EDITORIAL: Munroe right on legal limit to bail restrictions
IN this column yesterday, The Tribune offered a rebuke of sorts towards National Security Minister Wayne Munroe for ducking the issue of marital rape on the pretext that it was not in the PLP’s election manifesto – its Blueprint for Change.
EDITORIAL: Tell us everything on bank HQ decision
THE explanations surrounding the withdrawal from plans for a new multi-million dollar Central Bank headquarters are less than convincing so far.
ALICIA WALLACE: Long wait for investigation in MP allegation highlights our rape culture
APRIL is Sexual Assault Awareness Month — a time to focus specifically on the pervasiveness of sexual violence and its impact on survivors and their communities, educate the public, and advocate for the introduction and/or expansion of prevention, intervention, and support programmes and services.
PETER YOUNG: Events in Sudan matter to the rest of the world
International alarm bells have been ringing, but the press headline on Sunday revealed all – “Special forces airlift US diplomats from Sudan”. President Biden had just announced that the US military had evacuated by helicopter diplomats and their families from the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Britain has also evacuated its diplomats amongst reports of similar action by other Western countries.
FACE TO FACE: Dr Ancilleno Davis hopes to inspire more Bahamian students to become scientists
IF the curiosity and natural scientific inkling of a child is nurtured, the possibilities are endless. In the case of Bahamian children, nurturing such natural passion is critical in the protection and preservation of the environment for generations to come. For Dr Ancilleno Davis, growing up spending his after school days at the Botanical Gardens planted him in the right nurturing grounds and produced one of the most outstanding Bahamian scientists today.
EDITORIAL: Crime statistics are welcome news
THE news that crime has dropped is always to be welcomed – even if a close look at the detail raises some questions.
EDITORIAL: PM’s words do not bring clarity to investigation
THE progress of the rape investigation into a sitting MP continues to be watched closely by all concerned.
DIANE PHILLIPS: In development, is there right or wrong, or just two sides to a story?
SOMETIMES there isn’t a right or wrong – just two sides to a story. This is one of those cases.
Eric Wiberg – New Providence: 60 land accidents
WHETHER planes touched wingtips, men walked into propellers, bombers collided, planes were lost in microbursts, or had training gunnery mishaps, Nassau, Windsor and Oakes air fields and adjacent waters claimed many lives. More than half of all accidents in the colony – 80 of 150 – took place at or near the air fields and New Providence. This article deals with the 55 accidents that happened or ended up on land. In the three years from January 1943 131 aviators and a Bahamian family of three were killed by military aircraft in New Providence and its waters, with 83 rescued, and those fatalities recovered buried on Farrington Road. Pre-existing Oakes Field, used for training, saw nine crashes and most of the 25 unallocated, and Windsor Field, still in use, had 21.
STATESIDE: Politicians need to recognise when it is time for them to leave the stage
WHAT do Diane Feinstein, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, George Santos and Clarence Thomas have in common?
FRONT PORCH: How long will government drag their feet in granting protection to women?
“Any government’s failure to criminalise marital rape effectively condones and enables the existence of a domestic space within a marriage where sexual violence is permitted. The married woman is, in effect, abandoned with no legal protection.” - Marion Bethel
EDITORIAL: Why is Dr Minnis opposed to gun strategy?
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis was in a talkative mood yesterday.
ALICIA WALLACE: Decisive action on rape allegation would show govt’s commitment to ending gender-based violence
A MEMBER of Parliament has been accused of gender-based violence by a woman who was in a relationship with him. The violence included physical assault, rape, and death threats against the woman and her family. The survivor’s story is as clear as it is disturbing. It is about the escalation of violence, manipulation and threats, abuse of power, and the apparent impossibility of accessing justice. It is a lived reality that is more common than most people know.
EDITORIAL: Long overdue for legal reform
IN highlighting some good news – with a drop in the murder rate so far this year – Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander also illuminated the problems that we face.
FACE TO FACE – Teri Greenidge: Bringing the light of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to others through service
One week after Easter was celebrated at various churches around the world, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrated Tinsae – the Resurrection of Christ. On Sunday past, Tinsae was commemorated all around the world services as the culmination of Holy Week.
