FACE TO FACE: Whitlyn Miller – sowing seeds for a sustainable future
SHE puts her hands in the soil, pressing seeds of love down and reaping bountiful rewards. Whitlyn Miller is the Female Farmer of the Year, thanks to the Bahamas Agrarian Awards, held in September, 2023. Her award, along with her $10,000 prize, validates the hard work she put in and the sacrifices she made to be a farmer.
EDITORIAL: PM’s right response on Petty
THE revelations regarding a contract having been received at the Water and Sewerage Corporation by the daughter of its chairman have raised a number of concerns.
EDITORIAL: Nygard guilty, but what about his enablers?
Peter Nygard is guilty. The long-time resident of the Lyford Cay property in western New Providence had his day in court – and the jury found him guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Amazing success stories of Romer Street, Fox Hill
THERE’S a tree-lined street in the historic neighbourhood of Fox Hill that is much like many tree-lined streets in Nassau. Tall sapodilla trees with outstretched limbs nestle kids who climb them to pick the sweet, brown-skinned fruit. Youngsters who scramble up the tree know if they do not get to the season’s offerings first, the limbs will unburden themselves of the heavy load and once a dilly falls from high up it will splat on the ground, spilling the sticky filling and dark seeds.
ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION – Empowering tomorrow: Embracing the rise of young leaders
IN an era where the future of our nation is a topic of constant debate, scepticism often lingers about the capabilities of the younger generation to take the reins of leadership.
STATESIDE: Trump’s prognostication of a pro-choice pushback was right
TUESDAY was Election Day in the US. It might be easy to overlook that fact, because no regular Congressional elections were scheduled. Those come a year from now. But Tuesday’s elections did produce some interesting outcomes, and here are some of them.
FRONT PORCH: A national lottery can help Bahamians in countless ways
IN our 50th year of independence, the national debt remains a source of deep concern, with state resources stretched across our archipelago. The country remains at risk of downgrade from various rating agencies. The debt will worsen with the next major hurricane, pandemic and/or financial crisis.
EDITORIAL: BPL albatross around govt’s neck
BAHAMAS Power and Light may just be the albatross around the neck of this government.
ALICIA WALLACE: Beware our attitudes - housing crisis is not only a Haitian issue
What would you do if you lost your home? If your first plan of action would be to stay in a hotel or stay with family members or friends, what would you do if that was not an option due to lack of funds? What if there is an absence of relationships or of relationships with people who have the means to help in-country?
EDITORIAL: Shame on those who rob charities and churches
IS nothing sacred? It would seem not given one of the latest crimes to afflict The Bahamas – a pastor whose car was broken into while he was at church.
FACE TO FACE – Dr Adelle Thomas: Making a difference for the world on UN’s climate change panel
CLIMATE change scientist Dr Adelle Thomas is making history and taking great strides to do her part to help mitigate against the impact of climate change in The Bahamas and the world. Her work has been instrumental in helping to formulate policies that will drive global changes to help quell the climate change crisis.
PETER YOUNG: Respect free speech but keep streets of London peaceful
WITH the horrors of the Israel-Gaza war dominating the international news it is hard to remain silent on the issue, so elsewhere on this page I take a separate look at Israel’s action in particular. I do not claim to be an expert on the Middle East, but offer comment from experience of a career in Britain’s diplomatic service and a thorough study of the history of the region together with the latest media reports.
WORLD VIEW: A call to arms against the surge of gang violence
THERE has been a surge in gang violence and gun violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, leading to a high level of murders and heightened fear in many countries.
EDITORIAL: The PLP pulls together as a family
WHETHER it is at a party level or a national level, election fever is well under way.
DIANE PHILLIPS – ‘I’ve never felt more comfortable outside the US than when I was in Grand Bahama’
The man sat down a few rows away. In a nearly empty and sterile, freezing cold Grand Bahama International Airport terminal with only a handful of early arrivals waiting for much later flights, it was hard not to make eye contact with the few lone folks who were already there, a mother and toddler, a few men who spoke in rapid staccato-like sounds like they were from somewhere far away, and this gentleman, middle-aged, laden with an encased guitar and assortment of backpacks and hefty hand luggage that indicated he had been around these parts for a while and was heading back to wherever he came from.
