> While she said she could not confirm what these new hires were costing the government

250 a week x 52 = 13k a year.

13k x 40 = 520k a year.

I will never support selling citizenship, selling a right to vote is a disgusting practice. Keep it as it stands with economic permanent residency.

I have a better idea, why don't we fix the crumbling power grid, water systems, pot-hole laden roads, and make our streets safe. Who would have thought that no one wants to do business in a place where the power constantly fails and you have to invest in a backup generator, or water constantly goes off so you have to put in a cistern, or where you will get robbed at gunpoint on a bank drop.

I keep telling people this, it is all about the basics. We have always wanted to run before crawling and that is why we fail at everything we do as a nation.

I know several Bahamian developers and know of a young man who went away to study with the intention of becoming an actuary. The Bahamas might not be full of Einsteins or Newtons, but not all of us are intellectually disabled.

I am sorry, there is nothing wrong with having a degree from UWI. I have studied at UWI and abroad, and I can tell you that most programs at UWI are just as good as a public university in the US. Even better because you won't spend half your degree trying to figure out if you are a man or woman or learning about pedophilia.

Independence was the worst mistake ever made in this country.

FNM is really having to choose from slim pickings for this race. Pintard is the only decent option available.

Don't forget the pension.

I believe that the old people might have been onto something with not paying politicians.

Yes, because the ELCA and Episcopalians have attracted millions of new converts after shedding any hint of Christian teaching.

You can look at hard statistics and see that abandoning Christian doctrine fails to attract younger people to services, quite the opposite has been observed actually. Using Catholicism as a primary example, the Novus Ordo rite is dying off with the boomers while traditional societies like the SSPX or FSSP continue to attract younger, large families. Traditionalist priests will outnumber those ordained in the Novus Ordo rite in France in coming decades.

Demographics are destiny, and "progressive Christianity" is on it's way out.

Bahamians are such an easily fooled bunch. Show me where there is some exception for rape in the Sexual Offences Act if the victim and perpetrator are married? I am waiting.

Why does there need to be a separate offence for something that is already covered under the existing legal code? Instead, midwit atheists like the ones above just use this as a crutch to bash Christianity in any way that they can.

Bahamians deserve the shitty politicians that they get because they will believe any old foolishness that comes out of their mouths.

Curfews were over on a de facto basis anyways. Having one from 12-5am is pointless, unless you are trying to stop the goons from stealing anything in the wee hours of the morning.

Curfews were easily the most non-sensical part of the Minnis administration's response to COVID.

I would really like to see up to date statistics of how much of our workforce is employed in the public sector vs private. Would just confirm a few things about why we are in such a hole today.

The sad part is that we aren't digging ourselves out any time soon. We only seem to be going deeper.