If you want to know if the decision is a good one just compare persons who grew up under corporal punishment to those who didn’t.

Is the minister going to remove prayer and The Ten Commandments next... asking for a friend.

One does not realize how dangerous and pedestrian unfriendly the streets of New Providence is until one has to use them. And, unfortunately most of the deaths are occurring on the outskirts of the city where traffic travels at high speeds and less accommodations and safety is made for the foot traffic. And also there is an apparent increase in foot traffic in these areas, as the urban continues to sprawl an bus service is non existent or limited.

They still want us to work for free. They may pay us $300 a week but it costs $500 to live

The biggest problem Black people have is letting go of (yes kicking them in the butt) their white slave masters who have held them hostage for 400 years

Then there is Donald Trump

Despite the criticism of the church and the Christian belief at least going to church once a week is a regeneration for most people. Recharge their battery spiritually and physically and emotionally and can make through another week amen

The US has over 2,000 inmates in their prisons who were minors charged and sentenced as adults. They are now in their 60’s along with the regular ageing prison population and will need geriatric care. So prisons will now require additional nurses and nursing facilities. Some attorneys have attempted, unsuccessfully, to have these inmates transferred to special care facilities.

Then there’s what is known as ‘the generation gap’. Where parents especially fathers had no relationship with their children. As these parents get up in age they realize they need someone to care for them. So some ‘rejected ‘ children find themselves burdened with and having to care for total strangers. Eventually they give up and the parents are left to suffer or admitted to an old folks home.

A timely topic. It is amazing to see the number of young people, males especially, who are using drugs and /or alcohol. But with over one thousand murders occurring in the country in a decade there are many people who are grief stricken and holding on to sanity by a last thread. Some have lost numerous friends and even family members to untimely death and for many New Providence is not an easy place to live financially and emotionally. Many people are burdened with their own problems and has put a shell around to shield them from other people’s hurt and suffering. Fortunately Sandilands has been doing a good job rehabilitating a lot of people who become psychologically overwhelmed or strung out on drugs. Unfortunately the resources are limited and not geared to local ng tern therapy and many patients have to return to the same environment that made them sick. Then there may be even greater medical challenges ahead because of the frequent smoking and the health issues it will bring as the abusers grow older