@ Emilio 26. Mr.Johnson does not have the experience or the practical experience for that post. His so called appointment to this acting financial secretary post flies in the face of meritocracy.

He is merely one of Dr.Minnis 's political deals. In this backward country, it is still who you know or who your people is. Let him explain to you the reason and circumstances of his departure from BTC.

This is the same man who said Bahamar had a fake opening. He also said that he would find a real buyer for Bahamar. Typical politician who says one thing while in opposition and does the opposite when in government.

@C2B.What you say is very true. This is a typical Bahamian play. Things like this has gone for years in this country. Certain elements of the media attempt to play naive but they know the play. Like a former MP said on a radio show, the Bahamas is a deal country.

There will be more public private partnerships coming down the pipe line.

The Bahamas has serious infrastructure challenges. The Bahamas is a group of islands and not one single land mass. The government is hard pressed to provide for its recurrent expenditure. Governments here usually borrow for it's capital projects. Bahamians don't understand that. All they hear and know is political rhetoric.

Those vessels were built by Damen Shipyards. They also refurbished the Nassau and Bahamas ships.

Damen Shipyards was selected by a committee when Tommy Turnquest was Minister of National Security. The Sandy Bottom project was developed under the last Ingraham administration and completed under the Christie government. There was a loan from Deutsche Bank for those vessels.

A retired defence force officer told me all about that project. It was a well -conceived and managed project.

This behaviour is unbecoming of the prime minister. However this fits into a pattern of behaviour previously exhibited by him.

The FNM government of which he is a part of ,stopped the the PLP 's plan. They said it was too expensive. They knew full well, there is a need to renovate and build clinics on these various islands.

Now they have come with their plans. This is after not doing much capital spending during the last four years. Add to that there is a chronic shortage of nurses in the system. Quite a number of nurses are leaving the Bahamas for greener pastures.

One of the issues facing the Bahamas, is that is a group of islands and not one land mass. However some Bahamians act and carry on like New Providence is the Bahamas. Also quite a number of bahamians are unable or unwilling to pay for decent health-care. So the costs of healthcare will be borne by whichever party makes the government. This will be through borrowing, taxation and fees.

A junkanoo museum is not an original idea. Dr.David Sands attempted to operate a junkanoo museum in the eighties. It was located on Prison Lane .It closed down.

There was talk of developing a junkanoo museum where the old customs building was located. This was in the nineties when Algernon Allen was Minister of Youth and Sports. There are museums in the down town areas of many cities worldwide,

Agriculture has declined in its contribution to the GDP for years. This statement is not ground-breaking.

Bahamians shifted away from subsistence farming from the 1960's when year-round tourism took off. Also bahamian's food consumption changed somewhat to mirror the americans. Commercial farming is very difficult to be successful in the Bahamas.

Dr. Minnis performance is poor. He simply does not understand governance and management.
He benefited from perceived PLP corruption, a poorly educated electorate and a very good social media campaign.

He will survive in the Bahamas, there is sadly no alternative to him at the present. Andrew Holness, the prime minister of Jamaica is light years ahead of him So also are Mia Mottley of Barbados and Dr. Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago. Alan Chastanet of St. Lucia is also ahead of him.