The cold hard fact is that the country has suffered over a decade of increasing crime and large numbers of murders, several years of double digit murders. And the recent spate of murders put the country on the road for having another record setting year for killings. This is the FNM's second time around being the government in a crime ridden Bahamas and a murder capital so there is no reason the gloves should not come off. And the message has not changed to you and your government, Mr Dames: You cannot continue to attempt to solve the murder problem by waiting for shots to be fired and another body is sprawled on the ground or in some vehicle or some building. St the cabinet level you must set a task force on crime. You moist identify all the inputs that contribute to crime and especially murders ; Conflict resolution, drugs, unemployment, rapid urban sprawl, an extremely mobile population, gang activity family and community break down and dysfunction, among other things. You must put measures in place to reduce the negative of each of these factors on crime. Eventually you will identify those elements that have the most significant impact on crime and especially murder and take corrective measures accordingly. Identifying our most at risk males for example and taking measures to ensure they are properly socialized , especially the ones who are not working or go on to college after high school. Then making more economic opportunities available for them. Then educating single mothers about the results of blocking fathers out of the lives of their sons. Statistics will bear out the fact that the majority of young men involved in crime come from single pareohomed where the father is absent and has little or no interaction with their sons. Much of this crime is rebellion and reaction to young men feeling rejected and abandoned by their fathers and by society as a whole. Then on the justice and punishment side:

Does he know that he's the point person for hurricane preparedness? ....And all other national security risks?

Why should he? Even Minnis doesn't know this!

Comrades! Did not the red shirts whilst in opposition not know there would be 'no quick fix on murders?' If so, why did Marvin and his campaigning colleagues outright promise a quick crime fix during the 2017 General Election?
Minister Marvin is dead on correct that 118 days since being placed in charge of arresting the 'alarming murderers'- is not enough time to solve the problem but how is it that you don't even have a plan in place to arrest murderers after 118 days in office?
69.75% the people who voted on May 10, 2017, want this crown minister to do the honourable and resign as minister - who has for 118 days - failed to even develop a plan to arrest the murderers to begin to protect the peoples safety and security.
Minister, how many thousands of dollars per day are taxpayers paying for policeman's chauffeurs you around and guard your physical from the criminal thugs? Who is protecting the ordinary people from the criminal thugs?
Minister, are you personally packing a loaded Gun?

This response from Marvin is a cop out and his resignation should follow.

His campaign videos where he stated his police background would assist in in curbing crime should be replayed to remind him the promises he made.

So be it though. Enjoy the remainder of the 4.5 years in government Marvin.

@ Reality Check:? And so why do you not ever mention the Hundreds of Millions being sucked out by all the foreign banks in this country? Some who have been doing it even before Sebas was born. They have many many Bahamians leveraged up to their eyebrows and the exorbitant fees they are charging is taking a huge chunk out of a working mans paycheck. And should they not mention their attitude of after over a hundred years of making profits, huge profits in the Bahamas, they are closing shop and withdrawing of cutting back on their services as they encounter losses. If the correlation between Sebas and crime had any relevance or to the degree you are hopping on then explain why there is also increases in crime (and corruption) amongst the non gaming population. Gambling is a vice and its best that it be licensed and regulated as are the Casinos on Paradise Island and Cable Beach rather than ran as an underground operation. Close to 5,000 persons are legally employed in the web shops and, the web shops seem here to stay.

@John: You make it all too easy for @Reality-Check to draw out from you that your bread is obviously buttered by the racketeering thugs who run the corrupt gaming web shops.

Comrades! Does Minister Marvin still have the confidence the prime minister and his red shirts crown cabinet colleagues?
PM Minister Minnis will soon have go live on-air from the prime minister's office to order an evacuation from growing number neighborhoods that have and are becoming too crime infested dangerous to live-in.
Comrades,social activities, entertainment, business and nightlife commerce throughout the nation's capital of Nassau Town -has all but come to a complete shutdown - once the sun starts disappearing under the cover darkness of nighttime.
Good Sweet Jesus, even some churches no longer hold nighttime worship and social events after darkness.
Armed thugs have stolen the monies from collection plates and out the pockets congregations - all while church services were in progress!

Tal you need to get a life. You not earning your pay telling outrageous lies!

That is not what "No Games Dames" told the "its the peoples time " voters he told them
he had the answer to crime. Now if he can just get over Mr: Greenslade's appointment as
commissioner Of Police instead of him it just may help him.

Of course there is a quick fix ........... Wanted Dead or Alive ....... and the Noose

I betcha Irma gonna fix some shite real quick tonite and tomorrow.......