EDITORIAL: The Bahamas needs you to play your part
HOW concerned should you be about the coronavirus epidemic? The latest step in precautions to prevent the spread of the virus may seem drastic – a check on people coming to The Bahamas if they have been to China in the last 20 days – but the important word to bear in mind is that it is a precaution.
EDITORIAL: Extra borrowing a drop in the rising ocean
THE announcement of extra borrowing by the government – to the tune of $587.9m – will, no doubt, bring a sharp intake of breath from many.
EDITORIAL: We have allowed this failure for far too long
THE tragedy that saw Byron Ferguson’s plane crash into Bahamian waters – leaving him missing presumed dead – had already exposed some of the failings of our search and rescue capacity. Today the extent to which our nation is ill prepared when it comes to airline safety is laid bare.
EDITORIAL: Justice delayed is justice denied
IT IS now more than three years since Osworth Rolle was shot dead by Detective Constable Kendrick Brown.
EDITORIAL: A servant of the nation who deserves respect
IT was late at night on April 10, 2013, when a call came into The Tribune newsroom to report not one, but two police officers shot in separate incidents. One was senior officer Clayton Fernander.
EDITORIAL: Kneejerk politics as election appears on the horizon
SO the pretence is done – the countdown to the 2022 election has begun.
EDITORIAL: The slow revolution on marijuana
AT long last, the slow-motion progress of the marijuana commission has seen Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis receive the preliminary report.
EDITORIAL: The law must be upheld
The Tribune investigation that revealed the sale of abortion pills without prescription has, inevitably, prompted calls for abortion laws to be changed.
EDITORIAL: Alarm bells over drugs and health
THE investigation in today’s Tribune that revealed the sale of abortion drugs despite the lack of a prescription has rung several alarm bells.
EDITORIAL: Pledges and politics
IT started off as an event widely hailed as a good thing.
EDITORIAL: Less talk, more action
A DAY after National Security Minister Marvin Dames took time out of his day to complain about how The Tribune reported his comments about the Commissioner of Police’s time at the helm coming to an end, a matter of more substance landed on his desk.
EDITORIAL: Work permit threat is a blunt instrument
YOU sometimes wonder if some people in government have experience in business.
EDITORIAL: The greatest help for the greatest need
IN the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, one thing has been heartwarming amid the heartbreak – the support from people around the world.
EDITORIAL: We wish Dr Minnis well in his appeal to the world
The devastation left by Hurricane Dorian stunned the nation. Lives lost, homes and businesses wiped out, thousands forced to abandon the places where they have lived all their lives.
EDITORIAL: People deserve a resolution
IT is now more than four months since Hurricane Dorian hit The Bahamas – and still we do not have an accurate count of how many people were killed in the storm.
