ALICIA WALLACE: 30 years since The Bahamas signed Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women
FRIDAY, October 6, marked the 30th anniversary of The Bahamas ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). It was marked by a proclamation, printed in both national newspapers, of October 6, 2023, as Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Day. The Prime Minister called on organisations, businesses, and families to recognise the importance of women’s rights and the elimination of discrimination against women with relevant activities and programmes.
EDITORIAL: Familiar refrain as Family Islands talk of neglect
THE difference in treatment that some Bahamians get in comparison to others ought to shame our nation.
PETER YOUNG: Refugee Convention facing fierce debate on rules changes for asylum seekers
IT is too soon to offer comment about the terrible events in Israel that unfolded yesterday – the deadliest day Israel as a country has ever known.
FACE TO FACE: Sharon Martin – advancing the rights of workers and women in the workplace
THE cause of women’s rights in the workplace took on a whole new meaning when, for the first time, a woman was placed at the helm of labour and industrial relations in the country. An agent of change in the unions, Sharon Martin always valued people and fought for their rights as workers to be protected. She made strides and history making moves that have advanced the position of women in unions in The Bahamas.
EDITORIAL: Putting troops in harm’s way deserves discussion
THE country appears to be sleepwalking towards committing personnel to Haiti.
Diane Phillips: There’s a hero inside us all
IF you are not busy, stop a minute, please. Find a mirror. Forget how your hair looks. Don’t worry about your collar. Pay no attention to the spot on your shirt where the tea spilled or the shoe where the little mischievous one decided your tennis shoe was as good a canvas as any and scribbled with crayon while you were cooking.
Eric Wiberg – Taxied to beach, hit trees and sank
TAXIED to beach, hit trees, and sank: these seven words encapsulate a bad day for a dozen men.
EDITORIAL: Disturbing situations emerge in shanty town crackdown
IN the aftermath of the swoop by immigration on the Kool Acres shanty town on Monday, The Tribune went to speak to residents there.
FRONT PORCH – Bahamas Christian Council: an object lesson on intolerence
BAHAMAS Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander, who has become expert at being unwitting, has unwittingly done the country a blessed favour.
STATESIDE: Historic first as McCarthy ousted as Speaker
Maybe you heard. Something happened in Washington on Tuesday evening that had never before occurred in the legislative history of the United States. The American House of Representatives overthrew its leader (called the “Speaker”) by a simple majority vote of 216-210, with every Democrat present joining eight rebellious right-wing Republicans to unhorse Kevin McCarthy after only eight months in the job.
EDITORIAL: What was said, and what was not said
WHEN Parliament was prorogued, it came as something of a surprise.
Developing the softer side in technical skills training
Business leaders and those charged with the responsibility for hiring workers have an old saying that sums up the proficiencies needed for employment. “Hard skills will get you the interview; soft skills will get you the job."
ALICIA WALLACE: ‘Anti-rights’ group predictably threatened by conversation
THE misleader who speaks for the anti-rights group —which claims to be a Christian organisation — is at it again. This time, he and those of his ilk feel threatened by an event that has nothing to do with them. They consistently demonstrate that they believe they are the main characters in a story and the plot must centre on them. When anything happens that does not advance what they believe the plot to be, it is a problem for them. They then decide to make their problem a problem for everyone else. It would not matter much if they did not bring their problems to the rest of the country with vitriol and violence.
EDITORIAL: Dubious allegations on Bahamas in book on FTX founder
AFTER much anticipation, the new book about Sam Bankman-Fried, the figurehead behind FTX who led it to its spectacular implosion, has been released – just in time for his trial to begin.
PETER YOUNG: In the short term, the country’s energy security comes first
HAVING written as recently as August in some detail in this column about climate change, I only refer to the subject again today because it has hit the news in Britain following approval last week of a new offshore oil and gas development in the North Sea called Rosebank.
