EDITORIAL: Lack of insurance revives BAMSI memories
THE admission that the contractor responsible when roof trusses at a school collapsed did not have a written contract or insurance is prompting a sense of déjà vu.
EDITORIAL: We must not open door to vigilante action
THE announcement that a man who is deemed a significant risk to public safety will be released from prison today is concerning in a number of ways.
EDITORIAL: Study not first to show marital violence
THE statistics should be shocking. Certainly, the outcome of a study revealed by the University of The Bahamas is outrageous – that married Bahamian women are more likely to experience “non-consensual sexual intercourse” with their partners than Bahamian women who are single.
EDITORIAL: Residents deserve the truth
IN today’s Tribune, we report further on the potential contamination of groundwater in Nicholls Town, North Andros – with the remarkable update that the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection is packing its bags to go and assess the site nearly 20 months after the oil leak there.
EDITORIAL: Back to school, a fresh opportunity
IN today’s Tribune, we publish our Back to School supplement – as parents, schools, teachers and all associated prepare for a return to the classroom.
EDITORIAL: Downtown demolitions welcome
THE start of demolition in the downtown area – getting rid of buildings that are nothing more than an eyesore these days – is both welcome and overdue.
EDITORIAL: Solve GB puzzle - and fine polluters
WHERE is the oil plaguing Grand Bahama’s seas and beaches coming from?
EDITORIAL: Dangers lie ahead as a solution must be found
THE situation in Haiti continues to cause grave concern for the nation itself and the region at large.
EDITORIAL: Justice must be given a chance in Cornish case
THIS morning, Kirk Cornish MP is to be charged with sexual assault and threats of death.
EDITORIAL: Govt following the law ‘a work in progress’
WHEN the current administration came into power, it failed to publish contracts that it handed out despite that being the law of the land.
EDITORIAL: Have we committed troop support to Haiti?
THE announcement of The Bahamas’ willingness to deploy 150 personnel to Haiti to support a multi-national force there is remarkable in many ways, and with ramifications both locally and internationally.
EDITORIAL: Defend against criminals, not criticism
IN THIS column last week, we considered an article published by the Washington Post on human smuggling in The Bahamas – the government has now caught up.
EDITORIAL: Davis needs more than a dead cat to deflect
THE former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson – whose fall from grace was swift, it must be noted – once penned an article in which he described a strategy to use when the argument is being lost.
EDITORIAL: What will we do with human trafficking in our country?
WHEN The Bahamas makes international news, the spotlight is seldom kind.
EDITORIAL: Review welcome, but Bell absent
IT SEEMS almost inconceivable that Keith Bell will keep his job after yesterday’s developments in the ongoing row over issues at immigration.
