The Chinese dream
CHINESE Ambassador to The Bahamas Mr Hu Shan writes about Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese dream.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The oil industry
TODAY’s column is my last column until the 25th of May. I am presently preparing to sit year one of the Bahamas Bar exams and so I must now fully focus on studying.
Still concerns over airlines across the Caribbean
By Sir Ronald Sanders
Education is the key to equality
IT was promising to see some average, everyday Bahamians gather at Rawson Square this week to demonstrate about matters concerning them. In last week’s column, I spoke about the need for us to break out of the mindset of sitting and waiting for a general election to take an active role in our democracy. To the extent that right-minded Bahamians are starting to get that message and go beyond just talk to action, I am encouraged.
TOUGH CALL: A story of speculation in Great Harbour Cay
GREAT HARBOUR CAY, the Berry Islands -- “I call it the knowing. I know what’s going to happen,” 58-year-old Craig Wells confided to me from beneath a raggedy straw hat at the dilapidated beach bar here, just across from the airport terminal.
YOUR SAY: 'This is our Independence - let's make something happen'
“NOTHING is happening…..the government them ain’t doing nutting……!”
TOUGH CALL: A tale of South Eleuthera
ROCK SOUND, Eleuthera – Other than sun, sand and sea, South Eleuthera’s attractions are modest – a landlocked ocean hole where you can feed the snappers, an 87-year-old fig tree spreading along the highway, and an historic Methodist manse.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Students stand up
FIRSTLY, my follow-up column on oil is coming next week! That said, this week became extra interesting when the nation’s youth and future leaders—students enrolled at the College of the Bahamas (COB)—were denied access to the people’s Parliament (House of Assembly) under the fabricated premise that they posed a security threat
ACCORDING TO ME: Politics, race and work permits
It is about time the government of the day is called out about the shameless and dangerous charade it is playing with the Bahamian people and economy regarding expatriates, work permits and the role of foreign labour in our country.
TOUGH CALL: The vexing question of pictures on online media
When a cellphone picture of the alleged assault was circulated around their Nova Scotia high school, Rehtaeh immediately dropped out, and eventually committed suicide. Her funeral was held on Saturday.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Sub-standard airports and no strategic plan
IN the wake of the tragic mishap at the airport in Mayaguana, one has come to discover that the Bahamas has a lax aviation regime which—but for conscious pilots and operators—could have resulted in far more aircraft-related accidents/crashes across the archipelago.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: CARIFTA - we can do better
FIRSTLY, let me congratulate our 2013 CARIFTA team for their gallant representation of our country at the 42nd annual CARIFTA Games.
Lift up your heads
WE all know the words of our beloved national anthem penned by Timothy Gibson. But have you ever stopped to truly pay attention to those words? If you have, you may have noticed that those words hold a key to unlocking doors we have yet to open as a nation. That golden key is cut with four words: lift up your heads.
TOUGH CALL: Belize and its experience with oil
KINGSTON, Jamaica – As prospectors are about to drill for oil in Bahamian waters, it’s worth taking a look at the recent experience of petroleum licensing in a fellow CARICOM state – Belize.
