EDITORIAL: We must have a vision for our country
Successful businesses nail down a vision of exactly what they want to be and work toward achieving that.
A COMIC'S VIEW: When it gets cold in The Bahamas
THE JOHNSONS - Ah, our ‘Climate Change Refugees’ the Johnsons.
EDITORIAL: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS
As 2017 draws to a close, we reflect in this final commentary of the year on the uncertainties and challenges facing us here at home, together with fears about world conflict, as we look towards a brighter future during the coming months.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Don’t fret, what’s there to worry about?
My late mother-in-law, God rest her soul, was such a worrier that one day when she had nothing to worry about, she confessed she was worried that she had nothing to worry about, as if she had overlooked some major reason for worry, and would regret it. She spoke about worry as if it were a place that should have been dusted but wasn’t and would be revealed to her extreme horror by distinguished guests later.
CULTURE CLASH: Time to ask ourselves - what do we truly believe in?
At this time of year, before looking forward and making plans for a better, more productive and successful year, it is wise to review the previous 12 months.
'Twas the night before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the House, Every MP was stirring, from ‘superstar’ to ‘louse’.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Let’s resolve to do something a little different in life
Down deep inside all of us behind our outwardly well-adjusted exterior there are conflicting wishes. We wish we could be a genius who invents something that changes the world or we wish we could be rich or thin or beautiful or best of all rich, thin, beautiful geniuses who invented something that changed the world. But we settle for what we are because either we believe we are ill-equipped to be anything else or we are ill-prepared to do the work required to become all those things we wish we were.
EDITORIAL: Solution to migration starts in Haiti
Twice in recent months, small wooden sloops overloaded with Haitians attempting to enter The Bahamas illegally have managed to slip past authorities and land on shore embarrassingly close to the back yard of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. It was easy to point fingers and say it was the RBDF’s fault.
CULTURE CLASH: Eight years on the same debate with the same answer - rape is rape
We need to talk about consent. Most of us understand it to mean permission. Parents and guardians signing forms to allow children to participate in extracurricular activities probably comes to mind. We don’t think about consent as a way of controlling and protecting our own bodies. Instead, we view the bodies of women and girls as public property.
EDITORIAL: Uncertainty in the absence of diplomacy
In the face of endless conflict affecting an increasingly uncertain world, widespread concern about international stability and even the threat of war continues to grow.
EDITORIAL: Jean Rony's story opens our eyes
In the newspaper business there is an old adage, 1000 deaths is a statistic, the tragic death of a four-year-old is news.
INSIGHT: Time is drawing nigh on Minnis’ immigration policy
LESS than two weeks away from the December 31 deadline placed on undocumented immigrants to either become regularised or leave the country, and all Bahamians are watching to see if the Minnis administration is ready to put their money where their mouth is.
WORLD VIEW: Good news or bad - we just need to be told
What has become of the report of a Jamaican Commission that reviewed the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)? It has been almost nine months since the commission’s chairman, Bruce Golding, submitted the report to Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness on March 30. But, there has been silence ever since.
POLICE ADVICE: Safety advice for using social media
SOCIAL media sites such as, Facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, and whatsapp increases communication, access to information and help in developing a sense of self, however, the thoughts of what your child might come across online can be worrying. Follow this safety advice to make sure going online is a positive experience for you and your child.
EDITORIAL: After Alabama, Gillibrand's star begins to rise
The stunning win for Democrat Doug Jones in last week’s Alabama Senate election represents different things to different American political actors. US President Trump, who had held a rally in support of polariSing GOP candidate Roy Moore just before the election, typically blamed everyone but himself.
