Correction.His name is Andre Dawson not Andrew .His nickname was the 'Hawk' during his playing days.Born and raised in Miami,Florida.

Typical Bahamian politician .Out of touch and do not understand their portfolio. The prime minister is just like Jobeth Coleby Davis who was shocked at the conditions in West Grand Bahama..

The government officials have an idea of who dis this, Nothing is going to come of this. This is how this country operates.Sad.

The island of New Providence needed a unified bus system from at least the nineteen fifties. The high level of car ownership and congestion on the streets of this small island is directly related to that. Bermuda is light years ahead of the Bahamas in this regard.

Sensible progressive ideas take years to be implemented in this country. A foreigner said despite the Bahamas so called wealth, the country is so far behind in certain aspects.

That proposal was presented to previous PLP and FNM administrations. This is how this country operates. Business ideas and proposals are passed on and funneled to a favored few. That is why this country is not developing with sense and is stagnant.

@An Observer.The Bahamas a service economy based on tourism and financial services. Nursing is a very complex and demanding profession. It goes beyond bathing patients and emptying slop pans.The salaries and working conditions for nurses in the government service is not good. Add to that ,the recruitment of bahamian nurses by foreign agencies. Salaries and benefits are better aboard in the US, Canada and parts of Europe.

Sensible,progressive ideas take years,decades or will never reach the Bahamas.Local government is one of them. Many of the problems and situations on the island of New Providence are dealt with and managed by local governments outside the Bahamas.Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando are all governed by a mayor and city council.

I say constantly Bahamians do not live in the Bahamas.Quite a number of them are unaware of the plight of their fellow Bahamians in the family islands. Those who live on New Providence. All some of them know of this country is what the religious and political leaders tell them. There is tremendous amount of underdevelopment in the family islands.

Both the Senate and the opposition failed also in this instance.They should have been able to point our the flaws in the legislation.The Senate job in the real world is to review the legislation that is passed in the lower chamber.The opposition should also point out the errors and make proposals to correct them. Most parliamentarians in this country do not know what they are doing.

Is the columnist in a round about way suggesting the implementation of a progressive income tax? That move will be strongly oppose by the very people who would benefit from it.