Note how neither Forbes-Smith nor The Tribune reporter (Khrisna Russell) thought it necessary we (the Bahamian public) know about the number of corpses to be buried at a total cost of at least $247,000 with no indication whether that total amount includes the cost of the grave site plots. Are these bodies to be buried on Crown Land?

excellent questions. I ant to know also

They should have cremated the bodies, even people who have money are cremated
after all the body return to dust and the souls goes back to God.

if there were families who disagreed with cremation . perhaps they could be responsible
for the cost.

This vision less FNM Government. .

Excellent points Birdie. This is a complete waste of our money.
Nobody has claimed these bodies so they obviously are not too concerned whether or not they are buried or cremated.

I sure hope we Colony's comrade Funeral Directors are doing right read on new coronavirus - sufficiently put them on edge know they needs do a deep spring clearing out their funeral homes fridges of all sandwiches and other eatable foodstuffs, including ice creams, and beverages. In meantime, do away further preparing food stuffs and cooking at funeral homes kitchens.

If they're going in individual graves and we have a cost, how come we can't get an actual body count? Government is full of shut, and still lying to the people.

it is a shame that death is all about the almight dollar. shame on every single funeral director creating this mess.

Once these people are put in the ground they will be forgotten and never visited. What a waste of time, money and land.

Really sad after now half a year that these some 50 persons in mortuary from the Hurricane Dorian devastated the densely populated Marsh Harbour areas and these some 50 persons lost their lives.

These adults would have been working for others to earn a living....likely long hours very hard working ...some may have been somebody's housekeeper,...somebody's gardener,.....somebody's farm worker and doing other jobs speaking to employer.....good morning,...working along with others....someone calling them by name.....These deceased some 50 persons would have eaten in company of others...shared a plate of food....held some child in their arms...fixed some child's school uniform,......sat next to somebody in church.

Where are their employers, friends, relatives, ...anyone not coming forward ? More efforts needed to identify these souls.

We need to memorialize this infamous hurricane ……. a tangible memorial to the unknown victims is an appropriate gesture, along with a gravesite of other named victims.

No need to politicize this matter any further.