A disaster.The government reopen the borders without putting in all the protocols.No real planning and no attempting to build capacity in the health sector during the first wave.

Not testing Bahamians who only spend three days aboard was a huge mistake.Also they should have been quarantined.

Coupled that with a population who refuse to work for the greater good.A sizable part of the population who refuse to adhere to COV19 protocols.A population who by and large don't accept personal responsibility for their actions.

i surely believe we will get through this crisis.But I don't know at what cost.

There are about 60,000 derelict vehicles on the island of New Providence.The Ministry of the Environment said that.

There are several illegal dumping sites on New Providence.Also road side verges are not properly maintained, in some areas,drains not cleaned regularly and quite a number of abandoned buildings.

The island of New Providence should have local government councils set up to deal with these matters.The city and county in which my sister lives and works in the US,their local government deals with these matters.They are light years ahead of New Providence in maintenance and cleanliness.

The FNM government hired a US based firm to collect the cruise permit fees.They had a big problem when the financial secretary Wilson hired a US based firm to collect real property taxes from foreign property owners based in Florida.Now they turn around and did the same thing.

Tribune Business had a problem with the US company collecting the property taxes on the government'S behalf.Now they did not even mention how a US based firm is going to collect cruise permit fees.I wonder why?

That idea was simply copied from Barbados.No research and no analysis done.There is similar legislation already here,I am told.They also pulled a pie in the sky number for the revenues.

Other countries in the caribbean also offer economic citizenships. One of the questions that was not obviously asked,what would a person gain by working or studying online here? Utilities here are unreliable and expensive.

The acting financial secretary is merely a public relations man.No real analysis or work goes into his public statements.He has to this day not answered the questions posed to him about the vat tax increase by a former senor FNM cabinet minister.Smoke and mirrors.

A every good initiative.A lot of persons on New Providence don't understand how important the second home owners is to some island economies.

The family islands need real local government for their development.Certain things should be managed at the local level.They don't need a politician on New Providence to approve every thing.

This is a very good idea.Minister Pintard spoke on previous occasions,how the governments of both Bermuda and Barbados encourage the development of backyard farming.

Like I is always say,sensible progressive ideas take years to implement in this country.

I carry my aluminum cans to BHS depot for the last five years, Recycling should be widespread in this country.

Recycling is a part of the process of solid waste management.A lot of items that goes to the public dump can be recycled.But as usual,sensible progressive ideas take years to be implemented in this country.See the uproar with the ban of plastic bags earlier in the year.

That position was created so Cmdr. Bethell could leave the RBDF and serve until he retire to get his full pension.

The position goes against both the Police and Defence Act according to a lawyer.Politicians can get away with anything in the Bahamas. The media here in the Bahamas don't understand much and can't explain much.

All of the political parties in the Bahamas operate like private member clubs.
Persons are selected to run for a variety of reasons.A well -known individual advocated the development of real local government.The local government if organized with sense would serve as a training ground for national government. These politicians here could not last six months as county commissioners next door in Dade County and would not even talk about them being a council man or woman in a city like Toronto.

The Bahamas is a beautiful country.It is simply too expensive for the average Bahamian to live and vacation here.

I have vacationed in the Bahamas.I have gotten cheaper room rates in the US,Cuba and the Dominican Republic when I visited those places.Many Bahamians who go to the Florida primarily go to shop,vacationing is only secondary for them.