The problem with "dead beat dads" in this country is a political. Firstly the politicians pander to the women and bypass the male population. So while the women become economically empowered by getting a government job or a lil extra income coming in from her politician, who may also be her seeetheart, young men bounce from job to job just trying to make ends meet. Most of them are not willingly to do the favors many of the politicians want so that they can get straight so they fend for themselves. The masculinity of many Bahamian males is something he will defend with his life. He is just as proud of his virility. Unfortunately when relationships that involve children end, the children's mother decides to make life a living hell for the daddy, usually after he gets involved with another woman. Then the new spouse also gets involved and many will stop the father from seeing or taking care of his children. Sometimes young men experience economic hardship and because there is hardly anyone else in the family to help them out they are repeatedly dragged before the courts. This makes a bad situation even worse because even if the father supports his children financially he will not be a part of their lives. And yes there are some young men that have 5,6,7 children with the same number of mothers. They are young, ignorant and have become obsessed with the act of making rather than being a responsible father. When they realize the responsibility it is too late because they do not have the financial capacity to care for the children. When Bahamians had extended families this would not be a problem because when one eat all would eat. Someone in the family would go look for the children and put "lil something in dey hand." Today is different. Family members go buy dey fast food and eat before they come home or go lock up in their room and It it themselves.

The PLP's plan to block or compete with the We march people backfired on them big time. When the PLP crowd was bigger and appeared to overshadow the other march, they were calling it a PLP majority rule celebration. But as the crowd continued to swell for the We marchers they say majority rule March was for everyone. Of course many PLP politicians woke up with swollen feet and headaches because they were saying Minnis orchestrated the We March. So with the size of the crowd and less than half a year to ring the election bell 🔔 the PLP realizes that it is not as popular as they were five years ago when they came to office. The loss of this election will mean the end of Perry Christie 's political career and the opportunity to unravel all the Bah Mar secrets. Despite the low registration numbers the marches reveal the Bahamian people are sensitized.

Even White Bahamian families living of the family islands have more children than ones living in New Providence. Check Spanish Wells where they do a lot of fishing, Long Island with farming and The Abacos. The bishop needs to get his facts straight.

When Blacks were slaves they were forced to breed. Many times women with men other than their husbands and men with numerous women. Sometimes even the White slave masters would forcefully impregnate slave women. When black slaves became free they continued to farm and so having many children was an asset, not a curse. Health care was poor or non existent so many families had 10,11,12 children. The Bahamian family was reduced to average of 5-6 children in the 1970's-1980's, and 2-3 in the 2000's. Many families have only one or two children today. With the massive assault on young, black men where over one thousand have been murdered in the past decade, and with the infiltration of foreigners into this country the Archbishop is wrong for suggesting Bahamians are having too much children. Many of the Family Islands are unpopulated or underpopulated, to say the least.

So did the PLP plan to hold a parallel march with the WeMarch backfire? While both groups drew large numbers, the WeMarch group definitely did not support the (present) government the Majority Rule had marchers from different sectors of society and from cross sections of the political landscape.

Can the police say how many of the murders occurring since October 2016, are gang related and/or directly related to the internal war going on in one gang in particular?

In the main time the country has recorded 5 and possibly 6 murders in 10 days.

So the country starts the new year averaging a murder every two days. Smt

"Once a major retailer known for small 2,000 square foot stores selling a limited assortment women's clothing, Limited Stores, founded in 1963 in Columbus, Ohio, fell on hard times in the last decade. The chain was spun off from Victoria's Secret parent L Brands (LB, +0.11%)in 2007 in a leveraged buyout by Sun Capital. In 2010, L Brands, known as Limited Brands until 2013, sold its remaining 25% stake to Sun Capital for roughly $32 million.
And its disappearance will likely add pressure to mall operators like Simon Property Group (SPG, -0.49%) and General Growth Properties (GGP, -1.73%), which are grappling with the bankruptcy in the last two years of mall stalwarts like Aéropostale, Pacific Sun, American Apparel and Wet Seal.What's more, mall anchors Macy's (M, -1.17%) and Sears (SOLD) are closing hundreds of stores amid large sales declines."

Clothing get outdated and shoes go bad. So he has to factor all of this into his costs. Then the operating costs in the Bahamas are much higher and so yes a shirt that sells in Miami can sell for $17-$18.00 here. But on some brand name items like Clark shoes or other brands there is much price differential so by they time one purchases these items, and bring them here, the price is about the same. The only differrence is because online shoppers do not pay all the costs at once they feel they are beating Nassau's prices. But if Vat had been implemented like it was supposed to and be collected as value is added and customs duties was eliminated at the boarder, it would be much easier to do business here. Imagine car companies having to pay upwards of 80% the first cost of the car to bring it into the Bahamas. And since vehicles are price controlled you can see why so many have closed or are only holding on by a thread.