Sorry for those involved but the blame for the bloated civil staffing and by extension cost to the country must lay firmly in the lap of the PLP who hired all the party followers on a whim.

The FNM has the power. given to them by the majority they are free to do what ever they wish.
the end results of their actions will be a different story,

you really talkin just to hear yourself talk, we all know what you are and what barnacled, twisted viewpoint you represent, and we wholly despise it. BE GONE!

Chill Birdie - reds only in office a few months. Took yellows 5 years to get us in the deplorable mess we now find ourselves in. Rumor is that you are really Bradley Roberts or Fred Mitchell - what you say to that Birdie?

Birdie carry ya ass

Someone please tell the yapping poodle a million dollars annually in cost savings is a mere drop in our very large bucket of wasteful expenditures. D'Aguilar must now get out there and find some relatively significant savings for the people, i.e. real large savings that we can all be happy will put at least a meaningful dent in our growing national debt. A million dollars a year is nothing to talk about when we are still borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spend on wasteful things throughout our government departments, agencies and corporations.

A million more than the PLP would have saved-and remember the national debt was put in place by the PLP.

What a piece of shit you are Well_mudda_take_sic. Where were you being critical when it was the PLP, NEVER announcing reductions, or savings and getting us continually downgraded. You on here saying to make some significant savings??? You need to carry your corrupt PLP ass of this site.

Come on @Banker...surely you can do better than this.

Bran. . .stop sounding so silly. . .

@licks2: Yes, you should indeed eat more bran....it's not only good for your digestive track but also your long term health.

I think if you're able to make changes 1 million $$ at a time that's pretty good. Do the same in all the different ministries and boards, truly cutting the fat and who knows where you can end up. Good progress and something that probably should've been done 5+ yrs ago but someone had to do it.

What about the people and the families involved do they matter??

I’m truly disgusted by a great deal that is posted here…because of the political BS that is spewed. What about the families? Are you CRAZY!? A plan is enacted to save 1, 000,000/yr which when really scrutinized is an average $ 83, 333/yr to 12 individuals which are comprised of perks—because those 12 nonessential positions came with darn benefits on top of salaries. What about those families? What about the families/individuals presently suffering hardship in this country, and if the economic landscape is not corrected, will be facing worst in the future? This country is in trouble and all the majority of you do is post your politically-affiliated BS (and do so trying to appear impartial/caring for this country); I can care less about party, we need active and sustainable solutions.

Birdie they were non-essential. The government is to serve the people of the Bahamas not birdiestrachan the PLP, their cronnies, lovers, and friends. They need to find other jobs obviously. Get a clue you corrupt douche birdie.

and Birdie if you actually read the article they are being kept in their same roles not terminated, just operating in Nassau. Get a life and actually read before you put some dumb ass idea on the internet.

Funny you should be so concerned Birdie, I know of cases where government jobs were never advertised and simply passed down from Mother to daughter. PLP family of course. What about the FNM daughters and or families, did they matter ???

Birdie I know your vocabulary is not the best, but amalgamated means to be combined so these people did not lose their jobs they were just transferred into a single entity. I don't understand why the PLP continues this culture of jobs programs hiring 50 people to do the job of 1 person. The amount of money we Bahamians pay in government salaries is unbelievable and we get zero value back.

birdie can you carry your big cut. Just go away

Government should proceed cautiously on any decision that involves the loss of jobs. The Bahamian economy is so depressed and so fragile at present the last thing that needs to happen is more unemployment or more businesses shutting down. There are only a few businesses that are making a profit right now and efforts should be to grow the economy

the country has far too many fiscal parasites working as civil servants. they are sucking the lifeblood from our economy and contributing little or nothing. the government needs to get rid of as many as possible before they cause the financial collapse of our fragile economy.

DD needs to ask Joy and Tommy what in the hell they were doing for the past five years under Obie?????? .......... They get paid six-figures and nothing much was achieved ...... Without stop-overs, we are wasting time relying on tourism as our Number 1 industry ....... Do not blame the underlings for having a good time at our expense while the bosses seem to be do-nothings