For years teachers have been victimised and moved at the whim of a poorly trained lacking in people management skills principals often leaving family island teaching posts vacant. We hear all these speeches about our "little darlings" when in reality good teachers are moved, fired on the sacrificial alter of a vindictive principal who cares more about total domination of staff and getting a power kick. The ACR is often used as a weapon and Mrs Wilson does little or nothing to support these teachers. Take Rock Sound in Eleuthera, woodwork teacher moved years ago, never replaced., The last Director of education, Mr Lional Sands told many teachers that they were needed (especially in the practical areas) and could be rehired after 65. Rarely happened and departments were left empty on the basis of no teacher was better than rehiring an experienced retired teacher.

Being involved is a lot easier if you are earning $20-$40000 pa than $12000. In the UK the threshold is £12600 before you pay tax at 20% and VAT is 20% for everyone.

Is this some home trained, home promoted so called religious bigot , because it is hard to believe any person religious or not advocates this primitive belief. Women have a perfect right to use their body as they wish. Granted a caring wife will often try to please her husband even if not in the mood but she has every right to say no if shevso chooses. If this idiot is married I feel so sorry for his wife.

when Andrew hit Eleuthera, the first ships and crew to arrive were from the UK
and a British infantry contingent flew in from Belize.

Here we go again, blaming the Queen for our failures. Almost 50 years of independance and you still want help. Our Governor General is selected by our leaders and simply rubber stamped by the Queen, and how on earth you can blame the Queen for the state of our country after 49 years of managing our ownbaffairs is mind boggling.

I know of one case on a family island where the wife refused sex to her husband unless he went with her to church every Sunday. That's sexual blackmail.

Where to start. You have on one island a District Superintendent who was a lousy classroom teacher, with poor BGCSE exam results yet was rapidly promoted. You have new principals who are sometimes promoted because of their charm/gift of the gab or political affiliation. You have successful practical courses shut down because lack of teachers or hiring Cubans with absolutely NO experience of teaching that subject or have difficulty speaking clear english. You have a union leader who preaches the big talk about salaries, working conditions etc (valid issues) but rarely personally defends a competent teacher wrongfully dismissed or transferred. New inexperienced principals in some case promoted with absolutely no man management skills and rule by dictate rather than consultation with experienced staff which of course leads to a fractured staff. Some of these principals exert their power by getting rid of staff that don't fit their plan or are not subservient to their every whim and order. Many many good young Bahamian teachers out there who will never be promoted. As for a teacher getting excellent exam results and participating in all extra school activities, just a waste of time at the end of the day from a career advancement point of view. The ACR is often wielded by vindictive principals as a weapon over teachers. Having said all that there are many, many teachers who strive to get their best from students and many good principals. Time for teachers to complete an ACR on their principal and all these Ministry of Ed staff.

Once had a bill at PMH and went to accounts to pay it. Lady eventually traced outstanding account and was taken aback that someone wanted to pay their bill.. Second time as an inpatient , went private. What a total disgrace. Room with AC directed at bed, unable to turn off. No way of turning bedside light or any light for that matter on or off from bed, Shower dirty inoperative-was given a jug of hot water. Sink leaked. Milk on cereal sour on both occasions. Staff heard laughing and talking down corridor, NEVER came to check on me. Asthma attack early hours of morning and must have got the dumbest nurse in creation who would not believe me. After gasping for breath and my wife pleading the doctor on duty was called and immediately put me on inhaled medication.
To be fair, it is beyond the ability for the working nurses to effect changes at the physical building level but it was an experience never to be repeated. Of course the politicians never get subjected to this deplorable state of public medicine.

Prouing, Total bulls-hit. Boris made many many mistakes but he also got UK covid vaccinated way before almost every country , got us out of the domineering EU and his support for Ukraine jump started the rest of the Nato countries to get involved to try and stop this mad dictator. Putin . So are we to assume that all these other countries-USA, Germany, France and Turkey to name a few also don't care about their countries . The UK was one of the first countries to land and help out on Eleuthera after Hurricane Andrew but maybe the PM should have been looking after the UK first.

Wrong. China, Pakistan and India