There are two questions about the music industry here I always ask, in the Bahamas.

1. Why has Bahamian music not gone global yet? Reggae,dance-hall, calypso and soca have gone global.
2. As close as the Bahamas is to the United States,there has not been a successful,sustainable musical festival here. In the caribbean there is Reggae Sumfest, ST.Luicia Jazz Fest and Tobago Jazz Festival.Theyare hugely popular music festivals.

The local government should not have been paid for the beach clean up. The persons who received the funds should be held to account for it.

However in the real world beyond this country, local governments raise and collect taxes, fees for services. I have a relative who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. They have a billion dollar budget larger than the Bahamas. The Bahamas is a primitive country when it comes to governance.

@ This is ours.The island of Barbados is 166 square miles. There are islands in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas larger than that.

The bus system in Barbados,we could had a similar system on New Providence from the nineteen seventies. However that idea was rejected in fear of upsetting the taxi drivers.Hence we have the chaos and confusion on the streets of New Providence today.

The Bahamas is a country of paradoxes.So call more prosperous than other caribbean countries,yet in many other ways so backward to them.

Minister Bell needs to resign.The politicians here in the Bahamas are slowly and surely destroying one of the building blocks of a modern society. The rule of law. They do not care.

Some bahamians who live and work on New Providence are blissfully unaware and ignorant of the living conditions on some family islands. A former co-worker told me this. When he was sent to visit his , grand parents on a family island. He was shocked at what he experience there. No modern infrastructure was on that part of the island, No paved roads,no electricity , no running water and a few phones. i always say a lot of Bahamians do not live or know much of the Bahamas. They live in Nassau and Freeport.

@ Monkeedoo.The financial secretary should answer that question. However why don't you ask the director at the Ministry of Works about their lack of programs to maintain and repair roads and other infrastructure in this country.

The citizenship ceremony should not have been done at the funeral. The funeral itself should have been a solemn event. This was intended for political theatrics Every thing in this country is simply a game.

The minister in a more advanced country would have been reprimanded or fired from his cabinet position for this stunt.

That is how this country operates.This idea in the form of a PPP has been presented to both PLP and FNM administration by the above commentator. Politicians steal ideas,stifle ingenuity and pass opportunities to selected friends, family and lovers here.

@ Moncurcool. He is actually more competent with the acting financial secretary Johnson. Way more competent according to an american investment banker.

These decisions are not made being made by him. These policy decisions are made by Phillip Davis and Michael Halkitis. Halkitis is the real minister of finance.The PLP government is being pressured by both the IMF and the Bahamas international creditors. They have to find about two billion dollars to either pay or refinance the county's debt next year. I do not believe they will pul it off. Both Hubert Minnis and Kwasi Thompson are well aware of that.

Some Bahamians do not realize the important roles mailboats play in this country. The Bahamas ia an archipelago of islands.They carry freight and persons to various islands.

I salute this gentleman and others for the service they provide to Bahamians and foreigners.He clearly understands that this country can not be developed without intra island shipping.