Thankfully it's only two more weeks of these excuses for this dishonorable behavior. (If the photos on the side are any indication), the PLP rally photo is taken at a lower elevation but the FNM photo shows a larger and much denser crowd, possibly 4-5 times the size of the PLP rally. the PLP is **not** an option, there's no one with a brain who can believe we will get anything other than what we've gotten the past five years right up to this final finger in our faces.

Minnis has maybe six months to prove his government is different

I agree. I'm a little skeptical about Dr. Minnis seeing that this is the first he'll have the opportunity to lead. But we have no other choice but to throw our support behind him. Otherwise our country won't survive another five years under Perry Christie and his PLP band of crooks.

Minnis really has won by default.

We seem doomed by buffoons who continue voting along party lines. What we so desperately need is a house of assembly filled with the best possible MPs no matter what their party affiliation may be. Only then can we be assured the best possible outcome to the electoral process in terms of good governance combined with a good opposition. Let the chips fall wherever they may when it comes to which party wins the most seats. There is very little difference between the platforms of the three major parties and their ideology. But there is a big difference between the more honourable politician and the more corrupt politician, no matter what his or her party affiliation may be. Please don't let corrupt political leaders fool you into thinking all that matters is the political party you vote for. It's precisely that line of thinking that has brought our country to the brink of ruination today....very near failed statehood! THINK, THINK, THINK!!!

I have voted both PLP and FNM ,,basically in a parliamentary system voting for and independent is a waste , have you ever seen our senate not approve anything the party w/ the majority in the house approves ,, now if 10 independents got seats , but I live in reality it won,t happen in our country ,,therefore I know Perry dem robbing us blind and will leave us w the worst pirates as FDi ,,I got to go w Doc and if he robs us blind I will vote against him ,,you are really voting for the leader in a country w/ such party loyalty and yes it may change w 10 independents ,,but we don,t got much time before we are Haiti ,,

If voters are always voting for the best possible candidate running in their constituency, rather than along party lines, then that in itself should ensure that Minnis, Christie and McCartney never get elected.

Listen the choice is Christie or Minnis. There's no imaginary opposition coming to save us in the next two weeks.Christie is not an option. That is not an endorsement of
Minnis,it's just dealing with fact.

Thank you ,,,,,,,,,,,

Every time I think you are hopeless you come right back and let us know that as we suspect there is a good working and rational brain in that thick skull of your own. . .

I wouldn't assume Minnis will win by default. He MAY win by default. The PLP has a huge contingent of followers who remain loyal even if they are being led over a cliff. All polls show there are still many undecided voters (myself included) and it's largely due in part to the 'lacklusterness' of Minnis. By now with all the PLP fuc*ups the FNM SHOULD be winning by a landslide. I predict this will not be the case.

very TRUE

After reading all of the attached comments ........ Minnis is going to be the next PM ............ and he will usher in a new political culture ....... His ethos and philosophy is on public record ............. But smearing his character and questioning his ability to manage a Cabinet should be looked at in the context of his handling of the LBT coup ........ That should have been the standard by which Minnis will govern .............. Minnis took his blows publicly like a man, he personally rebounded from being vilified, he consolidated the FNM, he recruited new talent, and he is successfully moving towards an election victory on May 10, 2017 ......... Vote FNM!!!!!

He didn't look so good in the LBT affair...just saying. The one thing I cannot figure out is whether Minnis is just abysmal at public interaction but a good behind the scenes strategist. I don't have the answer, the FNM is still behind the eight ball on a lot of issues. The Guardian media group has really been the power behind the official opposition. I'm hoping the new talent can bolster his leadership, give us five years of good governance and keep those looking for easy pickings at bay

Basically he said I can be bought as an MP for either lucrative contracts or 20,000 a month ,,wink wink cough cough I meam twenty grand to help w my fathers healthcare ,,

Those who wish to vote for Mr: Fitzgerald will do so. Those who wish to vote for the
other guy will vote for him. Do you have any thing else to throw at the PLP Candidates?
you should hurry up and bring it on the time is drawing nigh.

Birdiebrain........you are such a pathetic troll. I would love to know if you actually believe the drivel you write or does it just help to pay your liquor bill?

birdie,
Every time you post a comment, you waste the time of countless people who try and figure out if the stuff you write comes from a human or a broken record machine with no brain.

......nothing less than a slime bucket, shakedown operative. Everyone else in The Bahamas has to rely on cook outs if insurance cannot cover medical expenses but not this guy! He uses his cabinet position to approach the largest investor in The Bahamas at that time to obtain contracts. No ethics whatsoever. Why did he not contact his father's wealthy cousin Tiger Finlayson for assistance? Fitzgerald is a greedy pig.

His father has health insurance , probably much better health insurance then you or I ,he went to the states for treatment ,I got to get my NIB card and plead at PMH ,,,that's just a way to state a number in a shakedown ,,nothing more ,,nothing less ..it was give me the contract or 20 g a month ,,why you think Izzie forward the request to Sandy and state the contract must be on merit ,,that's Izzie saying FU ,,enough already

I wondered the same thing. Rich people CAN afford insurance and I assume the Fitzgeralds are not poor. Are you sure he wasn't just using the father's sickness as an excuse to get the contract through sympathy? Enquiring minds want to know.

it was a shakedown ,,the fathers illness was just away of naming the amount w/ out it looking like a shakedown ,,it was contracts for my business or 20,g a month for my soul lol

so they ready to meet with the Foreigners running de hotel ANY TIME but when Bahamians have questions??? Rubis?? Bamsi?? BahMar??? We get told to carry our hip!!! This guy gotta be bleeding money left right and centre if he thinks he's gonna get re elected, cus the only way he can get in is to buy his way in

"Up to press time, Prime Minister Perry Christie remained silent on the matter."

Well there's a surprise!!

Here's the good news: I'm on Eleuthera. Judging from the condition of the roads here, it seems that the PLP has given up any pretense of winning the election, as they have not even taken the routine step of filling the potholes just before a vote. Too busy filling their pockets in the final days, I'm guessing.

Try the roads south from P Point to Rock Sound, there are holes big enough to break an axle and yet hundreds of thousands were spent clearing enough land to build a small city for the so called "mini hospital" and purchasing said land from our ex MP.

It is sad, this guy still went ahead and got nominated even though he did foolishness, and people was still behind him. Some Bahamians have no standards, I guess its the "Gold" standard!!

http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2017…

What the hell kind of country is this?!?!?!?
Is this some sort of Banana Republic???? This has to be a joke!! Does this PLP government have no ethics, decency, or code of conduct!! Doesn't this government have any principles or moral mandate that governs its behavior???? Where is that stink mouth Bradley Roberts on this matter????

Why hasn't Perry Christie addressed this situation publicly and ask Mr. Fitzgerald to resign!?!?! This is a blatant conflict of interest and a breach of confidence to the public trust!!! What kind of Prime Minister allows his members to admit negotiating side business deals in an effort to appropriate their own pockets while he sits there with his thumb up his ass??? There needs to be an independent investigation into the practices of this devious government to determine who else is guilty of this practice!!! This government needs to be impeached and removed!!!!

The same Prime Minister that allowed Shane Gibson to run after the Anna Nicole scandal and then put him back in the cabinet first chance he got -- and by the way Gibson resigned. He was not fired.

Tell me, in the two terms that Christie has been Prime Minister have you EVER seen him shuffle his cabinet OR fire any of his top Ministers. Enquiring minds want to know.

Did this crooked, lying, begging, teefin, shameless, brazen, insulting, piece of shit .............. RESIGN yet?????????

Every seriously offended Bahamian should have blocked off Bahamar this morning and refused to let the meaningless ceremony take place ........ This is an insult to our decency as a people and a country

THE PLP MUST GO .......... AND BE LOCKED UP AFTER MAY 10 FOR CRIMES AGAINST OUR PUBLIC PURSE

Rename Nassau Crooked town, rename New Providence Crooked Island.

These corrupt politicians have been brainwashed into thinking that if they steer their crooked dealings to a family member or to a company or trust controlled by them or one or more of their family members, then there is no grave conflict of interest or criminality involved on their part. None other than Crooked Christie, Allyson Maynard-Gibson a/k/a the Evil Wicked Witch and the likes of Sean McWeeney have been behind this fallacious line of thinking by our most corrupt politicians.

And it is precisely this fallacious line of thinking that results in most politicians, no matter their party affiliation, failing to declare financial information required to be publicly disclosed by both the spirit and intent of existing statute-law.

IF the emails are real, then;
Jerome Fitzgerald is a criminal. Period.
Any person who does not comprehend and admit this should not be allowed to vote.

The mere fact that Fitzgerald has not filed a lawsuit against the Tribune as yet says that he is guilty ......... Bahamian Cabinet Rules dictate his firing

He can't file a lawsuit because he has admitted doing what was said in the emails

I think (and hope) they're all about to get fired en mass!
None of this "commission of inquiry crap either,
Criminal prosecution would be faster.
Then put some of those IMF WTO OECD Hague/International courts mechanisms to work retrieving the $$$.

The PM will simply stall for two more weeks and pray another major story takes this topic off the headline - Guess that's why Wayne Munroe told us to kiss his a** and walk fast. Cool way to get Fitzgerald off the headline.

MInister of Education, taking or attempting to take a big share of the national pie whilst encouraging our children to work hard, get qualified to get jobs. Hypocrite.

Comrades! The operative word that should lift the lid to let some light in through the crack - is when the word "we"- keeps reappearing in the minister's emails.

Leonard Cohen - Anthem (w/lyrics) London 2008

.........//////https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wRYjtvIYK0

You're absolutely right!!!?,

"*It is my hope that the relationship will continue when the hotel opens and **WE** will again be the broker and trucker for this property as **WE** were for so many years.*"

That's some weird language fir someone who has nothing to do with the businesses and is just doing a one time favour for his father