EDITORIAL: Bahamians can’t afford short memories in this election
“THE short memories of the American voter is what keeps our politicians in office,” quipped American humorist and actor, Will Rogers.
WORLD VIEW: Debt strangling a Caribbean generation
There is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states will have lost the first three decades of the 21st century and foregone opportunities for poverty reduction, transformation and growth.
EDITORIAL: Voters deluded if they choose failed PLP again
BY THIS time next week, the outcome of the general election will be known and the die will be cast. Either this country will be condemned to five more years of the same old tired and corrupt politicians of a flawed Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government or we shall be embarking on a different and hopeful path with new political faces leading us perhaps to a better, less corrupt, more honest and more prosperous future.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Perry shuffles awkwardly as Papa grabs the limelight
As Bahamians prepare to head to the polls, all of the major parties are now pulling out all the stops to win come May 10.
EDITORIAL: Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Trump’s first 100 days
DONALD Trump is on the back foot now, scrambling as his presidency hits the 100-day mark to build some record of fulfilling campaign pledges in the wake of repeated setbacks and failures.
Mental health of the nation: Madness and the minds of leaders
Imagine one morning you arrive at work to find that your boss has gone completely mad.
NASSAU LIFE: Too close to call for a man and his people
POLLS have proven unreliable in forecasting ‘Brexit’ in the UK and Trump in the US, and here in the Bahamas, amazingly, we don’t even have them.
EDITORIAL: The real reason Fyre Festival went up in flames
IT IS easy to blame organisers for the debacle that was supposed to be a glam-packed Fyre Festival and instead went up in flames, becoming the non-event, empty tent city with pictures that went viral and fury heard round the world.
Culture Clash: A matter of policy - how the parties compare
With the general election one week away, the last debate organised by University of The Bahamas’ School of Social Sciences held last night and all plans of the three major parties published on their websites, it’s decision time.
POLITICOLE: Finding those who represent us in the field of candidates
AT the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) rally in Exuma, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the people: “We have some of the highest net worth individuals, meaning some of the richest people in the world living in Exuma and in the cays of Exuma.
EDITORIAL: Police to be paid, but how much?
AT a PLP rally on Thursday night, Prime Minister Perry Christie threw the Royal Bahamas Police Force a half-chewed bone — at last they will receive their court-ordered overtime pay. But how much will be paid is still a mystery.
WORLD VIEW: Globalisation policy change needed to help Caribbean
Globalisation was originally a construct of industrialised nations whose economic activity had developed sufficiently to withstand competition within their own borders from other countries, and who had the capability of exporting goods and services to other markets.
EDITORIAL – Wanted: Politicians with integrity to end corruption
WITH LESS than two weeks until the general election, the outcome remains hard to predict in the absence of any meaningful testing of public opinion in advance by pollsters who are so much a part of the political scenery in America and Europe.
A COMIC'S VIEW: PLP sinking in the age of pulling files
Instead of ripping off Loretta Butler-Turner’s ‘Forward Together’ campaign slogan (which she ripped from Hillary Clinton), the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) should change it to one that is more fitting these days: Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil.
EDITORIAL: Surely Bahamians would not be so foolish
“WE KNOW that there are those of you who are looking for jobs, who are looking for security, and who feel that more could have been done,” Prime Minister Christie told a Progressive Liberal Party mini-rally in Marathon recently.
