Realizing that immigration was legally out of options, the minister presents this position to the board and it is subsequently rejected. And as is their mandate, the department of immigration proceeds in carrying out the decision of the board. It actually sounds like he is doing his job, and not via dictatorship or arbitrarily, as many insist. Maybe certain outspoken QCs and his blind sheep should stop personalizing this a Fred Mitchell thing for bonus points and stay focused on the issue(s), if that is indeed what is about.

You seem more concerned with reflections and keeping up appearances, rather than on fixing a broken system that might result in due process for Bahamians and immigrants alike. It is administrative failures within the judicial process that result in travesties such as this, and in human smugglers being set free, and in a notorious drug dealer finding grounds on which to sue the government, and there are probably many other failures that we have not yet heard. I say an urgent review of the files of every person (not just immigrants) detained in Fox Hill and the detention center is in order, and all languishing cases should be heard and decided in the quickest possible time frame.

This is not a new topic and the principal's reaction is not a new response. I believe her concerns were based on applying relaxed hair grooming standards to natural hair, because this is exactly the advice that is offered against going natural. If I am wrong, that means progress. I hope I am wrong.

I agree that Bahamians tend to go off on tangents, reacting to sideshows with more passion than to the more pressing issues. Maybe commenting and/or taking action on these side issues is simply a safe outlet for venting real frustration. Maybe it is the decades of training to conform and comply that keeps us silent in response to the most egregious issues facing the country. If this girl felt offended and embarrassed by the situation then good for her in standing up for herself. She is nearly an adult and she won't magically learn to stand up for herself at 18. Hopefully she won't just join the ranks of Bahamians who accept whatever.

It is embarrassing to be reprimanded about something so personal and downright offensive to those who take pride in their appearance. Maybe the principal believed that she was being helpful, but to say that the hair protruding from the band was not combed, tells me that she was judging by the relaxed hair standards to which we are more accustomed. A combed out afro would look like Einstein's hair, while a properly groomed afro would have been detangled when wet by a wide tooth comb or pick and patted into shape. Still, the end result of washing and detangling is specific to hair pattern and texture which cant be helped. If this is a trend among students, as the principal said, some research should do her well in setting forth clear guidelines as to what is age appropriate. It is still high school after all. However, if this is indeed about preparing students for the workplace, the fact is natural hair styles such as the one worn by the student are more common and more widely accepted in the workplace.

Meanwhile, they say Branville McCartney is off on a month long mission to Singapore to learn best practices. This on his own dime or that of the DNA. While I was put off by his recent and poorly made statements to the media, I respect his effort and I am more willing to trust the trial and errors approach of a novice who tried, than the wrangling of consummate manipulators within the sister FNM and PLP organizations.

Sure, ignore the whole Lanisha Rolle comments thing and "confront" the PLP with the exact same concerns that many Bahamians have been expressing since day 1. What's done is done, but what would LBT's FNM do to change the course of Bahamar and to avoid or rebound from a recession? I doubt that she has the answer or that she is even seeking answers, but seeking instead to capitalize on the almost unanimous outrage and despair of working class Bahamians. We have seen her kind of politician, which is why I am not swayed by the fact that she is a woman, and more open to Minnis' more quiet nature which is new to Bahamian politics. But, by appearing to address issues of national import, she is having a much better week than Minnis who is being continuously and publicly defied by subordinates.

He is determined to keep this party feud in the headlines, but for what purpose? He is clearly defying the party leader by speaking out on this twice after Minnis' appeal to keep it in house. While the appeal was a day late and a dollar short, all FNMs should be eager to move beyond this point however many late nights and private concessions it might entail. The more the depth of this feud is exposed, they worse they all look. The DNA is looking good again.

Deciding what gift to give is difficult when you don't know the recipient very well and are just going through the motions. Riot equipment as a gift is really odd or ominous. Our best case scenario is that this gift of riot equipment will stay parked or on the shelf, but knowing that 1.2 million could have gone very far if used for almost any other purpose.

He needs to sue the person that "sold" him the land, or if in doubt, sue both. In the last article, he claimed to have just recently seen the 2014 judgement that declared the Fountains as the owners and that for 8 years he was getting tractors and threats. It is interesting that even now, he is not attempting to hold the seller accountable.