INSIGHT: Building a Bahamas for the 21st century
Alfred Sears has returned to frontline politics in the Bahamas, he says, “at a time of great challenges”. Here he offers his detailed plan for the country’s future.
RICHARD COULSON – Parliamentary Privilege: the right to talk nonsense
MARATHON MP and Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald has been wrapping his rugged frame in the mantle of Parliamentary Privilege (PP), enshrined in English law since the Bill of Rights of 1689 and governing procedures not only in the House of Commons but also in the US Congress and our House of Assembly.
WORLD VIEW: New energy needed in the Caribbean
The transformation of the energy sector in Caribbean countries is the key to improving the economies of all of them.
INSIGHT: Izmirlian deserves a second chance with Baha Mar
Ishmael Lightbourne makes a plea to the government to broker a deal over the stalled mega resort for the good of the country . . .
YOUR SAY: Reforming the education system is vital for future development
EDUCATION is the universal process of imparting knowledge, values, skills and attributes which can be beneficial to an individual and their surroundings. Learning is the process of adopting knowledge, values and skills.
WORLD VIEW: A world according to Trump
DONALD Trump’s Foreign Policy speech on April 27 did not once mention the Caribbean.
NASSAU LIFE: An everyday story of Bahamian issues
Richard Coulson offers a succinct (and opinionated) summary of the recent spate of hot news topics.
INSIGHT: Cross the ‘pond’ for better university options
Bahamian students are looking beyond north America to further their education these days. Alexander Hawkins canvasses views of British universities as a viable alternative.
WORLD VIEW: Good sense on drugs absent at the U.N.
For a brief moment it appeared that good sense would prevail and the international community would ditch the failed “war on drugs” policy. But all hopes were dashed at the United Nations General Assembly special session on drugs (UNgass) last week in New York.
INSIGHT: Saints or sinners? The real story of caring for HIV and AIDS patients
After the US State Department’s report last week accused a Bahamian care institution of neglect and inadequate medical provision, Ava Turnquest, Tribune Chief Reporter, paid a visit. She gained a very different impression.
INSIGHT: National Development - Bahamians need transparency
Our attention was piqued by the National Development Plan, or better yet, the travesty that took place at the College of the Bahamas (COB) Library last week.
INSIGHT - WORLD VIEW: No quick fix in Haiti
Peace and development will be endangered in Haiti if the United States and other nations insist that the interim government holds the second round of a truncated election for a President of the republic without a verification process of the first round that took place on October 25 last year.
INSIGHT: Who is really footing the $6m bill for the IDB conference?
Stanley Cartwright says hosting the IDB conference last week at the Baha Mar Convention Centre was simple political expediency by the Prime Minister.
WORLD VIEW: The lessons of Panama and its papers
The names of persons implicated in the leak of the so-called “Panama Papers” earlier this month reads like a Who’s Who of the politically powerful in many parts of the world.
INSIGHT: Whispering campaign is becoming too loud to ignore
Cassius Stuart was only saying what many members of the Free National Movement are saying in private about the party’s leader. Stanley Cartwright suggests it’s time for Dr Minnis to do the honourable thing and stand aside.
