EDITORIAL: Where did Truth get lost in this maze of Untruths?
ALTHOUGH Attorney General Carl Bethel has said there appears to be nothing unusual in the terms of the now unsealed document for the sale of Baha Mar, there are those who have their doubts.
EDITORIAL: TIME FOR AN OVERHAUL OF TOURISM POLICY
THE possibility of establishing normal relations between the USA and Cuba has always been seen as a potential threat to our tourism industry here in The Bahamas.
EDITORIAL: Mark Humes knows whereof he speaks
ENGLERSTON MP Glenys Hanna-Martin seems to have assumed the role of “point guard” to protect the four-member PLP Opposition in the House of Assembly as she bobs up and down on “points of order”, interrupting the debates of various government members.
EDITORIAL: Bahamians - the future is now up to you
WE recall the colonial days when we would overhear many interesting conversations between Tribune editor Sir Etienne Dupuch and the politicians who would come to call on him at The Tribune.
EDITORIAL: No true democracy without true local government
THE Bahamas often prides itself on being the oldest stable democracy in the Western Hemisphere with a Parliamentary history that dates back to 1729.
EDITORIAL: Who pays the salary of those given jobs to vote?
IN the House of Assembly last week newly elected Long Island MP Adrian Gibson accused the former Christie administration of putting at least 40 persons onto government’s payroll just two weeks before the May 10 election to influence the vote. One of the 40 was hired just the day before the election.
EDITORIAL: Confusion and intrigue in British politics
STUDENTS of British politics are normally taught that the nation’s well established electoral system of first-past-the-post is straightforward and has stood the test of time in the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy.
EDITORIAL: ‘Brave’ Davis’ ‘witch-hunt’ claim
IN the House of Assembly, former deputy prime minister Philip “Brave” Davis, who now leads an Opposition of three, seemed to have left his memory at the door when he entered the chamber last week.
EDITORIAL: All eyes on Dames and Ferreira
EVERY member of the new Cabinet of The Bahamas from the Prime Minister to the most junior Minister of State faces tough times with tight budgets to manage and largely unimaginative cultures to inspire.
Time to act
The country’s finances are in a mess, the people of The Bahamas know this. One of the reasons we now have a new government is because the Bahamian people were tired of the wanton waste of the former administration.
EDITORIAL: Victimisation at NIB – PLP style
OPPOSITION leader Philip “Brave” Davis, and PLP chairman Bradley Roberts seem strangely upset at the Minnis government fulfilling an election promise made to the Bahamian people that should the FNM be entrusted with the administration of government for the next five years, an audit would be done of all government departments.
EDITORIAL: FNM must coax the country back to fiscal health
OBVIOUSLY many PLP leaders have still not grasped the message Bahamians sent them on May 10. Having suffered the worst defeat of any political party in the history of this country, these arrogant politicians still seem to be tone deaf.
EDITORIAL: FNM must coax the country back to fiscal health
OBVIOUSLY many PLP leaders have still not grasped the message Bahamians sent them on May 10. Having suffered the worst defeat of any political party in the history of this country, these arrogant politicians still seem to be tone deaf.
EDITORIAL: Russia and health care dog Trump's presidency
DONALD Trump’s presidency seems so profoundly chaotic and different that it is hard to imagine it somehow fitting into any kind of pattern, either domestically within the United States or in the contemporary world. Perhaps the passage of time may yet weave this administration into some kind of coherent fabric. But for now it still looks dismayingly unique.
EDITORIAL: Historic Nassau - a city in desperate need of saving
WHILE a mostly jubilant public is still congratulating itself, gloating over the vote to throw out the reigning Progressive Liberal Party like a 78rpm vinyl record missing its cover, the clock is ticking quietly and dangerously on one of the most critical issues of the day.
