> HUNDREDS of disgruntled residents

Correction - well over a thousand at final count. And 100% peaceful too.

Now we need those numbers out for anti-corruption marches, FOI marches, women's rights marches, domestic abuse marches and every other issue this country faces.

> And 100% peaceful too.

Exactly. Tell that to the press that at least in this story, saw the need to interview our police about what the press believed the US believed about our marching for our lives. This is very telling of how Bahamians see themselves and the agendas that exist in Bahamian media houses. At no time did Bahamian authorities, even government politicians who you thought might be upset, indicate that violence or disturbances of any kind were anticipated or feared. Yet a US advisory made the Bahamian media see a Bahamian event in The Bahamas as something that it was not. Even after the media itself was there and saw with their own eyes how peaceful and wonderful the event was, they still saw the need to question the police on what did not exist and never did exist.

What about right to a decent, transparent, responsible, progressive, fair, and caring government???????? .................. Where can we get such a thing??????????? ......... everything that we suffer from comes as a result of a lack of government (ourselves)

It is a disgrace the way the Bahamas media downplayed the turnout and accomplishment of this initiative. Both papers are leading in print and online with photos showing 3 to 4 people max, that is an absolute travesty when over one thousand people took part. Photojournalism is a critical and indispensable part of the story media houses tell the world. The media can lead with aerials of a crowd at Carnival or a political rally, but when the people stand up for their very lives and do so in a well organized and mature manner - it gets treated like a random souse out by the media. The stories in print also do no justice to what took place. Anyone who was not there or was not following the event in real time would, by the media reports, believe that this was just a little event with a few ticked off people venting for the time being - which means the media has failed in giving the true and accurate picture. I guess next time, such initiatives need to be primarily sponsored by certain infamous expatriates in order to get the press they should in their own country.

Too many white people on the parade ........... that means it's pro-FNM (that is why the media scared to promote it) ........ remember Nygard, Toogie and Bobo???????

I don't know why you think skin color bares logical relevance to the specific points I raised about media coverage, but to each his or her own.

Everything political in this country has to do with skin colour ....... where do you live?????? Finland or Japan???????

This march was not political. I live in The Bahamas, where people seem almost wholly incapable of discerning anything in this country for its true merit and can only view things through the eyes of partisan support - often rabid and tribal in nature.

Pubby .......... when a group is going to march against government over management of the public dump when a major international conference is going on (hosted by the government) ......... is that not political?????? ....... and who do the majority of white Bahamians support politically???? ...... but you live in a wonderful bubble, so cheers

i agree with Publius - the coverage could have been much better. the media have drones - they could have attempted aerial footage. they could have found out the true number before guessing themselves - there were many "people" counters and even the police i believe estimated close to 1500 - so between 1000 and 1500 were there. this was a momentous and meaningful event in the Bahamas and to be so downplayed by the media is sad. i was there and friends were there and so many people indicated this was one of the most important things they had ever done and felt like they finally could be heard.

And actually, they would not have even needed drones for those who may not have them. The march was bordered by hotels - a simple shot from any of those buildings or another appropriate elevation would have provided a journalistically accurate photo. To photographically represent over 1,000 people as only 3 or 4 is not journalism at all, it is lying. And one should question why the media took the slant it did with once again repeating the US advisory on an event that had no violent incident or disruption of any kind, and with presenting an overall downplay in reporting. Notice that no government official was questioned about the march? Notice no one attending the IDB closing was questioned - even though the march was in part planned because of the critical context of IDB funds having been granted to The Bahamas years prior for landfills in Nassau and the Family Islands? People believe that one media house over another is more concerned about truth. That is not true. What they are concerned about is **agendas**, and sadly, the public is almost never the wiser about what those agendas are and what they look like when presented to us.

The fact is the dump cannot continue to function in its present site. Make the decision now to relocate it to a site off New Providence and set a time frame of 2 h3 years. Then DO IT!

That sounds too much like actually getting a job done right and for the good of the nation.

Bottom line - nothing gets done in this country unless someone is getting a kickback, and even then, the job is done piss poor - so that more kick backs can arise in order to fix the problems. Add to that the inevitable waste that comes from government management of services and you have the systemic rot that no one aspiring for power seems remotely interested in, knowledgeable about or competent in truly addressing and fixing. The type of political will required to address our problems would necessitate a politician essentially working himself or herself out of a job. How many aspiring politicians do you know who would enter politics to get kicked out of it shortly thereafter for doing what the country needs done? Once power is tasted or even imagined, the thirst and hunger for the same becomes immediately insatiable.

Spot on pubilus. This is a huge project of vital importance for New Providence but nothing gets done because grubby politicians have not received the kick back they think they can get. Disgusting bunch.