EDITORIAL: Importance of democratic accountability
TO FOLLOW up our online editorial earlier this week about developing events in Catalonia, we look today at the affect on democracy of globalisation and political and economic centralisation in an increasingly interdependent world.
‘Minnis is the new Mitchell and he is a menace to the rule of law!’
THE Bahamas is now being thrown from the frying pan into the fire.
CULTURE CLASH: We need leaders we can trust and who share what we want
Everyone is talking about leadership. While people battle for top positions in households, corporations, and countries we redefine and re-conceptualize leadership in response to community needs, mindset changes and shifts in power dynamics.
EDITORIAL: Nassau Needs a Mayor, City Manager
NASSAU needs a mayor. We have beat around the bush long enough and pretended that somehow this historic city could just run itself. We should have known better. Its majestic Madeira trees are suffering.
EDITORIAL: Nothing should be kept from the Bahamian people
WE agree with a statement made by Dioniso D’Aguilar last year that CTFE was an “unsuitable investment for the Bahamas.” In fact, we would go so far as to say that no touristic investment — particularly with casinos attached and having the remotest connection with Macau — should be considered desirable for the Bahamas.
Small is beautiful but the law is paramount
EVENTS in Catalonia are attracting huge international attention as Spain’s most prosperous region of 7.5 million people could declare unilateral independence within days following its illegal referendum.
A COMIC'S VIEW: FNM has set the bar high for 'spin doctoring'
THIS past week saw Minister for Transport and Local Government Frankie Campbell quash all allegations that he has dual citizenship during an address in the House of Assembly. Mr. Campbell also reiterated that he has never pledged allegiance to any c
On the Virtues of Strong Island Rope: Toward A Truly Bahamian Climate Change Policy
AS Bahamians debate, in a disappointing but not-so-unexpected xenophobic fashion, the virtue of inviting those who have suffered tremendous loss during the string of hurricanes that ravaged our Caribbean neighbours, I would like us to pause and think
EDITORIAL: Some suggestions to get our crime under control
IN THIS column yesterday we commented on this country’s mushrooming crime problem.
CULTURE CLASH: Violence breeds violence and it begins in the home
Crime is never off our minds for very long. News reports, stories from friends, social media evidence and personal experiences guarantee our awareness and vigilance.
EDITORIAL: How can today’s growing crime be controlled?
CRIME! Is there a solution? Will there ever be a solution?
EDITORIAL: Our Sister’s Keeper
AS Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis led a delegation to Dominica yesterday to view firsthand the devastation left by Hurricane Irma, we wondered how anyone could be so cold, so callous, so hard-hearted as to believe that by helping others we deprive ourselves of the ability to help Bahamians.
EDITORIAL: The balancing act of a Bahamian politician
IT IS said that “a politician is a person running for office who flip-flops on issues as the polls change.” While the politician makes promises he might not deliver on once elected, “the statesman is a person who stands by his ideals and does everything in his power to do what he believes is right for the people of his country.”
A COMIC'S VIEW: Dominica and the tears of Minnis
ON Sunday, while intransit to the US, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, paid a visit to PM Dr Hubert Minnis here in Nassau. After the meeting, and hearing first hand of Dominica’s obliterated infrastructure, and despite not having an offi
EDITORIAL: Renewed focus on future of Europe
THE resumption of Parliament at Westminster following the long summer break, together with another round of Brexit negotiations in Brussels, has ensured that the issue of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union is once again at the forefront of the nation’s political and economic agenda.
