If 4 C's is not insured then the poor girl will likely receive nothing.

Ok Fred , how would you solve it ?
1. Give jobs to friends and political cronies ,in the G overnment where no real work existed.
2. Borrow more money and start fruitless projects like the worlds most expensive pile of curry in Central Eleuthera.
.3 Borrow the money and spend it on travelling the world pretending to drum up investment.

I reckon all three.

I will say it again, it is only certain persons in certain public areas that get recognition. Time to recognize the true hero's who contribute to the practicalities of running the country. Examples being, BASRA, Paramedics, Police officers ,Cancer society workers. But this will never happen because despite local acknowledgement they are small fish. As for the church, more fighting and back biting goes on in church than most other places. I know who I would rather have in a medical or nautical emergency and it certainly isn't "an outstanding preacher".

And they want to put lap tops in every school. By the end of two years half will be stolen and the rest broken.

Bloody hypocrite.

Rarely are these awarded to the real hero's of the Bahamas, the first responders, the volunteers like RFH who raise money for cancer, the volunteer ambulance services on various islands, lifeboat crews and more. These awards are given because of who you know, contacts, personality, which important cocktail parties you attend, and political connections. My definition of a hero is a police officer tackling and armed thug, a lifeboat crew going out in rough seas, ambulance crew who save lives. These are the real hero's.

The same is happening to UK high street shops. The local authorities make travel and parking so difficult and expensive. Why struggle to go into town or Nassau from the out islands when you can compare prices and order from your armchair. Both in the Bahamas and UK the authorities live for the moment but when a business shuts down then rates and taxes are lost.

Just to add that in the UK the tablet for every student was tried---- It didn't work.

What utter bullshit. Firstly they recruit Cuban teachers often not qualified in the subject they teach when there are qualified teachers on the island requesting employment or re-employment. To a large extent that nonsense can be attributed to the last Deputy Director and Director of education . As for all this Cable Bahamas equipment maybe the Minister should look at the previous computerized report card system which failed or the expensive interactive large screen TV with controls for each pupil. Most failed, were broken or not used. Then consider the general poor quality of Principals who will fail to secure this equipment and see stuff walk out the door by pupils and staff. Whilst the Minister is spending all this money there are workshops and Chemistry labs with outdated or no supplies. There are buildings that leak, the Testing and Evaluation Dep can't get coursework out to the high schools on time and this year was months late. As for advertising-most positions are who you know not what you know just like Principals often direct new technology to their favorite teachers or subject areas.

Sheerunner , still blaming the colonial system. How many years before you and people like you grow up and change things after all you have been independent for over 30 years. Is it the colonials fault that even after 20 + years the BGCSE exams are still being moderated by Cambridge in the UK, Is it the colonials fault that the Testing and evaluation unit in Nassau cannot get coursework out to the schools for 3 months after school opens in September ?. Bahamians have the controls - use them