GAIN AN EDGE – Making college possible: a parent’s perspective
From experience, Charlotte Knowles-Thompson will tell you that you can afford college with careful planning.
WORLD VIEW: Political leadership in the Caribbean
The remarks in this commentary were spoken in a television interview in Grenada on the day that Fidel Ruz Castro, the former President of Cuba, died. The discussion centred on whether contemporary Caribbean leaders lacked the courage that previous leaders, such as Castro, displayed.
INSIGHT: PLP’s triumphant show of style over substance
Malcom J Strachan has a different take on Michael Halkitis’ ‘that’s where da VAT money gone’ mantra . . .
WORLD VIEW: President Trump’s policies and the Caribbean
THE President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, is systematically implementing the pledges he made during the Presidential election campaign.
GAIN AN EDGE: Sustaining growth in higher education
Marcellus Taylor, Deputy Director, Planning and Development with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology gives his perspective on growth in and improvement of higher education.
INSIGHT: A challenge to a new generation of Bahamians
George A Smith addressed a special assembly of the Charles I Gibson Senior High School on the importance of Majority Rule last week . . .
INSIGHT: Why The Donald’s way is not everyone’s way
Richard Coulson looks at what the inauguration of President Trump might mean for the US and the Bahamas . . .
INSIGHT: Send hardcore criminals to Family Island prison
Former Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Thompson concludes his series on policing in the Bahamas by examing the rehabilitation of offenders.
GAIN AN EDGE: Why diversified education is key to social equity
Failure to have both TVET and traditional academics available in all school programmes is a disservice to our children and country, says Remiska Wildgoose, English instructor at BTVI . . .
INSIGHT: Real investment in people
An object lesson in unlocking potential and banishing fear of failure
Sancheska Dorsett finds the Bahamas has much to learn when it comes to progressive entrepreneurial spirit after her visit to Israel . . .
WORLD VIEW: The end of ‘wet foot-dry foot’ is a parting gift - for whom?
Tomas Regalado, the Mayor of Miami - long a hot bed for Cuban exiles - has described as a “parting gift” the decision of the waning Obama administration to end the United States’ ‘wet foot-dry foot’ policy toward Cubans seeking entry to the country. The question is: a parting gift to whom?
INSIGHT: Britain faces difficult balancing act over EU exit
Peter Young finds Britain’s future with Europe top of the agenda after a holiday in England . . .
INSIGHT: The role of police in general elections
Former Assistant Police Comm-issioner Paul Thompson explains why officers must not allow personal political preferences or associations to affect their professional duty . . .
GAIN AN EDGE: A university degree in the comfort of home
The best of all worlds is now available to students righton their doorstep, says the University of The Bahamas . . .
INSIGHT: A deal to truly tax our belief
Waiving VAT for the Chinese in order to get Baha Mar completed reveals the Government’s duplicitous treatment of “ungrateful” Bahamians, Malcom J Strachan says . . .
