ALICIA WALLACE: Get ready for hurricane season
The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season officially started on Sunday. While this is a reminder that hurricanes are a threat to The Bahamas, it is often not until there a hurricane watch is announced that people begin to prepare. This means preparation is done in rush, under significant pressure, and with limited resources. To avoid the added stress of trying to prepare while in panic mode, it is important that those who are able to actually do take steps to ready their households for potential hurricanes.
PETER YOUNG: King fulfills duty as monarch
In April, I wrote in this column about an extraordinary turnaround in Canadian politics, with the Liberals narrowly winning a general election under a new leader, Mark Carney, despite having been well down against the Conservatives in the polls. The election was dominated by President Trump’s warnings about Canadian independence and analysts believe that what made a major difference was Carney’s focus on standing up to him to protect the nation’s overall interests.
GAIN AN EDGE: Legacy defined by excellence
On Tuesday, May 27, the University of The Bahamas (UB) proudly conferred degrees upon more than 600 graduates during its Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremony, a momentous occasion that celebrated not only their academic achievements, but the enduring spirit of perseverance, purpose, and progress.
DESIREE CORNEILLE: When laws are not enforced, nature pays the price
In The Bahamas, environmental protection is often expressed through community initiatives—beach clean-ups, mangrove and tree planting, awareness campaigns, and marine conservation efforts.
DEREK SMITH: How business compliance, ethics are being redefined
Ethics and compliance are no longer just about avoiding fines or ticking regulatory boxes.
STATESIDE: Of Trump and consequences
During the recent Joe Biden administration, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that Biden had racked up some really significant achievements for which he was given scant credit.
FRONT PORCH: Leo XIV - Global missionary Pope
By vocation and through life and pastoral experience, Pope Leo XIV possesses a missionary heart and zeal.
ALICIA WALLACE: Is sexual violence accepted as just a part of life here?
Was there ever a time that sexual violence against women and girls was shocking?
ERIC WIBERG: Tug that hosted the witnesses to last U-boat attack in 1945
Somewhere in The Bahamas, afloat, aground, or underwater, is a medium-sized tugboat built 80 years ago which was recently confirmed to have hosted the witnesses to the last ever German U-boat attack, in 1945 off Newport, Rhode Island, hours before VE-Day.
DIANE PHILLIPS: I’m leaving home without it – Goodbye American Express
Sometime recently, I apparently received a notice from American Express, or so they tell me. I don’t recall seeing it, but that’s probably because, if they did send it, it did not come with a subject line that hinted at the fact the boom was about to drop.
STATESIDE: Springsteen and Trump trade verbal potshots
Readers may recall that in the waning weeks of last year’s American presidential campaign race, several megastar performers added their voices to the chorus of resistance to the looming prospect of another Donald Trump presidency. Beyonce and Taylor Swift were among these luminaries.
FRONT PORCH: Funky, filthy, feral New Providence
From downtown Nassau to Over-the-Hill to the southern areas of our major island to Fox Hill and throughout, much of New Providence is filthy, derelict, nasty, dirty, and dilapidated.
ALICIA WALLACE: Equal rights, politicians and a host of blame and excuses
Information is at our fingertips at any time of the day, as long as we have access to an internet connection and an internet-enabled device. There is, therefore, no reason for people to publicly discuss issues without getting the information necessary to participate in an educated, productive manner. The other option—which goes without consideration far too often—is to refrain from engaging in public discussion beyond one’s depth as though one is an authority or has more to impart than to learn from others.
PETER YOUNG: Unconventional one-man diplomacy
For those who write regularly about foreign affairs and attempt to analyse complex international issues last week was out of the ordinary.
FACING REALITY: Politics aside, put Bahamians first
I remember being an air traffic controller at the West End International Airport in West End, owned by The Jack Tar Hotel, in 1971, and a control room operator at Bahamas Cement.
