so yall tink dis Walmart ay? Didn't someone in the previous government get red up for trying to enforce a dress code? So when did stretch marks get sexy?

Actually the word is restitution and not retribution. Restitution is designed to compensate crime victims for their losses. Retribution punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. We almost have that now, according to the police and some of the types of murder that is being carried out...more like vigilante justice..and the country doesn't need that

It’s just been ‘Bloody Murder’ for the past several weeks. Starting off with the double murder near Sandilands, followed by another double murder and then the older brother of Marco Archer and then the senseless killing of this young man. As if to prove both the prime minister and the acting commissioner of police wrong. That it is not safe to move about and live normally. Safer, yes, but not yet safe. And to the credit of the hardworking police, two men may already be in custody for the last homicide. Now to make the law so that convicted murderers do not spend the rest of their lives in jail at the taxpayers expense. How about hard lobour where they have to pay retribution to the victims next of kin especially to those murder victims who have young children.

There's very little Christmas shopping activity going on yet. People are feeling the pinch of the new VAT and high light bills and other costs of living increases Government workers got paid today so maybe things will pick up on the weekend. And maybe charities will need to spread more of their collection/soliciting of donations efforts throughout the year. But 2018 has been a difficult year. And when you think things could not get any worse, it does. Some people are still battling with back-to-school.

Just perusing some of the customs tariffs on some items: sheets and pillowcases 30%, plus 12% vat, area rugs and mats 45% duty, plus vat, perfumes and colognes also 45% duty plus vat,blankets 35% duty plus vat, Bath towels and washcloths, 30% duty plus vat. Then businesses must still pay business license and other taxes. But when a customer walks in a store and sees the prices, they compare them to online shopping or Miami prices, not realizing the big chunk of the retail price is actually government taxes

The loss of two sons in such tragic circumstances. Enough to set both parents and other family members out their heads. And imagine when family and friends of these murdered young boys hear the prime minister and police spokesmen saying Bahamians can feel safe again. What a travesty. Progress being made yes, but a long ways to go still, especially in the inner cities of New Providence.

some people never got their mail for the first four months of the year. The post office has stopped delivering completely and when they resumed delivery, the mail was from may forward. So what happened to mail for the first four months of this year? Some people were expecting checks and other important mail and even though the checks may now be stale-dated...at least they serve as proof that they were never received (on time) or cashed.

A 30% decrease in crime is a significant number, but with the current situation where there is almost a murder every day, and half a month left in the year, that figure can also change. And what the acting commissioner did not mention, is that while murders are down 30% and so are major crimes, this is a worldwide trend. Jamaica, for example, which has been recording 800 murders annually has seen its murder rate drop by 25%. And if the police were to analyze the statics of the murder victims, more than half the murders are still gang related or drug related or retaliation killings. But, with the exception of when someone is killed and the police give the famous, 'prolific offender', or "the victim was known to police", speech how many of these persons are otherwise being taken off the street otherwise. Or are they allowed to remain and continue recruiting young men to go out and kill or get killed? As for Bahamians feeling safe, that will be a slow process and will not happen overnight. There have been times under the former commissioner when the country experienced an entire month without a single murder. Then as persons began to feel safe and comfortable to move about, the murders started again and with a vengeance. So the best way to gain the confidence of the public is to keep the rate not only down, but decreasing.

Last for years? Strong winds already have some blowing away.

And with these idiotic statements, the police change the crime from cold blooded murder to justifiable homicide.