The island of New Providence and the entire Bahamas needs a modern public transportation system. A proposal for a unified public bus system was presented in the seventies. It was rejected by the PLP government for the fear it would damage the livelihood of taxi drivers.

The lack of proper functioning bus system hurts productivity and is one of the factors driving the high cost of living here. A lady said this on a talk show. If New Providence had a sensible bus system, she catch the bus to and from work during the week. She drive her car on the week end to go the shop and church.

Bahamians are unwilling to modernize this country. They by in large are struck in a by gone era. A comment was made on social media about the Bahamas.The Bahamas is a country that is struck in the nineteen sxties.

Mr. Mitchell is a petulant child. Arrogant and conceited. Lacking humility and common sense.

Casual disregard for the laws. This is by the politicians who debate and pass laws. This attitude is why the Bahamas is in the state it is.

The law needs to be enforced. Those MPS who consistently flout this law should face the consequences of their non compliance.

@Porcupine, spot on. I said in a previous post in the Bahamas,you need trained psychologists.You also need sociologists who could study and explain the root causes of crime and other anti social behaviour in this country.

This is just a photo op for the minister.The media here in the Bahamas is just as bad. They need to ask questions and do real journalism. There was a grant given by the IDB for a study on the development of a unified public transportation system on the island of New Providence.That was done in 1994. Here we are in 2024, basically no progress to that goal.

SBF arrest, arraignment, trial, conviction and sentencing was quick.The authorities here in the Bahamas should take note. An accused murderer here in the Bahamas was given a court date of 2026. He was arraigned initially here in early 2024. Compare that to the very efficient court system in the US.

Human smuggling like drug smuggling is big business in the Bahamas. A journalist for the next daily spoke about what he saw in a particular island. He said that on a talk show. Bahamians love to pretend, like they do not know what is going on.

@Rosepi.The same thing was done under the Minnis administration.A person who was there told me that. Almost all capital projects started under the Christie administration were stopped.Even the garbage contracts were stopped and gIven to FNM supporters.The same thing with school bussing contracts. Former prime minister Hubert Ingraham said the FNM under Hubert Minnis is the same party as the party under Perry Christie and Brave Davis. He said that at the FNM headquarters on Mackey Street .He said that publicly .Those comments were shown on facebook.

The airport redevelopment in Grand Bahama is supposed to be a PPP.The major player behind that is a well known FNM supporter.Included in his group are also some PLPs. They are attempting to do what Vantage Airport Group did with the redevelopment of LPIA. They are in a partnership with a UK airport group.They are attempting to make the GBIA a cargo hub, They are basically trying to take advantage of Grand Bahama being so close to the US.This is an idea that goes back to Wallace Groves,the original founder of Freeport.

Corruption is endemic in this country. From the top to the bottom. From the clerks who demand lunch money and tips to the big man at the top. It is engaged in by the private sector also. The media here in the Bahamas do not talk about that. It is one of the push factors that is driving the migration of educated Bahamians from this country.

The IDB's country report on the Bahamas is the truth.

A former colleague of mine related to me a situation that occurred to him in the nineties.He was attempting to check on a customs entry at the old customs building in Oakes Field. He said persons were paying tips and buying lunch to get their entries checked and cleared quickly.He said certain officers basically solicited these paymemts.Since he did not pay,his entries were not processed as rapidly as those who paid,

The Bahamian education system is inferior to both the Barbadian and St.Lucian systems. That was the opinion of a person who had a major position in the Minnis administration. The opinion was based on his experiences living and working in those countries.

The Bahamas 's saving grace is two fold. It was a strategic position being right next to the United States. The Bahamas ,s two nearest independent neighbours are economic basket cases.The Republics of Cuba and Haiti.

This report should be used as guide to reform in this country.However the Bahamian people do not seem to like change or reform.