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Agriculture4Scheme says...

The answer to the $100 million dollar question is: We expose them. Lets call in to the live talk radio shows, such as the Bodie show, Morning Blend show, Coffee Break with Teej show, Chrissy Love show, etc etc.

We can also each use social media to start the conversation up on this project, so journalist may take the led and investigate it!

Check out katy comment, a photo was included-Like I said lets expose them....

Agriculture4Scheme says...

Good day everyone including Ava Turnquest (the writer of this article/story),

Firstly, let me say that this present administration PLP government is stealing money from this project -BAMSI or BAMSRI as they (PLP administration) called it.

Initially sometime last year 2013, they allocated $4 million dollars to this bamsri/bamsi project, then this government announced that they need $20 million. Soon after that announcement, this government just had a $20 million dollar ceremony contract in North Andros for this agricultural school.

Now DPM-Philip 'Brave' Davis is saying an additional $7 million is now needed again to complete this school, which in my opinion will never open and function.

Everyone, hear this, according to this article, Brave said construction is 30% completed, however this bamsi/bamsri is slated to open in September 2014.

There are no photos of this project site in North Andros showing us (the Bahamian people) developments of this project.

Moreover, Philip 'Brave' Davis mentioned that the PM Christie expects to spend $100 million dollars in Andros, so when you do the math, they had $4 million, then requested $20 million and the latest which is $7 million ($4mil. + 20mil.+ 7mil. ) = $31 million dollars or so. They took from the public purse to thief and use some in this so call bamsi/bamsri.

Therefore, this government is 30% completed of taking $100 million dollars. So, on average this PLP administration have another $70 million dollars to steal and say they need it for this agricultural school (bamsi/bamsri) in North Andros.

People expect more millions of dollars to be needed to complete this school- which they will thief.

People if you studied geography, the way in which Brave uses topograpghy only indicates that land of the project site has been cleared, which was being clear since November 2013 and yet up to now, no foundation on the land is set.

Question: How can construction be on time, according to Brave statement???

While and I quoted: "Livingston Forbes, chief architect within the Ministry of Works, said additional funding is needed for the construction of the school’s packing house, processing plant, residences for farm manners, security buildings and a tuckshop for the students."

So the PLP administration say need additional funding for:

1) construction of the school’s packing house
2) processing plant
3) residences for farm manners
4) security buildings
5) tuckshop for the students

People, $7 million additional is definitely not going to be enough. That won't cut it.

Moreover, no construction has started to date on those 5 things listed, so this means, none of those things have been build as yet, no foundation and yet the PLP administration say this bamsi/bamsri is going to open in September 2014. It will not open!

and yes this is another white elephant project!!!

Agriculture4Scheme says...

I agree with you all. However lets look at everything Minister Gray is doing totally wrong as he tries to contribute to Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI)- which means "ass" in most of the Caribbean Island.

Minister Gray attempted to bring cascarilla trees from Acklins just the other day. He failed, the trees died and were never shipped to the so called BAMSI in North Andros, then just recently the Morrocco government donated $500,000 worth of inorganic fertilizer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Fred Mitchell, Minister Gray was there to receive those which were shipped to BAMSI in North Andros.

However, BAMSI has no plants in high volume to be treated with unsafe inorganic fertilizers, so the fertilisers are just sitting around and now once again Minister Gray is not deciding bring in lime plants which really serves no purpose to BAMSI.

People, they say this BAMSI in North Andros will open in September 2014, however one commenter said no building have been constructed, its true. Photos were sent to me via email and all they are doing is stealing monies from Public funds and fooling us (The Bahamian people)

Also, a few weeks ago, I heard this Mr. Omer Thomas on Darrold Miller. Apparently, he is a Jamaican national in charge of developing Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute in North Andros.

People all around are saying this man is a fraud and thief because he's doing nothing. That;s why they say the SCHOOL and FARM will not open in September 2014. There will be some excuse to why the SCHOOL and FARM will not be operational.

Many people researched him in google search engine and this man is a FAKE! He claims to be DR. Omer Thomas but in the Jamaican Gleaner and other Jamaican press, he's actually Mr. Omer Thomas. His qualifications are all questionable

Everyone, type his name (Dr. Omer Thomas) in google search engine and see the truth.
Besides that, this present government knows about Thomas failures.

Where is Candia Dames, she should do an investigation on this so called Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) in North Andros.