This is surprising coming from the likes of John Bostwick. Is he feeling sold out by the PLP and Minnis? Seems suspicious he was nailed for the ammo possession on a trip to GB during which he was supposedly meeting with others regarding the Nygard setup. With him discredited, it put paid to anything he might have been able to add to the allegations of a Nygard hitlist. Does anyone else remember this? The timing was just way too convenient.

Equitable, my backside!

And who will pay for this?

As usual, nothing has been thought out by these clowns who will say anything to give people false hope and false promises that even they know isn't going to work.

I think we're seeing the depths of corruption and sleight of hand that Minnis will go to. He is not a nice man, but a devious, disingenuous opportunist. No better than the PLP.

Yep, I won't ever vote for Minnis -- and I've been a lifelong FNM. ,

Break the law and there are consequences! What did this woman expect? Sure, our jails aren't nice, but isn't that the point?

If she'd declared the money (as she must have known she was required to do when she filed out her US customs form), she would have been back home in the US by now and enjoying her life.

And as another poster pointed out, the only reason she's so pissed now is that she didn't get her money back. But of course, it's not her fault - she takes no responsibility for any of this! What a sad and pathetic little woman.

Mea culpa. I mistook you for a prolific letter-writer with a similar name. He writes long-winded letters from MN decrying the Bahamas in just about every way possible while spouting religious views of the right wing variety. I apologise, yet I can see why I mistook you for him.

My other thoughts stand. I have travelled many, many times in the US without incident. However, even I have had my scary cop moment. A few years back I was stopped in Texas on the interstate miles from nowhere (or so it seemed) I was speeding, admittedly, but when the officer asked if I knew why he stopped me, I replied that I didn't. He then got his partner, a female officer out of the car and they both ordered me out of the car. I did as I was asked. I was patted down and told to stand in front of the car. They questioned me some more, all the while getting more hostile. No guns, just intimidation. At one point, the male officer spat tobacco on the hood of my rental car. At no time did I resist or fail to cooperate. I was polite and answered their questions. Eventually, they must have gotten tired of the harassment, as I was given a ticket and told to go. There was absolutely no need for that kind of intimidating and hostile behaviour. I often wonder what would have happened had I been black!

Another thought -- so much of our crime is committed with guns smuggled in from the US. They are easy to get with the lax US gun laws. I really doubt the writers of the American Constitution ever meant for ordinary citizens to be armed to the teeth. Remember it was written at a time when local militias were more or less the standing army, so they relied on those people to have guns to protect the country. Maybe better control of guns in the US might help reduce our violent crime here in the Bahamas. And it might even reduce crime in the US too! But that's another topic for another day!

If you're so worried about Bahamas "overreaction" to US dangers, why do you write so many letters to the editor seemingly trying to influence Bahamian thought? Why do you even care if you are a US person living in MN? Worry about your own state/country -- which isn't doing so hot either! A tad hypocritical, no?

There is a real danger to black people in the US. We've seen how this plays out time and time again. The Bahamas has the right to protect its citizens who travel abroad. I don't think there's an agenda, and even if there is, who cares if It makes one young black Bahamian man more aware of his surroundings?

Maybe his paid delegates, but I don't think he has the supporters in the ordinary voter.

I live in Minnis's constituency and WON'T vote for Minnis if he is leader going into this next election.

I'm disgusted with how litter he has done and how ineffective he is as a leader. And even embarrassed when he speaks -- he sounds like a very uncomfortable 5th grader reading his book report -- which he never read in the first place.

I hope the delegates are paying attention to the voices of the people, as just on this thread alone it's clear that many do not want Minnis as leader.

Yep, crime continues to decline....in the lala land that BJN lives in.

As the poster above states, BA isn't doing us any favours. They are phasing the 767 out across their fleet. The next suitable plane is a 777, and most of those are even older than the 767s they've been using on the Nassau route. Broken seats, wonky tvs, strange rattles, and the least appealing aircraft they can come up with. And with the "new" aircraft, we now get only 4 days service, instead of the current 5. I'm not convinced this is an improvement.

But I am heartened to hear that Virgin Atlantic is interested in resuming service to the Bahamas. Competition will keep fares in check and I've always been a fan of VA, so welcome them back!

Nothing at all to be proud of. In 43 years, we've largely managed to destroy this country.

We were better off 43 years ago than we are today. 0% unemployment -- in fact, we had overemployment, something we've never had since.

People were safe in their homes, kids could play in the street, people looked after each other and there was civility.

Lady SLOP bears blame in this catastrophe - so how dare she ask Bahamians to reflect on their lot 43 years after the tyranny and corruption her husband ushered into our modern Bahamas. Shame on you! ,