YOUR SAY: The new Bahamas - a resilient and progressive people
THE Bahamas is a country where we embrace the commonly held belief that with hard work and determination, each and every citizen can achieve success.
GEORGE SMITH: My right to fairness
ON December 24, 2015, I was given an unexpected gift in the pages of The Tribune. Adrian Gibson in his column, “A Young Man’s View”, regurgitated portions of the 1984 Commission of Inquiry Report as it related to me.
POLITICOLE: The view from a Bahamian abroad
EVERY month of this year, PolitiCole is using this space to rally Bahamians living abroad (starting in America), to find out their hopes and plans for their native Bahamaland.
A COMIC'S VIEW: ‘Cat Fight for Charity’ steals the headlines from crime
AFTER a short, sweet and hot holiday season, I found myself sitting in front of my laptop wondering what I would write about this week.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Time to step up and end this violence in society
The gruesome killing of Michael Deangelo Bethel on Sunday, as he and his family purportedly waited at a traffic light on East Bay Street, is yet another murder that is indicative of our country going to hell in a handbasket.
TOUGH CALL: The Bahamian paradox of clean energy and oil drilling
PRIME Minister Perry Christie says climate change “threatens the existence of The Bahamas as we know it”. So what does the recent Paris agreement to tackle climate issues mean for The Bahamas – and the rest of the world?
POLITICOLE: Home thoughts from abroad
Every month this year, PolitiCole is using this space to rally Bahamians living abroad (starting in America) to find out their hopes and plans for their native Bahamaland, their thoughts looking from the outside in on society, life and politics.
VIEW FROM AFAR: New Year resolutions
IT is human nature to hope that the new year will be better than the old year. However, in order to have a better chance of this being so, it is always useful not just to hope but to take those actions which would make it more likely to happen.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The matters that must be resolved in 2016
AS WE enter 2016, there are a number of pressing national issues that must be quickly addressed and sorted. Today’s column will highlight a few of them and should serve as a dose of reality for the New Year particularly on issues that our government has tried so desperately to dissuade the public not to believe statistics and/or their very own eyes and ears and instead to believe the mumbo-jumbo that the leaders of government and their minions espouse.
YOUR SAY: Empty promises and disastrous ideas
FOR too long, I have sat on the sidelines hoping that honest politicians, pastors, lawyers or other leaders of our country would speak up concerning the disastrous trajectory our country continues to spiral on.
POLITICOLE: What’s to love about online dating?
AFTER chatting with one of my good friends recently, I decided to look more closely at the world of online dating. And by “look more closely” I mean sign up with a few online dating sites and see what comes of it.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The ethical hypocrisy of George Smith
WHENEVER I read, hear or watch a news story where former Progressive Liberal Party Cabinet minister and Exuma MP George Smith is an uncompromising purveyor of political ethics, I always have flashbacks to 1984.
Christmas message from Prime Minister Perry Christie
As we celebrate Christmas this year, let us be mindful of one of the great truths impressed upon humankind by Jesus Christ whose birth we are commemorating: Love Thy Neighbour As Thyself.
YOUR SAY - Hubert Minnis: My vision
Dr Hubert Minnis, leader of the Free National Movement, outlines his vision for the future of the country.
POLITICOLE: Check your BTC bills (and Cable Bahamas)
I DON’T usually use this space to complain about specific businesses, but I will today, because unfortunately I now join the chorus of unnecessarily disgruntled BTC customers, and my recent gripes with them are likely being experienced by their other many but virtually voiceless patrons.
