This is a demon law by desperate people. As I indicated earlier, It will snare persons who may be innocent and slap a big, fat unlawful criminal record on them. It will make a worse crime situation because these people will now have a criminal record, cannot work, cannot travel and now being labeled a criminal. These are desperate men appearing to want to be seem to be doing something about crime, when they are essentially digging a bigger.ditch for more innocent citizens to fall in. Punishment must begin when an individual is found guilty. Not a second before. The focus needs to be on speedily trials, and stiffer penalties for those convicted and especially repeat offenders. Is this the same government that came into office and reduced penalties for certain crimes as was established by the former government? Claiming the penalties were too harsh. Look what they doing now! Notice the Fifty Thousand Dollar penalty. A national disgrace!

Not to forget the parent company of BTC has also been sold

Why is this man still trying to white wash the Bah Mar situation. Everyone was NOT in denial as he claims, but they were misled, hood winked, bamboozled, and 'had' by the Chinese. Remember now this was the THIRD delayed opening. Izmirilian was screaming to the top of his lungs that the Chinese were intentionally delaying the completion of the project and even that they may be sabotaging the project. The prime ministers response was that Izmirilian 'was a crazy man. "Who done lost his mind." He (PM) wrongfully sided with the Chinese and made a bad situation even worse. Perry did. No one was in denial. They were misled and hoodwinked for the third time about Bah Mars opening. If anyone is in denial it is cool PGC. He still thinks the property could be open, if only partially, for the conference in April. Why Wilson trying to white wash the facts?

A case of good riddance to bad (unwanted) men. If they left the Bahamas then all is well that ends well. Since they entered illegally they they should have been in the custody of immigration when they were released from prison. Is there a penalty for leaving the Bahamas illegally? Who assisted them in the venture?

Do you know that in the US only one in every 20 cars on the highway if fully paid for? One in every 10 is a lease vehicle and the rest are financed. In the US car manufacturers not only sell cars but through their dealerships they finance and lease them. So they build customer loyalty and brand loyalty. Their main goal is to keep cars coming off the assembly line and off the car lots. The government of the Bahamas is not concerned with how many cars are sold by local dealerships because when the big ship comes from Japan there and crowds of Bahamians waiting for vehicles they purchased on line. So the government's revenue has not decreased as far as collecting duty/Vat on auto mobiles and since licencing is based on size of the vehicle and not value that has probably increased because of the number of vehicles coming from Japan. Also the number of non-dealership car lots has dramatically increased and even though there is a vast difference between their prices and what one can land a car for in Nassau, there is a market of people who do not want to wit three months for a car so they are willing to pay the difference in price. The local dealerships must now re-invent themselves and offer products and services that persons cannot get fromJapan.

The simple and most common sense thing to do, when a person violates bail is to levy a penalty and/or revoke bail. These draconian measures serve to make a bad situation worse. Revoke the bail and give a speedy trial and stop the window dressing. It will further conjest and slow down the court system and make criminals of persons who would have been innocent in the first instance.

This bill is a snare that will capture the wrong prey. The whole purpose of bail violations being na non-criminal offence is based on the premis that one is 'innocent until proven guilty.' So while the bill might be intended to capture and punish individuals who blatantly and purposefully and intentionally violate the terms of their bail and may even commit a crime or even more while on bail. But what about a person who is innocent and gets caught out of his curfew hours, say coming home from work. So he is arrested, taken to court and fined and/or given jail time. Then his trial comes up and he is found "not guilty.' But now he has a criminal record for violating bail conditions for a crime he did not commit in the first instance. So now you must build more jail cells. What about anther instance where someone may be 'set up' to be caught out of his bail restrictions. Then he is given a hefty fine and or jail time. So when his case comes up he is no longer a citizen without prior convictions and so this will bear heavily on his trial. And even if he is charged, the rprobation report at hi sentencing will indicate that he has a prior conviction for bail violation. So care must be taken that a similar situation does not develop like when a young male is killed, the police report says, "he was known to the police, or"he was recently released from prison, or even "the victim was wearing an ankle bracelet."

Do you know when BTC disconnects your phone for non-payment they first charge you a $5 late fee. Then even while your phone is disconnected you will be charged rental. If you have a post paid phone you will still be paying the monthly cost of that package even though you cannot text, make calls or use the Internet. Then if you are so fortunate (or unfortunate) to find the funds to reconnect they charge you a $15 reconnection fee. Now ask the phone card vendor how much he makes on a $5.00 card. Still just 25 cents. Will he ever be able to afford a new car?

Alfred Gray cleverly mentioned that he has sons to do physical battle for him. He said he went above and beyond to be a good father to his children and provide for them so when it comes them defending and protecting him they will not let him down . Watch out Andre.

Alfred Grey vs Andre Rollins who you putting your money on. Andre prove he could take licks (the slap that was heard around the world). Gray tends to have too much mouth. Just knock his glasses off and he done lost.