Is this news? Not a pun.

Stop crying. Provide us with the names. And cancel them. Easy.

Names, contracts. Cancel contracts subject to review. You cannot trim the budget if you put your head in the sand and say we won't terminate anybody just ask for greater efficiency and or re deployment. NONSENSE. there are people employed prior to the election who have nothing to do so until the government grows some balls and faces reality the deficit will grow and grow until we are in the same state as Jamaica.

I agree ........... A total list of ALL PLP pre-election contracts (issued since selection of the 2017 Election Boundaries Commission) the contractors, scope of works, total cost and timelines should be published by the Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Works .......... and let the people see where Christie, Halkitis & Davis spent our money to win the election

release them to the public and let the public see

5 years is a short time...... If the FNM does not send guilty persons before the Courts ...good bye FNM. People want justice.

Easy contracts to cancel, 41 people in Acklins, hired to do what exactly?
Probably haven't done anything, so how about non performance?

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

When Mr: Turnquest was asked on the house floor what contracts were signed two days
before the election on the house floor. he refused to answer. he was not truthful. Mr: Cooper
of Exuma made him look like a kindergarten boy in short kaki pants.

It is spelled khaki not kaki.

There is an 'h' in it just like 'wore'.

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

ROTFL "wore" with an H. Lol

You too mean lol!

.....mmmmmm

Thank you Banker. This is for you "The words from the lips of a wise man are gracious
But out of the lips of a fool folly marks the beginning of his speech and pure madness the end.
this is a quote.

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

Comrades! Pretty damn Trump-like ugly lands in the Bahamaland - how you Red Shirts post to give a fake reassurance of hope that the change you sought on May 10, 2017 - is being found in how KP just wanna slip, slip, slip, slide in a way around what even he must know makes absolutely no sense to It's the People's, who got no time his explanations.
We do know the Red Shirts 2017 campaign hired-on the very same political ideology consultants, who Trump had hired on. I sure hope the Reds - pay them, cause it's unlikely Trump ever will - unless they take him court for their monies.

KPT ............ Where is the frigging PLP contracts list??????????? ........ Put up or STFU!!!!!!

Banker the quote is about fools and wise people it has nothing to do with genius. It is funny
you missed the point.

People like you really fascinate me. I get the same fascination by watching Trump supporters. No matter how obvious and egregious his lies are, they stand behind him. No matter what he says about sexual genitalia assault on women, they born-agains vote for him. He has been a total failure, and yet I just saw some Trump supporters say that they are amazed at how much he has accomplished since January.

In the same way, in spite of the kleptocracy of the PLP, you are an ardent fan. In spite of Swindling's drug running and criminality, you regard him as a saint. You probably voted for Crisco Butt even though he ran the country into the ground and sold our sovereignty to the Chinese. You may even deny these self-evident truths.

It would be interesting to know how and why partisan politics trumps (no pun intended) rational, cognitive reasoning.

I am willing to bet that age plays a part of it. You must be definitely over 40 and Tal would be either approaching 60 years of age or passed it.

I am always interested in the human condition and finding out the reasons why people think with their feelings rather than with their logical minds. I know that you do possess logic because you use a form of it to twist the truth to fit your worldview. The real puzzle is why?

The only reason that I am a rabid FNM fan, is because I hate coming in second or third or fourth when it comes to country pride and patriotism. The rape of the Bahamas by the PLP from independence is so egregious, that it should offend the sensibilities of every right-minded individual, and yet it doesn't. It would be interesting to know why.

I rather suspect that one of the deepest reasons has to do with race and self-esteem within the context of being Black in the Bahamas. However, one would think that simple enlightenment would chase those demons away, but it hasn't and they still linger. It is truly a conundrum. Individually we are great as a people. Collectively we made and live in a sewer hole and a cess pit, and people like you and Tal sing hosannas to the people who made it that way.

birdie is 67 and will turn 68 or just turned 68 this year,

I hope that she lives long enough to see history correct her perceptions of her beloved PLP.

Banker, I read this paper just so I can stumble upon your posts. Thank you for writing here.

> The minister said when the workers’ contracts expire, the government will have to make a decision on what to do next.

What in the world is Turnquest talking about? There is no decision to make. Their employment term would be over. There are no legal obligations to them beyond that. Turnquest is not behaving at all like we are in a financial crisis.

> “So, no, we are not terminating. That’s not the fact. But we are going to insist on efficiency. We are going to insist on the redeployment of some resources.

What?! This is madness! Turnquest is behaving as though his party is trying to get elected and hence, does not want to piss anyone off. What a disappointing start.

My thoughts exactly!

Peter Turnquest seems totally overwhelmed and appears to lack the chutzpah needed to get on with slashing costs wherever possible. He should by now have a well qualified team in place to identify padded and fraudulent contracts entered into by the previous corrupt government within six months of the last general election for which we the people either have or will receive little or no value. Such contracts should be summarily declared void and without any legal effect whatsoever. The names of those individuals and their businesses who were a party to such contracts should then be referred to both the attorney general's office and the chief commissioner of police with an appropriate complaint/allegation made by Mr. Turnquest of their attempt to defraud the Bahamian people. Stop whining Mr. Turnquest and just get on with the people's business.....that's what you and your government were elected to do and, as Minnis promised, it's now the people's time!

I hate to be the one to defend the birdbrain but kaki is a legitimate alternate spelling of khaki and entered the language through French. Maybe birdie is a French scholar or of creole origin. And that quote above makes me wonder if birdie is one of Freddie's personas. As to the bird brain's arguments they are as expected specious. What else can you expect from the bird that buries it's head in the sand to avoid reality?

Kaki

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kaki may refer to:

the Japanese word for oyster

the Japanese word for fence

the Māori name for the black stilt

the Hungarian and Hebrew word for feces

the Telugu word for crow

the Malay word for foot

Diospyros kaki, a fruit better known as Japanese persimmon or Asian persimmon

I think that she is Hungarian or Hebrew. I couldn't find a dictionary reference for 'kaki' referring to clothing, but if there is one, I am always ready to stand corrected.

Re-post of reply to @DDK above:

Peter Turnquest seems totally overwhelmed and appears to lack the chutzpah needed to get on with slashing costs wherever possible. He should by now have a well qualified team in place to identify padded and fraudulent contracts entered into by the previous corrupt government within six months of the last general election for which we the people either have or will receive little or no value. Such contracts should be summarily declared void and without any legal effect whatsoever. The names of those individuals and their businesses who were a party to such contracts should then be referred to both the attorney general's office and the chief commissioner of police with an appropriate complaint/allegation made by Mr. Turnquest of their attempt to defraud the Bahamian people. Stop whining Mr. Turnquest and just get on with the people's business.....that's what you and your government were elected to do and, as Minnis promised, it's now the people's time!

"MINISTER OF FINANCE CLAIMS MILLIONS IN DEALS AHEAD OF ELECTION, BUT, MINISTER HAS NOT TABLED ANY DOCUMENT TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM." Shouldn't this be the headline?