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.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Rebranding the FNM
OVER the last two weeks, there has been open jockeying for nominations in the Free National Movement, particularly among members of the old guard who have decided to voice their desires to run again in the mainstream press and on social media.
TOUGH CALL: Deadlock at Baha Mar
THE Baha Mar resort has been in the works so long that it is easy to forget the way we felt about this massive development at different points along its ponderous trajectory.
POLITICOLE: The Bahamas was never for Bahamians
MORE than 700 years ago, a “peaceful” people inhabited these islands we now call home.
LIFE OF CRIME: Serial killers - Is a new breed of assassins lurking on the streets of the Bahamas?
A SERIAL killer holds a worldwide fascination, nicknames like “The Ripper” have entered cultural folklore and they have made many fictional writers famous.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Moss resigns as bridge to the future implodes
THE resignation of Greg Moss from the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is indicative enough of an urgent need for a change in the direction within the organisation itself and with the governance of this country.
YOUR SAY: Meeting to build links between regions
Next week, Brussels plays host to a new meeting between leaders from Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean, a positive sign of the shared will to bolster bridges and consolidate ties that have profound roots in our past and significant possibilities for the future.
