The Bible tells us that the sins of the father shall be born by the children and grandchildren for generations. Fifty years ago we started with a budgetary surplus and since then have ammased a debt of many billions of dollars. That is the sins of our fathers these last fifty years. We the children & grandchildren & great grand children now have these iniquities to pay for. What will we lay on the backs of our children, grand children & great grandchildren. not this iniquity i hope.

WOW Mudda ..... Foolin da public like ee couzan !

A good way to wean them off would be to close them down ! They are owned by the Government ( the People ) not the other way around. Most will never be able to manage themselves.

It was a dead giveaway when Sebas sat alone in one of the tents at Government House for the swearing in ceremony. Unfortunately he must have pre-paid for his seat so I doubt that anyone will shut down anything until the entire economy grinds to a screeching halt.

I think that two of the other big accounting forms have compromised themselves in the Bahamas and credibility is thin. Delloitte got a little too cozy with the Chinese and BOB and KPMG destroyed itself and its credibility over the National Health plan. It is said that when you go to sleep with dogs you will surely wake up with fleas. So far E & Y has maintained a good playbook.

How in this round world does the DNA, after being so roundly rejected by the populace, have any authority to demand anything from anyone. The Bahamas will never be more that a two party country. Bran thought he could create a party to knock the FNM off its perch instead of working withing the party where he might have now been Prime Minister. Very poor judgement, But the rest of the DNA peeps should go stand in line behind the active people in the PLP and FNM. Otherwise you are just clanging cymbols.

Sorry JuJu I don't even think that that is safe anymore. Once Government buys/owns anything it is on the way to oblivion.

W. Thompson has obviously never employed a Bahamian maid. In the old days 1950's and '60's the older Bahamians didn't tief, worked hard and put in a full day. As those gentle folk died out a new breed of Bahamian had grown up and with the political rhetoric still hot, they were told it was o.k. to tief, as long as you tief from da white man. My wife and daughter have lost 99 percent of any jewellery they ever had, to maids bolstered by this mantra. Fortunately also with the advent of Majority Rule, Bahamians no longer wanted to be maids or gardeners and preferred office and shopkeeping jobs. Moreso, the hotels were growing and needed housekeeping, barkeeping, and restaurant staff, This work although generally paid at the same rate as a housekeeper or gardener, was a lot more prestigious and they have flocked to it since.
So that gave rise to Jamaican and Haitian domestic labour, and as both PLP and FNM governments have realized, the Filipino domestic will not mix with the locals and will ultimately go back home. The Haitians and Jamaicans have and are mixing with Bahamians both ways and a new semi-Bahamian is emerging.

I don't know the mechanics of it all but schools across America, Canada, U.K. and Europe have somehow figured it out and have been able to manage it. The way it is now we may as well piss the money away that is spent on public education because we just ain't getting any bang for the buck. And the lack of education leads to social issues which burdens the police force and the courts and the prisons. So spend the money where it can do some good and mitigate some of the societal problems that beset us. Because the teacher needs to be paid overtime we have a country on the brink of collapse and the highest murder rate in the region.

The public and private education sectors are compromised in my view. Any child fortunate enough to go away to school immediately finds a schoolday does not end at 3:00 PM. At 3:00 PM there will usually be some kind of sport or physical ed type activity ( teaches them team activities and rules ) among others, and then they go back to study hall where they can do homework under the supervision of a qualified teacher. One teacher might monitor several classrooms and brighter students can be assigned to help weaker ones. The entire country is compromised with the schoolday ending at 3:00 PM because both government and the private sector suffer with school pickup. Why this magical hour I don't know, but kids going home to empty houses, and no supervision, what would inspire them to do any homework. If the schools kept the kids until 5:00 or 6:00 PM we would see amazing improvements in our academic results. The days of bank employees and teachers having to end their day at 3:00 PM are over. That extra 3:00 hours of supervision for children will pay dividends immediately. Lets go bold and do it. Public and Private Schools.