EDITORIAL: Protest and the spread of populism
IN AN increasingly interconnected world in which information can be instantaneously and continuously transmitted across time zones at the click of a computer mouse, it comes as no surprise that globalisation continues to grow at a bewildering pace.
EDITORIAL: The gallows or a second chance - Bahamians must decide
LAST WEEK, Archbishop Patrick Pinder urged the government to abolish the death penalty. Instead, in a pastoral letter from the Bishops of the Antilles Episcopal Conference, it was recommended that government should concentrate on the rehabilitation of the offender.
EDITORIAL: March on, Bahamaland must take on new meaning
IN 1973, when Timothy Gibson penned the national anthem of the newly-independent Bahamas, ‘March on, Bahamaland’, the words had a hopeful ring.
EDITORIAL: Challenges to and responsibilities of the modern press
“THE BAHAMAS has a proud record of press freedom and deserves our highest commendation in that regard. Public discourse, vigorous and open discussion are essential to the preservation of your thriving democracy.
EDITORIAL: British government thwarted by High Court over 'Brexit'
WHILE THE world’s attention remains focused on the US presidential election and its immediate aftermath, another issue of international significance - the process of putting into effect Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) - continues to cause concern and controversy.
EDITORIAL: Voters' indifference - no more MPs needed
WE agree with former National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest that it is a “waste of time” — and we might add money — for the Boundaries Commission at this late date to consider increasing the constituencies for the 2017 general election.
EDITORIAL: Fred Mitchell and the Inter-American Human Rights
AFTER local authorities constantly ignored their complaints that their lives were in danger, five members of the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association turned in desperation to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights with the request that it urge the Bahamas government to “adopt precautionary measures to prevent irreparable harm to their lives.”
EDITORIAL: Tackle crime or face the frightening consequences
THE PAST week’s crime news was so disturbing it could give goose bumps the shivers.
EDITORIAL: Stop the politics and start governing for the good of The Bahamas
“Ain’t yinna do it first? Den why yinna poking yer finger in my eye and blamin’ me fo‘ what yinna dun do?”
EDITORIAL: Shock election result in divided America
AMONGST so many superlatives, the description of Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s US presidential election as one of the most extraordinary days in American political history was perhaps the most extreme.
EDITORIAL: Donald Trump beyond his depth
BEFORE US Secretary of State John Kerry left for New Zealand yesterday he instructed his staff to be “as helpful as possible” to the incoming administration.
EDITORIAL: Bahamian minnows swim with the sharks
TENNYSON Wells, who could see only the financial gain, not the destruction of long line fishing to our fisheries when he was Agriculture Minister in the early nineties, seems to take the same view of the controversial $2.1 billion proposal to invite the People’s Republic of China to partner with Bahamians in our fishing industry. To facilitate this the Bahamas government pledged the lease of 10,000 acres of Crown Land at Andros for the venture.
EDITORIAL: Bahamians’ inalienable rights to Crown Land, conch, fish and crawfish
BAHAMIANS are as protective of their waters as they are proud to be Bahamian.
EDITORIAL: Mr Christie, is the Bahamas going fishing with China?
IT SEEMS that the Christie government is now playing hide-and-seek with the Bahamian people in a proposed China-Bahamas Agriculture and Fisheries Initiative.
EDITORIAL: New US President must show world leadership
DESPITE many naysayers and critics who deride everything American, it is widely accepted that the United States of America is generally a force for good as the undisputed leader of the free world.
