There is a special circle of Hell reserved for Bahamian politicians.

God save us from these pirates!

> Speaking at yesterday’s event, Ms Carrera-Marquis from the Inter-Development Bank (IDB) said the grant will allow for the construction of several solar energy projects throughout The Bahamas.

These Bahamian politicians really know how to swing these poor foreigners into giving them a free handout. Our representatives are masters at selling big dreams lol.

What type of nasty 40 year old man wants to be grinding one 14 year old girl anyways? I agree in general with the concept that Bahamian society is over-sexualized, but no decent man in his right mind would think that a 40 year old man juicing a 14 year old girl is in any way acceptable.

We need to bring back capital punishment for pedos.

Let me guess : we will have another news article describing how we need new taxes to keep the sinking ship afloat in a week, am I right?

Head of state and head of government are two different positions. A theoretical president would just occupy the same role as the governor general, and most likely be appointed by the PM as well.

I highly doubt that the Bahamas will ever move away from FPTP for electing governments; there is no viable third party to justify shifting to MMP or PR, neither federalization to switch to an American type of system.

Agreed 100%. I appreciate the work that NGOs do, but I can't just wave off 2 million as an "accounting error". This is not 2 thousand dollars, or even 2 hundred thousand, this is a whole 2 million that we are supposed to believe was transferred out of pure accident. Smells like BS to be honest.

I don't trust either side in this story. Both parties are composed of nothing but pirates looking for ways to line their pockets.

None of these government tools understand the root of this issue. The smallest unit of society is the family, what we see today is the results of having the Bahamian family unit completely destroyed. The misguided gender advocates and asinine neo-liberals can kvetch all they want, but two parent homes produce much better life outcomes statistically speaking than the the absent single parent ones that plague our society today.

The only way to correct this in the long term is to massively shift our culture and model our society around the family unit again. Until then, enjoy triple digit murder counts every year.

Nevermind, I misread your comment. I thought you were advocating that we would economically collapse immediately after becoming a republic. My mind skipped over the "still" in your post. Apologies.

Yes, nothing will change at all.

Let me know when any one of these advocates stops speaking the English language. I might take their gripes a bit more seriously then.

I don't agree with the assertion that our nation will collapse economically from shifting to a republican form of government, nothing significant will change other than a President replacing the Queen as head of state (Plus we are in inescapable debt as it stands already. We are going to economically collapse regardless of whether we alter the governing system or not. Can't have 55 years of deficit spending while borrowing to keep the lights on and not pay the toll). What I find baffling is the notion that we should become a republic to separate from our colonial heritage while we all speak the English language and our politicians all line up to have British honours next to their name. There is absolutely no non-emotional argument in favour of becoming a republic, we do not gain a single benefit by doing so. Why do we need to piss away millions of tax dollars on holding a referendum, changing legislation, electing a President, etc. for absolutely no benefit at all?

Sadly, most people think with their emotions instead of looking at an issue logically.