FACE TO FACE: Tony keeps on running - and giving back for the success he’s achieved
Imagine running for 26 miles – 42 kilometers. There’s a special place on the endurance list for the people who run this distance in marathons around the world. As I interviewed Anthony Longley for this week’s Face to Face, I was impressed by all of his achievements. He is the first Bahamian to ever serve as International Director in Toastmasters International and he is the first Bahamian to speak at the Million Dollar Round Table.
PETER YOUNG: It’s all done and dusted, time for Boris to deliver
Having written two weeks ago about the watershed moment of the UK Parliament passing the Withdrawal Bill for Britain’s departure from the European Union, I hesitate to claim there has been yet another significant milestone in the Brexit saga. But this time, finally, it is for real and the goal has been achieved.
EDITORIAL: Justice delayed is justice denied
IT IS now more than three years since Osworth Rolle was shot dead by Detective Constable Kendrick Brown.
WORLD VIEW: Only CARICOM countries can divide CARICOM
THE meeting between US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and the Foreign Ministers of seven Caribbean countries, gave rise to many questions, but the US seeking to “divide CARICOM” should not be one of them.
EDITORIAL: A servant of the nation who deserves respect
IT was late at night on April 10, 2013, when a call came into The Tribune newsroom to report not one, but two police officers shot in separate incidents. One was senior officer Clayton Fernander.
DIANE PHILLIPS: When a minister’s soft voice shouted in rage
When a Methodist minister writes a tell-all book about his life, you aren’t too surprised to hear him wax eloquently about the one woman he loved for half a century, or the fact that he never lost faith, no matter how many challenges he faced.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Connect the dots on marijuana legislation
PRIME Minister Minnis seems to be in the zone these days, in regards to legalising and decriminalising marijuana, both medicinally and recreationally here in the Bahamas.
STATESIDE: We hold these truths to be self-evident - but nothing’s really changed, has it?
So far, 2020 is providing ample evidence that real and perceived discrimination in the United States on the basis of gender and race remains a big issue.
EDITORIAL: Kneejerk politics as election appears on the horizon
SO the pretence is done – the countdown to the 2022 election has begun.
EDITORIAL: The slow revolution on marijuana
AT long last, the slow-motion progress of the marijuana commission has seen Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis receive the preliminary report.
ALICIA WALLACE: Stir the pot - it might just produce the change you need
Whether at work, school, or other institutions, we all have to, at some point and with some regularity, attend meetings. Assemblies, check-ins, updates, services, training and conferences all bring us to a space with other people with connections to the institution or topic at hand.
EDITORIAL: The law must be upheld
The Tribune investigation that revealed the sale of abortion pills without prescription has, inevitably, prompted calls for abortion laws to be changed.
FACE TO FACE – Patrice Rebranded: I’ve earned my stripes and love what I’m doing now
When you listen to the radio this week, you’ll likely hear a brand new song to dance to. Patrice Murrell’s latest single is yet another fun, upbeat tune. She is known for her bubbly pizazz; but in 2020, Patrice is showing off a more sophisticated, sexy, chic side of herself.
PETER YOUNG: Winners and losers - they still have to work together
To adapt Abraham Lincoln’s famous dictum about not being able to fool all of the people all of the time, it is similarly impossible to please everybody even for some of the time. So to obtain order in the conduct of human affairs, some way has to be found of determining the will of the people. The best means is to consult them and let the majority prevail.
EDITORIAL: Alarm bells over drugs and health
THE investigation in today’s Tribune that revealed the sale of abortion drugs despite the lack of a prescription has rung several alarm bells.
