EDITORIAL: Montagu miracle still needs to be managed
In October, 2009, Member of Parliament for what was then the constituency of Montagu, Loretta Butler-Turner, appointed a steering committee to make recommendations and spearhead the redevelopment of what was dubbed the “Montagu mayhem” referring to an area of public land and waterfront running from east of the Nassau Yacht Club to west of the Royal Nassau Sailing Club.
EDITORIAL: Trump under fire - and furious
Two relatively unploughed fields of battle have now opened in Washington, DC for America’s most adept media manipulator. While President Donald Trump’s public 2017 fights with critics and erstwhile friends were largely limited to TV and print media, the worlds of books and movies have now been added to the public frenzy that is the current US presidency.
EDITORIAL: Foreign challenges await for Trump
With a cold dose of reality after the peace and goodwill of Christmas and the resolutions of a new year, the current crisis in Iran is suddenly top of the news agenda while the simmering dispute with North Korea over its nuclear programme has taken a potentially significant new turn.
DIANE PHILLIPS: As we celebrate two lost lives, can I ask a favour?
Two funerals are scheduled for tomorrow, one for a toddler named Aidan Carron who spent the last year of his two-year life in a hospital battling the effects of therapy-related leukemia.
CULTURE CLASH: When leaders fail to lead
We often talk about leadership. It is a hot topic on the radio, at church, within civic groups, in politics, in schools and at conferences and training sessions. Everyone has wisdom to impart on the subject. We are not likely to ever come to a consensus on whether leaders are born or made, but can all see there are skills every leader needs to have and hone.
EDITORIAL: What next for the US rollercoaster?
What will the New Year bring for American politics? It’s hard to find two people who will agree on that suddenly existential question, but there is undeniably something stirring among voters in the United States. For a change, they are truly engaged.
ALICIA WALLACE: Time to take things with a pinch of salt
Coming out of a year of sitting around, watching and questioning, 2018 has to be a year of collective action.
DIANE PHILLIPS: A year to re-ignite belief in our country
It is easy to say The Bahamas is at a crossroads. You could say that at the end of any year though a new year is only an artificial separation of one day from the next. Birds don’t mark the years, nor do wild animals. Man does it out of convenience to give us a moment to stop and reflect, to think about where we were and where we are going.
PETER YOUNG: The economy is the key priority in 2018
New Year crystal-gazing is invariably guesswork and can be hazardous. But, having been asked to provide brief comments on The Bahamas’ prospects for 2018, it was not hard to single out the economy as the issue likely to be of major concern in the coming months.
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.
