DIANE PHILLIPS: Three Bills, hundreds of clauses, one giant step to save The Bahamas
IN the 1960s, long before the Queen Conch was the subject of conservation debate, the mollusk was so plentiful that some considered it a pest.
STATESIDE: Who will face Trump - if he’s still President?
EVERY morning now, we open the newspaper, turn on the television or fire up the computer to hear new reports or opinions about American president Donald Trump, his administration and his many political critics.
EDITORIAL: Put the phone down when you drive
FOR a long time, we have called in this column for action to be taken to clamp down on driving while using a phone. Well, we are delighted to see that as of Monday, this will be illegal.
EDITORIAL: Abaco residents being left behind
A LACK of action by the government, no law on the streets, rampant theft and a future filled with nothing but uncertainty.
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.
