Letters to the Editor

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?

Letter: A court order cannot settle the education dispute

The Supreme Court’s intervention in the dispute between the Government and the Bahamas Educators Managerial Union should allow public schools to resume normal operations.

Letter: What happens to dogs once they are trapped? The public deserves answers

I am writing this letter with deep anger, sadness, and genuine concern about what is currently happening to stray dogs throughout New Providence. The Ministry of Agriculture is reportedly setting traps in various communities to capture stray dogs. But what happens after these animals are trapped? That is the question that needs to be answered publicly.

Letter: Lost to history

IN a recent conversation with a well-known Bahamian cultural icon, among the various points reviewed was the traditional West African game of Wari (Warri, Oware, Awale) --- once played in over-the-hill areas by Bahamian men.

Letter: The integrity and decorum of the Parliament of the Bahamas must be upheld and maintained

AFTER viewing the most recent clip of the proceedings of the Lower House of Parliament in which there was an exchange between the Honourable Speaker and the Member of Parliament for Long Island, I am enjoined again to write about the place where the people’s business is conducted and is always priority.

Letter: Fighting for safety

AFTER viewing the most recent clip of the proceedings of the Lower House of Parliament in which there was an exchange between the Honourable Speaker and the Member of Parliament for Long Island, I am enjoined again to write about the place where the people’s business is conducted and is always priority.

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