INSIGHT: We’ll all be winners if we each do what we can in the fight against COVID
This weekend brought us a sight of what could have been us in the continuing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
INSIGHT: Science is the way forward
The Bahamas, like the rest of the world, should realise by now that COVID-19 and its effects are going to be around for some time and as such we should be finding a way to live with it.
WORLD VIEW: Dodging the China question
OF all the questions that both Kamala Harris and Mike Pence dodged during the US Vice Presidential debate on October 7, the most revealing concerned China.
INSIGHT: Chantal is just like many Bahamian women. She had simple goals in life - study hard, find a good job, meet a nice guy and settle down.
Not much to ask for but sadly for too many women in our society today that simple dream can end in tears
I met D when I was a student at College of The Bahamas. Both of us were doing evening classes because we worked during the day. Since we were both in the business department, we had more than one class together the semester we met. We got to know each other when we were in the same group for a project. I saw he was very smart and he was always friendly toward me.
INSIGHT: Poetic justice, maybe? Either way, Trump contracting COVID-19 does not bode well for The Bahamas
IN the same week when US President Donald Trump may have upped it a notch in becoming the most vilified man in the world, equally as shocking as his behaviour during the first presidential debate was the news that came early Friday morning. The American President tested positive for COVID-19.
WORLD VIEW: Caribbean wouldn’t tolerate external interference on Republics
OF all the fanciful reasons imputed to the decision of the government to make Barbados a Republic, shedding its monarchical status with Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State, the most surprising has come from the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat.
INSIGHT: If they’re only in it for themselves, then who has our best interests at heart?
MORE than nine months ago, disaffected Member of Parliament for Golden Isles, Vaughn Miller resigned from the governing Free National Movement.
INSIGHT: Let’s pick up the pace and get the work done now: Why are we waiting?
The transformation of the city of Nassau might seem slow in coming, but the work of the Downtown Nassau Partnership cannot go unnoticed. Slowly but steadily Nassau is being moved from a sleepy town into a world-classed port area for post-COVID tourists, be they here on business or vacation. The work will require a focus on culture and heritage, a physical redevelopment and a systematic effort to remake the city’s image.
WORLD VIEW: Has the time come for Caribbean republics?
IN 1994, shortly after Antigua and Barbuda and Cuba established diplomatic relations, Fidel Castro and Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Lester Bird, had a memorable conversation in Havana.
INSIGHT: It's time people grew up and really throw themselves at this problem
OVER the past ten months, more than 30 million people have contracted COVID-19 and just over three percent – almost one million people - have died as a result.
INSIGHT: Did we miss out on the health deal of a lifetime?
FOR decades, Princess Margaret Hospital has struggled to provide a first-class health service for the thousands of patients it cares for.
INSIGHT: When a vaccine arrives we have to ensure it is available to all
FOR anyone who still resisted the idea we may be in a tough stretch for the remainder of this year, next year and potentially beyond, hopefully you heard Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar’s thoughts on when we would return to pre-COVID tourism success. His response, though indecisive, was much more measured than the last time he offered his thoughts.
WORLD VIEW: Internal strife making Guyana a continuing regional problem
ONCE again, Guyana is causing regional and international worry following two sets of killings of young men (two of African origin and two of Indian origin) that have sparked the flames of communal violence and threaten to engulf the country.
INSIGHT: We won’t survive keeping our fingers crossed and just hoping for the best
IF someone told you last year that the next 365 days would be filled with some of the most devastating circumstances to ever befall our nation, it is doubtful one would have been able to conjure up the calamities we’ve witnessed. Even for the most astute, envisaging a global pandemic on the heels of a natural disaster of cataclysmic proportions may have been a stretch. Yet, that is where we are one year after Hurricane Dorian.
INSIGHT: Every parent is facing the same agonising question - is school safe?
It was a very different start to the school year this time.
