Might I suggest the Defence Force buy a drone for Xmas? You could spot them from miles away.

Especially with such brightly coloured sails!

Revealing article in todays front page Guardinn from the Commodore RBDF BY Travis Cartwright Carroll,'RBDF: Sloop waited for patrol window' / Patrols of western end of island only started again recently"
"Bethel, who spoke to the Nassau Guardian, said the force only recently resumed patrolling the western portion of NewProvidence after being told by the former administration to 'stand down' from patrolling that area."
Investigations are needed and whosoever has compromised our national security should be jailed for life.

Comrades! While the questions from the media could and should be more direct - still even with this media sleekness the answers just don’t make much sense.
So, for those lip readers paying attention to the most pressing issues of the day, you’most humble blog servant Comrade Tal, is going be mouthing what the Imperial PM Minnis, ‘Acee’ and Imperial Crown Ministers really means be saying when they be confusing, ducking, running, hiding, sidetracking and deflecting away from simple questions, requiring but straightforward responses.
The peoples shouldn’t be left with the sinking feelings that the most trust able, credible thing is when members red shirts governing administratio does utter their names. Comrades, stay tuned to these hereto Tribune blog pages.

Wooden boats do not show up very well on radar. An ex-client just put radar reflectors on his boat because radar doesn't detect wood or fiberglass very well and in his case, he want's to be seen on the radar if he gets into trouble.

Long distances, you are right. But this is a couple of miles. Radar sees wood at a couple of miles just fine.

well they need to get their behinds out there and start regular sea and air patrols of our boarders . Millions of dollars in equipment going to waste!

For heaven's sake Comrade Banker, why does the defense force base need the best radar sends out microwave pulses be detecting a wooden sloop sailing right in front the naked eyes defense forces Commodore? Like I said about the previous illegal sloop that cruised by Commodore undetected with the still missing '250' illegals....all left sloop's crew have done was to signal to the Commodore to take over the sloop's rudder. {You can't make funny up}. The Imperial Crown's red shirts cabinet ministers enjoys sending under performing government workers home by the hundreds just before Christmas Day......why stop now?

These boats move slowly, use the RBDF aircraft to do surveillance every 4 hours ....... just circle between Exuma, NP and Andros ......... Is that too difficult???????

Illegal Haitians everywhere, . ......
Some up on the roof, some under the stair.. ................
Ten thousand dollar fine if you caught with one, . ..........
Finding that much money don't sound like too much fun. .. ......
I Illegal Haitians everywhere, .... ....
If you housing one, you'd better take care.

Comrades! How do you tell who was born here and who wasn't when the majority of undocumented persons entering the Bahamaland are Haitian children up to the age of 14 years? How can it not complicate the aspirations for Bahamaland citizenship when many not born here present documents claiming that they were. The march towards citizenship eligibility what the constitution offers children born on Bahamaland soil, is often framed in suspect fraud.

Curious to know . Does these documents come with signatures? And if so are these signatures of persons still alive?

BOL ................ a JP affidavit for an illegal immigrant's child should not be used as a document to obtain a Bahamian passport ....... CORRUPTION.

They continue the journey their fore parents took...to the Bahamas and to the US and even to Canada searching for the land of milk and honey. Traveling on wooden boats, stacked almost the way they came across the middle passage from the coasts of Africa. Little food and water but plenty hope and expectation. The chains of poverty enslaving them this time. I say give them food and water, a gps even, and let them complete their third passage. At least until something is done to be improve their impoverished land.

Comrades Commodore Tellis the 7th Commander Defense Forces is on talk radio claiming Rome was not built in a day when it comes how prevent illegal sloops from sailing right under they noses. Truth is the 1st Commander Defense Forces been chasing down illegal sloops since way back in 1980, so dump the Rome was not build in a day excuse.
Comrade Commodore admit it, you and your seaman’s and sea woman’s fell short on stopping the two most recent illegal sloop sailings right pass the defense forces base. Commodore, the national anthem is ‘March On, Bahamaland’ not ‘Sail on To Bahamaland' undetected' to share the Bahamaland Islands as you damn-well please.
Is it time for an 8th Commander Bahamaland's Royal Navy take over patrolling for illegal sloops?

The illegal sloop landings would cease if Bahamians would step up to the plate and eliminate the need for the cheep labour they provide. Get up of their behinds and stop complaining that there are no jobs. The jobless rate is estiminated to be at 30% or higher and that says alot about our work ethic and the kind of work we want to do. I recently visited the commonwealth brewery bottle recycling center on east west highway and a large percentage of the employees there and most of the deliveries buy the truck loads of discarded beer bottles are made by haitians. It is written fact that commonwealth brewery has stated that they have reached over 50% in reclycling bottles and thats an amazing feat because it seams that Bahamians refuse to do this kind of work for various reasons the lease of which is Pride This is just one example of an area or type of work thats been monopolized by the Haitians .www.tribune242.com/news/2013/feb/20/brewery-recycling-over-50-of-bottles/

OPEN YOUR EYES BAHAMIANS! These Haitian sloops always had the ability to come into Nassau. The fact is in the past that was not their destination. They stayed on the outskirts of the islands because their intended landing was the US. But now that big, bad Donald Trump is president and has promised to deport all illegals, no matter how long they have been living in the US, the destination of choice is now Nassau. And so they are taking their chances and they are coming. And this is just the beginning. When Donald Trump starts to deport the remaining of the 60,000 Haitians who were given refuge in the US many will try to come here. And the flight from Haiti in an indication that the economy of that country is deteriorating. So this country must now brace for the long haul.

The Immigration department will not be able to send them back. Because the out spoken
QC who gave the FNM Government a undisclosed amount will not allow it. Besides
they can bring all the children they wish and they will be registered in the schools or they
can call Brent Symonette and he will see that it is done.

Of course the Department of Immigration can send them back. But only after they have been taken before the court and shown to be illegal.

All people, no mater their nationality, are entitled to a properly constituted hearing., that's all. Its called "due process".

Comrade Economist, thanks I'm going pass your info on to the director and the minister of immigration - apparently they skipped the court process, or notifying the parent/legal guardian of the little child they shipped backed to Haiti....wonder if they put enough postage for Bahamalamd's Royal mail to get's them there safely?

Comrades, how's the new Imperial Red Shirts Cabinet Ministers doing on their 2017 general election pledge that if elected to govern that illegal immigration would be reduced through enhanced intelligence gathering and “relentless conduct of regular and routine apprehension, detention, fingerprinting and repatriation”, as well as “enhance surveillance and enforcement capacity of the national security agencies (Bahamaland Royal Navy) against illegal immigrants, illegal traffic and trade and private marinas.....but tis true sloops cruising right on by while waving at the Commodore standing on the dock directly in front the Bahamaland Royal Navy's base were never mentioned. {Too funny make this up}. The red shirts also promised to fully enforce the laws to fine employers who hire illegals?

The fact is that the Minnis led FNM government made the immigration problem even more complicated and even less enforceable when it legally declared that any child born to a Bahamian parent, either mother or father, anywhere in the world is a Bahamian. So now Haitian women coming to the Bahamas will let Bahamian men 'juice' them to make Bahamian babies. And likewise Haitian men (and Jamaicans and Chinese) will not have to go through the 'marriage for citizenship' process any more. They just have to make baby with a Bahamian woman and eventually the child can apply to sponsor their parents in the Bahamas. Then there is the issue of crooked doctors who will create or alter documents to indicate that DNA shows a child has one or both Bahamian parents. And can the country legally deport the illegal mother (or single parent father) of an underage Bahamian?

Comrades, I've been vocal long before the 2017 general election that if the reds won it would fall on the shoulders King's Council Freddy Smith to be the chief one to keep this red shirts government on the straight and narrow path.... Little could've I had known the learned KC, would have his hands full policing what can best described as Bahamaland's, first experiment with a Imperial red shirts prime minister and cabinet.

Forget about drones. If the maintenance required to keep them fueledand in the air is donelike has been done on the Defence Forceboats sent to the Nethelands for reconditioning, they will be lost and fall into the sea before long. The proprietary skill required to fly them is - I am sure - possible, but maintenance and equipment diagnostics, firmware upgrades and spares available immediately is the key.

I agree, only false hope depending on any sophisticated system, we won't maintain it, whether we want to or not, the cost by itself would be prohibitive. I say get a network of private citizens and private cameras. That's a simplified statement, details of scheduling, anonymity, randomness(don't want people predicting coverage and evading or leaking), full coverage are a little more involved but quite achievable . This approach could work fir on island crime as well.

Or maybe we should use the new Bill to import 10,000 software engineers to solve the problem of maintaining a drone which costs a total of $999

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/gopro-karm…

That is NOT the type of drone suitable for surveillance! Come on now- you must know better!

Comrades! Before you place your faith on Bahamaland's government setting up and maintaining some kinds sophisticated surveillance system, let me remind as we speak that there are '86' lighthouses long abandoned to the ghosts of occupants past, stretched across our Bahamaland.
Family members in the lighthouses know are whispering aloud that even some the lighthouses keepers have mysteriously vanished under unexplained circumstances? {You can't just make this up}.

The news that the commodore of the RBDF was asked th stand down from patrolling the South Western coasts of New Providence has really set tongues a wagging and brains shifting into high, high gear. What exactly was going on in this part of the island that was so secret, so covert, so conspicuous and maybe so illegal that even the man in charge of guarding our seas, protecting our boarders and enforcing the law even was not involved in or even informed about. What was being smuggled into or out of the island? Are these activities still going on and these Haitian sloops a re mere distractions from the operations that mat still be going on. Poor Haitians. This may all sound far fetched but Bob Marley died from a toe infection after trying on a pair of sneakers that was given to him as a gift. By whom? Are the same people involved? Remember we have a major problem with guns and drugs coming and going from that side. (The Wild, Wild West ). What going on while the country is a whoring after Haitian sloops?

I understand the many problems of illegal immigration, especially for a small country such as The Bahamas.
However, nobody has touched on the root of the problem.
Until then, it will only get worse.
Most commenters here have noted the insidious ways of the imperial powers in our recent financial conundrums.
Few countries on earth have suffered more at the hands of the elite than Haiti.
From the French to the US to the supposedly impartial UN.
Haiti has been sucked dry.
Do they have their own problems? Of course, as do all countries.
The bottom line is that very few humans willingly leave the place they call home, risking it all for a better life, unless that life is so miserable they must leave.
Haitians, by and large, have been forced into the situation they are in by foreign powers.
Read the history.
Who do Bahamians blame for their selfish, short-term thinking that is allowing their country to become a backwater?
Most Bahamians prefer to hire Haitians because it is said that they are hard working, reliable and honest. Am I wrong?
Do we forget that we are supposedly a Christian nation?
Do we understand what that means? Do we?
There are more than enough resources in the world; food, shelter, clothing and money to go around.
Do we fail to consider that the US alone spends upwards of a trillion dollars a year on military spending?
Think you know what a trillion dollars is? I doubt it. See this:
http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index…
My point is that in a few short years, if the world had the will, we could improve the living standard in EVERY country such that nobody would want to leave the place of their birth, except for vacation.
I am not being flippant.
We seem to have lost our moral and intellectual compasses.
We waste more money, food and resources due to our outmoded way of thinking while in the process degrading the very life forces we inherited.
I suppose that shows what we value most.
If you pay very close attention to the emerging science, the living earth is in deep shit.
The Bahamas will pay the price earlier than most countries, however we must plan for our children's future in a very much degraded world.
God does NOT have our backs. She gave us brains and compassion. That we fail to use them is entirely our choice.
The answer to the immigration "problem" is right in front of us.
Spend our money treating people like things, or put our money where our mouths are and seek to create a better world for all of us.

You said a whole lot of nothing. Everyone is well aware of Haiti's history and that it could all end (in Haiti and elsewhere) if the powers that be had the will to do so. That includes their fellow citizens of means and the people that THEY elect into office. Can you please spell out how the Bahamas can end Haiti's suffering? I'm interested. Sorry if everyone's christian, moral and intellectual standards are not up to your standards. Many can hardly see the past the day or remain optimistic about their own futures. Perhaps you need to do more for Haiti yourself, because berating a population that is also suffering and unable to even help themselves is not it. Have you tried the UN with this message?

A coherent criticism I could not find here.
I stick to what I said above.

Then try giving a coherent statement (with paragraphs) that offers real solutions to the situation at hand. I maintain that your soap box ramblings are still a whole lot of nothing addressed to the wrong audience.

If you read the posts above yours you will see this matter was addressed. To the effects of ‘give them food and water, a gps even and let them continue on their journey to find the land of milk and honey. At least until something is done to fix the problems in their home land.”

I did read the posts above.
Is this what you consider "addressed"?
Is this the depth of our adult thinking?

a tethered hot air balloon on Inagua will be able to detect any sloops heading our way.

Its world News: Flying Haitian sloops invading the Bahamas. Since The Bahamas is surrounded by water they only have sea patrols around some islands safeguarding the Bahamian people. These flying sloops transporting Haitian citizens and others Illegal immigrants to paradise are landing right next to the Bahamas defense force and army for protection and safety. Proposal accepted to place a HUGH sign on Great Inagua TO READ " WELCOME TO THE BAHAMAS PLEASE STOP FOR FOOD AND DRINKS AND MAPS TO YOUR ISLAND OF CHOICE OR THE CAPITAL , NEW PROVIDENCE. YOUR SAFETY IS GUARANTEED" of course will be in Haitian Creole and English.

If illegals have children here at our expense, we should go a step further and give them a mandatory spay and neuter at our expense also. It would be cheaper and more cost effective in the long run!

I wonder who out in Clifton Pier alerted the authorities? Because as far as I know ain't much homes out in that area unless someone either at Stuarts Cove or Commonwealth Brewery saw the Haitian sloop coming from far away.