A COMIC'S VIEW: Slam dunk! Here are six things we could have done with $1.2m
WHILE I read Tribune Business Editor Neil Hartnell’s column, revealing the sobering fact, that Bahamian taxpayers paid $1.2m to global sporting and entertainment giant -US-based, Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). And got nothing, nada, zilch, zero in return, I was dumbfounded.
DIANE PHILLIPS: We're selling ourselves cheap and it's got to stop
Once the avenue of luxury shopping dreams, today’s Bay Street is more accurately the ageing T-shirt capital of The Bahamas. All is far from lost.
EDITORIAL: Cool tempers down at WSC before they boil over
ALL the water at the Water & Sewerage Corporation must be boiling over considering how heated things are getting over there.
STATESIDE: Trump’s troubles aren’t just in the White House
Want to hear some more about Donald Trump, Robert Mueller and Bob Barr?
EDITORIAL: Citizenship changes must clarify for both sides
PROPOSALS to make changes to citizenship and immigration laws in The Bahamas have already caused some concern – not least among those who are directly affected by the changes to come.
THE ALICIA WALLACE COLUMN: Schools have to get in the fight to protect our students
Fights happen in schools all the time. I went to a high school known for its Christian mandate and inflexibility.
EDITORIAL: Two steps forward, one step back
Just when we thought things were looking up for Grand Bahama, the island suffers another blow with the collapse of a crane working on the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship at the shipyard.
THE PETER YOUNG COLUMN: Mother of Parliaments? Rather the mother of all messes
Since Britain’s departure from the European Union is causing political upheaval in a nation divided on the issue, it remains top of the news agenda. So, reluctantly, I am covering Brexit in this column for a third week running. This time, while mentioning the latest developments splashed daily across the British and European media, a brief look at the background that has led to the impasse might be interesting.
FACE TO FACE: A childhood dream to give a life of service
Reverend George Bodie is a prime example of the truth that your circumstances in life do not have to define the outcome of your life. In times like these with violence and crime on the rise and with inner cities constantly threatened by gang activity, Rev Bodie shares his path to a life that is one to be proud of.
Rooms with a view - but not this big
A proposal is before the Department of Physical Planning to build a resort complex to be called The View Love Beach on a 7.4-acre site on Love Beach.
EDITORIAL: A man cannot be allowed to just disappear
Where is Marvin Pratt?
EDITORIAL: Lucayan deal brings back the magic
The Grand Lucayan Resort saga seems, at last, to have a happy ending in sight.
THE ALICIA WALLACE COLUMN: Ask people what they need then maybe we’ll have the right answers
The Economic Empowerment Zone programme launched in the Over-the-Hill community seems to be going nowhere fast with only 17 applications for concessions. It is perplexing that this was presented as a poverty alleviation initiative given its emphasis on businesses rather than households, individuals and vulnerable communities.
EDITORIAL: The challenge of tackling knife crime
THE death of student Perry Louis in a stabbing yesterday is a tragedy that will resonate with every parent across the country.
EDITORIAL: A little more substance please, Dr Minnis
LAST night was the second of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ national addresses – and while we welcome any increase in communication from the government, we do wish there was more substance to what he had to say.
