I am not a fan of Dr. Hubert Minnis as prime minister. He did not wrestle control of the Ministry of Health from Dr. Sands. Cabinet ministers are appointed and serve at the discretion of the prime minister in this system, He was in his rights and power to ask for Dr. Sands resignation or he could revoke his appointment.

As for the opening of the borders on July1st,every body should know the reason for that. That is the start of the government's fiscal year. Tourism accounts for the largest share of foreign currency inflows. Taxes associated with tourism is a major part of government's revenues.

Most sensible, progressive ideas take decades to be implemented in the Bahamas. The Bahamas has always lagged ten to fifteen years behind first world countries.

This would be no exception.

This revelation does not surprise me. It took this government some time to purchase those test kits from the Cayman Islands.

The Cayman Islands is way ahead of the Bahamas in terms of testing.

There is a tendency from this government not to accept sound advice or aid from some quarters. That is why their response to this pandemic is so poor and disjointed just like their response to hurricane Dorian.

Phillip Davis has represented Cat Island, San Salvador and Rum Cay in the House of Assembly for years. He has never represented Ragged Island.

He is a typical Bahamian politician. He loves politics and power but does not understand management and governance.

What you see happening is basic economic theory. Governments invest money in infrastructure programs during hard economic times to provide jobs and income for it's citizens Both the PLP and FNM government has done it.

However the quality of work performed by many of the contractors leave much to be desired. There seems to be no basic standard in construction of these sidewalks. The writer above alluded to that.

The Bahamian parliament does not function like it should. Watch the house of commons in the United Kingdom and Canada. The prime minister's question is a big thing in the United Kingdom.

I sometimes cringe when some of our MP's speak in parliament. They don't debate and barely understand what speeches persons write for them. Most bahamians don't care ,they simply want their party to win. Bahamians simply don't understand how this system of governance work. They were never taught it and basically doing everything by rote.

Condolences to the family of the deceased.

The death penalty has not been abolished in the Bahamas. It is still on the law books The privy council in various ruling has made it hard to be implemented The Pratt and Henry case from Jamaica and the Maxo Tide case from the Bahamas.

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That is the major role of parliament to review, pass, amend and repeal laws. There is a whole slew of laws needed to be pass to modernize the statue laws of the Bahamas.

Rt,Hon Hubert Ingraham said that years ago, that there was a lot of laws here that needed to be amended .He said that the British had modernized many laws that were still on the books here. That is why a law reform commissioner was appointed.

The letter writer is like a lot of bahamians. Self righteous ,bigoted and dishonest intellectually. That is why the Bahamas is in the state it is. Simply blame the foreigner for your failings and don't take any responsibilty for them.
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The Bahamas is just a big cover-up country. Nothing bad is sensibly or honestly addressed. The situation at the prison is one of them. That is one of the reasons why this country is not progressing like it should.