EDITORIAL: Fierce debate on shape of Brexit
LAST week in this column, we referred to a court hearing in London about parliamentary sovereignty in face of the British government’s decision to start the process of leaving the European Union (EU) following the nation’s referendum in June.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Too many questions and not enough answers over Baha Mar
THE Chinese Government, the China Export-Import Bank (CEXIM) and their co-conspirators, the Bahamian Government, all appeared to have “gooseyed” Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian, ripping his brainchild from his hands and ignoring him like the rude child in the room.
EDITORIAL: Trying to understand Trump’s popularity
IN 1962, the movie, The Manchurian Candidate, spurred fears that far outlasted its popularity and gave rise to a remake in 2004 starring Denzel Washington. The title character in the original version was played by Laurence Harvey, and through hypnosis and other means his mother (Angela Lansbury) and other sinister characters manipulate him to favour the interests of an unfriendly foreign power.
EDITORIAL: Bahamians are watching carefully how their money is being spent
ALTHOUGH Bahamians have been given an assurance that there will be no politics in hurricane rebuilding, already complaints are starting to come in that — at least on Andros — the PLP are now first in line.
TOUGH CALL: After the storm is over
SOON after Hurricane Joaquin smashed into the southern islands a year ago, newspaper reports cited “critical weaknesses” in the national emergency management system, which “should worry us all”.
POLITICOLE: There’s a hole in the bucket, Dear Christie
I was born in the 70s, and I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Life in The Bahamas was so much simpler then. Everything appeared cleaner, easier, purer. It was long before we knew what a storm our leaders were brewing for us, though we would soon find out. And the Pandora’s Box has been spilling over since then.
EDITORIAL: Are unions losing their appeal?
FOR more than a century, the word union conjured up images of valuable, even life-saving protection.
EDITORIAL: Watchdog needed for $150m loan
ALTHOUGH the cost of hurricane damage by Matthew is estimated at $600m, Prime Minister Christie’s administration has negotiated a $150m loan with the banks to get reconstruction started. Mr Christie specified that the condition of the loan was “that the funds would be exclusively used for the reconstruction effort”.
EDITORIAL: We need to protect our democracy in The Bahamas
IN The Bahamas, we enjoy a vigorous democracy inherited at independence in 1973 from Britain as the former colonial power, we need always to be vigilant in protecting it in an uncertain world. It is all too easy to take for granted our liberty and constitutional rights guaranteed by the rule of law and judicial system which, despite its lack of efficiency and need for reform works reasonably well.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Power to the people
So, has enough time passed for us to officially label Bahamas Power and Light as lousy?
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Let me suggest how you pay for hurricane recovery, Mr Christie
The goalpost shifting, public relations gaffes, wobbling ways and revisionist spin in the wake of Hurricane Matthew is on full display this week, with Prime Minister Perry Christie jamming his foot into his mouth and launching an avalanche of rebukes when he told The Tribune and ZNS that the Cabinet would consider, when they met yesterday, the introduction and implementation of a special tax to help finance repair and recovery efforts.
EDITORIAL: Bahamians kept in the dark about investments
FOR five years, with lips sealed on serious matters that affect the future of the Bahamas, this government has sat on the Freedom of Information Act. If ever this Act was needed it is now.
EDITORIAL: Again we ask PM Christie - whose side are you on?
ON MONDAY, we posed the question here to Prime Minister Christie: Whose side are you on - the Bahamas or Beijing?
POLITICOLE: When will Christie call the next general election?
He has very little in the ‘pros’ column to prop himself and his government up on.
