The PLP government does not have to listen to these reports or respond to them....... the world and the foreign investors are watching and will take necessary action .......... to the detriment of the citizens of The Bahamas

The PLP government won't listen to the reports. They don't care about crime. It is not a priority for them, neither is unemployment. The (majority of) PLP(s) are concerned about their revenue stream (i.e. what contracts can I award to my friends and business partners). It wouldn't be so bad if they only tacked on $50k - $100k for themselves, but they tack on hundreds of thousands and millions. Unethical politicians goes without saying... it's the really greedy ones that sicken me.

My Comrade Journalists even when they're on a different page of objectivity must reflect that when all is said and done, understand they too must live in the same Bahamaland. Just because a story is accurate doesn't necessarily make it right. Crime is a serious, complex issue and should never be hidden or covered up by journalists. I encourage and defend a journalist right to freedom of speech but only when their reporting can demonstrate to be leaving all politics behind. Even a Tribune reporter must resist any rush to instill further fear in a nation's peoples by practicing sensationalism. It's embarrassing journalism which is so damn distant from that of the many a journalists who are willing to risk their careers, even their lives to make sure they get's it right.

Rousing round of applause for you today.

Gibberish

So judging by the last two comments, there is no crime problem in the Bahamas. Right-o then. Carry on smartly. We all gern die.

Poor lil rory is vex cuz Papa een give him a CCTV contrack. Papa doan hire no amateurs.

Commenter "generalcrazy" above is aka Freddie Boy.

The criminals winning because most of these politicians during the last elections encouraged these terrorist to carry out heinous acts to make the former government look bad. Now it coming back to haunt them double-fold. They reclassifying crimes and it still an ugly sight. Crime is a multifaceted issue and the PLP made it political and karma has come to claim her rewards. Sadly at the price of blood. This banana republic on the verge of collapse. Only the grace of the Most High can save us now.

Comrade Akbar the demons ain't like totally possessed Bahamaland but pretty down close. Crime is a Homemade creation and can only be dealt with locally. Regardless, we are still the envy of the Caribbean and it's up all Bahamalanders and residents to make damn sure she remains envied. The thugs couldn't be more wrong than to count the resolve of the good people of Bahamaland out of the crime picture.

Where is Fred when we need him to defend our reputation???????????

If the highly regarded Comrade Tankea, the “reporter” not as the newspaper’s News Editor, would accept my personal challenge to pay a visit to Her Majesty’s Fox Hill Prison, I think she would be in for an enlightening eye-opening experience. It is only by entering through those armed guarded gates, does she get to know the degree of imprisonment of the number of inmates who could better serve both their families and society as a whole, by not made to listen to the heart wrenching sound of those gates slammed shut on their freedom. Unfortunately, too many are there for no other reason than there will always be law making politicians, judges, juries, policeman’s and prosecutors, who are willing to cave-in to the pressure of fear resulting from the sensationalism of crime. Tankea, too many behind those dreaded prison gates; come from among the poor, not the well to do of Bahamaland’s society. Comrade Tankea, media fear mongering or being too damn lazy to find “no jail time solutions” are not the magic pills. You know Tankea, even a News Editor from time to time has to take a 'rethink" step backwards. Fox Hill has become big part of the crime problem, not the answer - we all better start looking for.

Let's All Pray Our Bahamaland!

When I use to be a packing boy for a food store in Grants Town, I use to push trolly all through this area to take peoples grocery to their home without any fear for my safety. Then a short time after I returned from college I visited the store where I use to work, only to be told that they no longer allow the packing boys to go out the parking lot because too many of them were getting robbed. Just driving through some of these depressed areas of Bain and Grants Town, one can see how much the areas and the people have changed. The girls seem to dress with as little clothes as possible and almost every young man has an alcoholic drink in his hand or is smoking something. The look on their face is no longer the 'every thing cool' one, but more one of,' we know you ain't from round here so you betta hurry up and leave.' They watch you like a hawk. Many of the mom and pop stores in these areas have closed down and seems like more houses have been abandoned and left to fall down. And despite there being less habitable homes in the area the number of persons in the area seems to have increased. Does tough economic times mean that more people have moved back into these areas?

Its called Urban Decay ............ the antidote is UR2.0

Haitians are moving into traditional Bahamian neighborhoods buy the thousands. A legal Haitian rents the house then moves in a truckload of illegals overnight.

The illegals are dam happy to live like roaches because in Haiti they live under tents like fleas on a dog.

Our country is rapidly being brought down to Haitian standards with the blessings of the PLP & FNM.

The PLP and FNM are bringing this country to Haitian standards anyway. So don't blame the Haitians. Other than that your language shows utter respect for human beings. Ever travelled abroad?