Lighthouses & shipwrecks of Bird Rock Light, Fortune Island
THE Pall Mall Gazette in 1878 focused on recent lighthouse expenditures, which rose “on account of the construction of Bird Rock Lighthouse in the Bahamas.” Why spend so much money on a remote pile or rock built atop a remote rock, taxpayers asked their government in London. The expenses considerably exceeded the estimate granted.
Outrage over chief’s words a wake-up call
THIS is not the column I intended to write, which was going to be light-hearted and fun about the days when the music we listened to had words we could understand and when songs had lyrics you memorized. When you knew every word and could relate to the love or anguish it belted.
Empire Sports Medicine Series: When your sport becomes part of who you are
EVERY year, athletes across The Bahamas experience some version of the same story.
Front Porch: FNM in the wilderness
IN AN in-depth analysis in The Bulwark on why Kamala Harris lost her bid for the US presidency in 2024, the campaign’s Deputy Campaign Manager, Rob Flaherty, offered powerful insights applicable to the Free National Movement’s (FNM) failure to win the recent general election.
Stateside: 23rd World Cup in the Americas
THE 2026 World Cup starts this afternoon. It’s the 23rd quadrennial edition of the world’s greatest sports competition.
“Injured? Stay active the smart way.”
Here’s the tricky thing about injuries: they make people swing to extremes.
Fight, negotiate or co-operate: What's next for 'Player' Gardiner?
As Jonathan Gardiner sits in his New York jail cell contemplating his future, there appear to be a limited number of options open for the already convicted cocaine trafficker widely known as ‘Player.’
WORLD VIEW: Language is infrastructure
Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean.
BEYOND THE BORDER: The clock is ticking - navigating missteps, reinstatements, and the point of no return
In the February 2026 regulatory environment, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is no longer a passive database—it is an active enforcement tool.
Tendering, Transparency and the Public Hospitals Authority
Most people judge a hospital by the doctors they meet, the nurses who care for them, or the treatment they receive in an emergency. But behind every functioning hospital is something far less visible — a quiet supply chain that keeps the entire healthcare system alive.
STATESIDE: Outrage over IRS immunity deal for Trump family
BY now we’re accustomed to almost unimaginably outrageous initiatives from the current Donald Trump administration in Washington DC, and the week just past brought some new ones to the headlines, while revealing more shocking details about some other ideas the president is reportedly pondering.
FRONT PORCH: From energy reform to energy collapse and failure
In its election Blueprint for Change in 2021, the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) promised
ALICIA WALLACE: A decade past the vote, and Bahamian women still unequal
JUNE 7, 2026 will mark 10 years since the referendum on issues of gender inequality in citizenship and sex-based discrimination in the constitution.
STATESIDE: Of wars and history - where does Trump go from here?
THE IRAN War started 13 weeks ago. A decades long standoff between Iran and the US began with the Iranian revolution that overthrew the Shah’s royal regime in 1979.
FRONT PORCH: Which way now? FNM needs period of discernment and dialogue
FOLLOWING its second consecutive general election loss, the Free National Movement (FNM) needs a period of discernment and dialogue.
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