Yes, but if politicians are indebted to the number bosses, when will that change come? Why would leaders grow balls if they are the housewives to the rich who has 'balls'. What you stated is the residual effect unfortunately, but it is the government that allowed this to snowball & become uncontrollable. Money runs the world. When you have career politicians who came from an era of corruption, do you expect the corruption to stop when they are constantly being voted back in because Pindling promise them working toilets? Vote for the change, but if its slim pickings then don't expect anything to change.

We cant hate the man that took advantage of a loop hole and made it out. You have to blame the government for not enforcing the law and prosecuting. Its too late now because the once 'underground' market is now 'above-ground' and legal on the Bahamian books. He is free to conduct business however he chooses; however, I would not agree if they change the law to allow persons with gaming licenses to run; that law was made for a reason. The main issue is that there is no competition for these online gaming/number bosses, they really have a monopoly. Everyone should be free to seek gaming licenses and start their own number/gaming businesses to create competition and level the scales, until this is done, they will continue to get exorbitantly rich with no tangible checks and balances. The taxes they pay are nothing compared to what they make, and the government does not have an efficient way to regulate the online gaming part of the business because they have no real access to it.

Everyone saw this coming. Politics is all about lining pockets. Too bad there a few good ones & many who should not be there. Now if only drugs can be regulated, then maybe 90 can run too.

First off, Why is the Ministry's logo so off-centered. Who made that, a 5 year-old?

Weren't they just all about capitalizing on all of the property tax arrears, which were mainly not paid by the rich households? Now they are backtracking and want to wipe it away? 1 step forward, 4 steps back always.

No where in the indictment does it mention a 'high ranking politician'. It stated that the person was a 'government official' which is unclear that it meant a 'politician'. None of the eleven accused are current MP's. This is a well rehearsed response by drug lawyer aka minister of nat'l security. I really wonder how they are going to 'aggressively' tackle this one, because this compromises OPBAT and the 'trust' between the US and Bahamas. Everyone better comply before the DEA announces that OPBAT become defunct until a new trustworthy ministry is installed while the DEA themselves operate against our will to protect their country from illicit drugs.

Do not buy any EV vehicle coming from China and/or Asia. The current batteries used are going to be phased out in the next 2-3 yrs. They will be phased out with Solid State batteries which are tested to be safer (no fires) and efficient and of course: higher prices. We knew as soon as number boys were made legal that they were going to buy up and close off most of the markets, just because they have money dont mean you should buy. I'd stay away from EV's for another 5-10 years. Most Bahamians cant afford a brand new gasoline vehicle but they talking about EV?

He just started writing like that about 8 years ago. Before he wrote to comprehend, now he just writes weird sentence structures and puts "-- Yes?" at the end of his comment. Most of time I'm like 'What did he say?' and skip the comment.

Why not build a suitable size institution a Cay or Small island like Alcatraz or Guantanamo, especially High & Supermaximum? This way criminals will think twice about going to jail especially if they are going to be transported to a maximum security island. Nassau is too small for the population, so the government needs to start thinking about outward expansion and development of the outer islands.

Meanwhile the DEA is moving to re-schedule marijuana to a lesser category. Recreational Marijuana vote is on the 2024 Florida ballot. Thieves and murderers get instant bail yet those who are caught in possession get no bail. You get fined $250 (luckily) for a gram of weed that probably costs less than $5 these days. A gram of weed is equal to that of rose bud (really holds no value or importance to waste the courts time). The misunderstanding of marijuana/cannabis in this country stems from a long history of segregation, prejudice, outright ignorance, and arrogance. Jamaica is always a pioneer when it comes to medicine, and law but the Bahamas is just blinded by their archaic Christian views, constantly squabbling and wasting time on issues that hold no real-world value which then infects the leaders of the society to keep and to create archaic, misinformed, stupid laws that all the 'tourists' have to do is pay to get away, while our young men rot in mosquito jail with a tainted character certificate which leads them to the only option: 'A life of crime ...to survive'.