Things like this make me believe in summary executions and exile.

But alas, get to prosecution and introduction of legislation to make sure this never happens again. If you want to bring back the death penalty, here's your start. Hop to it.

Wow Perry and Brave kicking themselves for leaving all that potential money in der pockets on da table!!!!

Don,t you think Stubby fingers got a bunch of the 8 million paid to Ash

Comrades! Seems PM Minnis, Ministers Desmond and Dionisio, might as well take over control Crime Stoppers, as the snitches line report tiefing and corruption.
I still say the PM possesses NO authority to go after MP's, Senators and other Government Officials for failure file Financial Disclosures - as that authority rests with the House Speaker In fact, the current sitting House Speaker - possesses NO authority to order the Attorney General to deal with former members of the House. Former MP's, can tell the PM to go take a hike as neither the PM or the current House Speaker possesses any authority over their previous actions or failures to act. I suggest they go talk with QC Wayne.

Your political stooges who have placed this country on a political knife edge had no authority to pay over the odds to unqualified political devotees without any fair bidding how the hell can you defend them /

Because he's one of them!

You Tal, are a disgusting human being, a non-patriot and a PLP slimebucket. Grow a pair, get some honesty and truthfulness and join the human race.

Mudda Lip Stick

So for 1/8th of what they paid this political stooge they could have insured everything and been reimbursed the 31 million. Heads need to roll and this Ash guy must be ordered to provide detailed accounting of just how this money was spent. And still fools in our area believe in the PLP when they can see a few getting rich at their expense. Brain dead.

Comrade OMG, I would never defend corruption - regardless of colours they t-shirts but I
just don't believe that any PM should be using his high office and the media to haul hints of corruption against any person or persons. In the meantime we've heard nothing from Minnis, Dionisio and Desmond - other than this PLP did this and that other PLP did that - while many thousands our citizens continue go without paycheques and BahamaCARE. I mean like how many years will the PM and his red cabinet colleagues be at this negative form of governing?

DITTO.

SHAME SHAME!!!!! they may have a Bahamian Passports, BUT THEY ARE NOT BAHAMIAN!!!!

The saga continues.... more wastage and padded contracts.

There must be some way to figure out if there were kickbacks involved.

It's just too much.

Someone need to go to jail!!

All of these revelations will not amount to a hill of beans at the end of the day because Minnis has no intention of ensuring the necessary evidence will be properly gathered for the purpose of prosecuting both the beneficiaries of all of this corruption and those who abused their public office and the public trust. And Minnis certainly will not be instructing law enforcement agencies and the attorney general's office to undertake the investigations needed for pressing formal charges against the miscreants. Minnis is simply engaging in lip service and pandering to his supporters in an effort to somehow justify his new government's great desire to borrow mega-millions of dollars without any meaningful plan to cut the very high non-productive (wasted) costs just about everywhere throughout our government corporations, departments and agencies. In the case of Jonathan Ash, why isn't Minnis willing to tell us how Ash was able to deposit or cash the many cheques he received from the last government that were made payable to Ash's unregistered enterprises? I guess the bank(s) concerned (like possibly Bank of The Bahamas) were in violation of their "Know Your Client" documentation requirements. But exactly who is going to be directed by Minnis to properly investigate all of the details behind the identified instances of blatant corruption and theft? Answer: "No One!"

When you will resign from the DNA? You have no ground to talk about anything unless you leave the party that you led into two national cut-hips. . .now lets wait and see before we talk about nothing will be done. . .after the blood letting in the HOA is done. . .after we know who are the cookie jar robbers are. . .then if he does nothing. . .WE ALL WILL JOIN IN WITH YOU TO DEMAND SOMETHING BE DONE!!

Comrades! it's not the people but the system that invites corruption of which PM Minnis, Dionisio, Desmond, KP and Jeffery - have no constructive plans to replace with a system representative of a true - It's the People's time" government. if you put Jesus in this or any other government He too would be tempted to corruption.

You are confused TalRussell, Jesus really. After everything that Jesus endured you think he would give into government corruption. Read more of your Bible. Money was not of concern to Jesus. He was always in favor of the less fortunate, and was a giving and compassionate man.

"Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens"
Exodus 18:21

Reciting verses of the Bible, because it makes no sense in the current conversation.

I actually think Tal is correct. Minnis even thinks Tal is correct, he already tell his people he e going down with them. He knows the capacity exists for the corruption to continue because it's so ingrained.

Our minds are royally messed up. No one sees anything wrong with taking payments to do a job you've already been paid to do, that's the base of corruption.

I've heard of a senior bank employee who brags about how "good" his new job is because he now has access to wealthy clients who pay to get services more quickly. You'd be hard pressed to find ten Bahamians who would find something wrong with that.

roc wit doc has a problem with Mr. Jonathan Ash. he had to many contracts and he was
paid for his work. the man has the equipment and the man power to do the work, who
did doc have in mind? the FNM does the same things in Freeport and Abaco who are the
contractors? Did Mr. Ash do a good job?

It is not unusual for governments, churches and even private citizens to establish their
own disaster fund.

doc is not holding up well. not at all. The job may be to much for him. that is what I am
thinking'

Small Birdbrain your man perry 'sissy' christie failed to pay insurance and we get slammed by a Cat 5 hurricane, AND you have the audacity to say Doc is not holding up well. Take your D- education the fuck out of here. While your at it take all the useless PLP shit ministers, such as Davis, Shane, and Fitz... If you cared one ounce about the Bahamas you would not sit here defaming the FNM. You are not Bahamian. You are plp or plop as we like to call it.

What amazes me is how Government Officials throw around numbers like 8 million, 32 million that they say they gave or spent on a project. If so they need to go to a money management course. You give me 8 million to help the local economy or like clean up for these vendors and see what I can do. I hope the money is well used, let me know if you see major projects completed after this help. It's the same way in the States, they'll say they invested millions and in whatever. What did they do? I hope I'm wrong and the money is well spent. It's like buying a new car and they say it's 20,000 then you go to sign the papers and it's 24,000. What about that other 4,000 dollars they act like it's nothing. It's a lot in a budget. They talk in the millions, do you know how much money that is.

Comrades! Besides, PM Minnis is dreaming if he thinks his upstairs is an equal to that of the perceived Intelligentsia's his red cabinet colleagues Jeffery and Dioniso.
I'm taking it that Minnnis has yet to have witnessed the brains and the mouths in full operational gears when these two Comrades were attempting to dominate any conversation they were engaged in? The attempts takes all intelligentsia's into their mental hostage.

Would it have been all right with doc if hot mix or Waugh construction or fletcher or wells
had received a eight million dollar contract. Of course it would be all right with doc.

Tal---What you are saying is that it is impossible to find an honest man in the Bahamas??

Comrade Gotoutintime, I think Christ was not only talking about a "man" as the nation's Leader but as society in which there are many "men's" who lead in various group makeups. Let's just say - we have a long way to climb to even begin match Christ's expectations.

OK Tal----I certainly accept that!

Said Satan's henchman.

Speechless. Speechless.... Perry Christie leaves me speechless.

You did whaaa... you didn't pay insurance, so whaaa? Wha wha wha.... no words. 8 mill for trash clean up by one person. Whaaa... you said something. Wha?

They're just criminally nucking futs. It boggles the mind! Also mind bogging are the idiots that keep defending the crooks.

The useless assholes didn't even pay their hurricane insurance.... Jesus Christ!

....and they NEED to be HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

They could not find any VAT MONEY left and the Credit was Junk Status. Consequently we are now paying a very high interest rate of interest on the $150,000,000.00 disaster Loan. Now we await to learn the person or maybe persons who were given verbal contracts for these monies.

Who is Ash Trucking owned by?????? ............ Which bank account(s) did Ash Trucking use to deposit their $8 million????????? .......... Which PLP Ministers are closely associated with the owner(s) of Ash Trucking????? ............. This should not be a difficult case to solve by the MOF, Police etc.

The fact that we are having this conversation, wasting our precious time, speaks volumes about this country and its' inhabitants.

Given those numbers, and the frequency and close spacing of payments, this guy would have to have a fleet of trucks and heavy machinery beyond what anyone in this country could possibly possess!
This is simple logistics. How does one burn thru that kind of money that fast?
The answer is simple: Thieving on a scale that would make Pindling blush!
We need a wall of shame with pictures and all, listing their crimes, and write a text book to be used in schools!
Last chapter: Time served and $$ recovered!
This has me reeling.........

You will soon see those businesses and persons who were financially propped up by the deep and widespread government corruption crumble and fall apart. Never has there been this level of corruption and thieving in Bahamas government. It has left the country crippled. And the crooks should not be allowed to walk away.

Jail Time and forfeit of assets

Who signed the cheques and who approved them? That should not be too hard to work out,,, follow the money trail both up and down.