Yes the inner cities need relief and a stimulus to drive growth and redevelopment, but it must be a carefully thought out plan. And at the same time government must cease handing tax breaks and concessions on a silver platter to Bah Mar or even to Freeport's Port Authority unless they are proven worthy of such. While the jury may still be out on Bah Mar, Freeports Authority is found wanting. Unemployment in Freeport is at its highest ever and the highest in the country. The primary objective should be to get the economy rolling, pay down some debt and reduce taxes for everyone.

Sometimes you have to wait for the rest of the story. The part you don't always get in the Tribune.

If Roberts is seeing a 10% decline in his food business he can imagine what companies on other industries are feeling. And food prices have increased significantly since the introduction of VAT. A quart of mayonnaise is near $6.00 and a gallon of milk is twice the price of a gallon of gas. Many small families have stopped cooking on a regular basis as they find it cheaper to eat fast food. Some don't have gas or electricity in their homes. The question now is how will this new government take this monkey of the Bahamian people's backs?

But it cannot be business as usual. There has to be some cleansing and clean up. The hemmoraging of the public purse by theft and dishonesty must stop else there was no need to change the government. And if the FNM does not put measures in place to better protect the people's money, they will find themselves in a worse position than the PLP. Look at the millions that was pirated from BoB alone. If the chips must fall, let them but these people cannot walk away with all this free money else I needs to get mines too.

He was Caucasian with lacerations to both wrists.. does that help

Cia

Aliv seem to be having a problem holding on to its mobile customers. Many persons have gone to Aliv, probably attracted by it's deals on handsets and the fact that it is a new company but after a few months many migrated back to BTC. Some feel there is no great difference in the service and the rates are not all that attractive, especially since BTC has adjusted its prices to match Aliv's and now also allows local calling rates to Canada and the USA. BTC seems to still be spending money like a drunken sailor when it comes to advertising, promotions and sponsorship. Eventually the dollars available for this will decline but rather than adjust, BTC seems to want to keep Aliv out of the projects, events and promotions it is involved in. But it must realize that when any dollar spent on advertising or promotions do not generate additional dollars of revenue, those advertising and promotion dollars are wasted money.

More than half the murders this year were carried out using high powered weapons. And a number of police involved shootings were with persons armed with AK-47 assault rifles or similar. What needs to happen now is the police need to start tracking these weapons to find out how they are getting into the country. Recently another country executed members of an enforcement agency of another country when it was revealed that those persons were involved in illegal activities in the country that executed them. The murder count is too high, the killings have gone for too long and now the suspected killers are arming themselves with more high powered and more deadly weapons.

Maybe if you think I am white, then you will see me as a better person? They already tried that experiment and it failed.

@kalik,concernedcitizen, BMW et.al., the laws of gravity dictate that I do not argue with fools. Else the will pull me down to their level, not unlike a hog in the mud.