I was in the US during Irma. Your facts are completely wrong about airline and hotel charges. Complete bullshit.

That history is wonderful, Tal ... but I can tell you first hand, from experience, that governmental disdain for foreigners was very real over the past 5 years. The average Bahamian is very friendly, terrific people -- but anyone wearing a badge or a title -- from Customs to Immigration to Road Traffic to the utilities -- have often been scornful or openly hostile to "foreigners". I've felt it up close and personal.

Tal, clearly the situation I was referring to was very recent, long past the Pindling era. The Turks story is fascinating, but not relevant, thank you.

The purpose of the exams is to determine if the students have been educated to a level that will prepare them to live in a modern world, as adults -- if they are prepared for advanced education, or a semi-skilled position, or even if they can work in a job that requires them to make change for a dollar without the aid of a computer cash register. Apparently, that is not going well ...

You raise a *very* good point. I have friends, a married couple, who were expat Brit teachers in the out islands.

Under the PLP, the lady was treated horribly. She was *reassigned* from a school near her home, where she had taught for years, to a school 40 miles away, had to commute every day.

Her last year, before she retired, she went unpaid for nearly the entire school year. When she asked why, for months on end, she was always told, "We're looking into it." But the pay never came, even though she kept teaching. Her biggest problem, it seems: she was white, and "foreign".

She finally retired, is now giving private lessons, trying to rescue children who are failing miserably in the gov't. school system. And there is now a "for sale" sign in front of their home. Yes, nice job, PLP. Guess you won that round ...

You do OK, Tal ... good on ya.

I went on their Facebook page 2 weeks ago, when a friend inquired about this deal, and tried to warn people that this was a Ponzi scheme. I got called a "hater" and a few worse names. I was told to get lost, and given directions to a few places where I should go
get lost. I'm trying not to laugh now, as it's a shame that a lot people got taken for their hard-earned money.

You make a very good point. I would like to know how any Bahamian who advocates the "blacks only" political viewpoint can argue that this horror story -- the murder of a child and shooting of his parents -- is somehow the fault of white Bahamians or white foreign homeowners. Thank you.

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This would be easier to swallow if any of these unions could actually keep the power on and the water flowing. There are locales on Eleuthera that haven't had water for months. Recently had a 12-hour power blackout. Maybe the staff were all out celebrating with their bonuses.