Today, The Bahamas celebrates its 47th day of independence. Typically, Bahamians gather at the site of the historic Clifford Park to celebrate this incredible occasion with spectacular shows, fireworks and entertainment. However, COVID-19 has changed all of that. This year, many Bahamians are ...
My 2020 Wish List For The Bahamas
In a matter of days, we will say goodbye not only to 2019, but to the decade. This past year alone has been marked with many highs and devastating lows. No doubt many pundits will look back on the biggest and most impactful stories that shaped The Bahamas in the past 12 months. With 2020 now ...
A State Of Lawlessness & A Culture Of Disobedience
We truly are a slack nation. There’s really no other way to put it. Drive around the streets of New Providence on any given day and you are sure to see residents breaking the law with impunity. It seems breaking the law has become the new normal. I often question how we haven’t descended into ...
Ok, Destroy The Shanty Towns, Then What?
Some things are easier said than done. Getting rid of our nation’s shanty towns happens to be one of those things. Bahamians have been calling on the government to get rid of these informal communities for years, and following the passage of Hurricane Dorian, which decimated many of these ...
Devastated: We Have Been Through Hell
To say Bahamians have experienced absolute hell these past few days would be the understatement of the century. No one and nothing could have prepared this island nation for the levels of devastation experienced by Hurricane Dorian – a storm that one US weather expert told Eyewitness ...