EDITORIAL: Will Fred Mitchell now apologise?
ON this page today, we publish in full the letter of apology written by lawyer Fred Smith, QC, for remarks he made recently at a meeting of home owners in Freeport.
POLITICOLE: Analysing the words of Trump
THE irony of Donald J Trump is that he is ultimately a Republican puppet.
EDITORIAL: Gangs win, we lose, time to stop talking and take action
‘We are an armed and dangerous country and we should be mightily afraid of what we have become…’ WHEN the fear of crime is so great that it keeps people locked behind doors afraid to go out after dark, imprisoned by their own burglar bars, the time for talking is over.
WORLD VIEW: Trump, trade and the Caribbean
TRADE between the US and other countries of the world, particularly China, was a major plank of Donald Trump’s campaign for the Presidency. He regarded all the trade deals as inimical to US interests. So, is there reason for Caribbean Community Common Market (CARICOM) countries to worry about their trade relationship with the US under the Trump Presidency?
A COMIC'S VIEW: Make The Bahamas great - and start at home
Today’s column was supposed to take a totally different tone this week.
EDITORIAL: Bahamian airlines no longer taxed to fly over our airspace
IT WAS announced by government last week that at long last Bahamian aircraft will no longer have to pay the US Federal Aviation Administration overflight fees to cross its own islands.
EDITORIAL: Heavy price paid for ‘sovereignty’
THERE are varying opinions about the first signs that Baha Mar might be starting to move towards a long delayed opening.
TOUGH CALL: Why Bahamian beaches are safe from the excavators
EVERY now and then we work ourselves into a frenzy based largely on hearsay and conspiracy theories. Eventually the controversy du jour settles down and is forgotten - until the next time.
EDITORIAL: The Lucayan Sea would truly recognise Bahamian waters
EVERY once in a while, an idea is proposed that makes so much sense you wonder why no one thought of it before. Naming the waters of The Bahamas the Lucayan Sea is one of those ideas.
POLITICOLE: We want equality, not a celebration of Majority Rule
I had to call in maintenance the other day to check my washing machine.
WORLD VIEW: The end of ‘wet foot-dry foot’ is a parting gift - for whom?
Tomas Regalado, the Mayor of Miami - long a hot bed for Cuban exiles - has described as a “parting gift” the decision of the waning Obama administration to end the United States’ ‘wet foot-dry foot’ policy toward Cubans seeking entry to the country. The question is: a parting gift to whom?
A COMIC'S VIEW: Marching in step and out of tune for Bahamaland
This week, between the Majority Rule Day marchers and the We March marchers, there sure was a whole lot of marching going on. But while one group celebrated the past, the other focused their eyes squarely on the future.
EDITORIAL: A young man of principle leads a movement
IT WAS refreshing to hear a young Bahamian tell his followers that they could not expect “an administration to be accountable and follow the law, if we ourselves are not going to follow the law.”
YOUR SAY: Elections are not won by chance
WITH a general election just a few months away, we are at the dawn of the election season. So, brace yourself to be bombarded with partisan propaganda and visits by candidates seeking your vote, many of whom care very little for you and most of whom you will probably not see again for another five years until they once again solicit your support.
YOUR SAY: Search for the treasure amongst the junk
The Bahamas received a devastating blow at the end of 2016 with the downgrade to ‘junk bond’ status by the reputable credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s.
