So many things wrong. Teachers frustrated with MOE, incompetent administrators, and often poor working conditions. Promotions often based not on ability but who you know. Principals using the ACR to threaten teachers . Teachers chosen to become department heads based upon nothing more than a whim of the principal, and not ability. Yes there are many poor teachers but often there is no reason to put in extra effort when you are not appreciated.

Belinda Wilson, ? All she ever does is grandstand on salaries and preside over the annual AGM where accounts are rarely ratified. Ms Wilson seems to think that unfair dismissal due to vindictive principals, poor annual ACR or biased locals ,cannot be defended by the union as these dismissals are MOE decisions. What use is a union that does not go to defend , investigate unfair dismissal issues of a BUT member.. On the subject of monies, can Ms Wilson please tell members where the funds for a BUT pension went as to my knowledge no teacher has ever received this pension however small.

Suggest MOH officials look at central and south Eleuthera, both have volunteer ambulance services fully supported by fund raising and donations. Central has three ambulances-2 in P. Point and one in Hatchet Bay. Automatic trans and purchased S/H. serviced, repaired and manned by volunteers. Never breakdown and attend multiple calls a year. If volunteers and the community can do it why the heck can't these officials get their act together. As for manual gearboxes it is beyond belief that drivers cannot be found or trained to use them.

You must also question how some teachers are promoted to being Principals with prior poor classroom results, no idea about man management and once appointed embark on a power trip.. Maybe the choice of a new principal for GHHS is a surprise given past history as just one example, but hoping that the school and particularly the premises can be improved.

Phil Bethel yet again?? What has he done in the last few years???.

As a serving teacher it seems union finances are often shrouded in mystery and many times the appointed accountants have been unable to submit a full report at the annual AGM. Why was a portion of the BUT membership fees supposed to be used for a teachers pension suddenly used elsewhere. As far as I am aware no teacher received any BUT teachers pension. So many other official institutions seem to regard full and regular disclosure of members funds or fund raising activities as not important

Has the BUT ever had its annual accounts ratified?

$200 a week, I thought slavery was over??

Even in the early eighties, Boaters came down laden with dry and canned food, then after mooring for weeks would jet off in their rubber boats diving and shooting anything and everything for the evening ,meal. Their contribution to the economy was liquor and the local bars.

What a laugh when you have Trump cosying up to a communist dictator who started a war, thinks nothing of assassination of native Russians living abroad. If China invades Taiwan will Trump allow them to keep 20 % of conquered land and then cosy up to the leader of China , I guess he won't be bothered then about China's engagement with the Bahamas.