EDITORIAL: Blaming The Bahamas instead of crypto industry
IN the fallout over the collapse of FTX, there has been quite a lot of talk about The Bahamas and its role in the whole affair – much of it completely unfounded.
EDITORIAL: Items left on the govt’s to-do list this year
AS WE head towards Christmas, government seems to be more stumbling rather than sprinting towards the year’s finishing line.
EDITORIAL: Farewell to Tribune managing editor Eugene Duffy
EUGENE Duffy was a self-confessed old school journalist.
EDITORIAL: FTX founder’s long list of unknowns
FOR someone in charge of a multi-billion operation, Sam Bankman-Fried seems to not know a lot of things.
EDITORIAL: Hurricane survivors left in limbo by rules change
THE aftermath of Hurricane Dorian hit The Bahamas hard. First, there were the personal losses – the deaths of so many in the storm. Second came the challenge to rebuild.
EDITORIAL: The two stories of the FTX collapse
THE story of the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange that so spectacularly fell apart, is one that is divided into two parts. There is the international story – which primarily affects the customers who put their money into FTX’s hands, and who now join the list of creditors seeking billions from the fallen company.
EDITORIAL: Fyre Festival fraudster returns to scene of his crime
WHEN Billy McFarland left The Bahamas after the debacle that was the Fyre Festival, the country was collectively glad to see the back of him.
EDITORIAL: Safe and sound after the storm
IT’S pleasant to be able to report good news.
EDITORIAL: Double blow to economic hopes
WHILE all eyes have been on the storm rolling towards Grand Bahama and Abaco this week – understandably given the destruction those islands experienced in Hurricane Dorian – there has also been economic turbulence to keep a watch on.
EDITORIAL: Take storm Nicole seriously
OF all the people in our nation, the ones who need to be reminded least of the importance of taking a storm seriously are the people of Abaco and Grand Bahama.
EDITORIAL: What lesson can we learn from pharmacist talks?
WHEN the government and pharmacists came to a “win-win” agreement last week, there were those who were quick to portray it as a success for the government.
EDITORIAL: So what is the plan to stop the murders?
ANOTHER spate of murders has prompted questions over how effective the government’s strategy for fighting crime has been.
EDITORIAL: Aisha shows we can reach for the stars
AISHA Bowe is making history. She is to become the first Bahamian to go into space – on board a commercial flight with Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos.
EDITORIAL: The tangled web of PLP’s Bermuda trip
THE story of the PLP’s jaunt to Bermuda is becoming increasingly tangled – and it doesn’t need to be.
EDITORIAL: Our public servants deserve better
WHEN Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander took up his post, one of the first things he addressed was the vacation leave he was forced to take under the Minnis administration.
