The Bahamas (and New Providence) are so beautiful and have such potential, it's hard to understand why this type of violence seems to continue unabated. The problem is to end poverty, and drug violence through better parenting, community education programs, and effective policing. There have been more murders on New Providence this year than in Washington D.C., once considered the murder capitol of the United States during the crack epidemic in the late 80s. I plead with you all to treat your brothers and sisters with respect, forge strong community values through community group and neighborhood associations, and end this chronic violence problem.

The work permitting process for foreign workers is mostly a sham. In 2010 was one of those "foreign workers" working as an employee of a BTC supplier (a software company) and the only thing that the Labour Ministry wanted were the fees from the permits. They frequently lost the paperwork submitted by BTC, and only issued the permits when I physically came to the Ministry office with documentation and demanded that the permit be produced to make sure I was not going to face any repercussions from working in the Bahamas on the project I was assigned. Clean up the corrupt and ineffective bureaucracy instead of penalizing companies that are employing workers both domestic and foreign.