EDITORIAL: Dangerous ‘spy bill’ lumps innocent with terrorists
THE GOVERNMENT is considering the Interception of Communications Bill, commonly and accurately nicknamed the ‘Spying Bill’.
POLITICOLE: A president of conflict will not make America great again
THE newly-minted American president, Donald Trump, said this over a hot mic (Access Hollywood) while heading to a soap opera taping in 2005, to Billy Bush, co-host of the Today show on NBC until he was made to resign from the network in October, 2016:
EDITORIAL: What is happening in our courts?
WHEN WE read the remarks last week of Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson in defence of the integrity of our courts and the fairness of our judges, we recalled a 2016 report in a St Lucia newspaper about a Bahamian lawyer, accompanied by a Bahamian police officer, snooping around St Lucia ostensibly investigating the background of one of the most respected judges on our Supreme Court Bench today.
A COMIC'S VIEW: ‘I went to bed in Fort Charlotte and woke up in Mount Moriah’
The ‘Green Room’ in any comedy club can be extremely brutal, with comedians trading jabs and barbs.
EDITORIAL: Now is the time to put aside egos and unite
TODAY we make no apology for returning once again to the burning political issue facing our country - the alarming prospect that, in the face of a warring and fractured Opposition, a Progressive Liberal Party government may be returned for another five years at the general election which has to be held no later than May.
EDITORIAL: Boundaries debate now sub judice - no debate
IN DISCUSSING the government’s controversial Interception of Communications Bill, 2017, which has attracted much opposition because it is seen as an unbridled invasion of privacy, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson pointed out that “the Supreme Court is charged with protecting our Constitution, our rights under the Constitution.
TOUGH CALL: Trust and bias in a changing media landscape
IN THE wake of Donald Trump’s rise to the American presidency, fake news has become a trending topic and media bias is the hot issue of the day.
EDITORIAL: Senate must find its voice and stand up for Bahamians
THE SENATE has a rare opportunity to make a difference in the future of The Bahamas this week when a certain Bill comes before it.
POLITICOLE: Silence can be golden when it comes to politics
Why is Branville McCartney answering back at Loretta Butler-Turner?
RICHARD COULSON: The rebirth of Baha Mar
While the deadline remains tight, Richard Coulson senses renewed optimism over the April opening of the Cable Beach luxury resort . . .
EDITORIAL: The mouse that got caught in the trap
THIS latest attempt by government to strip Bahamians of all privacy is proof that these legislators must indeed take all Bahamians for fools.
WORLD VIEW: Transparency vital in passport and residence programmes
THE global US television company, Cable News Network (CNN), broadcast the first part of a programme on February 8, alleging the sale of Venezuelan passports to Iraqis and others through the country’s Embassy in Baghdad. The programme suggested that it is possible that terrorists might have been among those alleged to have bought passports.
A COMIC'S VIEW: The inevitable breakup of Branetta and spoilsport academics
Another week, another round of crazy thanks to politicians and (surprisingly) professors alike. To be blunt, quite a few people with high profile platforms were “talking fool” over the past few days.
EDITORIAL: ‘Bring ’em in, suck ’em dry and throw away the husk’
LAST YEAR, we wrote two editorials, each inviting Prime Minister Christie to tell Bahamians whose side he and his government were on in the dispute between Baha Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian and the Beijing owned EXIM bank and its construction company.
EDITORIAL: Let the Dames Games begin
FORMER Deputy Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames, now a Free National Movement candidate for the Mount Moriah constituency, released a detailed plan over the weekend to “save the country” from the scourge of crime that has Bahamians looking over their shoulders, living behind burglar bars or gated communities and wondering every day if this will be the day their luck runs out.
