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FRONT PORCH – A culture of violence is metastasizing: Why are we surprised?

WE have gone to bed most evenings and/or have awakened most mornings in the New Year with fresh social media posts and news about the latest murder(s). The killing frenzy – it is not a “spurt” – has surprised many of us. Why are we surprised?

ALICIA WALLACE: If PM doesn’t like the headlines he needs to change the story

I HAVE taken issue with many headlines for various reasons, from being sensational to the point of misleading anyone who started and stopped there to the use of inappropriate language such as “unlawful sexual intercourse” instead of clear, correct language like “rape".

FRONT PORCH: Signs of failure and dysfunction still plague us

Last year there were 103 homicides in Greater London, with a population of approximately 8.9 million. The Bahamas, with approximately 400,000 people, had 110 murders, the majority of them on New Providence, with a population of approximately 300,000. Stabbing accounted for 65.05 percent of the homicides in London. The greater majority of homicides in The Bahamas are caused by guns.

An unrelenting dilemma

“One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.”

Overcoming crime and the feat of crime

By Dr. Raymond Wells

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: A lack of accountability

TODAY, as I write this column, I find myself questioning: ‘Is the Bahamas truly a country only for friends, families and lovers of politicians and the politically connected?’

TOUGH CALL: The threat of wildlife trade

If you are like most Bahamians, you probably don’t know or care much about iguanas.

DRUM UP THE SPIRIT AND PUT INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS IN TOP GEAR

By Rev Canon S. Sebastian Campbell

YOUR SAY: Strategies to combat crime in The Bahamas

CRIME in The Bahamas is at unacceptable levels. But what do we mean by “crime”?

NASSAU LIFE: Time to face up to mortality

The aged and infirm are shockingly neglected in The Bahamas - and any NHI scheme must address the provision of hospice care, Richard Coulson says.

SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: If we build it they will play. And live

AS I look around the landscape of my beloved Bahamaland, it’s not hard to see that bloodstains, heartache and death are part of the scenery. Sadly, many of our youth are being lost to the coroner or the penal system daily.

A LIFE OF CRIME: A chance to rise from the tomb of crime

RECENT posts by contributors to A Life of Crime are overwhelmingly asking for something to be done. “Enough talk!” they write.

A LIFE OF CRIME: The first five years

THE rising tide of serious crime in the Bahamas has reached the point at which a national debate is required to help solve the blight on society.

POLITICOLE: Low quality of life reflects poor education of Bahamians

IF you want to know about the real economic welfare of Bahamians in The Bahamas, take a complete tour of New Providence island, since this island represents The Bahamas’ greatest “development”.

YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: BOB's lucrative partnership poses questions on ethics

YET again, the Bank of the Bahamas’ (BOB) corporate governance is requiring more scrutiny with the bank’s partnership with the Brickell Management Group, the management company for Venetian West, which is a gated community development purportedly headed by Island Luck owner Sebas Bastian. According to representatives of the management company, their partnership with the Bank of the Bahamas (BOB) will result in that credit facility providing an “exclusive” financing package for potential buyers.

A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Once again, MPs fail to obey law on disclosures

MUCH like in previous years, we see widespread lawbreaking by lawmakers who have yet again failed to abide by the law that mandates that they file annual financial declarations.

STATESIDE: GOP failing to prove President connected to son’s misdeeds

LET’S talk a bit this morning about Hunter Biden. He’s been in the news again recently, as a reported plea deal collapsed that would have indemnified him against future prosecution. The Justice Department has appointed the US Attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, as a special counsel to now pursue the legal investigation of Hunter Biden.

THE KDK REPORT: The resident on call, and the dangers of motorcycles

I once worked at a prestigious hospital in New York and there were many days when I tracked how many times I walked up and down the stairs from the residents’ lounge to various parts of the hospital. Sometimes I timed myself.

FRONT PORCH: Managing a crisis while building the future

IN an April 2020 Wall Street Journal article entitled, “The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order”, Henry Kissinger advised world leaders of the crises the pandemic might unleash and the urgent need to meet the complex of challenges with clarity and imagination.

Hubert Ingraham on the wrong side of history

North Abaco voters were unable to resist the blandishments of the new PLP government on Monday, and the by-election was a replay of what happened when former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling resigned in 1997.

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