And your point? Notice you did say, ‘the average person in Italy...’

Watch what is going on around the world. Poisonings of (American) visitors. The shooting of a famous American sports figure. Seven people arrested and can be held up to a year without charges being filed. But the main suspect remains at large ( like the John Bull robber. Has anybody from the massive police raid on Bimini been charged yet? And with what crimes? And as the demand for oil dwindles oil tankers are set ablaze and unrest embraces oil producing countries, including Nigeria and Venezuela.

And after death comes the judgment for all of us, including Marvin ‘Meltdown ‘ Dames and Anthony ‘cane toad’ Ferguson... woe unto those who take advantage of the fatherless and the widows, Marvin!

The true situation is Bahamian businesses will always be obligated to pay their employees NIB. The problem is the foreign companies that evade these payments. Then they close shop and skip town or reorganize or 'sell' the company to avoid the taxes. So the burden falls back on Bahamians who are not covered or see their other taxes increase to make up the loss.

#Asked if authorities have growing concerns about criminal activity on Bimini, ACP Butler said: “Generally, the people in Bimini are law-abiding people. It’s a small community, but you have a few persons who involve themselves with illegal activity and I want to be careful against branding the law-abiding citizens who are by and large the majority that simply works hand in hand with police with the few who engage in criminal activity and give Bimini an adverse name. From our perspective, we are satisfied that the general populace of Bimini is conforming to the law and have high regards for working in a cordial way for law enforcement.

Yet they touting a "massive bimini operation!" Are these the insane hypocrites in charge of keeping this country secure? And the US State Department says there was never any concern of a terrorist threat or attack from The Bahamas. Stop harassing and terrorizing Bahamians and Bahamian communities in the name of law enforcement. Some of y'all may end up in Fox Hill!

@ Tal Russell and The Mad Hatter: The Bible also says in case you thought slavery was a mistake, just watch they will do to descendants of slaves in that ‘strange ‘ nation. See the police killings? The jailing of young Black men ? The poisonings of drinking water? The blatant discrimination? The destruction of Black communities, even here. And God says after all the slaves have gone to a peaceful sleep (after all the slaves have died). I , GOD, will judge that strange land, that wicked nation. And your sons and your daughters ( descendants of slaves) shall come out of her. With great riches. So if the first part of this covenant ( slavery) was true and has already happened, the second part of the promise (judgment of nations that participated in slavery and the enrichment of descendants of slaves). Must also come to pass. The God we )Black peoples serve says ‘My word shall not come back to me null and void.’ Stay woke!

When the dark comes to light it will really shock the world ( well maybe not) who is really behind a lot of these murders. And still the police and the media (in some instances ) try to justify bloody murder by publishing a victim’s tarnished character. And so what it that of the killers?

Tal Jesus’s donkey may not have had a name, but there are many jack asses in the world today with names. Just look at the question you asked me and try to fit it in with the topic being discussed. Not much difference between an ass and a mule!

The Fool Says, There Is No God
To the choirmaster. Of David.

14 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
there is none who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,[a]
who seek after God.
3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon the Lord?
5 There they are in great terror,
for God is with the generation of the righteous.
6 You would shame the plans of the poor,
but[b] the Lord is his refuge.
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

The percentage of Bahamians that hold passports, compared even to countries like the US and Canada is very high. And that is because Bahamians, in general, are more travelled than the average individual in these countries and also because passports in this country are use more frequently as a source of identification, even in situations that don’t involve travel. And yes working in cramped, limited space does present challenges and causes a reduction in productivity and efficiency. Besides the initiatives it already is putting in place to polish the brass, the passport office may seek to promote a 10 year passport as opposed to 5 years. This will put more distance between visits by individuals and give the office less customer loads and more opportunity to catch up and to upgrade. And it is now time for Grand Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera and Exuma to have their own satellite passport offices.