WORLD VIEW: Breaking the chains of poverty - A need for political will
The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding adversary, sowing division and instability in a world already grappling with profound economic, social, and environmental challenges.
Protecting casinos against financial crime exploitation
Casinos are high-risk institutions when it comes to exploitation by money launderers due to the volume of cash transactions, their global clientele, and the ease of blending legitimate funds with illicit proceeds.
ERIC WIBERG: The fire that devoured the SS Yarmouth Castle
The steam passenger ship SS Yarmouth Castle was halfway through The Bahamas in 1965 when poor management practices on an old ship created an explosion of flames which effected 500 participants, leaving 90 dead.
DIANE PHILLIPS: There’s just something about the holidays that brings hope for the future and longing for the past
It’s funny how the mind works. How you can want something to happen a certain way tomorrow and in the same instant, wish it could be the way it was in the past.
Balancing strength training and skill development during the off-season
AS the competitive season winds down and athletes shift focus to off-season preparation, many wonder how to strike the right balance between strength training and skill development.
STATESIDE: Biden showing his age as he heads toward exit
One president is exiting the White House amid increasing reports of his frailty. His successor is riding high. What does it all mean?
FRONT PORCH: Seeing through new eyes
This column is dedicated to all parents and families with newborn infants.
ALICIA WALLACE: Avoid gifting frustrations
The holiday season is here and with it comes the frustrations of increased traffic and difficulty managing limited budgets and unlimited needs.
PETER YOUNG: Fall of a tyrant
SO much has been written and broadcast about the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that it might be useful today to isolate the main points of a crisis that has developed so fast.
THE KDK REPORT: ‘Tis the season
As a young child, every Christmas morning I walked as quickly as my little legs would allow, headed with all the speed I could muster toward our living room. I walked as if there were a treasure waiting just for me and I walked so quickly I might as well have been running. The last Christmas I ran, I tripped and scraped my knee on our tile floor. It was a lesson well-learned. In the front right corner of our living room stood a modest fir Christmas tree adorned with large red bows, hand-painted ornaments and a white-robed angel on top. The warm lights glistened and for a child, many times just sitting there in the dead of night, it felt like I was looking directly at the stars.
SIR RONALD SANDERS: Let the asylum seekers go
The government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has steadfast support from many friends in the Caribbean and other parts of the world, despite numerous allegations of violations of international law, aggressive acts toward its neighbour Guyana, and intolerance of political dissent.
STATESIDE: Voters chose change, so there will be change
TRADITIONALLY in the US, after a presidential election, the incumbent remains clearly in power until handing off to his successor on January 20.
FRONT PORCH: Tidings of comfort and joy
Tidings is an archaic or literary term for news.
DEREK SMITH: How your company builds an anti-corruption culture
Bribery and corruption are pervasive risks that undermine governance, distort market fairness and erode public trust in businesses.
WORLD VIEW: CARICOM members states unified in support of Ramdin
The election of a new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), scheduled for March 10, 2025, represents a pivotal moment not only for the organization but also for the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
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