Letters: A voice for truth is silent
AFTER the air waves were liberated and private radio was ushered into existence, many Bahamians found their voices, voices which had been long silent. Firstly-but not in any particular order-were J T Lewis street, Pumpkin eater, and Braman Darling Ferguson.
Letters: A voice for truth is silent
AFTER the air waves were liberated and private radio was ushered into existence, many Bahamians found their voices, voices which had been long silent. Firstly-but not in any particular order-were J T Lewis street, Pumpkin eater, and Braman Darling Ferguson.
Letters: Parliament must act now on disability reform
There is a cost to delaying disability reform, and it is paid by people whose lives are already complicated by barriers others barely notice.
Letters: The need for genuine connections in family and society
THE governments proposed “Older Persons Rights, Protection, Care and Support Bill” is supposed to place a general duty on the next of kin to ensure that older persons can sustain an appropriate standard of living.
Letters: When will Pride Bahamas start agitating for same-sex marriage?
OVER the past holiday weekend Pride Bahamas held a slew of events in Nassau under the auspicious of the United Caribbean Trans Network.
Letters: A prison sentence must not become a medical gamble
When a family learns that someone has died in prison custody, grief comes with questions most families never have to ask. Who was looking after him? Did anyone hear his complaints? Was the help he needed available when it mattered?
Letters: Electric power cut to the main shopping district, why?
I appreciate the space provided to me at this juncture to vent on an issue dear to our hearts and for which we have been receiving the same short circuit suspension of our Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) connectivities.
Letters: No one is coming to rescue us!
PREVIOUS letters to this column have progressively documented our national decline. They have catalogued failing institutions, collapsing infrastructure, and a citizenry too comfortable to notice.
Letter: What are airport users being called on to pay?
The current debate over airport and aviation charges raises a broader question that deserves a clear public answer
Letters: Transparency critical to balancing airport upgrades and affordability
THE RECENT reporting concerning proposed new and increased airport fees for North Eleuthera, Governor’s Harbour and Exuma raises important questions that deserve careful consideration before the proposed January 1, 2027, implementation.
Letters: Dorian must be remembered through greater readinessLetters:
Seven years after Hurricane Dorian, the grief remains deeply personal for many Bahamian families.
Letters: Calls for urgent action as teachers and government clash
I write with a heavy heart and a sense of frustration over yet another dispute involving the Government and teachers, highlighted by this morning’s article under the headline, “Court orders administration back to work, hours after students were sent home.”
Letters: Five-Star Dilemma
I feel the need to add my two cents to this loosely used term “Five Star Restaurant.” I have been in the hospitality industry for 60 years. I’ve had the opportunity to work in Five Star Restaurants back in the day, when gourmet service was the order of the day and waiters wore tuxedos and white gloves. I wonder if some of these people who are talking five star ever been in a five star restaurant?
Letters: For What World Are We Preparing Our Students?
ONE of the most important questions we can ask about education today is deceptively simple: for what world are we preparing our students?
Letter: God save our youth, God bless The Bahamas
EACH week, the headlines force us to pause and grieve. Reports of gun violence, young men lost to the streets, and families shattered have become too familiar. Many Bahamians are asking the same painful question: what is happening to our young people, and especially our young men?
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