POLITICOLE: The ‘secret’ society of the Bahamas
The nature of who we secretly are is the reason we can’t gainfully advance our country or the people in it.
A Comic’s View: When saying less is more
Throughout my lengthy comedy career in The Bahamas and abroad, I’ve learned one thing – a good joke and laugh catches everyone’s attention, especially politicians.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The implications of the Baha Mar saga
IT appears that the Baha Mar saga will be occupying the front pages and serving as lead stories in newscasts for many months (and likely years) to come.
POLITICOLE: Christie’s Baha Mar address - a parody, in dialect
We still gat da biggest resort in da Caribbean region! Don mind it can’t open yet.
Why Baha Mar filed for bankruptcy
Robert ‘Sandy’ Sands explains why Baha Mar sought protection in a foreign court
WE all have times when what seems to be one thing turns out, with a deeper understanding, to be something very different.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: When will the BEC bribe-taker be charged?
CLEARLY, the statement that a promise is a comfort to a fool is something we all need to take very seriously.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Glorifying gangsterism
IN THE Bahamas, there appears to be a rapidly growing underclass of Bahamians who deify criminal behaviour, seemingly seeing violence and sadistic conduct as cool while engaging in a cult-like, hero-worship of gangsters and hooligans.
POLITICOLE: The inaccuracy and lunacy of ‘xenophobia’
I am so tired of hearing people misuse the word “xenophobia” to suit their purpose or to sell their story.
LIFE OF CRIME: From the cradle to the grave - a call for action
THE Life of Crime series has traced issues that impact on our crime rate from the cradle to the grave; now we have reached the “burial” of the series and it is time for a few reflections.
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.
