Never mind roc wit doc .when the Drama King or Mr. Small things speak he will
jump. very high

Lol! I say that we all pay more taxes so that everyone can get treatment, for say... $3, at the hospital. That way we won't need to put any procedures in place at the hospital and they won't need to buy and maintain a billing system. Staff at that hospital will then have more time to continue to provide that excellent service that they are known for.

The mere fact that Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson granted such an interlocutory injunction tells all of us that she cannot appreciate the very obvious injustices caused by the shanty towns. Here's a little reminder for her:

1) The shanty towns by their very existence encourage the continued inflow of illegal immigrants and thereby work against the government's policy and efforts to stem the ever increasing toll illegal immigrants are taking on the very limited financial resources available to support our social welfare schemes, our public education system, our public health system, our defense force, our police force, and, yes, even our judiciary.

2) The shanty towns present well known health and safety hazards to our larger Bahamian community on those islands that they exist; these hazards include the transmission of TB, HIV, etc. not to mention all the major life threatening fires alone that have occurred in shanty towns to date.

3) The shanty towns inhibit and work against the assimilation of those foreign nationals that have been granted residency (work permits) or citizenship in the Bahamas.

4) Our judiciary has no legal standing upon which it can direct or force our government to provide homes, electricity, running potable water, etc. in order for illegal immigrants to live anywhere else in our society, no more so than it does for Bahamians who are poor, under-privileged, down trodden and/or indigent; these are all political matters that fall within the domain of the government democratically elected by the Bahamian people, and not the courts.

Justice Grant-Thompson, as a sitting judge sworn to the laws of the Bahamas, is in no position to legislate or create new laws according to her own wishes or perception of what is fair or unfair if doing so runs contrary to the existing laws of our land and our government's policies formulated with the same existing laws in mind.

makes good sense to me what you are saying!

Our judiciary is a bigger impediment to our government being able to deal with our illegal immigrant problem than QC Smith is.

That's it! Well put, as usual. Too bad the powers that be do not seem to pay much attention to good sense and reason, each having his/her own agenda.

These shantytown structures which have been built without lawful rules regulations, or certified sound of any risers plans are unsafe and many can be seen to be unsafe just looking at photographs.

Conditions for little children and all others no matter what legal status in these unsafe death traps must be immediately evacuated or rescued.

Before any Hurricane, tornado , flooding along this low southern coastal atea these residents must be evvacuated as it is likely all possible govt resources will have to be diverted to their rescue.

HUMAN RIGHTS PEOPLE iF THEY TRULY KNOW THE CONDITIONS OF THESE ILLEGAL SHANTYTOWNS WOULD BE TRYING TO EVACUATE AND LOOKING FOR BETTER CODITIONS FOR THEIR SAFETY AND WELL BEING ,...INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PROLONG THEIR STAY IN THESE SHANTYTOWNS..?....