...I just spewed coffee all over my keyboard...the PM is a joke. Sadly, crime is not. This freight train wreck of a government is putting every citizen of this country, more so in Nassau, at risk of life and limb. Epic epic failures on all fronts.

Ho hum... diddly dum!!!!

Talk talk talk talk talk talk.... then more talk. No action!
That's Perry G. Christie's legacy.

Another vow? Ah well...... seems to be distancing himself from the crime rate and blaming the police force now, not the FNM.

WHEW!!!!!
THIS MAN IS EXHAUSTING!
WHAT A WASTE OF WORDS!
YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Christie,

I suggest that you and Dr. Nottage, since most of the crime exists in YOUR constituencies, actually present yourself in walkabouts to talk to the residents of the areas your represent to get their feedback about crime and living conditions, etc. Maybe then you could devise a realistic and effective strategy to fight crime.

I wouldn't take your 20 bodyguards with you -- that might send the wrong message.

I can't wait to hear his answers to all of the questions I just hope the Media are writing up for him. Do hope he won't be too tired.

In case it was missed the PM has promised to answer all questions put to him next week.

I am surprised he was able to make a statement without a referendum.

What happened to the magic map?

HA!! Had forgotten about that one!! Guess the RBPF forgot about it as well!!

Yeah and it had coloured pins in it too.PM said yesterday that there were lots of people in his high school class smarter than him, and you know what? I believe him.

FYI, the phrase itself (War on Crime) is a joke.................. it is redundant political ploy

The mere fact that Perry says this shows how out of touch he is with REALITY

Has anyone noticed that crime began increasing when the teachers ability to administer corporal punishment was taken away? These young children have no respect for authority beginning at school age, why would they then have respect for each other.

Just my take on it...they want to help curb crime they need to start manhandling these young boys from school age. Waiting for the tree to become firm then they try bending it, at which point it's only going to break.

Education in general...you keep seeing the posters and sayings up on social media, teachers were respected, and feared, and if you got sent home with a note or a bad grade, chances are your parents would whoop you harder and knock some sense into you, now it's all about me, and my child is the perfect angel and the teacher is dragged over the coals for even SUGGESTING that the child was out of order or did not study and failed a test. Our whole society has failed at least the current generation of high school drop outs (I don't dare call them graduates...they just left a day care center at 12th grade). I've got kids in the education system now and nearly every day I look at the lack of discipline in the classroom and the lack of proper structure, and shake my head...and my kids are in a high end private school...don't get me started about our public schools.

The circus lead clown is back in town!

Crime 100 Christie 0 looks like a blowout

How in the hell did this Idiot make it back in power?

Excellent branding. Remember the pictures of all the young middle aged Bahamians who would benefit when the government came to power? The add campaign was effective..no substance, but excellent branding

Hubert Ingrham caused Perry Christie and the PLP to get back into power. He squeezed and suffocated the Bahamian people to the point of desperation. I'm no PLP supported, but Hubert had to go.

He made promises and people believed him! What does that say for people??

Dear Bumba,

Stop talking stupidity for 2 minutes and start by getting rid of the 26,666.66 blue collar workers you and your FNM partners made $40M on for $1,500.00ea work permit fees and maybe your constituents could find jobs to go to instead hanging around the blocks hungry, thirsty and disconnected from society.

Regards,
Less Said, More Done

When you continue to do the same thing, time after time and expect a different result that is call foolishness. But is seems that at least now that the prime minister is beginning to realize that crime is not the problem, but the symptom of a bigger problem in the Bahamas. So he is right that the police cannot solve the crime problem. The fact that new and younger 'criminals' are taking to the streets and committing murder and mayhem confirms this. To solve the crime issue, we must go back forty years into the history, when crime seriously reared its ugly head in this country and look at the variables and attempt to isolate the causes of the escalation of crime and attempt to address them. We must determine why we are continuously rearing generations of angry young men, who are using, abusing or dependent on drugs, alcohol or other substances. Men who are willing to whip out a gun and snuff out a life in a heartbeat. The victim can be as close to them as a brother or just some unfortunate tourist visiting the Bahamas. We must also try to understand why, when these persons are given bail, they are willing to take another life and still another.
Some of the things that need to be examined:
1. There was a serious drug epidemic in the Bahamas in the 1980's and early 90's. The use of cocaine was prevalent, even among the highest levels of society, and crack cocaine was the mainstay of the lower, inner communities like Bain and Grants Town, And Englerston and Coconut Grove.
2. This led to serious breakdown in law and order as nothing was off limits to 'crack heads' who would do anything, 'tief anything or sell anything to support their habit. Coke houses were common in these areas as well as other places and it was not unusual to wake up in the morning to find, your gas tank missing, car tires or even whole cars gone. houses broken into. The talk of the day was who was 'seen' at a crack house, as prominent doctors, lawyers, businessmen, politician, law enforcement officers, jitney drivers, you name them all became 'addicted' to the 'white lady' and spent most of their time looking for a hit.
3. Back then the murder rate was not that bad, because despite people willing and wanting to do anything for a 'hit' there was still respect for the sanctity of life.
4. Then in 1992 there was a change of government for the first time in about 25 years in this country. With it brought new hope and the cocaine epidemic seem to die off. But the use of marijuana escalated, especially among young people.

5. There was also rapid economic growth and social change under the new government. Because of new found wealth, persons were able to move out of the family homestead and venture on their own to an apartment or their own home. There was also the influx of foreign investment that favored the few but excluded many Bahamians.
6 There was also the proliferation of web shops, the freeing up of the airwaves, the introduction of cable tv, satellite tv, street gangs became popular, Bahamians travelled abroad more, family structure became fragmented and broken, church attendance dropped and crime, violent crime and murder started to increase.
6. Even though many Bahamians excelled in education and sports, performance in education on the local level continued to drop and falter to a point where the national average is a 'D'. Many firms both foreign and local claim that they were having a difficult time finding qualified Bahamians to fill jobs. The family structure continued to fragment to a point where children born out-of-wedlock far surpassed those born to a married couple, and the absentee or deadbeat dad was commonplace.
7. Even with another change of government violent crime and murder, continued to escalate and despite committing more resources to the police force, all efforts to curb murder seem to fail. Drive by shootings became the order of the day and at present murder is carried out any hour of the day and no ground seems sacred. Dead and burned bodies are dumped on church property and many churches have cancelled their night services for the safety of their members. No one seems to be beyond the grasp of the crime in the Bahamas as everyone from local to tourist to the deputy prime minister, and yes even the prime minister has been a victim of crime. The blame game was played but despite all efforts, crime and violent crime and murder continued to increase.
8 Young Bahamian men have been referred to as 'angry' by many visitors to this country and they, for the most part are the perpetrators of serious crime, including murder. They are also the most displaced in the new economic Bahamas. They find themselves not only having to compete with their female counterparts for many jobs, but also with the foreign worker, both legal and illegal. Yet they are expected to assume the role as the head of the household and financial provide, when they are usually less educated than the Bahamian female. It is time to bring in the experts and research out history to determine what single factor, or group of circumstances got us to this point. We should also involve the church leaders to determine if this trend can be reversed or if it is prophecy being fulfilled.

What about a war against corruption? No probes into vanishing Millions for the hospital extension, court building or anything else?

PLP & FNM seem quite comfortable & content eyeballs deep in corruption.

Just saying.....