EDITORIAL: All eyes on Dames and Ferreira
EVERY member of the new Cabinet of The Bahamas from the Prime Minister to the most junior Minister of State faces tough times with tight budgets to manage and largely unimaginative cultures to inspire.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Marching into a fiscal fire
Now that the new Free National Movement government has had a chance to brief the country on our financial state of affairs, I get the feeling that as bad as the dump fires have been these past few years our real Mount Vesuvius is the way the country’s money has been managed these past few years.
EDITORIAL: Victimisation at NIB – PLP style
OPPOSITION leader Philip “Brave” Davis, and PLP chairman Bradley Roberts seem strangely upset at the Minnis government fulfilling an election promise made to the Bahamian people that should the FNM be entrusted with the administration of government for the next five years, an audit would be done of all government departments.
The Way Forward Part 2: Party Structure and Governance
FROM October 2016 to January 2017, my campaign team and I undertook a listening tour amongst stalwart councillors, branch officers and delegates of the PLP in New Providence, Abaco, North and Central Andros, Bimini, Cat Island, Grand Bahama, Eleuther
TOUGH CALL: The PLP is being held back by the same old guard
AFTER thanking Perry Christie, the Progressive Liberal Party and his erstwhile constituents in Fort Charlotte for their support, Alfred Sears attempted to define “the way forward” for his party and the country.
Mental Health of the Nation: How chemical imbalances in the brain cause depression
A terrible name for a terrible illness.
YOUR SAY: The Way Forward, Part 1
THE defeat of the Progressive Liberal Party by the Free National Movement in the general elections on May 10, 2017, ironically, provides a watershed opportunity for the oldest political party in The Bahamas to reflect, refresh and rebound.The dramat
EDITORIAL: Russia and health care dog Trump's presidency
DONALD Trump’s presidency seems so profoundly chaotic and different that it is hard to imagine it somehow fitting into any kind of pattern, either domestically within the United States or in the contemporary world. Perhaps the passage of time may yet weave this administration into some kind of coherent fabric. But for now it still looks dismayingly unique.
EDITORIAL: Historic Nassau - a city in desperate need of saving
WHILE a mostly jubilant public is still congratulating itself, gloating over the vote to throw out the reigning Progressive Liberal Party like a 78rpm vinyl record missing its cover, the clock is ticking quietly and dangerously on one of the most critical issues of the day.
View from Afar: A gold mine in the sky
The Bahamas, like other tourist destinations in the region, earns income from sun, sand and sea. There is however another ‘S’ from which we can earn. That ‘S’ is the Sky. We have more sea and sky than we have land mass. From the sea we reap benefit
YOUR SAY: Why female empowerment is key to alleviating poverty
Women are seen as an important part of the international development agenda and as a large contributing factor to the Bahamian informal economy. There are more women who participate in the informal economy and they account for the sustainability of
A COMIC'S VIEW: Great expectations
According to the newly elected Free National movement (FNM) government, ‘It’s The People’s Time!’ Now that we have settled into ‘The People’s Time’, based on commentaries I’ve heard and read online I’m convinced the coming term will be either an era
The people have spoken
The race is over and the dirt has settled. Some are happy, others are sad. But the Bahamian people have spoken. They sent a clear message - "We are in charge". History has been made.
THE DISENFRANCHISED: Lack of separation meanseach of us is a victim of crime
I'm sitting here contemplating on how to start this column (well, it started the night before) and wondering how do I approach this? How do I convey the barrage of information I have been receiving these past two weeks?
EDITORIAL: How social ties make us resilient to trauma
THE suicide bombing at a concert in Manchester, England, on Monday night has claimed at least 22 lives.
