The truth is that we are ruled by a mafia who think of the Bahamian people as nothing more than slaves that they can juice to fund their extravagant lifestyles and onerous pensions. They know that nothing is ever going to happen to them, and that every 5 years Bahamians will be twerking their booty on stage for some fried chicken and rum talking about PHellP/FNM is the only thing they want. What is the worst that is going to happen to them: get voted out in 5 years, no big deal, just wait another 5 to get put back in. Nothing in this country makes sense until you realize that successive governments have intentionally destroyed the education system to create a populace of dumb and ignorant voters to give their banana republic regimes a sense of legitimacy.

If the source of the banging noises detected was truly the sub, it seems that an electrical failure would be the most likely explanation for what happened. If not, the hull probably crumbled under the pressure. Either way, the crew is most likely dead no matter the cause. Sad story, but evidence suggests that the CEO of this company did not take the risks associated with the voyage seriously.

What are supposed to be proud of? A power grid that hangs on by threads? Blatant corruption in government? Our out of control crime rate? Walloping national debt that is going to destroy the lives of the young Bahamians? Voting for the red shitty government or the yellow shitty government every five years? I don't know how people keep drinking this kool aid. I get trying to be optimistic but at some point we have to take an objective look at the situation of this nation as well.

I still hold that independence was a giant mistake because the British would have at least dissolved our governments and forced reforms the way that they did in Turks a while back. Now, the foxes are in charge of the henhouse and nobody is going to help us; you can either get in on the racket yourself or get out of the country.

I would be inclined to agree with your friend and would add that NIB is doomed to collapse simply due to the demographic situation of this country. The only way it could ever be theoretically retained in the long term is through exorbitant rate increases to be shouldered by the young working class Bahamians, a cut in payments, and the raising of the collection age. We have a TFR below replacement rate, with a large number of young Bahamians leaving the country if they have the opportunity, it is simply impossible to maintain this program no matter what bandaid solution you try IMO. This is not a problem unique to this country, virtually all developed nations are in a similar boat.

To echo other commenters here, Carnival is not a part of Bahamian culture and should have never been brought here in the first place. Junkanoo is authentically Bahamian, and that is what should be supported instead.

Maybe we should start investing 50% of politician's and civil servant's salaries into NIB.

I am so tired of hearing about this issue, both sides of this argument act like literal children. A certain part of one group feel that they can call themselves Christian and rape their wives, while the other group wants men summarily convicted and imprisoned simply because a woman says so. This is a topic that needs a high level of maturity to discuss and it feels as if no one in this country has it.

To be honest I think the whole argument is moot because marriage as an institution is dead anyways. Hookup culture and family courts weaponized against men have cratered the marriage rates, and most young people are just not interested. It is a whole bunch of arguing for nothing.

Meeting between dumb and dumber. Granted, Brave is probably at least a whole standard deviation higher in IQ than Kamala, maybe even two.

Would be a bad idea in the long term. The US will always be our primary trading partner due to location, but the truth is that the US is in the death throes of an empire and China is ascending in prominence. What happened to Izmirlian is wrong, but we have to plan for a future in which the US is not the biggest player on the world stage.

Our MPs are going to be fatter than ever with all of this new revenue they plan to have coming in. Government them soon need to start chartering a wider plane for them to fly around on; buffet restaurant stocks are looking bullish.