Dear Editor, It has been exactly one month, but I can no longer stranglehold myself into a position of silence, so I am here to scream, “Bloody Murder”! The Progressive Liberal Party came to power in September of 2021, following that there was promised an expansive review of the public service which led to the […]

Dear Editor, As parents, students, teachers and guardians, we have been extremely anxious to have our kids back to full-time face-to-face learning, yet we’re being restricted again to 50 percent learning. We are wondering why. Why are we back to hybrid learning? Does this mean instead of doing 100 percent damage, they are only doing […]

Dear Editor, The House of Rastafari (HOR) continues to agitate for licensing and authorization to cultivate, import and possess Indian hemp/cannabis; the granting of Crown land for cultivation and farming; the expungement of all Indian hemp-related convictions since 1963; and the relaxation/discretion in the application of related criminal offenses (arrests) until revised laws are passed. […]

Dear Editor, In regards to the schools opening at 50 percent hybrid learning — this is unacceptable. There’s absolutely no valid reason as to why we can’t go back 100 percent face-to-face learning. No one will tell us why. We’ve been open the whole last year. If the protocols are in place 100 percent of […]

Dear Editor, Fusion Superplex is now offering virtual school supervision. Please explain to us how this is approved. To have a group of students sitting in a classroom with a teacher, but schools aren’t allowed to be open. Families with money get their kids a better classroom environment while the hardworking parents suffering on with […]

Dear Editor, The mission statement of the Ministry of Education & Technical & Vocational Training is “to provide ALL persons in The Bahamas an opportunity to receive a quality education in an interdependent, CHANGING world”. I cannot think of a more true example than the world we live in today. However, despite the cries and […]

Dear Editor, Here is an ode I wrote to the late Sir Sidney Poitier, (February 20, 1927 to January 6, 2022). If only I could find That poem of Sidney Poitier In one of my several Hundred notebooks, One of more than A dozen poems that I have written of him, How happy I would […]

Dear Editor, In this era, young Bahamians are facing many challenges and barriers. They need to be certain the government of The Bahamas will acknowledge their reality and take action to change it. Young Bahamians are tired of being treated as second-class citizens in their own country. They are tired of being undermined, underestimated and […]

Dear Editor, Despite our best efforts, no matter how subtle, most of the time, we judge others unconsciously or by intuition. We all do it knowingly or unknowingly, whether others’ life experiences, situations, things, opinions, thoughts and people based on our own values, emotions and beliefs. It is an essential part of being human. However, […]

Dear Editor, As a nation, we are coming up on our second official COVID Christmas. I hope that trees are lit and stockings are stuffed. I trust that cups runneth over with eggnog, gullywash, sky juice or any similarly creamy and alcohol-laden concoction. ‘Tis most likely the third COVID Christmas in actuality, as some now […]

Dear Editor, There are still so many questions on the Christmas carnival mess the government is refusing to answer. After he read a statement on the carnival, Press Secretary Clint Watson refused to answer questions. This is not the kind of transparency and accountability the PLP promised. His boss, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis, didn’t […]

Dear Editor, Many persons know me as a youth advocate through my work as national director of the Governor General’s Youth Award. Post-retirement, I have also come to identify as an environmentalist. Sir Lynden O Pindling once said: “If Bahamians are not prepared to stand up and defend their own Bahamas, then you don’t deserve […]

Dear Editor, Are we really serious about putting an end to sexual assault in this country? Or are we unconsciously embracing a culture of rape, incest and molestation targeting women in our society? We also recognize women with disabilities and within the LGBTQ+ society too experience sexual abuse and face barriers when attempting to seek […]

Dear Editor, It is disheartening to see the Ministry of National Security grasping at straws by trying to revive a program whose methods have been sanctioned as ineffective and harmful for almost two decades now. Shock Treatment is based on the Scared Straight program that was first introduced in the United States in the 1970s […]

Dear Dr Smith, I trust that this letter finds you well. I have decided to pen this as a concerned alumnus. I would be remiss if I didn’t respond to your email dated October 26, 2021. In your email to faculty, staff and the wider university community, you outlined some of the reasons why you […]

Dear Editor, The wrong timing or the wrong combination could be detrimental to the country, the sporting federations and our youth. Mandating that all persons or even spectators at sporting events be vaccinated will be detrimental to all. By doing so, you will most likely be eliminating over 50 percent of the athletes from participating, […]

Dear Editor, “It is up to all of us to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make clear to our society and to the public the horrific nature of domestic abuse, the impact it has on people’s lives and the need for us as a society to say: ‘Stop it.’” – […]