FRONT PORCH: Bahamas govt needs to take climate change more seriously
JUST this week, a new international study was released finding that in the coming decades increased melting of the ice shelves of Western Antarctica is “unavoidable”. It is yet another warning to the global commons and world leaders. Sea-level rise may be even greater than previously thought.
EDITORIAL: What will you do to ensure no child is left behind?
THERE is a sad story on the front page of The Tribune tonight – one that goes beyond the to and fro of politics.
ALICIA WALLACE: The country’s real power problem
LAST week, I attended a conference that was primarily organised for people in a particular category. Those people hold power because they control resources that others need to do their work or meet their goals and are often put in competition with one another to gain access.
EDITORIAL: As FTX saga unfolds, we need to hear the full story
THE story of FTX is still in the telling. The spectacular implosion of the crypto company put the spotlight of the world on The Bahamas – sometimes very unflatteringly.
PETER YOUNG: Israel and Hamas conflict worsening
THE horror of the killings carried out inside Israel by Hamas and the intensity of what is now happening in the Israeli-Gaza war have been so great that they have dominated the world’s news.
FACE TO FACE – Raymond ‘RH’ Culmer: Mentor and trailblazer
WHEN faced with the valleys in life, Raymond “RH” Culmer has trod through with dignity and the kind of perseverance that has pushed him to the mountaintop. He has never been afraid of the lowlands that every human being will face on life’s journey, because he grew up in the Valley. This area in Nassau, Bahamas is well known for being the stomping ground of great Bahamian trailblazers.
EDITORIAL: Climate consequences as warnings not heeded
We have failed. Despite all the warnings, despite all the advice, despite all the pleas for action, the battle to avoid massive amounts of melting of ice due to global warning has failed.
EDITORIAL: What’s next for Shane Gibson?
THE candidate selection process for the upcoming by-election in West Grand Bahama and Bimini has thrown up signs of division within the PLP.
DIANE PHILLIPS: ‘Build your hotel somewhere else!’
BALMORAL is a quiet neighbourhood on Sanford Drive in Nassau. Situated a block south of the Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre that houses the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance, and just east of Liberty Overlook, the residence of the American Ambassador when there is one, Balmoral is a highly desirable residential community.
ERIC WIBERG: Stranded US aviators rescued by Bahamian fishermen and a dream
INAGUA has many aviation mysteries to parse; the East coast of this 650-square-mile-island has no roads or airstrip and is very rarely visited. Three American aviators who were without food for 17 days were rescued by fishermen in Little and taken to Great Inagua. Then there was a tragic engine fire and crash from which a US Mail pouch washed up, but not a plane or bodies. Then a mystery plane with parachute and body was found by park warden Henry Nixon. Remains of the plane still there, and were found over a decade ago by a Bahamian sleuth in a seaplane.
EDITORIAL: Hope may be on the way for Grand Bahama
TWO stories in today’s Tribune represent contrasting aspects of life in Grand Bahama at present.
STATESIDE: Hard to be hopeful with state and future of the Middle East
We will be reading and watching for days and weeks to come about the awful human misery unfolding in Gaza, one of the most politically sensitive enclaves anywhere on earth. The Tribune featured an in-depth look at the history of the region earlier this week. Here’s another brief take on the current tragedy.
FRONT PORCH: Disconnected youth presents a critical test for our country
THE American writer and philosopher William Durant (1885-1981), wrote extensively on history and civilisations, comparing different epochs and countries.
EDITORIAL: The children who are left behind
EARLIER this month, The Tribune reported on how a 12-year-old boy was left with his two siblings to care for themselves after his mother was detained by immigration.
ALICIA WALLACE: Access to abortion and therapy is fundamental
ABORTION is in the news again. This time, a doctor, along with two women, have been charged for providing an abortion. The patient is reportedly a 15-year-old. Two months ago, there was a similar report on a mother who was charged for providing a medical abortion (using pills) for her 11-year-old child. It was also reported that she was impregnated, which means that she was raped, by her mother’s boyfriend.
