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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: A not-so-sunny outlook on banking, politics
EVERY now and again, I like to feature Bahamians who are making sense in their everyday lives and offer sensible input in issues of national concern. I have a great appreciate for anyone who speaks from the heart and candidly. Today, one such person is former independent candidate for Bamboo Town Craig Butler, who levelled scathing criticisms at the current government and expressed some disappointment in the mishandling of certain matters of national importance.
Former NBA coach visits Jeff Rodgers basketball camp
FOR the past 26 years, Jeff Rodgers has found a way to motivate and encourage youngsters attending his annual summer basketball camp.
Make Christ king in 2014
By Rev. Canon S. Sebastian Campbell
Chamber to oppose NHI 'fait accompli'
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) will oppose any attempt to ram National Health Insurance (NHI) into being without empirical evidence showing the scheme is sustainable, its chairman said yesterday.
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Pilot’s death in Haiti jail raises questions for Mitchell’s ministry
The tale of the death of Christopher Prescott Adderley, affectionately known as Scottie, in a prison in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, is a harrowing tale of negligence, a callous disregard for the pleas of a distraught mother by the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and has, in the aftermath, left a family grieving and in pursuit of answers.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Who’s to blame for crime? Anyone but Nottage
THIS week, we learned that our Minister of National Security is passing out blame like candy and leadership ambitions brings out the bad here, there and everywhere.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Winners and losers in an action-packed weekend
WHAT a busy weekend it was in the world of sports, locally and internationally.
A LIFE OF CRIME: The wonders and challenges of adolescence
Adolescence is like a new set of clothes: your body is you, it is as perfect as it can be, but with the onset of self-awareness there comes an awkwardness, feelings of uncertainty and self-consciousness.
TOUGH CALL: Rollins takes his place in history of political dissent
DISAGREEMENT in politics is par for the course. It is nothing unusual. Political parties incorporate individuals with different views on various issues, but who join a broad coalition to pursue common interests.
A Comic’s View: Prince is dead, long live the Queen
My high school English teacher at St Andrew’s Gordon Mills (awesome teacher and even better person) had a sign on his desk “Garbage in, garbage out.”
Doctor admits to sex and drugs but denies rape
DR Gerald Forbes told a Supreme Court that he and a woman who has alleged that he raped her were involved in an intimate sexual relationship and that she allegedly inserted abortion tablets into her vagina after becoming pregnant, possibly with his child.
28-member Team Bahamas named for Rio Olympics
Against the backdrop of a $125,000 sponsorship from BTC, the Bahamas Olympic Committee announced a 28-member team to represent the Bahamas at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fitzgerald's failed teachings and the FNM Game of Thrones
ONCE again it pains me to have to make fun of my St Andrew’s schoolmate and former prefect, Minister of Education and Marathon MP the honourable Mr Jerome Fitzgerald.
YOUR SAY: Fighting to save the Bahamian economy
There has been much recent discussion of Bahamian dollar devaluation. At this stage, is seems that it is not a matter of if The Bahamas will suffer devaluation, but when.
THE KDK REPORT: The load we carry
DOCTORS told Emily with a modicum of certainty that she’d never be able to have children. She was 21 at the time. Diagnosed with a severe form of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), her ovaries were inundated with cysts and for months she’d been exhibiting irregular menstration, weight gain and excess body hair. Emily was happy to finally have an answer that adequately explained all her symptoms but the news that she would never have children was devastating.
FRONT PORCH: Failure by political leaders to understand social dysfunction
THE violent crime ravaging New Providence continues unabated. Political leaders and law enforcement are seemingly incapable of offering workable strategies to combat the rate of murder and other crimes.
FRONT PORCH: Getting away with murder and other crimes?
THE multiyear COVID- 19 pandemic exacerbated a perennial criminal justice problem in The Bahamas and many other jurisdictions: the inability to prosecute criminals in a timely (swift), certain and fair manner, encapsulated in the coinage, Swift Justice, the concept of which has its origins in the thinking and research of the late American criminologist Mark Kleiman.
Closing the circle: Getting to the root causes of crime
In recent news headlines, we have seen more than 20 young men being murdered on New Providence in March.
FRONT PORCH: Suggestions to Prime Minister on crime prevention
A JULY 28 column entitled “Getting Away with Murder and Other Crimes?” noted that we have lost much of the plot in our criminal justice system, arguing that the inability of the criminal justice system to try and to punish an offender in a timely manner is one of the reasons for the high level of crime in the country.