FACE TO FACE: Nursing came before everything. I even took my dad to the prom
I spent hours on the top of Blue Hills in New Providence at the home of a sprightly and dainty Bahamian grandmother.
EDITORIAL: Politics put before patients’ beds at PMH
PRINCESS Margaret Hospital Administrator Mary Walker, commenting on the fact that the Princess Margaret Hospital has had to turn away non-emergency cases at the hospital this weekend because of a critical bed shortage due the roof not being repaired for two years, and the shortage of nurses, says that this is the “worst” she has seen the hospital in the many years that she has been on the hospital’s staff.
EDITORIAL: US SHUTDOWN AND MEDIA INSULARITY
The ongoing drama in Washington about making the passage of a government spending bill dependent on immigration policy is difficult for foreign observers to understand. Linking these unrelated matters in order to thwart legislation by the US Congress to fund government operations seems hard to justify. The consequent shutdown lasted for nearly three full days.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Power to the people
ONCE again, the country’s main electricity provider is in the flickering spotlight. On one hand, an MP is “begging for a break” while on the other, the Minister responsible for Bahamas Power and Light is promising “the best summer ever”! While readi
CULTURE CLASH: Sexual violence - there is no grey area
I’ve seen and heard about people lamenting the ongoing discussion about women’s human rights specific to our bodies.
EDITORIAL: Marijuana - to legalise or not to legalise
THERE was no marijuana in the Garden of Eden when the world began — but there was a special fruit. Not only was this fruit a curiosity piece, but what added to its worth — it was forbidden.
EDITORIAL: Step one for Minnis – weeding out the corruption
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert A Minnis minced no words when he spoke at Bahamas Business Outlook last week. Before a packed house at the Baha Mar Convention Centre, the prime minister won over an audience disgusted and fed up with the obstacles in the way of accomplishing the smallest required task.
INSIGHT: The danger of déjà vu
DESPITE Prime Minister Minnis’ lack of nationwide fanfare, on May 10, 2017, he and the Free National Movement formed the next government of our commonwealth. His campaign was established on tenets of transparency and accountability. Essentially, it did not take rocket science to know that a lack thereof was chief among the reasons we had enough of the previous government. The Free National Movement probably could have campaigned on anything and safely become the next government.
INSIGHT: Off Abaco the water is crystal clear but golden elkhorn coral is shrink-wrapped in plastic
That kid — there’s one in every school — putting up posters about protecting baby seals and organising beach cleanups? Yeah, that was me.
EDITORIAL: Lessons from the past on US shut down
WE ALL learned of the US government shut down at midnight on Saturday. Some offices really did close their doors. But operations deemed essential, including military and law enforcement, would continue. Most observers believed the shutdown would not be lengthy. The best argument for that is what happened during the last significant shut down.
EDITORIAL: Major risk of nuclear conflict
IT is said that an error uncorrected can soon become an irreversible mistake. The recent warning of an imminent nuclear attack in Hawaii that remained in force for thirty-eight minutes before being declared a false alarm caused fear and panic amongst its 1.4 million population. Reportedly, it happened as a result of the wrong button being pressed at the time of a change of shift at the island state’s so-called “nerve centre” operation.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Rainy days and rainy nights, what's a poor soul to do?
Funny the things that cause you to think differently about a subject that was staring you right in the face all along. It happened to me recently. Late last Wednesday, I was heading to Florida.
CULTURE CLASH: We don’t always have to be afraid
The US has been a major influence on The Bahamas for a long time. Proximity and tourism are not the only reasons.
INSIGHT: We treat murderers and rapists better than we treat people suspected of having ‘Haitian blood’
When people hear the term “ethnic cleansing” they tend to think of notorious historical genocides – mass exterminations of people under the most graphic and shocking of circumstances. References to “concentration camps” usually evoke images like the unspeakable horrors of Auschwitz, the huge death toll of the Soviet Gulags, mass graves in the former Yugoslavia.
VIEW FROM AFAR: NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
I thought it would be useful to propose a list of resolutions that may be beneficial for The Bahamas to adopt for 2018.
