EDITORIAL: The law must be the law for all
IN this column yesterday, we highlighted the frustration many people felt when investigations are promised but nothing ever seems to be delivered.
EDITORIAL: Talk of transparency and accountability is cheap
IN recent times, there have been a number of incidents involving members of our uniformed services which have led to promises of investigations.
EDITORIAL: BPL blame game needs to stop - solution needed
IT WAS one of the founding fathers of the US, Benjamin Franklin, who famously wrote that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. In The Bahamas, we are tempted to say that you can add BPL outages to that.
EDITORIAL: Words are easy to say - but what about action?
SOMETIMES it seems politicians say things just so they can hear the sound of their voice.
EDITORIAL: Now that celebrations are over, what’s next?
The celebrations are done. The nation is 50. The road to 50 has at times seemed as if it has been long. The flag has been carried from island to island. Our anthem has been sung – though never too often. We have certainly worn our laurels this golden jubilee year, now we must make sure we do not rest on them.
EDITORIAL: Remember - and dare to build
BY the time The Tribune’s next edition hits the streets, the celebrations will be done.
EDITORIAL: Pride before a fall for Cornish
IT has been a remarkable few days for the man who would be king of Abaco.
EDITORIAL: The woman who charted our history
HISTORY was important to Dr Gail Saunders. And Dr Gail Saunders was important to our history.
EDITORIAL: Govt cares little for hitting targets
DEADLINES and budgets don’t seem to mean much in government.
EDITORIAL: International claims deserve serious examination
INTERNATIONAL news has been coming to the doorstep of The Bahamas in recent times – and not in a good way.
EDITORIAL: Citizenship not a political favour
BY his own admission, Keith Bell’s actions in conferring citizenship to a woman and two children at the funeral of her husband were unorthodox.
EDITORIAL: Good news - but not the whole story
AFTER years of no statistics over how many people were unemployed, we have good news.
EDITORIAL: The world’s eyes on submersible search
THE world’s attention focused over the past few days on the lives of five people in a submersible deep under the ocean seeking to visit the wreck of the Titanic.
EDITORIAL: Late night, no fanfare and no answers
LATE in the evening, a Minister of State rises to tell the nation what it would take to save the National Insurance Board fund – a bill that will be delayed by a year despite the urging of former ministers and fellow party members. It hardly inspires confidence, does it?
EDITORIAL: The blame game in politics
BLAME is an easy thing to do. Something has gone wrong? Blame someone else. It’s their fault. It does not seem to matter who “they” are – it’s not you, so blame them instead.
