Writing about the necessity of change, Fikayo Adeyemo, President of Precepts of Life Ministry, Inc. noted that change is one of the fundamental principles of created life. He proposed that change was ordained by the Almighty himself as the path to growth and survival. Adeyemo notes: “Unfortunately, the problem is that we only pay lip […]
I was recently visiting a friend in an over-the-hill community who owns a small business when a young boy walked in to make a purchase. Shortly after, a man walked in. Recognizing the boy, the man said to him, “I just saw your daddy the other day and he asked me how you are doing.” […]
Are you crying about the state of our country today? You might be excused because there is a lot going on that’s worth a sea of tears. The gun is gaining a terrible imperium in our capital, obviously determined that a river of blood will become the insignia of its rule. How many vigils do […]
“I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.” ~ Terence Any mother will tell you, you don’t have to teach your child to be bad. That instinct comes naturally. No one has to teach a child to lie or be selfish. Instead, one has to go to great lengths to teach children, […]
Batten down the hatches, Bahamians! Today, our fiscal ship finds itself in grave danger. Burdened by a heavy cargo of national debt, MV Bahamas Economy is struggling to stay afloat in a sea-churning hurricane born out of years of wrong-headed navigation by captain and crews using faulty planning maps and integrity compasses, broken by self-interest. […]
The principle of seedtime and harvest has existed since the beginning of time. Any farmer worth his salt would tell you that if you plant corn, you can’t expect to harvest wheat. Without question, your yield is a direct result of what you would have buried in the earth weeks before. Once the deed is […]
Bahamian-born Patricia Glinton-Meicholas is a poet, author, a respected researcher in Bahamian folklore, art, culture and history and a former member of the University of The Bahamas faculty and administration. She was the first winner of the Bahamas Cacique Award for Writing and recipient of a Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature. Her latest […]
There is a ghastly irony at work in The Bahamas today. Daily, the media give evidence of it. F or the past couple of years, the Bahamian economy was seeing its spectral body floating above the bed of agony that a fast emptying Public Treasury had become. Today, however, if observation and statistics are to […]
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Bahamians are armchair experts on everything these days, which is due in part to the advent of social media and the prevalence of local talk shows. On any given day, there is no shortage of opinions being spewed out on all manner of subjects, and it is not uncommon for Bahamian videos to go viral, […]
The Bahamian economy has “turned the corner”, so say the experts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in their 2018 Country Report. As a part of this uptick, IMF points to Prime Minister Hubert Minnis’ administration, which “has committed to tackling fiscal and structural challenges as central tenets of its agenda.” Moreover, “near-term economic prospects […]
DISCLAIMER: ‘Letters to the Editor’ is a platform for members of the public-at-large to express their personal views on current events. The views expressed in these letters do NOT reflect the views of Eyewitness News, its parent company Verizon Media Group, its affiliates or any of its executive boards. Eyewitness News has no affiliation or attachment […]
