THE KDK REPORT: Robbed of a lifetime’s memories, slowly slipping away
I’M OFTEN asked by friends, patients and family members alike what I consider the most frightening, the most difficult or the most agonizing of all medical conditions that I’ve seen throughout my career. In every case they were, as I assume you will be, surprised to hear my response.
INSIGHT: Don’t be dazzled by the show - it’s substance we need
IF you somehow missed Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ announcement, then the forest of signs that appeared overnight on the roads would soon have told you the election is coming.
THE KDK REPORT: A simple test can save a life and not just leave you with memories
There is a line in Les Misérables wherein one of the characters affirms there is often a grief that can’t be spoken and the pain goes on and on.
WORLD VIEW: Are people in the Caribbean becoming architects of their own destruction?
THE question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the region’s destruction?
INSIGHT: A family holiday which turned into a Bahamian nightmare
What started out as a vacation in paradise for Rui Hao and his family and friends turned into a total nightmare.
INSIGHT: We’ve got the vaccines but need to do a much better job persuading the public to take them
THE arrival of more vaccines and more assurances will bolster our supply before the year’s end is certainly good news. However, with a void the size of the Grand Canyon in the government’s communication and vaccine education machinery, vaccination hesitancy may still prevail. If it does, you can bet the people of The Bahamas will lose handily.
WORLD VIEW: Rethink full membership of CARICOM to make it effective
Almost 80 years ago, Jamaica’s Norman Manley asked a question that has been echoing throughout the 12 independent English-Speaking Caribbean countries that form the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
INSIGHT: Vaccinations are still a personal choice - but for how much longer?
DESPITE a third tranche of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine landing on our shores last week, the country is still far behind in the race to increase vaccination uptake and fend off this third surge of COVID-19.
WORLD VIEW: In praise of a black Caribbean woman
CARICOM should be proud of the success of a Caribbean woman who was at the centre of the effort to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.
INSIGHT: Public mistrust of the Health Ministry’s leadership continues to prove a fatal mistake
IT CAN be easy for people to believe the times are not perilous. Perhaps it’s the freedom to travel to places that are either faring better in terms of vaccinations, or whose people are apt to take more risk. It may also be the fatigue of living under such strict confinement for 16 months wears you down to the point of carelessness.
INSIGHT: ‘Look at me! Can’t you see the Grim Reaper beside me?’
A gang “general” has given The Tribune an insight into the background behind the recent spate of killings which have left the blood of young men running in our streets.
INSIGHT: He’s no longer centre stage but the bite’s still there
As far as former Cabinet Minister Loftus Roker is concerned, “anything” is better at governing The Bahamas than the current Minnis Administration.
WORLD VIEW: Cuba could help US normalise relations
ALL may not be lost in the efforts to improve relations between the government of Cuba and the Biden Administration in the US, despite the rhetoric – most of it emanating from the Cuban government in the wake of protests by thousands across the island.
INSIGHT: The Great Betrayal
The Bahamas Court of Appeal is to be praised for an exemplary display of courage and independence in delivering its landmark ruling confirming the right of all unwed Bahamians to pass citizenship to their children at birth in the Shannon Rolle case. This should resolve generational inhumanity and injustice for thousands of Bahamians.
INSIGHT: Just look at the COVID numbers - these are dangerous times
WHILE many countries have been rolling back restrictions in recent weeks, many are becoming worried this may be a short-lived reprieve if cases of the Delta variant continue to spread quicker than people are becoming vaccinated. As for The Bahamas, COVID-19 is still spreading at a disconcerting rate with a spike in COVID-related deaths since April. The Ministry of Health confirmed there were 17 additional deaths in the country during this period, increasing the suspicion the Delta variant is here already.
