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Why the hold-up in turning college into a university?

RECENTLY, I caught the tail-end of a polite rant on JCN-TV by College of the Bahamas professor Nicollette Bethel. She was lamenting the fact that the College's move towards university status has stalled, threatening dire consequences for the future of the

Why the hold-up in turning college into a university?

RECENTLY, I caught the tail-end of a polite rant on JCN-TV by College of the Bahamas professor Nicollette Bethel. She was lamenting the fact that the College's move towards university status has stalled, threatening dire consequences for the future of the

Airport issues must be addressed

THIS TIME, next week a new Government of the Bahamas will have been elected.

Britons cry for return of death penalty

Britons cry for return of death penalty WHILE the Bahamas government, in an attempt to crack down on crime, this year made life sentences for murder mean just that -- "the remaining years of a convicted person's life" - there was an uproar in England when

Greek austerity meeting postponed again

Greek austerity meeting postponed again Greece's prime minister negotiated late into the night Tuesday with the country's international creditors, finalizing a proposal for new austerity measures to avoid a disastrous bankruptcy. Prime Minister Lucas Pap

America wrestling with changing notions of race

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million - at least 1 in 14 - went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as "Arab," "Haitian," "Mexican" and "mu

BISHOP ELLIS IS RIGHT - SOCIAL ILLS MEAN DESTRUCTION

BISHOP ELLIS IS RIGHT - SOCIAL ILLS MEAN DESTRUCTION IN THIS column yesterday, we jested about Bishop Neil Ellis' theatrical announcement of how, as God's chosen messenger, he was sent to warn Bahamians that the world's three greatest vices, in the form

Will Greece decide the fate of the Bahamas?

Will Greece decide the fate of the Bahamas? "Like frogs we have settled on the shores of this sea," wrote Plato in describing the early beginnings of ancient Greece and its people who inhabited the shores of the Aegean Sea and over the centuries exported

Union leaders meet today with Labour Minister

Union leaders meet today with Labour Minister LEADERS of the Bahamas Customs and Immigration Allied Workers Union are scheduled to meet with Labour Minister Dion Foulkes this morning to clarify what their lawyer, Obie Ferguson, is now dismissing as a "mi

Union leaders meet today with Labour Minister

Union leaders meet today with Labour Minister LEADERS of the Bahamas Customs and Immigration Allied Workers Union are scheduled to meet with Labour Minister Dion Foulkes this morning to clarify what their lawyer, Obie Ferguson, is now dismissing as a "mi

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