DIANE PHILLIPS: Success secured by quietly going it alone
In a few days, The Bahamas will celebrate its 46th anniversary of Independence. There will be the usual pomp and circumstance, the banners, flags, bunting, music and feelings of pride and nationalism. It will be preceded by a Beat the Retreat on the 7th and culminate in a Junkanoo rush-out on Bay Street that insiders say will be different from any that came before.
ALICIA WALLACE: None of us is safe from a stray bullet, vulnerable amid illusions of safety
Following the shooting of 15 people at a party in Montel Heights where the intended target ran into the crowd, the Commissioner of Police said: “I feel safe and I think you feel safe.” This is a puzzling statement, particularly given the incident being discussed.
EDITORIAL: A shadow of its former self
It ought to be the crown jewel of The Bahamas. Instead, it’s not fit enough for its new occupant to live in.
EDITORIAL: We must work together to stop guns
Members of the community spoke yesterday about the fear, trauma and anger following Sunday’s mass shooting in Ethel Street.
FACE TO FACE: It’s all adding up for the girl from Fox Hill
Jamielle Davis is a Fox Hill girl to the bone. Her homestead is in Fox Hill, as is her church and the school she spent all of her formative years in.
DIANE PHILLIPS: How a British war hero and a young Bahamian woman proved that love really can conquer all
On June 17, three generations of a low-profile Bahamian family boarded flights to a remote town in Wales where the man who was their father and ancestor would receive one of the highest honours ever accorded.
EDITORIAL: We must stop the flow of automatic weapons
In an instant, a celebration turned into horror. A birthday party for a pregnant woman in Montel Heights became the target of a mass shooting. Video clips circulated online showed how panic suddenly struck as people scrambled for cover.
INSIGHT: Everyone in search of a magic moment but they came up short
Hugh Hewitt was regaling a private New York audience late last week after the first two Democratic debates of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Hewitt, a 63-year-old pundit and Harvard graduate who is resolutely conservative, has emerged in recent years as an acceptable right-wing voice on left-leaning or centrist American media such as CNN, MSNBC and the Washington Post. Now he was trying to put into perspective the first night of Democratic debates.
POLICE ADVICE: We have to make time to be involved in our children’s lives
If we want to stop violence, we need to understand what causes it in the first place.
A COMIC'S VIEW: I’m off to petition the PM to change the national anthem to Turn Off The Lights
I DISTINCTLY remember in January of 2018, that works Minister Desmond Bannister suggested that Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) was on pace to deliver to the public its best summer on record.
Shark attack shows need for safe practices
THE news that a 21-year-old American woman was killed in a shark attack while swimming off Rose Island has been a shock both here and abroad.
DIANE PHILLIPS: A real show of community we can all learn from
When a tour bus carrying four locals and 24 passengers from a Carnival Cruise Line ship docked in Eleuthera crashed on Monday, the rush to assist was nothing short of phenomenal.
STATESIDE: Wrongly accused of racism, one family fought to clear its name
Oberlin College is one of the most liberal institutions of higher learning in the United States.
THE ALICIA WALLACE COLUMN: Can someone turn the lights on in BPL’s thinking?
We know it happens and with greater frequency during the summer months, but we are frustrated by the disruption and inconvenience of electricity outages.
EDITORIAL: A bold move - but what we need is a decision
THE lawsuit filed by members of the Rastafarian community over Indian Hemp is a bold move – and one that comes at a delicate time in the debate over the legalisation of marijuana.
