When I was in school, you had to stay inside the house if you were home sick.if children were sent to the neighborhood store during school hours the first thing the store keeper would ask was ‘why you ain’t in school.’ And if you didn’t have a legitimate excuse, he would not serve you during school hours. And some of the excuses you hear today is ‘our light off, so mummy couldn’t iron my uniform’ or ‘I didn’t have no lunch money’ or ‘my hoes burst and mummy ain’t getting pay until Friday.’ There was a family in the neighborhood with five children and they had to take turns going to school because some shared the same uniforms and the same shoes. But yes the habitual school dodger’s need to be dealt with. Especially the teenagers who leave for school in uniform every morning but never reach school.

Does it have to be about racism. And yes, 99% of our leaders are Black, but do they edit The Tribune or have any influence over those who do? Are the the motives of the editors ulterior? I can tell you some things, but I won’t.

The PM will Stop, Review and Cancel this activity, then grant Bahamians access to their sovereign wealth fund and let them benefit from their carbon credits and the wealth of other natural resources. The biggest driver of crime is economic starvation ( poverty)

I sure I heard stop, review and CANCEL in that speech, but it was muffled

And tomorrow IS National Prayer Day!

What is the difference between a single sized potato and a double one? A full size baking potato still costs about 99 cents. Your point about the cost of living contributing to crime may be relevant but your example of Mr. Potato head is just French Fries

The PM say if you have ‘silvery tings’ ( wealth ) and can’t give an account for how you got it, the government will seize those ‘silvery tings’. He just indicted at least one third of his MPs and half the cabinet. Corruption is an actively serious part of the crime element. And since the PM speaks about giving an account for things in your possession, he better be able to tell the Bahamian people what he had done with their Sovereign Wealth Fund and the assets that are supposed to be in it. You talking about accountability and you ain’t accounting for the people tings in your custody? Please! By June of this year, Brave Davis will have to come clean with the Bahamian People on this matter or there will be a serious uprising. He will have to run to the US and or call a snap election.

The strategy of putting more police vehicles and armed officers and cameras and road blocks and interrogations is one that was used in Black neighborhoods across the US since the 1960’s. The flashing lights and blaring sirens give the impression that crime is really worse than it really is and everyone is involved. The intent was to have ( Black) people on the news and portray them as violent and unsocialised criminals. Then you must question the motive behind The Tribune publishing the same crime news for two and three days.

HURRY and give this man the , ‘ worst pm ever’ award. Firstly, CRIME is just a something else gone wrong in a society. WHERE in his address did the PM answer the question ‘What is driving crime, especially murder in The Bahamas?’ Secondly, The Bahamas is definitely a breeding ground and incubator for criminals. Many start off young ( still in school) and many criminal careers end young. Many are dead in their early 20’s. So things like more intrusive policing, road blocks, searches of home’s vehicles businesses is only sun-terrain and will not ( by itself penetrate to the root of crime. Thirdly, yes the public will tolerate the intrusiveness, inconvenience and disruption of extra policing in their lives. But only for a while. But when it becomes clear ( and it will) that this type of policing is taking more toll on the average citizens than it is on criminals and the crime element, they will become less tolerant and less willing to participate in it. Stepping up police patrols and becoming more aggressive in policing is like trimming excess branches off a tree. It may make the tree look good and aesthetically appealing, but only for a while. But the real solution requires digging down to the root of the problem. Bending the trees while they are young. No mention of increased social and economic services for the youth. The idea seems to be ‘let them commit the crime, then prosecute their backsides straight to jail’. Then what?

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