the government was when Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said nations needed to intensify their response to the threats from global warming.
OP-ED: We have to act TODAY . . . before the planet is in real trouble
We are doing nowhere near enough to limit climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising when they should be falling. Countries need to urgently increase action or we will face a future of rising seas, extreme weather events and increased human misery.
FACE TO FACE: Denise is breaking ‘the chain’ of sexual health ignorance
Bahamians know their country consists of a small population. Take a look at any Bahamian and a fellow citizen would either know them, one of their family members, or someone connected to them… for the most part.
PETER YOUNG: Taking stock of the feeding frenzy on Prince Andrew’s disastrous own goal
“Never complain and never explain” is a mantra said to be favoured by The Queen and has been attributed to the late Queen Mother.
EDITORIAL: Time to show Omar Archer the door
TO jump out of the second floor window of a court room - for whatever reason - is not the act of someone thinking straight.
WORLD VIEW: Blatant, patent and flagrant - the double standards in the OAS
DOUBLE standards have become the new system in the Organization of American States (OAS). This unwholesome development does not portend well for the future of the Organization which is increasingly becoming a rubber stamp for the will of a few governments. It also creates a huge cloud over the bilateral relations of nations within the hemisphere.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Our brave new world where we can vanish into a screen
When Disney launched its streaming service on November 12, 10 million people signed up the first day, a subscription rush so much faster than expected it caused the system to crash. That hiccup was quickly fixed to the delight of families who could soon settle down and watch Toy Story 4 as many times as they wanted for a monthly fee.
A COMIC'S VIEW: My heart is truly broken as I remember The Big Cup
YESTERDAY was one of the hardest days of my life. Shortly after 11.0am I received the call I was dreading.
EDITORIAL: We can’t rely on the wheel of fortune to build our future
IN the flood of overseas assistance which poured into The Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian we expect few of us will have noticed one of the biggest individual contributions made towards disaster relief.
