I love it ,no space in a little house, little food, begging and a brand new $40,000 car outside. Typical black attitude, all show even if you can't pay it back.

Life is really interesting, when a uneducated or unconnected young man or woman steals asmall item or is caught with a joint he or she face a hefty fine or jail. Now we have a sissy politician who milked the public purse by his extravagant trips all over the world and he is voted back in to a position of power.

Here we go again,promises and more promises and tell the public whatever will give them a chance of re-election.

In years of teaching in High schools putting in a requition for practical departments was a total waste of time. Some goons in the DOE decided what a particular subject needed with no discussion with the teachers. Additionally I remember on one odd occasion when the woodwork tools that arrived were cheap indian rubbish, Why did Joel Lewis continually go to Cuba to recruit when that talent was already present.Why is there no money for basic supplies but always money for airline tickets,hire cars etc for visiting speakers.?

George Smith for Christsake, tainted with the Pind ing drug era days.

What uttet drivel.These power cuts are the result of all political parties since independance wasting money and not using commonsense to update and replace old equipment. And the majority of that time it was a PLP government who also left the country deep in debt with nothing to show. The money spent on excavating thousands of tons of curry for a hospital that could never be built in Palmetto Point is just one example of money down the drain.

With reparations where do you start-With Arabs who still enslave their people, Saudi Arabia who still employ cheap slave labour, to the African tribe leaders who sold their people into slavery or how about closer to home for all the years that black Bahamians had to leave Spanish Wells before sunset. Yes many of the countries colonised by the UK, Portugal and others did many things wrong but maybe the UK should ask for reparations from the Romans or Vikings who invaded, raped and pillaged the UK. Time for long independent countries to stop blaming their failures on past masters and get on manage and take responsibility for their own progress. As Bogart correctly said their is modern day slavery in every country.

Surely granting of crown land is a Bahamian matter now all these years after independence.

Several points to make.
1. Hatien students legally here often excel in the government high schools..
2. When will some Bahamians stop blaming the British. God knows you have had 46 years to change things and do it your way.
3. The BGCSE exams are still moderated by Cambridge in the UK. How many years have to pass before the Bahamian examination department can get it right.
4. If the general public had been to one of the expensive, lengthy BUT annual general meetings they would be surprised at the stupid comments made. Example many teachers still ask why the can't get a refund on their medical insurance that they havn't used despite explanation after eplanation.
5. Finally Belinda's supporters seem to forget all the allegations against Belinda in the past and if Mrs Wilson fought for members facing unjust salary cuts or unjust terminations as hard as she founght for her own survival then she would be doing the job she has been elected for.

Teachers cannot move by choice from island to island. Granted some expats do their contract and remit spare funds however "shit loads of money " is nonsense. That being said a few make their lives in the Bahamas because they love the country and contribute to the economy by purchasing property, cars, groceries and so on. Of course there are bad teachers as in every profession but I can assure you this applies equally to some Bahamians. As for your "the bahamas is for Bahamians" you will find that in the right areas foreign skilled workers are of great benefit to a country. By your simplistic statement I suppose every Bahamian working in the USA, Dubai,the UK and other countries should be sent back. Such nonsense that you spout damages your great country and welcoming people. It remains that a Bahamian nurse working in the UK or the USA is entitled to the same benefits as a national of that country As for rent Bahamians and expats recieve no rent allowance in New Providence, and both Bahamians and expats only receive rent allowance is the MOE moves them.