YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Calm heads needed in Baha Mar crisis
I think Bahamians are about to experience Baha Mar fatigue. I certainly am.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Short straw for Long Island
The plight of the people of Long Island seems to have been lost on the powers that be as this gem in our archipelagic chain continues to languish in the doldrums.
TOUGH CALL: Diplomacy lost in the midnight hour
WELL, we all know by now that the prospect of Baha Mar opening without untold collateral damage to our tourism brand, our national reputation and investor confidence, is more and more unlikely.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW ON INDEPENDENCE
Lift up your heads - and look to shape our future
This year, as we celebrate our country’s 42nd anniversary of Independence, one sees this as an opportunity to renew our national outlook, to begin a transformative period of economic and social development where all Bahamians are intricately involved.
POLITICOLE: What the Baha Mar saga reveals
Who didn’t see this coming? Who really believed all was well with this project, especially after the first opening was delayed?
LIFE OF CRIME: Making the punishment fit the crime
THE concept of punishment is part of our very selves. It presents a perverse persuasiveness, fooling us that it is the solution to all of society’s ills.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The Baha Mar bombshell
Baha Mar, fraught with controversy from day one, is bordering on becoming known as a failed experiment.
TOUGH CALL: Why Cuba poses a tourism threat
BACK in 2006, most analysts believed little would change in the immediate aftermath of Fidel Castro’s departure as Cuba’s pre-eminent leader.
POLITICOLE: 40 for 40 - with years comes wisdom
IN LESS than a week, I will have my fifth coming of age. If I had to offer wise words to anyone, young or old, after 40 years of life experience, here is what I’d say:
LIFE OF CRIME: Dispensing justice
IMAGINE if it were you sitting in the witness box, under oath and asked this question: is the criminal justice system working in The Bahamas?
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Fear of Rollins leads to shortened Budget debate
OF late, political chicanery seems to be pervasive within our local political framework. Last Wednesday’s showdown in the House of Assembly left an entire nation without any contributions to the Budget debate from our country’s leader, Prime Minister Perry Christie, Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis and Minister of National Security Dr Bernard Nottage. The entire episode – where we saw these men expressing a preference to shut down all debate rather than allow then Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) backbencher Andre Rollins to speak – was a complete farrago!
VIEW FROM AFAR: Why equality should be above politics
THERE are many fundamental issues that arise in a nation’s journey to a more enlightened future for its citizens, socially and economically.
OPINION: Baha Mar’s woes - an educated guess
With all sides tight-lipped, it is almost impossible for Bahamians to know what is really happening with the $3.5 billion Baha Mar project.
POLITICOLE: The face and future of Bahamian independence
I am my mother’s only child. My mother has only one sister. My mother’s sister has four daughters. They are my sisters. The third is closest in age to me, and is one of my best friends.
A LIFE OF CRIME: Securing a conviction
THERE were not many suspects when the apple was picked in the Garden of Eden - it was evident who took it - but, over time, crime solving has become anything but simple.
