The Honourable Sears has sometimes mis-spoke, … .
Treating accountability as just a joke. .
The pothole ministry, which he serves, .. .. .
Gets no less praise than it deserves. . . . ..
As gubmint buildings crumble away, . .. ..
Some are pleased that it’s a brand due nay, . .. .
Contracts and shingles enrich these clowns, . ..
While despairing masses crowd shanty towns, , ,,, .
But not worry; we have the Bahamas Games; . …..
To distract the votes with foolish claims. . .. . .
If for ten days work you charge a million, . .. …
It nussa be worthwhile being a Fill Up minion.
Sigh.

All this shows is how we have had Government after Government of useless individuals run us. And we are the idiots for still voting them back in

Scary to think that the momentum we had with the Wartsila engines coming online has been totally lost and wasted essentially and we are pretty much right back to where we started.

Are we fallback to where we started? Are we really to believe these Wartsila engines were brought in and the engineers at BPL and for Wartsila combined only discovered a challenge WAY after these engines were already in use? These guys are up to something. An engineer won't take that long to figure out things won't work well. If you put a new engine in a 30 year old car and don't change the other parts, you know exactly what to expect. So, either everybody knew and kept quiet or the guys are lying now. Either way you cut it a lot of people need to be fired and politicians involved need to be punished.

This doesn't make sense. The engineers who would have been there at the time the Wartsila engines were brought in would have known what challenges existed with installing them and if they didn't project this beforehand, it would have been noticed shortly after installation. Some th ung smells off here. BPL boasted thatbload shedding would be a thing of the past. Now, suddenly, "Oh, oh, we can't guarantee you have power throughout the summer." Look, someone is playing games here. Also, does anyone realize under the FNM, there was an agreement signed with Shell North America for the supply of power. The date for that to start has long passed but you didn't hear a PEP from anyone. Now these arithmatricks guys all of a sudden see an issue with keeping the lights on. This is in the back end of we need to increase electricity bills because of increase in fuel prices. Does anyone realize that fuel prices have dropped considerably for awhile now. The futures contracts th e FNM signed would. It have all been used up when the PLP took office. Prices have been declining for a long time. So, which months did they really have a high fuel costs. It seems the trend here for BPL is to come up with an excuse to fleece the population. Where is the money really going? Logic doesn't line up to what they are saying.

Ive noticed this fuel price analysis in the newspapers and on radio.

People just report whatever no sense the gas dealers put out. Oh gas is now 16 dollars "*inflation, you know...*". Not one ounce of effort to actually investigate whats really going on with prices globally and if it has any impact here. Literally 2 days after OPEC announced theyd be cutting fuel production the Tribune had Bastian reporting that some dealers had "already" raised prices and the reporter couldnt out 2 and 2 together that there was no corellation or basis for the price increase

You are right, BEC says whatever because weve shown we will swallow ehatever

Lol. When OPEC initially announced their cut prices didn't spike. If I recall it dropped. The funny thing was they didn't get the demand they expected from China. So, although lower supply, there was much lower demand. Economics won that round. I guess the reporter also didn't hear the China part of the equation either.

I hope this government final takes a stand for the people and has an inquiry. The lack of internal controls and oversight under the previous CEO/Board is shocking. The amount of corruption and nepotism that happened is criminal. A proper governance and financial audit is due...and by a firms outside this country....

Say this government?! Lol. All of them are bad. When this government lies they need to make sure the available data in the global community doesn't easily contradict their BS.

From Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

intellect: the ability to understand and to think in an intelligent way.

acuity: the ability to hear, see, or think accurately and clearly

foresight: the ability to judge correctly what is going to happen in the future and plan your actions based on this knowledge

Back in the day electric machinery were jolly and robust and ran thro' hell and high water with nary a complaint. In contrast, today's replacements are finicky and cantankerous and act up if they barely sense thunder in the distance. And with each new upgrade/replacement the machines get more complex and more cranky - not to mention that they are designed to give way to the next generation (obsolescence). This trend was well underway from the 1960's. We are the suffering victims, beause our so called leaders (mangerial and political) lack proper foresight and intellectual acuity.

Are they lacking or are they playing games? Do you believe a bunch of engineers from BPL and Wartsila say together and combined could not figure out how this will play out? The Wartsila guys would knkw their engines better than anyone else and the guys at BPL.know the crap they have there. So, it seems to be a game being played here. A very costly game. Could there be issues? Yes, but I believe they are blowing up a picture to justify spending. Like the old saying goes, follow the money. Once you do this you will understand clearly what is happening.

http://www.tribune242.com/news/2022/dec…

Maybe all Warsilla cared about was a pay cheque, who knows?

And maybe all the minister cared about was a separate pay cheque.

A new minister in position now, time for someone else to get paid

Lol. Everybody getting money from the poor, working class and middle class. Some of the wealthy and the well connected are the ones with the highest electricity usage but are the ones who don't pay. So, those who can least afford pay for those who can and also have to pay the premium for those in power to abuse the system.

And every new deal to "*not*" fix the problem is a chance for someone else to get a pay day... This story been going on for decades so far the US only spill the beans on the insurance salesman bribe taker

its the same old story with things government related.. neglect forever, then speak about it like it all suddenly occurred, like national insurance for example.. all these small countries have perfected kicking hard issues down the road.. whatz next, the big govt pension obligation?

I wonder if the real issue is that they forgot to factor in the amount of power needed for the new port.