We have lost 2 generations to gangs and drugs because of the violence that accompanies those two things. What we are reaping now was sown long ago. When we were a nation for sale and turned a blind eye to drug running and glorified the people who showed off their ill-gotten gains. The only hope now is for the children. If we can intervene and give them a strong educational foundation while teaching them people skills and manners, and at the same time grow industries so that there will be work for them to do in the future. A hard task when 50% of the jobs of the future have not even been invented yet. It's a long bumpy road ahead...

Decriminalise marijuana and our young men's chances improve significantly. Some people want to smoke a little weed on their holiday. Jamaica has whole hotels dedicated to such. Tax it, make it benefit the poor, cut down on criminality in the country. Many countries see it as a cash cow and are stockpiling it to export when needed. It actually grows on our islands. We need to think about it as an industry...

Education is the only key that we can use to transform this ailing Bahamas. I believe that we can turn things around and do it quickly if sweeping changes can be made to Early Years learning in particular. It's not rocket science nor do we have millions of people to cater to. This problem is fixable... The current director of Education must be replaced with someone with new ideas and a fresher, younger perspective. Such a shame that this article has 2 spelling mistakes that prevents me from sharing it on my page. Please up your editing game.

Renward Wells must be good at something notable, I'm just not sure what it is yet... Definitely good at changing parties and signing things and keeping his mouth shut. But a Cabinet position? I would have locked him in the cabinet. If only he knew how many people covered his name to vote. Everyone else in this Cabinet has a chance to make a name for themselves good or bad. He already has the bad one, so are we hoping for good this time around?

For once @TalRussell you are asking the pertinent questions! This whole thing was an embarrassment to us and while it was free publicity it wasn't quite free or positive. Who signed off on this? How much money went under the table that caused the organisers to be unable to pay the talent? Who thought to schedule something on the same weekend as regatta? There are too many questions and not enough answers...

The main difference between Brent Symonette and the rest of the persons running is not 100+ Million dollars but the fact that 1) He has declared most of his money and 2) Most of his money is in the Bahamas. Maybe some of the 55 Bahamians who have billions squirrelled away in HSBC Suise bank accounts are also our politicians or their friends, family and lovers... The whole thing is a joke. If Brent can halfway report on his declaration imagine those who just outright lie and at the end of the day does it even matter? We all know its a sham.

On June 17th 2016 Andrew Allen wrote on his public Facebook page "what a monster the PLP created by fostering and and encouraging this uneducated 'little man' persona among so many black Bahamians to keep it in power. Now the graduates of the University of Wulff Road are coming home to roost and the party that created them cannot control them. Discussions on social issues quickly degenerate into theocratic religious psychobabble and conspiracy theories about sissies. The slums have come to claim their country and anyone who speaks sense, or even has an education is considered a despised, untrustworthy 'elite'. well done plp"
How amazing that a few short months later Mr Allen is now praising the supposed achievements of the PLP that in his words are "visible and solid". I completely disagree with Mr Allen and say that any man that calls the actions of the DNA sensible is not operating with a full deck. While we are all entitled to our opinions, Mr Allen constantly airs his in the National papers and on Social media and his flip-flopping political views are like those of a schizophrenic who has been off their meds for a while. He should take the time to think of something coherent to say before emailing drivel to the papers.

PGC is absolutely corrupted. He will never give up power unless it is wrenched from his hands by the Bahamian people. It does not bother him that he is washed up, speaking in cryptic crossword puzzle clues, but it sure bothers me! Five more years of his ineptitude would be a fatal blow for the Bahamas. I personally would like to see him visit every outdoor toilet in his constituency and hand out toilet paper... that would be more useful than whatever it is he is proposing.

Thank you Marion Bethel, in the Bahamas we are drowning in misogyny and finally an expert has drawn attention to this. Women are degraded in the Bahamas, not allowed to pass on their own citizenship as a man can. Told that they are less, written in law, than men. Judged more negatively than men if they choose to do what men do.

I remember growing up in a patriarchal house where the boys did not cook, they did not clean, they got the best piece of meat and had their food taken up first. My male relatives did whatever they wanted and they had a sense of entitlement that boggles the mind.

It seems that in The Bahamas as with the middle east, a lot of women are happy with their lot. Men are the head of the house and far be it from me to question him. Far be it from me to go against my religious leader who said that I am Adam's rib and I belong to Adam. This continuum that Ms Bethel so rightly speaks, is full of Bahamian women who do not question their lot in life. Who savor being less than as their expected place, who break down other woman who may decide to think otherwise. A curriculum that forces critical thinking about gender stereotypes would be a step in the right direction. We have a real problem here and pretending that we don't drives us deeper into this misogyny.

Just an observation... when did Majority Rule day become interchangeable with Independence day???

Also Blind Blake can see that John Bostwick II was set up by PLP underlings who wanted to eliminate him from running against Bernard Nottage. A convicted person is precluded from standing for election. The status quo politicians are scared. Mr Hendfield may well be our modern day Moses, he is the best we have that has come forward to take a stand and put his safety on the line. I hope he is vigilant about checking his bags before he goes through any airports as THEY will be after him as well.
Oh Hubert Minnis!! I had to laugh at his seemingly idiotic self, why are you marching with WeMarch again? They are marching against you!! He just seems to want to be anywhere piggybacking on a crowd that did not come to support him. He is a joke, the worst one. At least Perry had the sense to stay home...