CULTURE CLASH: Missed the bus but not a day of joy and wonder
Transforming Spaces — an annual art bus tour in Nassau, Bahamas — was last weekend, and I took too long to purchase a ticket. It sold out quickly and so I was left to either sulk, or make my own way from gallery to gallery to see the work of Bahamian artists.
EDITORIAL: A chance for honest improvement
MINISTER of Health Dr Duane Sands has been brutally frank and forthright in assessing the state of public medical care in The Bahamas. He has warned us the system is failing us.
FACE TO FACE - A Blind Love: couple seeks help for baby’s surgery
They say love is blind. When in love, sometimes nothing can stop two people who desire to spend the rest of their lives together. Antoine and Abbie Munroe, who are both blind, have brought truth to this old adage in a positive way. Their testament of love is one so strong that despite the discouragement from many of their family members and friends, they married and now have a beautiful baby girl.
EDITORIAL: Republicans cling to Trump's sinking ship
LAST week was another tumultuous one for Donald Trump and his struggling American presidential administration. He lost one of his most sensible cabinet secretaries in casually dismissing Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.
EDITORIAL: The last Lucayan left standing
WHO is a true Bahamian? And what is a true Bahamian?
A COMIC'S VIEW: Dey can’ be serious with this political BS
After twenty years as a professional stand up comedian, it’s safe to say, I know what is, and isn’t funny.
EDITORIAL: GROWING POWER OF CHINA’S LEADERSHIP
IN an inter-connected world with varying time zones, information is conveyed instantaneously to a global audience day and night and the newsworthiness of items is often overtaken as the media competes to be the first to report important events.
DIANE PHILLIPS: How did the future get here so fast?
There is a phobia for just about everything. Fear of heights, fear of open spaces, fear of looking ridiculous, no just made that up. But the fear I find most relevant to all of us in The Bahamas is something I just learned the name of. It’s called Chronophobia and it is a fear of the future.
EDITORIAL: When the going gets tough, run for the hills
WHEN Dr Hubert A Minnis, the novice prime minister, appointed a press secretary, the news was met with a strong positive reaction from media.
CULTURE CLASH: In The Bahamas, marriage does not seem to be a good idea for women
It is rare for a news item to bring concerned pause. Our positions are usually clear; we care or we don’t care, and then we choose a side.
EDITORIAL: Our evolving respect for our environment
IN the mid-1980s, there was a dinner at a private home honouring a Bahamas National Trust guest speaker, a world-famous diver and underwater cinematographer whose documentaries had helped open the eyes of millions to the wonders of the undersea world. The main course featured what the Bahamian host believed was a fine Bahamian delicacy – sea turtle.
INSIGHT: Don’t fool yourselves - we can see through the smokescreen
THE Bahamian political playbook must have tattered dog-ears on pages revisited by politicians old and new – “when in doubt, distract the Bahamian people with something the previous government did!” Its predictability and overuse has become so exhausting in our culture.
INSIGHT: Oban's another bitter pill for us all to swallow
The rapid fall from grace of this FNM government is becoming painful to watch.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Ducking and dodging questions on Oban
This week, we watched as our “newish” government continued to duck and dodge questions surrounding their proposed dubious deal with Oban, and learned that the last Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government was exactly who we thought they were.
EDITORIAL: FREE TRADE AND WTO MEMBERSHIP
IT is said economists rarely agree about either the theory or practice of their chosen subject. Two of them studying the same data may come up with vastly different judgments, since their fundamental philosophy and approach may vary. Some will favour government intervention in monetary and fiscal policy while others will believe in free-market economics.
