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EDITORIAL: Bahamians want answers from the FNM
IN moving into the future, it is important to understand why the FNM swept the polls in last Wednesday’s general election, almost eliminating this country’s first political party. According to Leslie Miller, former PLP MP for Tall Pines, the PLP were wiped out because of the hatred for former prime minister Perry Christie.
EDITORIAL: Today Bahamians decide their government
IT is indeed a tragedy when a people become so devoid of moral fibre that they can no longer distinguish between right and wrong.
TOUGH CALL: Tourism officials feel the heat from Fyre Festival chaos
SOME may recall a parody celebration called Festivus from the 1990s American sitcom, Seinfeld. It included a feast, feats of strength, and the labelling of ordinary events as miracles.
The NHI scheme
NHI - the brilliance but mass stupidity in the whole proposal.
The Disenfranchised: Fatherless, on the streets and drifting into gang life
IN the ghetto/inner city, the stories are similar but yet each has such distinct details which makes them so interesting.
WORLD VIEW: Debt strangling a Caribbean generation
There is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states will have lost the first three decades of the 21st century and foregone opportunities for poverty reduction, transformation and growth.
16 arrests as police seize firearms in special operations
FIFTEEN men and one woman have been arrested over the weekend for illegal firearms and ammunition possession in special operations in Nassau, police are reporting.
Stop a repeat of 1987 vote
THERE are reports that voting at the advanced polls at the Kendal G L Isaacs National Gymnasium got off to a rocky start.
Hearing for pair in $390,000 drugs case
A NEW fixture hearing date has been scheduled for a man and woman awaiting trial in connection with a recent major drug seizure.
The lie of free NHI care
NHI…has the programme taken away ‘Free Medical Care’ for our old people?
Exuma ‘deserted island’, says $100m Fyre Fest lawsuit
The negative Fyre Festival fall-out intensified yesterday as a Hollywood celebrity attorney described Exuma as a “dangerous, deserted island” in a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages from the organisers.
Woman on drug charge is granted bail
A WOMAN recently charged in connection with a major drug seizure was granted bail in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Two held for drug possession
TWO men were arrested for drug possession in separate incidents on Saturday.
Jamaican woman begs for 'lenience' before drug smuggling sentence
A JAMAICAN woman begged a Magistrate for "lenience" before being sentenced to over a year in prison for smuggling over three pounds of drugs into the Bahamas inside of her abdomen.
Two arrested as marijuana worth nearly $400,000 seized
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler said authorities are concerned about the level of drug trafficking taking place within local communities following the seizure of nearly $400,000 worth of marijuana in the Big Pond area yesterday morning.
Five taxi drivers and watercraft operators are accused of supplying cocaine on Paradise Island
FIVE taxi drivers and watercraft operators were remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of soliciting patrons and supplying cocaine on Paradise Island.
The Disenfranchised: Reality of life on the streets in Nassau
Growing up in the inner city (ghetto) I have had the experience of knowing what it is to be living below the poverty line, to have a wall literally separate me from what was considered then as the upper class in this country. I know what it feels like to not belong or be a part of the country I know as home.
Cut in US funds for HIV relief to have ‘no impact’
THE termination of American HIV/AIDS relief funding for the country this year will have no impact on local efforts to combat the disease, Minister of Health Dr Perry Gomez insisted yesterday.
Facility planned to keep juveniles separate from adult offenders
IF re-elected to office, the Progressive Liberal Party plans to establish a “juvenile system and rehabilitation facility” to ensure that juvenile offenders charged with serious crimes are “separated” from adult criminals and other juvenile offenders. As part of its efforts to fight crime, the PLP also plans to establish a new probation and parole programme so that “in all cases, persons are not incarcerated where there is no need for incarceration”.
Bereaved mother turns grief into inspiration
As she struggled to find her way through the grief of losing her daughter Meah 10 years ago, Tina Klonaris-Robinson developed a love for inspirational speaking and painting.