Embarrassing and humilating teenagers and children on tv is not the best method. You need real programs .

Programs like remedial education, literacy and numeracy programs. Skills training, parenting classes and family enrichment programs. Also sex education classes. Programs to renew the family structure and also to reduce the disintergration of communities.

I hope that this agreement bring benefits to the Bahamas. Many bahamians are unware that Germany was a significant source of tourists to the Bahamas. Lufthansa the German airline use to have weekiy flights to the Bahamas. The Bahamas lost some of the German tourism market to Cuba and other caribbean islands. Also there is German investment in the tourism market here. Stella Maris and Blue Lagoon Island are examples of that.

The bahamian parliament is dysfunctional at best. Many of it's members don't understand or follow it's rules. It is simply a reflection of this society. The average voter does not know the role which their mp plays in it. What is a good mp to the average bahamian voter, in a more advanced countries, those functions are done by the local government,

Michael Pintard is a good choice. He is an eloquent and persuasive speaker. He has a background in the creative arts and agriculture. He is also a product of the public school system. He had the support of most of the heavy hitters in the party.

Political parties in the bahamas need an infusion of new ideas, policies and people. They need renewal on a consistent basis. Less they become stagnant. They also need to become more transparent and inclusive. There needs to be a decentralization pf power in this country. There needs to be a real local government which will allow people more say in how their communities are run.

This should be done .Some family islands needed greater autonomy from New Providence. A percentage of the tax dollars generated on some islands should be spent there.. The local population through their local government officials sometimes have better ideas, how those funds are to be spent. It really make no sense for an MP or bureaucrat based in New Providence to decide certain decisions for family communities.

The Bahamas has a very flawed democracy. Many persons elected to parliament don't seem to know how the system of government should function. They don't seem to be interested in learning how it does also. Positions should as speaker and senators should not given to first time member of parliament. They are usually given to senior .more experienced persons in other parliaments.

Bahamians don't even understand the role of an MP is. In fact, jobs they attribute to a good mp is done in most countries by the local government. Garbage collection, cleaning of verges, road sides and maintenance of public parks. My sister's congressman is not responsible for that in the US.

Typical Dr.Minnis move. Do something untoward or against the system of proper governance. You bend the rules for your purpose. You don't practice what you preach against on the campaign trail. You offset this by feeding information to certain sectors of the media who are fixated on certain issues. That is what somebody in the know said to me about this peculiar situation.

Previous tax amnesties have failed also. What is needed is the modernization of the property tax department, increased compliance and improved collection methods. The government should also seize and auction property. That is what drives compliance in other countries.

Moody's also downgraded the Bahamas' debt after the election. This is a reflection of this economy after the twin problems of hurricane Dorian and Cov19. This economy was having problems before those events

Overstaffing the civil service was the PLP's way to deal with the unemployment issues. That may not be feasible in the future. Given the government's financial position and constraints being placed on it by international lenders.

Guardian radio talk show host Dwight Strachan made a suggestion to deal with the employment issues in the Bahamas. A series of bilateral agreements between the Bahamas and other countries, allowing ,bahamians to work in those countries for a period of time. It was done before. Quite a number of bahamians would take advantage of a scheme like that.
Increasing amounts of bahamians are living and working aboard. That may be what the future portends for a number of Bahamians.

The Bahamas is by in large, a hypocritical self-righteous country. Especially on the urbanized island of New Providence. Sensible, progressive ideas take years to be put in place or developed in this country. Case in point ,the laws dealing with the claims of children to their father's estate. The Bahamas was the last country in the english speaking caribbean to pass that law. The situation with marital or spousal rape is the same.