I couldn't finish the article, because it has become obvious that Minnis is drinking his own kool aid too much. D'Aguilar and Dames are sharp minds and personable! They would make Minnis look - if this is in fact possible - worse. I can't imagine why they would even agree to run under Minnis- but heh- if they do, I am pretty sure Minnis would not last long. Neither of these fellows seem to suffer fools.

My fellow respondents, BM is stating the obvious. Whether it make you mad or not- well everyone is entitled to their response. But from this it doesnt sound as if he was against 'joining' the FNM. It sounds as if it is the **nature of the stitching** that he and Mortimer opposed. Minnis seemed to require that the DNA disband and sink into the FNM as the FNM - with no trace of the DNA. Not as the FNDM or as the FDNA not even as the FNM running in 25 constituencies and the DNA running in the other 15. All are reasonable in a coalition. I am willing to bet that the DNA suggested the latter in order to be responsive to the 13% of Bahamians who voted for them in the last election. I wasn't in the 13% but I actually understand and respect that. BM wants to run the country and HM wants to run it. The fact that HM could not concede or negotiate on any level says a lot about his political skills and none good. He sees it purely as admitting defeat when he should and craft it differently- Forward, Upward, Onward, together still works. Because I know the ratified young men who have jumped off the SS FNM in the past few weeks had ZERO cash to fund a campaign and were relying on the party, it is clear that the party is in financial trouble. Minnis is NOT a fundraiser and he has the personality of a paper cup on the campaign trail. I think he might have thought that the party got money from his Lyford constituents in the past because of him- But I am sorry to tell him, that was all HAI. And Minnis aint spending his money on anyone but him and LBT shouldn't spend another red cent on that party unless it is going straight to her own fight- especially since the FNM has not chastised Tennyson Wells for waging his personal campaign against her in LI. When you look at it- BM doesn't have anything to lose, but Minnis and the FNM, well that is another story. Is it me or is Minnis getting slimmer by the day? He is sporting a whole new makeover. But the problem is we need him responsive by showing a sound mind with some good ideas in it and a mouth that can respond when asked a question in a clear cogent manner, and you can't dress that up. "No Comment" is woefully inadequate at this stage.

"I was in and out within 3 minutes, and he had his $$ instantly. The commercial banks can't do that! It'll take you an hour, and the funds arrive the next day! IF they process it that night!" - Maybe the banks can learn a thing or two from the webshops. I have never stepped foot in one, but you got to give it to them- the most innovation in the Bahamas has come from them and like John says- they have become the de facto banks in the family islands because all of the legitimate banks have moved out- though Scotia probably left due to all of those massive thefts.

I am told Izzy has a development in Cuba. He will be fine- we won't.

This is a sad state of affairs. May this young woman rest in peace but my guess is that the hypocrisy of Bahamian law will prevail. Those charged will be charged with one count of murder and the child she was carrying at the time of her death will not be counted. AND YET abortion is illegal in the Bahamas because the fetus is recognized as a human being. I want to see TWO counts of murder against the perpetrator. Anyone who goes into someone's private home and causes this kind of harm, did it intentionally.

This is just dumb on the part of the controllers. Why do they think they should be exempt from international safety protocols?

And by the way- with the piss poor results coming out of the government schools- If ONE highschool principal walk off their job that is not from MGM Major in Long Island or that high performing school in Eleuthera, then the government should do us all a favor and tell them keep walking. The education system in this country has destroyed the chances of generations of Bahamians. The government school system is putting out students who literally can't read, lack social skills, critical skills and life skills AND YET they want tings. If don't have social skills AND you dumb, you are unemployable. But over the years our politicos have sought power rather than cultivate a knowledgeable, educated workforce and this is where it has brought the country, to the edge of oblivion. I once believed in unions, but this group gives the entire system a bad name.

Christie- you have ONE choice. Call their bluff. Call it. I am willing to bet that in these perilous times Ferguson and Pinder will be out there by themselves. Wait a minute- they get paid come hell or high water. I hope their union members understand that.

LMAO! So true. Man the PLP cant be serious getting THIS dude to make any announcement on freedom of information. THIS dude? It is a definite signal that this is a joke. These fellas are flickin unbelievable. Take the Bahamian people for an azz and sooner than Sunday, you find they are kicking you in yours. I am winding my good right foot up for them come election.

Lawyers holding this country by the short and curlies.