One would like to question why this Osborne woman with her level of so-called 'expertise' is always in these precarious positions when it comes to businesses & companies. Ive been saying before, she is bad for business, everything she touches seems to dwindle or fall apart eventually. Lets not forget she was the main puppeteer behind that major lay-off of the hard working Bahamians employed by BEC/BPL when they were all of a sudden asked to participate in a drug screening or be terminated 'scheme'. Many employees who never had to do this from when they were hired into their respective jobs & worked some 5, 10, even 15+ years with the company. If you are going to implement abrupt procedures such as this for example. It needs to take place throughout the entire company (executive board as well). This vindictive, narcissist is too high on a pedestal and does not notice or correct any of her own mistakes and passes the blame any chance she can get.

John is about to steal a boat & ram it into the devil's backbone if somebody doesn't watch him. Either way, the rise in suicide is of course appalling but we have to recognize how the various problems in the country affect the citizens. The poor & those who are trying to stay afloat. One doesn't simply take their life out of the blue, it is a thought about thing that develops in the mind over a span of time and depending on ones situation in life, it may finally lead them down that black hole. The people these days have it very hard. The hotel and government jobs can only provide so much, but without the education & training combined with experience, the common Bahamian will not be able to survive in the years to come. Some had good jobs, invested/took out loans, lost the job due to some bogus layoff, could not keep up with investments, now running from the bank & court system, and now running to suicide as a way out (this is just one out of many examples). The economy is too fragile. The people dont know what to do. High taxes, little to no income a recipe for disaster.

Ill say it now. Its cheaper that you invest in your own Solar Initiatives for your own home to cut costs on your electric bill to compensate for times of power outage as well. You will be waiting until Kingdom Come if you plan to wait until the Government implements this into the grid. That will take very long and many problems will arise as they try to do it. It is a shame that Governments present & prior talk so much of the future, but not one has taken advantage of the Sun's energy that blasts this poor country on a daily basis all throughout the year and implemented a much needed Solar Energy plant that could supply many islands especially the ones still reliant on Kerosene lanterns. This can save millions spent on fuel per year. We could have been the leaders in this industry within Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean realm. Yet we squabble for years over BEC/BPL & executive teams mumbo jumbo. Perry Christie powers his home with it, and many others throughout New Providence and outer islands are privately taking advantage of this. From the generator to the solar panel, I have notice a rise in its implementation throughout the Bahamas, & many of the ignorant are still investing in the pitbull to keep the BEC man from coming into their yard. Save your money power your own home, with little dependence on BEC or else you will continue to experience these problems year after year with the same old talks from each government blaming the other.

@Well_mudda.. The common problem with the color 'aquamarine' is that even though it is the suppose to be the actual colour on the flag, there is an elemental problem that tends to work against this. The colour 'aquamarine' has a tendency to drastically fade away in sunlight hence the reason why a darker colour may be used. This was a common problem noticed after the flag was physically made & flown within the UV spectrum. In terms of printing and other forms of implementation, persons must make sure to keep the color as 'aquamarine' or as close as possible but to simply track down every design maker and charge them before the courts about the use of 'darker blues' would be quite expensive and possibly not get anywhere but as it relates to country, we must ensure that the 'aquamarine' is used.

I don't think anything would be wrong if it is used to represent the Bahamas positively and unaltered. This lady who simply used the Coat of Arms and manipulated the elements for her own personal & financial gain is a difference. You dont really see anyone doing those sorts of things.

This always happens. I believe the last time it did was in 2013 and it was pretty serious. That business is known for massive fires & always around the same each year. Business must be booming because despite these massive fires, they are always open.

This country makes me sick. The persons in government supposed to have this country flourishing in all areas of the country from the North straight to the south. Andros is the biggest island for example, and it sits there doing nothing with settlers only along the coast. This country was designed to flourish but corruption has it years behind and stagnant. I as a citizen suppose to be able to go this island for this and that island for that, almost like how person in miami travel to California, New York, and all over whether it be for shopping, vacations, business etc. Yet everyone jam up and fighting one another in Nassau. Grand Bahama which was suppose to be the next biggest thing, is an old ghost town just like the rest of the islands, a bunch of ghost towns.

Just what we need. Another large loan on a massive piece of land & infrastructure to serve no purpose other than to provide jobs for the security officers to watch it day & night. The NTA alone is big enough to do all of this, and yet the building sits there 'CLOSED' most if not all of the time. There are so many other dire infrastructural needs in this country to invest $20 million into. For example, what happened to the Post Office that desperately needs top notch renovation & reforming so that persons & businesses can actually receive and send their various mail in a timely fashion? No wonder the Freight Forwarders are now self made millionaires & no wonder Leslie Miller implemented a blockade on Brokerage Licenses when he had the chance. What about the old Road Traffic building, that is sitting there as if its an historical Ruin? PLP started & now the FNM is continuing to waste the office spaces of the National Stadium that was said to serve as a 'temporary' location for the Road Traffic department that now seems to be a permanent location. You cancel the IAAF races which is probably the only large international sporting event that our stadium can appropriately cater to on behalf of becoming another large waste of land, infrastructure & soon to be dilapidation. What happened to the whole down town and the former Govt building across from parliament that the press couldn't wait to catch Fred Mitchell or Allyson Maynard scurrying out of that is sitting there in a phases of deterioration, a serious eye sore for tourists coming off the Cruise ships. The persons in government have no vision for the country as a whole, & yall worrying about setting up 'block chain' and getting involved 'crypto currency'? Yall cant even get yall own country straight yet yall worrying about any 'blockchain'. Time & time again we see that both governments concern themselves unrealistic, self proclaimed, grandiose & wasteful visions that serves no real purpose to the country because they cant even get the simplest of things sorted out. This country can be so much better & powerful especially because of the hundreds-thousands of square miles of islands & ocean we occupy, Unfortunately the people are too selfish & eye-too-big to ever get us anywhere.

Very Sad.

At least we know Bannister was correct concerning the damaging of light poles by the public. It would 'sound' very strange stemming from a speech but this is a very good example. Perhaps the 'laying down' of outriggers and antennas would be the best choice especially after you trailer your large size fishing boats.