CULTURE CLASH: Black Lives Matter - in The Bahamas too
It’s open season, but don’t worry. They’ll only kill the people they recognise, and only if they’re afraid. The Royal Bahamas Police Force is on a mission and no one cares to intervene.
FACE TO FACE: The singer with words to say about the law
She is a Gospel recording artist who shares her gift at churches and events throughout The Bahamas and the world. She was a school administrator for 32 years, helping to nurture the lives of Bahamian children. Yet Lenora Taylor was treated with such disrespect by police, even in her senior years, that she felt obliged to share her story and call on the leaders of the Royal Bahamas Police Force to ensure the officers who deal with the public act with more professionalism.
EDITORIAL: Our beautiful spaces need funding
FOR years, Bahamians have used parks throughout the country without paying a penny.
INSIGHT: Losing focus with Parliament’s pantomime
THE last few weeks of Parliament had the makings of daytime television, or as many Bahamian women would call it, “the stories”. However, this storyline tells of something much more horrific.
EDITORIAL: Haitians must be treated fairly
IT SEEMS ironic that almost 40 years later Sir Roland Symonette’s son, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette, should be one of those faced with the “Haitian problem” and the need to amend the law to control the growing crisis.
WORLD VIEW: Structure not ad-hoc agendas key to US-Caribbean relations
MUCH has been said about the government of the United States of America cutting off aid to countries which do not support that country’s position in international organisations.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Madness in the House of Hades
WHAT can we say about what happened in the House of Assembly this week that hasn’t already been said about conch slop? It stinks to high Heaven.
EDITORIAL: What were they thinking?
There is no excuse for the undignified, low-brow exchange that took place in and outside of the House of Assembly this week.
EDITORIAL: Man tries to crack marijuana’s secret
LAST year Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe made history when his drug, developed from cannabis, to treat acute myeloid leukemia was granted “orphan-drug” designation by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The least among us can inspire so long as we have a dream
Local drama aside for a moment, this was a very good week to watch history unfold and think about why some events move us, others shake us to our core and still others make us so proud we have to contain ourselves or we might just burst.
EDITORIAL: Donald Trump's constant state of confusion
OBSERVING the behaviour of the current US President can evoke a wide range of emotions. Donald Trump can inspire disdain, disbelief, mockery, infuriation and even weariness. To be fair, he can also inspire intense positive passion and genuine admirat
FACE TO FACE: A life helping others then Michelle faced her own battle to survive
When a doctor tells you to say your final goodbyes to loved ones, sometimes there’s no coming back. It can be a harrowing moment. The anaesthesiologist asks you to count backwards from ten to one, and the doctor has already told you that you may not survive. But when you have faith, be it as small as a mustard seed, you can overcome anything – and Dr Michelle C Major did just that.
EDITORIAL: How Much is a Human Life Worth?
ON Thursday, January 31, Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans fined a woman $10,000 on a charge of killing a man in the course of dangerous driving and another $2,340 in additional charges related to the hit-and-run accident that took the life of 52-year-old Sunshine Park resident Malcus Ashe.
A COMIC'S VIEW: The FNM government and the marijuana legalisation debate
WHILE appearing as a guest on the talk show “Political Review” with host Quincy Parker, last Sunday on Guardian Radio, Attorney General Carl Bethel said he will not support the legalisation or decriminalisation of marijuana in The Bahamas.
