Branville doesn't seem to be so concerned with his own neighbours health and the health of the constitutencies that are affected daily for years by the continuous gases being emitted by our dump. He has been painfully silent on this for years. And it doesn't look like any DNA members went to that demonstration in Rawson Square last week. Does he pick and choose his environmental battles? Either you care or you don't. it's simple.

time to stand out front of the IAAF relays with placcards letting the world know the situation we are in. if these games are so international then it's important to get the word out to the int'l media. it may hurt us in the short term but could help us in the long run. we are all about looking pretty to the outside world - well, with the internet etc it's impossible to keep these things a secret. stand up for yourselves bahamians and use the tools that have been given to you. and what about all of the money spent to rent generators for carnival - they are sitting at arawak cay. and the money paid to the almost ALL foreign production team that was hired to put on the carnival - how many of you knew that! just walk into the production offices/headquarters and you'll see. even the guy taking the photos for the ID badges for attendees is an american! is that acceptable??

would like to know how much money was spent for the plethora of generators sitting at Arawak Cay for carnival. did we buy them? if so where will they end up afterwards? did the bahamian people just invest in these so that a few MP's and their families can have new gennies? and if we rented them - well, what a sad reflection on our own government that they squander the people's money on an event that Bahamians didn't want, and then cannot even guarantee to supply power (although they run the electric company) to their own event, so more money squandered to buy/rent add'l power. There is something truly wrong with that picture. And why aren't the journalists doing their own investigation to find out what the cost is of these gennies, and the status (rent/buy) and their final destination (if purchased). A picture of all of those generators would make for a powerful front page!!

good to see people stepping up on these issues. if rawson square is overflowing with supporters then it shows the mindset of the people is changing. i'll be there in full support. the health of my family depends on it.

you should be more concerned with the govt continuing to use NIB funds to purchase multimillion dollar properties that are poor investments. how will bahamians ever receive their NIB contributions when they are needed if the funds continue to be squandered this way. the same with the big yellow building on blake road where bristol used to be - purchased with NIB funds and inactive for 15 years. and the old foodstore/lot on east street. pathetic investments. throwing our NIB contributions away.

the government's proposed $10million renovation of the old Nuttall house to be used as a visiting dignitaries residence was in the papers a short while ago. they bought this (PLP) with NIB funds when they were in power last time. end of 2014 they put forward their proposal to renovate. that included tearing down the gaming board building and moving goodman's bay parking to there and taking the existing parking at the east end of the park and incorporating into the estate house as an entrance. the plans also include preventing public access along the beach in front of the residence for security purposes. renovations were due to begin in january 2015 but clearly no activity. if our journalists would do their jobs and investigate instead of spewing govt rhetoric then the bahamian people would know this information. i called many journalists over the years to lead them in the right direction but none ever acted. they just said they would call the minister for a comment. and i have to say i don't agree with the above comment of letting "white crooks" in - colour has nothing to do with the level of corruption as we can clearly see everyday by our own people's behaviours. these foreignors are businessmen who come in to our country to make money and we don't apply any standards or regulations. as long as kickbacks are there we all remain silent. they come to us because they know we bow down in the end and our lawless behaviour permits their own. it's our fault - not theirs.

do your research. paul wynn's associate and representative in nassau is Randy Hart of February Point, exuma. An essentially failed project that the Hart's sold owing $380,000 in salaries to Bahamians and $30,000 - $40,000 in NIB contributions. Also most of those estate lots on Goodman's Bay waterfront do not allow for commercial use or any rezoning without an extremely long, complicated and very expensive legal process. in earlier Baha Mar days (i.e. old version of Baha Mar) under the PLP Baha Mar was in the process of purchasing the first few estates, (those owners had already put deposits on other properties to purchase) and then the PLP took away the permission for the sale as elections were close and they were afraid Bahamians would find out they had sold the last bit of beachfront. Under the PLP the govt purchased with NIB funds the old Nuttall home which is the abandoned looking building immediately to the East of the park as they killed the deal from the Canadian owner to the "old" Baha Mar and he was pissed - threatening to reveal info the PLP wanted quiet. Then the FNM came in and attempted to rezone those lots to make them more viable and useable - they even gazzetted them - however, no one researched enough to determine that the restrictive covenants of the properties from early in the 1900's do not allow for the rezoning. watch this space Bahamians - do not let the govt pull another fast one. Paul Wynn has been turned down several times for approvals and let's hope this continues. when have you ever seen a foreignor NOT close off beach access to Bahamians. It's bad enough the PLP govt proposed that in their plans to repurpose the old Nuttall estate. Come on Bahamians - the internet is there. Do your research.

awesome job by the police and thanks to them for continuing to put their lives on the line everyday for relatively little pay. this has got to be one of the toughest jobs in the Bahamas and they deserve more credit. Let's hope the courts do their job and these guys are put away for a long time.

this is great news! hopefully they will be prosecuted and sent to jail and not given non-functioning ankle bracelets so that they go out and pillage again.

great piece!!