Op-Ed: UK recognises Palestinian State
In a historic, diplomatic step, the UK, alongside two other Commonwealth nations, Australia and Canada, yesterday recognised a Palestinian State.
WORLD VIEW: Haiti needs a single strategy, real money, and political discipline
I return to a focus on Haiti because it is too easy for the world to discard the situation in that beleaguered country.
Op-Ed: Power of our vote - our call to action
WE live in a strange political paradox — a nation that sings the hymns of democracy while often marching to the drumbeat of autocracy.
INSIGHT: We must protect freedom of speech
We are living in strange times.
DIANE PHILLIPS: American Embassy’s jet ski words of wisdom
The crackdown urged by the US Embassy on jet ski safety comes as welcome news and no surprise.
Op-Ed: The importance of good governance
As a child, I can vividly remember the line, “behave and govern yourselves accordingly”, from one of my firm but loving primary school teachers.
IAN FERGUSON: How you combat workplace bullies
Some people may not be aware that bullying is a common occurrence within the workplace.
FRONT PORCH: Beautiful models for learning, intervention and diversion
When Aquinas College moved from Palmdale to Gladstone Road some years ago, something remarkable unfolded.
STATESIDE: King courts Trump for Ukraine support
“The Brits really know how to do this ‘pomp and circumstance’ thing, don’t they?”
ALICIA WALLACE: Respectability politics in Bahamian schools
In The Bahamas, the commitment to and practice of respectability politics continues to outweigh common sense, human decency, and care for one another.
FACING REALITY: Bahamas’ new initiatives aim for social progress
Politics aside, are we moving forward as a people?
KDK Report: Sometimes our body will whisper before it screams
A few months ago, my patient (hereafter referred to as) Paul, despite having lost his father in his teens, never really thought about death.
INSIGHT: US Ambassador for Bahamas long overdue
TO SAY the prospect of a new US ambassador has been long awaited in The Bahamas is an understatement of almost as epic proportions as the wait itself.
Op-Ed: Survey findings raise questions on central procurement benefits
The Procurement Planning and Logistics course at the University of The Bahamas, which I facilitate, is coming to an end soon and we are in the final stages of one of the modules, purchasing and supply management.
ALICIA WALLACE: Misogyny in politics holds women back
While Leslie Miller’s misogynistic, infantilising reference to Senator Michela Barnett-Ellis is not at all surprising, given his many public episodes, it has drawn attention to the longstanding issue of discrimination against women in political and public life.
