Praying may not be a plan but in biblical days prayers were said before an army went to battle or before an important event was about to take place. And, of course, those kings who were non believers also consulted their spiritual advisers and sometimes executed them if they did not receive the news they wanted to hear.

According to police reports, the mother of the 16 year old girl, who was shot dead, was harboring the suspect of the country’s second murder of the year in the home where the girl was shot. Police know this because they chased the suspect in the area just the day before. So police are assuming that whoever shot the 16 y/o mistook her for the suspect who committed the second murder of 2024. Cause and effects.

That’s sad to hear, but there were warnings/predictions that crime and especially violent crime would increase after Covid. There are reports that in the US, they are having to re-open some of the prisons that they were able to close because of low occupancy before the pandemic.

Maybe this government of The Bahamas needs to take a visit to Britain/ England and find out how they were successful in stemming the murders in London, where dozens of young men were being knifed to death. Guns are not readily available in England as they are in the US or in this country so knives were the weapons of choice. Did these killings eventually wean themselves out, or was some effective policing and justice system put in place?

Gangs are tge product if the US. From time immemorial, ( white) motorcycle gangs travelled across the country, raping and robbing and abusing drugs and alcohol and beating or killing members of opposition gangs. And then being fugitive ls of the law. Other gangs originated in prisons where minority inmates had to form themselves into gangs to protect themselves from the majority inmates. And during the Clinton administration when prison’s became a business in the US and the Clintons sent thousands of Black and Hispanic men to jail for long periods of time for minor crimes. Prisons became a business and as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton did her own thing, using inmates for experiments. Predator drugs development being among them. And, of course Bahamians were caught up in the US prison system and when they were released and deported, they brought the American gang culture here, to tThe BaHAMAS with them. Fast forward now today.

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First off the PM’s call for prayer was to the nation and not to the church. And secondly, I am not God so it is not my duty to judge the church, so you do that by yourself. But remember God says judgment will begin at the pulpit but until such time… and don’t forget the many, many preachers and pastors who have fallen to shame and scandal and even crime especially in the past few years.

For prayer to be effective, the other requisites must be met; people ( Gods people) must humble themselves and pray, then turn away from their WICKED ways!! So if you still doing wicked things, the prayers are in vain.
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BUT the threat The PM made to the bag boys; ‘we’re coming to get you!’ This doesn’t phase them. The bad boys ain’t scared of jail and they are not afraid to die. In fact the Commissioner or the Minister of National Security revealed that at least 40 percent of murder victims are out on bail for serious crimes, mostly murder or attempted murder.
So how do one punish someone who is not afraid of jail or not afraid to die? Some argue that capital punishment is not a deterrent, for the same reason. But the Bible says ‘thieves and murderers have come to kill and to destroy and should be taken out of society.

When the murders started the then ministers of national security and then commissioners of police said ‘ don’t worry, it’s just one set of gangsters ( bad boys) killing up another set of bad boys. The general public is safe from the gun violence and the murders’

Firstly, congratulations to the SAXONS, the overall winners of the 2023 Boxing Day Junkanoo and congratulations to all those who participated and made the event a successful one. Hopefully the Nee Years parade will not be postponed ) due to dry rain) and the competition will be stiff and the best group wins.Well how can a group ( Music Makers) be disqualified for ‘unclear reasons?’ The reasons for the disqualification should be announced at the time of the results. Especially since the Sports Minister is all over the media saying the group that didn’t make it to Bay Street ( was it Prodigal Sons?) will have to pay back the $30,000 seed money they received from government.