No surprise here but you get lots of insight as to how these shysters were running our money. You gat a PM that clearly didn't trust his DPM and takes the major building contracts from under his portfolio (I believe Bannister referred to it as PPL) and assigns them to himself, constantly overrode his DPM and MOW protocol to give major contracts to the party's cronies with no oversight or accountability and then takes the management of the clean up effort after a hurricane with millions of dollars involved and places that into the hands of Shame Gibson - proverbially allowing the rat to guard the cheese - and now all this money has been paid out and nobody knows anything. DPM clueless, Shame don't know nothing and PM who probably was behind most of the shyterism ain't come up for air since that cut hip at the polls

Boy I tell you. You just can't make this stuff up.

"*#Although he did not know how Mr Ash received his contracts, Mr Davis said during hurricane restoration efforts **little bidding takes place because of the urgent need to clean up islands.***"

This is craziness..we know hurricanes can happen every year, we know the various types of damages they can result from flooding to power restoration to cleanup. You know what "reasonable" rates you are willing to pay. As part of the preparation you put out an RFP for services and you establish a queue of legitimate businesses, you also have time ton spect their operations to ensure that they can do what they say they can do. There is no need to cut through anything. Before the hurricane hits, they're on notice, if the hurricane causes damage they're mobilized, if the first guys equipment was damaged you move to the second man in the queue. If everybody's equipment is damaged we have bigger problems than red tape.

And you certainly don't give the entire contract to one man who will take months to complete

This is getting funny they all trying toss each other under da jitney, like a bunch of potcakes running from a cat.....

Comrades! Look, Brave and Shane are not the only two politicians at odds..... We see PM Minnis and his Minister Finance "KP" - walking back on not only many of their campaign promises - but backing off of Budget commitments........ including promises remove VAT from bread basket items....how cruel is that on the thousands citizens who were most relying on taking advantage more affordable basic food items for their grocery cupboards.

I have absolutely no doubt that the “contract award followed the usual procedures.”. We all know those procedures under the PLP: 20% kickback.

No one has stolen anything and no one will go to jail. Because there is no proof. There has to
be evidence .a police investigation and a case presented to the courts. many will be disappointed. This is Trump all over again, "Lock her up"

All of the constructed buildings in Freeport and Abaco were built by FNMs. The FNM IS guilty
of everything they accuse the PLP off.

Look at the two PLP fart-catchers here twisting themselves into pretzels either by trying to divert attention (look at the red shirts) or complete denial. They do not realise that the rest of us are not as stupid as them, or the PLPtards that they are used to lying to.

Comrade Banker, what no personal attack smear campaigns can ever paint over - is how the Red Shirts are finding it difficult to explain why their first order governing business is to lower taxes and costs for their own business types.... whilst refusing to help the many thousands left struggling to afford the most basic of 'bread basket' items. Under Minnis and KP - the families the dead - still have pay VAT bury their loved ones. Why not make 'Graveyard Plots' free for all citizens?

You love this Bread Basket phrase boy looooooool. Someone of your intellect should be supervised when using the computer at all times.

Comrade NaughtyDread, I knows you thinks it's a bold statement to remind PM Minns and KP, about their often repeated 2017 campaign promises to reduce the costs on items which are 'important to the stomachs of thousands of our citizens - the most basic of the store shelves 'bread basket' items. Who could've even suspected how quickly cruel this red regime is demonstrating their lack passion for many of our society's most financially challenged. But then again, after reading over the 'declared net worth's' of the 2017 red shirts candidates - is it any wonder why they seldom have a need to shop for the most basic 'bread basket' of items off the food stores isles.

Ah well the FNMs spew venom. The A students, the Rocket scientist, The Rhodes scholars.
who wish to spite on human beings. the "D" graders know better. Our parents brought us up
well. We know that we can respectfully disagree. If it means we are PLP more power to the
PLP

birdie,
right is right and wrong is wrong.
Get this PLP and FNM thing out of your mind.
It is hurting the country, as if this isn't abundantly clear from the failed state status we are in.
Quit tilting at politicians.
You have as much culpability as anyone for the sorry state of this nation, because instead of ideas, you grasp on to a party.

And if no one ends up getting prosecuted for all of the outright fraud and theft that occurred during the five-year term of the last government, then perhaps it is Minnis who should be.......well, you can fill in the blank for yourself!

Agreed completely.

And I don't believe a word Shame says. The czar knows just who got what, from Ministry of housing to NIB. It's his job to know

Davis and Gibson remind me of Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg trials. The first line of defense for the Nazi war criminals was: "Yes I was in charge, but I had no way of knowing, and therefore did not know, what was going on!" The second line of defense was: "Hitler {Christie} made me do it or face certain {political} death!"

In the court of public opinion, both Davis and Gibson are guilty as sin for having abused their public office and the public trust for their own self-gain at great expense for all honest and hardworking Bahamian taxpayers. They must rightfully be made to pay for their crimes after full and proper investigations have been conducted to gather the actual evidence of their criminal conduct. As a lawyer, you would think Davis would at least know that dereliction of sworn duty as a cabinet minister is certainly no defense under the law!

Davis uses his law degree as a weapon against the rest of us.

Perry was the PM who did not trust or like his Deputy (Brave) ......... Perry had a loyal inner circle of Three (Shame, Allyson & Fitzie) who knew how to make the big money deals for the PLP elite ......... then Perry had the "others" (like Fweddy, D.D, Obie & Gray) who were also enjoying the joy-ride ...... Finally, there were the starving underlings who were just hanging on to the side of the boat (some got kicked off)

This stink revelation will expose all of the vicious PLP inner conflicts ........ CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!

...and right here lies the problem...any HONEST individual will get the runaround, have to present all articles of incorporation, tax compliance certificates, etc, etc, to be eligible to conduct business for or on behalf of the government...but then you have this...

"#He said two of Mr Ash’s companies were not registered with the Registrar General and one was registered only in February.

#That the companies were not registered is irrelevant, Mr Davis said yesterday, adding that Dr Minnis was “grasping at straws.”

#“It’s not necessary to have a registered company to do business,” he said. “It’s necessary to have a business license and to be compliant with taxes. He has those items so he could do business.”"

“You have to find a mechanism to cut through the bureaucracy,” Mr Mitchell said.

The "mechanism" they found is called Teiffen!