YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Opposition speaks loudly, but do they carry a big stick?
I BEGIN by noting that my column will not be appearing over the next two weeks as I will be dealing with some very important matters that require my full attention. This column will return in three weeks.
Small states in danger of losing a strong advocate
THE 53-nation Commonwealth association is an important instrument for the promotion of the interests of small states, including those in the Caribbean.
TOUGH CALL: The Bahamian economy
IT IS difficult for a layman like me to figure out how this struggling $8bn economy can withstand all that is coming down the pike – without a substantive improvement in governance and political collaboration, which doesn’t appear to be in the cards.
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IT IS difficult for a layman like me to figure out how this struggling $8bn economy can withstand all that is coming down the pike – without a substantive improvement in governance and political collaboration, which doesn’t appear to be in the cards.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Questions over search of F.N.M. Chairman home
Forget politics. Forget all that petty stuff about PLP, FNM and DNA and all the gratuitously political you say and I say that preoccupy the minds of so many local politicians seeking to score cheap political brownie points. The heavy-handedness that reportedly accompanied the search and seizure of FNM chairman Darron Cash’s Cable Beach home ought to give Bahamians pause.
Economic development and deepening reform in China
YOUR SAY by Chinese Ambassador Yuan Guisen
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: 'Unnecessary witch-hunt' against school principal
Of late, there has been quite a bit of chatter about the appointment of North Andros principal Stephen Sands to his post, particularly in the wake of the revelation that he had been convicted of the manslaughter of his girlfriend in a domestic violence dispute more than 30 years ago.
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The US – Caribbean’s friend or unintentional foe?
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The state of our food supply
RECENTLY, I was very happy to see that current administration launched the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI), which has been touted as an agricultural and marine resources institute that will have wide ranging impact on the economy and put our food security at the top of our developmental agenda.
TOUGH CALL: Opportunity sailing away
FOLLOWING in the wake of Disney’s blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean movies, two new American television dramas have been produced based on the period when the Bahamas was a pirate republic.
Berry Islanders praised for tackling massive bush fire
FIRE Services Chief Walter Evans yesterday praised the Berry Islands community of Great Harbour Cay for extinguishing a massive bush fire that ripped through 200 acres of land last week.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: A not-so-sunny outlook on banking, politics
EVERY now and again, I like to feature Bahamians who are making sense in their everyday lives and offer sensible input in issues of national concern. I have a great appreciate for anyone who speaks from the heart and candidly. Today, one such person is former independent candidate for Bamboo Town Craig Butler, who levelled scathing criticisms at the current government and expressed some disappointment in the mishandling of certain matters of national importance.
TOUGH CALL: The history of healthcare in the Bahamas
DR HAROLD Munnings is about to publish a book on the history of healthcare in the Bahamas.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: 'Poor' too good a word to describe BTC services
TODAY, years after it was privatised and sold to Cable and Wireless, the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) continues to be one of the Bahamas’ worst service providers, public or private. Telecoms in the Bahamas have regressed in the last few years.
TOUGH CALL: Same lack of action over New Providence landfill
IN CASE you hadn’t noticed, the Harrold Road dump exploded again last week, spewing billowing clouds of toxic fumes and black smoke into the clear skies over New Providence.
