PETER YOUNG: Monarch travels on to Samoa
After King Charles’ visit to Australia last week, the royal retinue moved on a few days ago to Samoa in the Pacific for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting known as CHOGM. As noted in my last column, the King was due to preside over the summit as head of this voluntary association of 56 countries. The CHOGM two-day meeting is held biennially by different member states.
WORLDVIEW: Safeguarding human rights requires more than words
IN the councils of the Organization of American States (OAS) and at least two of its associate institutions – the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human rights (IACtHR) – much is spoken about the importance of human rights. But the words are not backed by financial support.
Baha Mar court case - and what it means for us all
OVER the past week, the story of what happened at Baha Mar in the dispute between developer Sarkis Izmirlian and contractor China Construction America (CCA) have hogged the headlines.
ERIC WIBERG: ‘Pops’ Symonette’s yacht Thelma Phoebe wrecks off Long Island, NY
In 1921, Roland Theodore Symonette, whose second wife was named Thelma, purchased a lovely, large and fast yacht and renamed her Thelma Phoebe. Later the first Premier of The Bahamas, Sir Roland (Pop) was an expert at maximising return on vessels.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Counting down to 300 years of our Parliament
IN five years, the Bahamian Parliament will be 300 years old, one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. (Virginia General Assembly established in 1619 was actually the first, but, unlike The Bahamas, did not remain as a consistent drumbeat of national lawmakers).
Clubs & Societies October 25, 2024
October 25, 2024
Hitting the Wall: Overcoming Mental Blocks in Performance
IN the journey toward achieving fitness or athletic goals, mental blocks often prove just as challenging as physical plateaus.
FRONT PORCH: The inability and necessity to offer mercy and forgiveness
The inability or ability to move beyond our own inner rage or anger in order to forgive another often says more about our own inner and spiritual state than it is does about those who require or need our forgiveness.
STATESIDE: If Harris wins, it will be because of Trump
This arrived in email-boxes all across the US on Monday and Tuesday, after Donald Trump worked part of a shift at a MacDonalds restaurant:
ALICIA WALLACE: Domestic abuse - time for change
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and there has been little attention to it in The Bahamas.
PETER YOUNG: Royal tour with a difference
HOW interesting it has been to observe events “down under” these last few days as King Charles makes his first visit to Australia since ascending to the throne.
GAIN AN EDGE: Dr Cox’s monumental work towards BTVI’s accreditation
When Dr Dorcas Cox joined the team at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) over a year ago, she did not imagine the journey she was about to embark on would be so monumental.
INSIGHT: RBDF troops to Haiti, but no easy fix ahead
“IMMEDIATE action is required!”
KDK Report: Technological advances to usher in a brave new world?
ALL living things eventually die.
Breaking the cycle of workplace conflicts
Sometimes you get stuck in a rut with a colleague at work — a boss, a cow-worker, a direct report.
