Englerston was once a middle- class neighborhood. It was first developed by an American named John Engler whose children sold it to Roland Symonette. Many of those residents left and purchased homes in newer subdivisions. It is now home to lower income Bahamians and also mainly Haitian migrants.

What Englerston and the entire island of New Providence needs is real local government. Waste management, programs for youth and elderly, signage, community gardens, streetlighting, parks and zoning should fall under it.

Bahamians see and experience local government when they live work and travel in the United States, Canada and Europe. The elite here in the Bahamas should know how it works, many of their children reside aboard. The Bahamas is simply behind in also aspects of governance.
Tiny Bermuda had local government long before the Bahamas.

The stupidity that comes out of the mouths of the leaders in this country. Can they not do their jobs, enforce laws and provide a safe environment for Bahamians, residents and visitors alike

It is good that persons have rallied to assist this young lady in getting a car. However, that does not negate the fact that the Island of New Providence needs a properly functioning system or public transportation. Bahamians need to travel outside of this country to see how backward in many aspects of its development. Tiny Bermuda has a well-run functioning public transportation system.

Someone in the know told me about this iidiotic,disastrous decision made by the PLP government some time ago. This decision essentially bankrupted BEC. The FNM is without blame in this situation. They knew of this and made no attempt to fix it. Bahamians are really screwed. They are caught between two incompetent political parties.

Congratulations Devynne. Well done.

I came back recently from a trip to the midwest in the US. The food stores there are modern, well stocked and clean. Stores like Shnucks, Shop and Save and Dierburg are light years of the food stores here on New Providence, this is what happens when you sit back and allow near monopolies in certain areas of your economy. There is little incentive to invest, innovate and modernize since there is little or no competition. A white Caribbean business executive said this about the Bahamas. In his opinion the Bahamas has a closed backward economy.

@ Sheeprunner12 Tony Frguson is a big time FNM supporter. At one time, it was rumored he wanted the FNM nomination for the MICAL seat, His problem like a lot of other FNMs, he did not particularly like many of Hubert Minnis's policies.

What is being proposed is nothing new. The late A.Leonard Archer when he served under the Ingraham administration as the Bahamas's ambassador to Caricom said that. Leslie Miller when he was the Minister of Trade and Industry said the same thing also.

This situation simply reinforces what was said about the Bahamian economy. The Bahamas has a closed backward economy controlled by a handful of firms and families. That was the stated opinion of a foreign white business executive. That is why the so call third richest economy in the Western Hemisphere has not joined the WTO yet. Even Haiti is a member.

Those parliamentarians who do not complied with the disclosures should be prosecuted. The prime minister and the leader of the opposition should disclose the names who have not filed their disclosures.

@Bogart. There is a reason why you want to remove roadside garages from residential areas. Have you ever visited a first world country. There is a good reason why there is proper zoning and land usage policies in those countries.