For some reason Tribune no longer wants us to comment on soooo many stories. Only 1 of 8 stories to opened to comment - and none of them are court matters.
What happened? PLP getting upset?

I noticed that too. I guess they recon some stories are too controversial to comment on.

Yes, I notice it too. They select what we can share opinions on and even remove comments they don't like.

I can understand disabling commenting on the legal matters, but it seems as if all but the headline stories are locked these days. They aren't the first to do this though, this is a regular occurrence with the CBC in particular. The effect is much more pronounced in this country though because there aren't many forums for discussing Bahamian issues in a semi-anonymous manner in the first place.

The Tribune/Guardian is short staffed. They just had that big buss up. So maybe they don’t have no one to monitor and censor the blogs. Just scrolling down past those inserts ( that are supposed to be advertisements) is a horrible turnoff.

Leopard can't change it's stripes. Same old corrupt PLP.

This speaks mountains. If the ruling party cannot even keep their own accounting in order, how are they going to manage the whole country?!

Why did the govt foot the bill to begin with? If a manager at a private company paid for their kid's birthday party with company funds, and then offered to repay when everyone found out, they'd still be fired, and rightfully so. Why are these guys being allowed to get away with it? What they did was theft, pure and simple. Lock them up.

Amen. Same old corrupt PLP.

This is nothing but rampant corruption, if the quote for the airfare alone was $150k and Davis in his capacity as the head of the PLP wrote a cheque for $24k what logical conclusion can be drawn?
The only capacity Davis played was as the headliner speaker at the PLP leadership conference, where he urged them to enjoin it’s decision to sever ties with Britain.
He promised the PLP that his gov’t would sanction an “honorary counsel” appointment to Bermuda, in other words another govt paid PLP operative.
This is what representative government in the Bahamas looks like and it’s shameful.

Tribune is getting like Yhe democratic news in the united states. Tell us all the information and let us decide, Tribune. You should not decide what your audience should see because it benefits you.

The PMH HAS insufficient hospital beds, medicine and medical equipment for the The People of The Bahamas, the roads are full of put-holes and half of the government buildings are full of mold (LOL) but this blatantly corrupt excuse for a government can go joy riding off to Bermuda. They just happened to get catch. By the way, The FNM should remove the mote from their own eyes....,.,.

Not to mention "Gov’t in near-$40m deficit for August"!!!! They just can't help themselves.....

Comments are for some stories , if the FNM is at fault there will be no comments or so it seems

Ignorance is not bliss

so the only stories open for comment is the one that puts Brave Davis in a bad light. Like when Nygard was open for comment but Adrian Gibson was not.

None is so corrupt as the FNM remember Mr Pintard toggie and boggie OBAN give away of BTC , the gun man Barry Major , volience paying for a sour pussy cat to go on trips to call the Bahamas corrupt that is what he did with our money This same FNM Government wanted two tickets per year for their wives one hundred or 250 per day for their wives ,

And now they talk

Does that make this okay? That's your argument? Typical 6th grade mentality.

It is so sad and shameful that you are blinded by loyalty to party as opposed to fidelity to country, that you cannot speak truth to power.

Davis really think the Bahamians are all fool. He is traveling to a political party convention and trying to say he traveling in the capacity of the OM of the Bahamas? What then is the benefit to the Bahamas for the trip?

Ask Birdie. She seems fine with it. I guess she doesn't contribute much to the treasury so her thinking is... it ain't my money!
Meanwhile, for the rest of us, we're thinking... they spending my money on WHAT!?

LOL. Makes no sense to ask birdie anything. Typical University of wulff road graduate who cannot think beyond yellow.

But as you say, these guys just spending our money. Maybe it is time we really use the Westminster system, and like the UK just did, pressure the PM to resign.

I'm just saying it tickles my stomach now a colony's popoulaces, awaits see how the premiership's press secretary/choir leader Comrade "Clintee", attempts to explain why **showcasing the $24,750.00 cheque, was just mere downpayment** towards the Bermudian travel bill of **$88,888.888?**
Is this shi%, even lawful if uttering a fake cheque?
Reminder of the uttering of that **fake** OBAN document and how that turned-out ― Yes?

Everyone and their potcake knew exactly what the PLP was when we voted them out in a landslide 5.5 years ago, yet Bahamians saw it fit to vote in the exact same people that they had just kicked out. Why is anyone surprised? More importantly, when will Bahamians give a third party a chance? Can't keep doing the same things over and over and expecting different results.

The FNM is apparently no better. Everybody and their cocker spaniel realize that in 2021 so decided not to vote for either of them. When the PLP said the carnival pay us 200,000 to facilitate their operation the FNM basically say ~what wrong with that? When they in is their turn and we then we in is ours

What is the matter with us? Why can't we stop stealing?

Yes. This was a straight up attempt to steal from the Bahamian people. PLP should be ashamed of themselves. The sense of entitlement is reprehensible.

You would think that it was sufficient, only yesterday, Adrian Gibson was brought before the court, for us to now learn.

Man, you'll make it a shameful enterprise and endearment to be known as a Bahamian.

You would think that the Prime Minister would have been keen TO prevent such a fiasco of thievery.

NEVER... under Mr. Hubert Ingraham.... NEVER!!!

So had it not been for the hiccup in the PM and company’s flight schedule, this entire event would have gone on unreported by the media and without knowledge of the Bahamian people. The ole people use to say’. Don’t matter how much dark glasses and big clothes you put on, God will still find a way to strip you down and expose ya tail.’ And Brave Davis dem right back in the house today trying to lie and cover up more scandals and missteps surrounding the BPL fuel hedging saga. Like they ainn ger never learn .. until they five years run out.

Given recent back to back resignations by UK PMs in a matter of weeks following the same system of Government that we supposedly emulate … are resignations not in the cards … or will we simply continue to follow those aspects of governance that “we like”?!?

Just pay the bills no need to come to this they can be expected to be watched very carefully I do believe that it is a good idea to do the right things and God will be on your side , the PLP looked good in Bermuda , there is no need to give the FNM folks high blood ulcers and reasons to talk fluff and loose sleep

Birdie, crawl back under your rock like the good little crab 🦀 you are.
If the Bahamas was a First World country and if Davis & Co had even a shred of honor they would resign, in fact in a First Word country they would probably go to jail.
Just goes to show how low our morals are and how corrupt and dysfunctional we truly are,SMT

What does it take for a Bahamian PM to resign?

If we say that honour is the most prized characteristic in the Westminster system, what is worst than deliberately stealing from the Treasury and still not admitting to it, even when you are publicly exposed?

That is why the PLP will lose the next election and continue this dishonored fake system of democracy.