A LIFE OF CRIME: Cries from a victim
MERE words cannot describe the agony that I have felt over the past few weeks. The loss of my son, Sean, has been unbearable.
WORLD VIEW - US and Venezuela: Don’t fan the flames, put out the fire
UNITED States President Barack Obama’s Executive Order imposing sanctions on another seven officials of the Venezuelan government for alleged intimidation of political opponents was boilerplate. In other words, the language is the standard government-speak used when measures of this kind are enacted.
The Chinese connection
CHINA’S increasing involvement in the economy of The Bahamas is inevitably attracting controversy here. Having already invested heavily in Freeport (the harbour, container port, airport and hotels) and in New Providence (the huge Baha Mar project, new roads, a sports stadium, the British Colonial Hilton hotel), it now has plans for the redevelopment of downtown Nassau.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Why condoms should be available in schools
IN an increasingly promiscuous society, where there are escalating incidences of private and public school children having sex – in private dwellings or on school campuses – it is high-time we consider making condoms obtainable at schools. The reality is that teenagers are sexually active, are inundated daily by sexually explicit material via different mediums and that abstinence is hardly practised despite the various programmes/groupings touting self-restraint.
TOUGH CALL: Civil rights landmark that has parallels in the Bahamas
DESPITE significant coverage in the American media, the 50th anniversary of the march in Selma, Alabama, that led to passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act passed almost unnoticed in The Bahamas.
NASSAU LIFE: BTC, BEC and other public deceptions
Last spring, I was debating with my friend Frankie Wilson, the architect of the much ballyhooed Bahamian re-taking of control of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) from Cable & Wireless.
Buyers and sellers in the health marketplace
The demand for health care is limitless but funding for it is not. And any scheme has to balance essential needs with what is desired. In the last of a series of articles this week Dr Robin Roberts highlights the critical issues in the formulation of a National Health Insurance scheme for The Bahamas.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Time to reform selection process for QCs
THE entire selection process for Queen’s Counsel (QC) should be fundamentally reformed. As it stands, the process is jaundiced, seemingly involves much political chicanery and not in the public’s interest. It has to become an independent, more transparent undertaking.
The medical bill: Paying for National Health Care
The issues surrounding the introduction and implementation of a National Health Insurance scheme in The Bahamas – scheduled for January 2016 – are complex and emotive. In the third of a series of articles this week Dr Robin Roberts looks at the challenges in generating the revenue to meet the exorbitant costs of the plan.
VIEW FROM AFAR: A chance to make the waterfront a splash hit
THERE is no denying that it needs to happen.
POLITICOLE: The role of women in their inequality
THE Bahamas is sickeningly unprogressive in its stance on the equality of women and men.
Designing a national health care initiative for Bahamians
Dr Robin Roberts continues his examination of the complex and emotive issues surrounding the impending introduction of a National Health Insurance scheme. In the second part of a series this week he looks at which system might suit The Bahamas best against the background of political, economic and cultural realities.
A National Health Insurance plan for The Bahamas
Health care is essential, a fundamental right, good - and extremely expensive. With the latest National Health Insurance scheme set for implementation at the start of next year, Dr Robin Roberts sets out what is at stake and urges Bahamians - the people who matter most - to engage in the debate and make their views known.
Stop the Cari-go-round and present a united front
The Caribbean must settle on one candidate for Commonwealth Secretary-General and show coherence, says Reginald Dumas
