YOUR SAY: Florida's sand shortage
TODAY, headlines tell us that Florida is running out of sand. Just reading about it in print has probably caused the hair on the neck of many Bahamians to rise in apprehension and fear.
TOUGH CALL: Dramatic encounter in ‘A Policeman’s Story’
IN 1952 Trinidadian Paul Thompson was recruited by the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
YOUR SAY: Tackling the BRCAI mutation
THE islands of the Bahamas are known for their beautiful beaches and pristine clear waters, a marvel many across the globe seek out in their travels.
YOUR SAY: Time for a Christie shuffle
PRIME Minister Perry Christie has announced that he does not intend to shuffle his cabinet at this time. We think that there is compelling evidence that he should reconsider that decision.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Let's look at tourism
GONE are the days when promotional packages featuring the sun, sand and the sea would attract visitors in droves and sustain the high standard of living that Bahamians have become accustomed to.
RONALD SANDERS: The marijuana question
On September 17, the Bureau of the Heads of Government of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) discussed the decriminalisation of marijuana and its production for medicinal purposes.
TOUGH CALL: Government in a rush to reform the energy sector
ENERGY sector reform is in the air. The government wants to split the state-owned, loss-making Bahamas Electricity Corporation into two separate companies by the end of this year, and several private sector management bids are now being evaluated.
Adrian Gibson - we need a national debate on hanging
While many Bahamians know that David Mitchell was the last convicted murderer hanged in the Bahamas, in the year 2000, the most memorable hanging for me was that of Thomas Reckley, who was hanged in 1996.
Adrian Gibson: Activist Rodney Moncur tells of his struggles and challenges
Well-known political and social activist Rodney Moncur says is struggling to survive and facing his own challenges even while fighting to assist others.
Larry Smith: Obama's red line over Syria
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has drawn a red line against the use of chemical weapons in warfare. And now he has asked the US Congress to authorise the use of military force against Syria, which he accuses of gassing its own people.
ADRIAN GIBSON: The Long Island boating tragedy
Columnist Adrian Gibson looks more closely at the boating tragedy in Long Island; the new school year and the Cuban abuse claims.
NOELLE NICOLLS: Slaying the dragon; an immodest proposal
Features Editor Noelle Nicolls attends the Keva M. Bethel Distinguished Lecture at the College of the Bahamas.
ADRIAN GIBSON: The Elliston Rahming diplomatic 'fiasco'
THE government’s scurrying this week to right a “diplomatic wrong” indicates that they blundered and are thoroughly embarrassed by the Elliston Rahming diplomatic fiasco.
ACCORDING TO ME: The Cuban fiasco's biggest abuser
THE Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas spoke this week on the current Cuban detainees controversy, telling the country he leads that he is both “worried” and “concerned” about our nation’s reputation – a reputation that has once again become tarnished in large part by the actions of one of his Ministers – Ministers he ought to keep in check as head of the Cabinet.
TOUGH CALL: Tax justice and what it would mean for the Bahamian economy
IN July, the Observer newspaper in Britain published an exhaustive study by the Tax Justice Network asserting that at least $21 trillion of unreported private financial wealth was hidden in secret tax havens by the global super-rich elite at the end of 2010 – a sum equal to the combined size of the American and Japanese economies.
