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FRONT PORCH: State of PMH: Moral Indifference and a National Disgrace

After recently visiting a sick friend at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), a Family Island resident took to TikTok to decry the rundown, dysfunctional state of the country’s major public hospital.

STATESIDE: The ‘Trump Doctrine' - could Iran mirror the fall of Milosevic?

We’re about 14 months into Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States.

ALICIA WALLACE: UN Commission breaks 70-year consensus streak

In March of every year, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is held in New York City, bringing Member States together to make commitments toward gender equality and the rights of women.

FACING REALITY: Qualification is not performance - and a degree is not a soul

In the quiet, early hours of a Bahamian morning, before the sun has fully reclaimed the turquoise horizon, a symphony begins.

WORLD VIEW: The Haitian people should not be forgotten or left stranded

Amid the current turmoil in the world, it is important that, in the Americas, we should not forget the urgent humanitarian and political crisis confronting the Haitian people.

INSIGHT: Same old story for public disclosures

A familiar story played out last week over the deadline for public disclosures – yet again, a number of Parliamentarians did not file by the deadline, with several requesting extensions.

BEYOND THE BORDER: The case for US travel waiver reform

In the world of international travel, a mistake made twenty years ago should not carry a life sentence.

FRONT PORCH: The roots of the breakdown of our social culture

IN the 1970s, the late Monsignor Preston Moss of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese first observed the lack of basic and holistic human development in a significant number of our people.

STATESIDE: Coming to a port near you?

IT seemed to be business as usual earlier this week at the bustling port of Balboa, the larger of two huge facilities that guard the Pacific Ocean entrance to the mighty Panama Canal.

ALICIA WALLACE: The modern realities of past injustices

LAST week, The University of The Bahamas, in partnership with Equality Bahamas, the Bahamas National Reparations Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, hosted a landmark national dialogue

BEYOND THE BORDER: New year, new rules for US F-1 and M-1 visa holders

THE February 2026 revisions to the F-1 and M-1 regulatory framework have materially altered the landscape for international students.

IVOINE INGRAHAM: The architecture of silence dismantling the culture of incest and the assassination of the Bahamian soul

THE crystal-clear waters of the Bahamian archipelago often serve as a veil, obscuring a murky, turbulent social reality that has persisted in the shadows for generations.

Op-Ed: Putting Wellness First - when we steal an hour from sleep, we pay with our health

This past Sunday, we moved the clock forward by one hour.

INSIGHT: Another dog shooting. Accountability next time?

THE shooting of a dog by an officer in uniform, as seen in a video that circulated on Friday, has caused plenty of outrage on social media at the weekend.

WORLD VIEW: Who Gains, Who Loses? Who Loses? ...the global cost of the Iran war and the Caribbean fallout

IT'S a mistake to believe that the war in Iran and the retaliatory actions in the Gulf are too far away to matter to the Caribbean.