INSIGHT: This is only the start - for God’s sake do as you’re told and stay indoors
SINCE the country’s first case of Covid-19 was announced, while the government has done its part in implementing strict legislation to regulate the movement of people, the same can’t be said for many Bahamian citizens. It would seem as though our reaction to impending hurricanes – stocking up on everything we think we need - has given us a similar reflex response to Covid-19, which is a completely different animal.
INSIGHT: A delicate balance of minimising deaths without putting the whole country at risk
THE world, including The Bahamas, has been plunged into a state of fear, insecurity and uncertainty by the coronavirus epidemic. We congratulate our Prime Minister for taking the bold stand of setting up a curfew and restriction of movement in response to this national challenge. A leader must be informed, willing to take risks and, above all, able to exude calm. The Prime Minister fulfilled these three characteristics.
WORLD VIEW: Today’s OAS - run by a few for a few
ON March 20 a reckless and irresponsible General Assembly (GA) was held by the Organization of American States (OAS), putting the health of many at risk and giving an entirely wrong example to the entire world.
INSIGHT: With an economy on its knees, straight-shooter Sol arrived with a dream
Ex Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Sol Kerzner’s contribution to The Bahamas.
INSIGHT: Kerzner's rule was always to 'blow away the customer'
Sol Kerzner can be deemed one of the world’s most advanced and inventive hoteliers. He was the founder of the Southern Sun hotel group, Sun International and Kerzner International, all very successful in the establishment of mega resorts.
INSIGHT: Pray our government is getting this right because the alternative is terrifying
IF there is anything valuable we’ve learned since COVID-19 launched its deadly onslaught on at least 186 countries, amassing more than 276,000 cases and causing over 11,000 deaths, it is that timing is everything. The Bahamas has been blessed with the good fortune of witnessing the mistakes made by other countries and is acting at what may prove to be the optimal time.
INSIGHT: Don’t panic - it’s time to think of others, not just ourselves
AS the nation has watched the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, go from a “foreign virus” that spread through Wuhan, China, with epic speed, inch closer and closer to our shores, it has been unsettling to see it reach 118 countries to date. No doubt, any nation still reeling from the disastrous impact of Hurricane Dorian would have citizens gripped by fear.
WORLD VIEW: Financial measures necessary to ride out this crisis
REGARDLESS of the number of coronavirus cases (COVID-19) that occur in the Caribbean, the economies of each of them, particularly those dependent on tourism, will suffer in the immediate to medium term.
INSIGHT: Stepping in the right direction but challenge is immense
FORMER United Nations President Maria Espinosa has said The Bahamas is on the right track when it comes to the collective global war on climate change.
INSIGHT: When will we wake up and break this vicious cycle that haunts Bahamian women?
SOMEONE once said that being a Bahamian woman was a most difficult thing.
INSIGHT: A haunting story of 39 lost souls
The Bahamas and Haiti have a complicated relationship that spans the scope of centuries.
INSIGHT: We must not turn a blind eye as the body count mounts around us
THE police-involved killing of a young man who was a suspect in a bank robbery last week has likely already fallen off everyone’s radar. And why not – isn’t it just another young thug - just like the rest of them? A bunch of lawless young bandits driving up the crime rate and making our communities less safe? Sure, that’s one way to look at it.
WORLD VIEW: As Haitians suffer the world stays silent
ON February 20, the UN Security Council received a grim report of deteriorating human rights and collapsing rule of law in Haiti. The troubling situation includes widening malnutrition, kidnappings for ransom, rapes and gang violence.
POLICE ADVICE: It’s all our job to keep to keep children safe
It is our job, our duty to keep our children safe. Our responsibility is to teach them basic safety and crime prevention.
WORLD VIEW: Guyana-Venezuela and international law
GLOBAL attention on Guyana has focused on the current campaigning for general elections due on March 2. Reports indicate a vigorous campaign with the country’s newly found resources in oil and gas very much on the minds of the contesting political parties.
