This should have been done a while back.For a country who depends on it environment for its limain industry,the Bahamas is far behind in waste management.

This is simply the NAD model at work.The transfer of public assets to private management.For a country whose main industry is tourism,Bahamian history is not much on display or part of it.Many of the historical sites are run down and shabby in appearance.In my opinion at the moment,the old city of Nassau can't compete with the old city of Havana and the colonial zone of Santo Domingo.

NIB is in all kinds of problems.The FNM government discontinue the practice of getting a letter of good standing from NIB to get a business licence renewal. That was the chief method of getting compliance to pay NIB from some businesses.Sometimes you can't throw the baby out with the bath water.

There is an outcry about this dumping of sewerage in Bahamian waters.In a few weeks,this will fade away.In the Bahamas,the contest between jobs and the environment,jobs always win. A journalist basically said that.Also foreign investors know Bahamians better than Bahamians know themselves.

This is good news.The revival of the sponging industry can really help Andros and other family islands. Not every one wants to live on New Providence.

A real manpower audit of the civil service needs to be done.There are departments and agencies of the government that are understaffed yet the civil service is overstaffed at the same time.I was told this by some one in the know.The PLP were hiring persons on contract to avoid them becoming permanent and pensionable.This seems to be the trend in quite a number of companies in this country.

The chickens have come home to roost.These problems which are long-standing have been ignored by the public for years.Irresponsible parents who think the public school system on New Providence is a day -care center.Politicians who destroyed any sense of discipline through their interference,cronyism and plain dumb decisions. Incompetence throughout the entire system
Sometimes I wonder why we became an independent country?

The FNM government met a revenue enhancement unit in place.In one of their idiotic decisions,it was dismantled and it's contracted staff dismissed.True to form ,they figured out how it worked and had to re-establish it,Throwing the baby away with the bath water.This is on e of the reasons,this country is mired in these situations.Two myopic parties who took turns governing.

The Bahamas should have been part of the WTO from the beginning.We have wasted so much time for this accession process.This country is badly in need in need of modernization in trade and how business is conducted in this country.

A relative of mine who lives in an upscale neighbourhood in the east made this comment.The reputable waste management had their contract stopped in mid-December abruptly.His garbage was not collected for three weeks.The company which got the new contract did not have the right vehicle.These situations in the country is just getting more frustrating.