BEYOND THE BORDERS: Familial caregiving is not employment - defending against erroneous adjudications
ADJUDICATIONS conducted by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
LIGHTHOUSES: New Providence & stories of small lighthouses
IN 1967 a British paper in Liecester carried an article about dramatic stories told by well-regarded former head of the lighthouse service in the Bahamas, Commander R. Langton Jones.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Some places need to be left in perfect disarray
THERE’S a long, skinny peninsula connected by an isthmus to a mainland in the Central Bahamas that by all reasonable expectations should have been wiped out long ago, swallowed by a storm surge, devastated by a hurricane, evaporated by winds and rushing waters pounding its shallow sea level.
How delegation can build stronger teams
Every leader eventually hits the same wall. Too much work, too little time. The best ones do not push through it alone; they delegate. But handing off tasks well is a skill in itself, and experts say it comes down to seven habits.
Leverage cruise tourism by increasing our value
A recent article on cruise tourism raises an important discussion about the future of tourism in The Bahamas.
EMPIRE SPORTS MEDICINE SERIES: Is doing you best always enough?
“JUST do your best.” It is probably one of the most common things we say to our children before they compete. We say it before the race, before the game, before the swimming final and sometimes even before an examination. Usually, it comes from a good place.
FRONT PORCH: National museum could join public and corporate for sake of Bahamian culture
A LITTLE over half a century as a sovereign nation, The Bahamas still does not have a national museum. It’s telling sign of our priorities and sometimes pseudo patriotism that we have not mustered the will and resources to create and sustain sucwh an institution.
STATESIDE: Will Upper Midwest finally upend Trump-effect?
YESTERDAY morning brought to American TV screens and on-line news feeds some news that surprised many observers. It may presage results in the upcoming November elections that seem poised to bring an end to what has amounted to one-party rule in Washington since president Donald Trump was reelected nearly two years ago.
Digital literacy not optional in fight to stay competitive
Once upon a time, dealing with technology was something a business owner delegated to the IT (information technology) department or the nephew who was good with computers.
ALICIA WALLACE: The heat is on . . .
ELECTRICITY outages continued across New Providence this week, reminding us that we are experiencing an energy crisis.
FACING REALITY: One umbrella, one voice
A SOCIETY is ultimately judged not by the grandeur of its buildings or the size of its economy, but by how it treats those who face the greatest obstacles in everyday life.
We owe Andros crash victims learning for safety oversight
The Tribune’s front-page reporting on the preliminary investigation into the fatal accident near San Andros on Independence Day understandably raises serious questions for the travelling public and the aviation community.
Editorial: Time to make resorts accountable for workers
TOURISM is the lifeblood of the Bahamian economy.
FRONT PORCH: The cannibalisation of our stopover business
CRUISING plays a role in our tourism mix. There is a sensible economic and social position between those who wish to near completely ban cruises and those who rejoice at gangbuster numbers that provide limited economic gains.
ALICIA WALLACE: James Baldwin and Emancipation and the importance of a letter to a nephew
EMANCIPATION Day, marking the 1834 abolition of slavery, is celebrated on 1 August.
