DRUGS, alcohol and diet does play a role in crime. And according to a herbalist , who was in Nassau recently, while marijuana use by itself has many benefits, where taken with other drugs or alcohol, it can the deadly. When used with the Hennessy or other liquor i rather than having a calming effect, it makes the user irritable, easily agitated and sleepless. As other drugs are used or more alcohol and tobacco products the user becomes violent and may turn on family members of friends. They are at a stage where they are paranoid and have strange ideas that people are out to get them. Another factor in the mix is the food. Many people in New Providence especially live off fast foods. Because most of these foods are processed and precooked, they are high in salts, persertives, and lack nutrition. To make matters worse, many young men are ‘macho’ and believe fruit and vegetables are for ‘sissies . They don’t like fish‘. So they live essentially of meat and fries. There are no alkaline based products entering their bodies to remove toxins and stimulate health. The only plant based substance they have, besides marijuana, is ketchup. This along with drugs and alcohol use also makes them irrational thinking easily agitated and prone to violence. Their bodies age much faster than the average person and they live under the illusion that they are growing old too fast. So a crime fighting strategy must involve getting young people back on a healthy and balanced diet and intense education on drug and alcohol abuse. Conflict resolution will not come if one does not have the capacity to think rationally or the capability to walk away.

Heavy losses to turn around in a years time

**Corrections**: * So there are there not mutually exclusive or collectively exhaustive views on the crime situation. *
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**Should read:** So while these views are not mutually exclusive or collectively exhaustive they each have a different view on the crime situation.

*" And when one considers the fact that both persons who commit murders and those who are victims of murders, there has to be some systemic influence or elements in the society that breeds these murders and keeps the killings going on"*
**Should read:** "And when one considers the fact that both the persons who commit murders and those who are victims are teenagers or in their early 20's, (Hardly any over the age of 40 or having been adults in the 70's and 80's), there has....

The incoming commissioner of police seems to have adopted a strategy where gangs and specifically gang leaders will be targeted and gangs dismantled. And the campaign will apparently be broadened by introducing programs and activities in affected communities to prevent gangs from reforming. There will also be efforts made to reach out to school age boys and prevent gangs from recruiting them. This is nothing new as the police have information that close to half the murders stem from gang activity and another good number of murders result from the killings carried out by gangs. So how successful will Anthony Ferguson be in this new crime fighting strategy? Will he find that there are road blocks that he did not previously know about? Will he find out that there are untouchables that he cannot touch? Will he find out that crime , more specifically gangs and their modus operandi is so entrenched in the very fabric of the Bahamian society that he cannot unweave expose or untangle it? Will he get the support of all hands being on deck to carry out his mission successfully?

While the prime minister believes that the current crime wave the country is experiencing is rooted in the drugs eras of the 1970’s and 1980’s, the retiring commissioner took his parting shot by saying that regardless who is the commissioner of police (in person) there will be no decrease in crime (specifically murders) until there is fundamental change in legislation that allows repeat offenders to access bail and get back on the streets to continue a life of crime. And while the new commissioner of police did not speak specifically to it, it appears that the new policing strategy is to go after gangs and dismantle them and also gun smugglers and drug dealers. So there are there not mutually exclusive or collectively exhaustive views on the crime situation. The prime minister really seems to be repeating something that was told to him, without conviction even. Because if we have a crime situation whose roots and genesis 40 years old and the Bahamas, as a country cannot arrest and stamp out that problem, then we all need to pack our bags. And when one considers the fact that both persons who commit murders and those who are victims of murders, there has to be some systemic influence or elements in the society that breeds these murders and keeps the killings going on. And whilst the former commissioner left the arena crying about prolific offenders being let out on the streets and whilst he on numerous occasions iterated that gangs and drug dealers and major causes of crime, no gang leader has been arrested, charged and put away for being a gang leader and involved in gang activity.

What did Tal Russel say?

@realfreethinker . Is he? He was the second in command when the worst corruption in the modern history of the Bahamas occurred along with the most murders! Many changes will occur before Election 2022. And doubting the PLP will ever win under Brave. In fact the FNM should be planning for another 10 years in office and beyond. It is Hubert Ingraham’s forward thinking and proper planning that allowed the PLP to come into office and perform to the level they did. If Perry Christie had put a harness on corruption and tiefin and listen to the people just a little bit more, The PLP would have flew into office for a second term.

They're bragging about three fold profits increase but freight has also gone up by 50%. And with the new calculations for customs duties and VAT, retailers have to increase prices significantly.

The PLP is obviously split in two factions at least. Those who believe it’s still business as usual and those who believe there needs to be some serious house cleaning. The most hypocritical statement so far seems to come from Perry Christie when he chastised Monique Pindling for exposing the (already known) ills of the PLP. Perry sat his ass in parliament as PM and allowed his corrupt and crooked and greedy PLP cronies to rape, ravish and bankrupt this country and he lifted not fingernail to try stop them. In fact he never even spoke out against the tiefin’ and corruption. No it wasn’t a female issue that caused Glenys-Hanna Martin to suffer such a resounding defeat to Brave Davis. It was because she was supported by Perry Christie and the most corrupt faction of the PLP. And even some PLPS with common sense realize the country could not go through another five years of what Perry Christie allowed to happen. They know the PLP cannot survive as long as it has a record of corruption to that level.

Seems Aliv came out the gate kicking and ran straight into a brick wall. One of the biggest problems seems to be the availability of Top Up recharge. Unlike BTC that has outsourced their wholesale minutes, Aliv still has their distribution in house. This creates a problem for small retailers who may have to close their store to go get Top Up. Then if they run out in the evening or on weekends they have to wait til Monday to get Top Up. Another problem is despite bragging about having two networks running concurrently Aliv seems to be having service outages. Some for long durations. This has caused many subscribers to migrate back to BTC so Aliv’s current quarter may show little or no growth in revenue if not a decline. Aliv has to capture at least 40% of the market to show a healthy profit. BTC is cutting no slack.