Agreeing with the minister that it wasn’t the US State Department’s advisory on travel to The BaHAMAS that created the stir and panic, but the erroneous and exaggerated reporting in the matter, , by foreign news media and especially US news agencies. The Stare Department has the responsibility to keep all Americans safe and hundreds of these advisories are issued every year, hopefully when the advisory is downgraded, the media beill make a likewise frenzy and let the world know ‘The Bahamas is a safer place to visit.’ AND if there is questions about whether the rape actually occurred on Grand Bahama, government must continue to be the force behind a speedy and thorough investigation and ensure the results are made public and letting the chips fall where they may.
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AND whilst the fallout from the exaggerated and erroneous reporting may have appeared more disastrous than it really was, there are several factors that work in favor of The Bahamas and these factors will multiply the results of any governments’s effort to minimize the results of the media attack on The Bahamas. Firstly, many visitors to this country are repeat visitors. Some come here annually or even more often. So they have first hand information on what is going on in the country and they know The Bahamas is relatively safe and even more safe for visitors.
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Secondly many visitors decide to come here by ‘word of mouth’ recommendation. And they are told where to go and where to avoid. And whilst cruise directors tell some passengers ‘it’s more safer to stay on the ship’ for their own selfish and greedy motives, the visitors get the information that it is ok to go to the beach or to Potters Cay or to the Fish Fry and to other popular places. Don’t travel alone and stay in groups when possible.
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AND because of rising tensions in The Middle East and the possibility of wars escalating in that area, Americans are being advised , not only to avoid that area, but to stay closer to home. How much can Americans be closer to home than in The Bahamas? Say yes, Tal.

When those Super Rats come off those cruise ship in those dumpsters, not only do they infeste downtown but many exit the dumpsters as it makes it way halfway across the island to the landfill. And they make their homes In peoples yards and cars and abandoned vehicles and buildings. And , of course they breed with local rats. So the effort must just be focused on downtown but has to be island-wide. There’s less than 200,000 permanent residents on the island but 1 19 million visitors.. go figure!

Updated report says 2 DEAD, 33 injured and 22 of the 32 injured are children. Three suspects in custody. Several weapons recovered. In another shooting incident in the US, three police officers were fired on. There were injuries. That’s the dUS capital, Washington DC.

Shooting toll at Super Bowl parade now 22. Nine children with one person nconfirmed dead

Shots fired at Super Bowl celebration parade in Kansas Cuty, Missouri. One confirmed and at least TEN seriously injured. Can’t we just get along

Shots fired at the Super Bowl victory parade. tEN injured!

Naughty is repotting two shootings in Abaco and one on another family island to day. No reports of of confirmation this in other media. Ok that was probably a rebroadcast maybe without announcing it.

Special youths school.. you again proving an idiot to be! You are especially saying the Bahamian youth have special needs beyond the opportunity to be given the opportunity to get a proper education and economic opportunity. The Bahamad feared better under England and Wuees Elizabeth than it is doing now being aligned with America and her doting presidrnts. The US had made numerous gifts to this country over the past two decades/. Which ones have anything to do or contribute to education

Google the murder rates for tourists in The Bahamas and how much it.. even try search for Jamaica and how much is the rate? So what’s wrong with that picture and your argument? Google the number of American weapons used in crimes in The Bahamas and The Caribbean. Google the number of governments nthe USA has overthrown by way of their various agencies and the number of economies around the world they have caused to collapse. Google the country with the highest numbers of mass shootings in the world or the cities in developed countries with the largest population of homeless or drug dependents, Google is your best friend… it is hear ( dic) to help.

And of course they will be the biggest RATS in BahamaLand if cruise passengers are fed up to TEN times day and night with steak, lobster, shri, pasta, rack of lamb leg ( sic) pastries ice cream and everything on Gods great earth. So not only the RATS leave the ships being stuffed and bloated ( speaking from personal experiences