ALICIA WALLACE: Child refugees struggle to get back to school
WE are consumed by our private lives. In many ways, we see our lives and experiences as synonymous with the Bahamian experience or the human experience.
FACE TO FACE: He aimed to become a judge - he served as the highest in the land
SIR Michael Barnett is living proof that if you can see it, and if you believe it with all your heart, then you can achieve it. Lifetime goals are something to never give up on, despite any obstacles that may come your way. He stands as a testament to the fact that it is indeed possible. Now in his sixties, he is at the peak of his career and is still going strong.
EDITORIAL: Turning a cold shoulder after Dorian
What makes one victim of Hurricane Dorian deserve different treatment from another?
PETER YOUNG: Britain’s contribution to hurricane relief
IN the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, The Bahamas has received so much aid, assistance and support from such a wide variety of sources, both at home and from overseas, that it would be invidious to single out any particular ones as being more worthy than others.
EDITORIAL: What are we doing to fight climate change?
The words were ominous: “How will we continue to exist?”
BUSINESS BITES: Onward from Dorian
THE physical rebuilding of Abaco and Grand Bahama has already started and will continue. The rubble will be cleared away, businesses reopened, and new houses built. It won’t be easy or quick, but the energy of the Bahamian people, with generous help and expertise from abroad, will prevail.
WORLD VIEW: United Kingdom: Winning elections is everything
AS she delivered the unanimous decision of the 11 members of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland (UK), on the unlawfulness of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, advising the Queen to prorogue Parliament, I admit to being mesmerised by the startling brooch being worn by the Court’s President, Baroness Brenda Hale.
EDITORIAL: Scars that will linger in our nation
FOR those of us who did not go through the horrific experience of Hurricane Dorian, it is hard to grasp the level of trauma suffered by those who did.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The Mudd shows two sides to every story
IF ever there were proof that there are two sides to a story, it’s in the history of The Mudd, a community obliterated by the flood waters, swells, surges and winds of Hurricane Dorian. The Category 5 storm of historic proportions took an untold number of lives and wiped out a shanty town that more than 1200 people called home.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Ferreira’s story is one for the birds
AS hard as I try not to point the deserved finger at certain entities and a particular administration in these trying times, post Hurricane Dorian, this week the MP for Marathon and Minister for the Environment Romauld Ferreira, really got my goat! (Pun intended).
EDITORIAL: This is how we start to recover
THE signing of the heads of agreement for the new cruise port would have been a landmark moment for Grand Bahama regardless. In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, it’s more than that – it’s a lifeline.
STATESIDE: The race has begun
TUESDAY was the day the 2020 presidential campaign really began in the US.
ALICIA WALLACE: A time to work together
HURRICANE relief work continues with donations coming in, needs changing, and systems being imagined, debated and, in fewer cases, created.
EDITORIAL: Don't oppose for sake of opposing
FOR all the talk of the need for unity in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, it seems as if political sniping might be returning once more.
PETER YOUNG: New structure for handling disasters
YESTERDAY’S press reports about the creation, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, of a new ministry to deal with disasters will no doubt be widely welcomed.
