EDITORIAL: The impossible choice between virus and tourism
THE closer we get to reopening the country for business, the more conundrums we face. Open up too much and risk the virus coming back in, or keep the door so tightly closed we don’t let the tourism industry rebuild.
EDITORIAL: Doing the best we can with what we have
THOSE who were expecting an exciting Budget yesterday will have come away disappointed.
EDITORIAL: Budget crucial as up to half of country is out of work
IF the importance of today’s Budget was lost on anyone, the estimate by Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson that half the country’s workforce is unemployed ought to concentrate minds.
EDITORIAL: Promising signs - but not an end to the lockdown yet
MORE than a thousand people want to head for the Family Islands.
EDITORIAL: The inequality of the pandemic
SINCE the start of the penalties for breaching curfew, there has been some unease about the application of some of the fines – and two cases have brought that to a head.
EDITORIAL: Who does know the reasons for keeping island closed?
SINCE Sunday’s national address by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, people in all parts of the country – including this column – have wondered why some islands have been allowed to resume commercial activity, yet others have not.
EDITORIAL: Leave no room for doubt - explain these decisions
NATURE abhors a vacuum. So once said the philosopher Aristotle – and just as it is true in physics, so it is true that human nature also abhors a vacuum.
EDITORIAL: Light at the end of the tunnel
THE countdown to reopening has begun.
EDITORIAL: Will the nation pass this test?
The strongest action yet taken to curtail the spread of COVID-19 was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis – the lockdown of Bimini for the rest of the month.
EDITORIAL: Promises, promises from BPL
IF ever there was a group of managers fretting nervously over their company’s performance, it would be the top executives at Bahamas Power & Light.
EDITORIAL: Clear communication must be the lesson
IN the wake of the resignation of Health Minister Dr Duane Sands, there were clear lessons to be learned. The slow revelation of more information about how a COVID-19 positive passenger got on board a repatriation flight shows that some skipped those lessons.
EDITORIAL: Where is the leader when he’s needed?
WHAT a difference a week makes.
EDITORIAL: Fighting on the front line
When we talk about healthcare workers on the front line of the battle against COVID-19, it’s people such as Dr George Charite and his daughters that we are talking about.
EDITORIAL: Are the borders open to some but not to all?
AFTER a long day of waiting to find out who the new Minister of Health would be, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed there was only one man for the job – himself!
EDITORIAL: A resignation that could have been avoided
A DAY of political drama ended in a short statement last night.
