You have to cry about the logic of the powers that be when a huge area of land in central Eleuthera was purchased reportedly from an ex Minister and cleared at great expense yet main local clinic cannot get regular supplies of basic medications or equipment such as arm slings. Many people here actually believe that a hospital will be built but never consider what services a proper hospital should offer, such as x ray equipment, operating theatre, and the required qualified staff. Given that the MOH got rid of our resident doctor and cannot find a permanent replacement willing to come ,one wonders how hard it will be to staff a mini-hospital ?

I listened to the Pm last night on ZNS and whilst he makes some valid points I really wonder whether he is in touch with reality. Firstly I know many parents who have their kids educated in the USA and UK who advise them to stay away as there are no prospects here. Secondly by the partys own admission special consideration is given to PLP supporters and this manifests itself in student job placement, government positions and more. We have an education Minister and his upper echelons who implemented a school leaving diploma which is about as much use as a lump of wood to the vast majority of male students interested in a practical career. Finally does the PM know how soul destroying it is for students leaving school, facing the prospect of unemployment unless you are perceived to be of the ruling party, whilst their friends with parents who have political clout get all sorts of offers ?

Are the PLP going to erect large billboards showing the murder rate----Oh no that was before the last election.

What the FNM candidates need to talk about in these rally's are not impossible promises like opening a hospital in Palmetto Point, Eleuthera but matters that the simple electorate understand such as, Cost of electricity, reliable water supplies in the 21st century, lack of basic medication in the existing government clinic, high food costs, excessive taxation that is wasted,
roads that are falling into disrepair, freight costs that never go down, double taxation (gasoline to name but one) and so much more that needs addressing. Explain to the masses that if devaluation was to happen how that would affect us all from travel to another increase in the cost of living. Talk facts and figures.

The comparison between Brexit and the Bahamas is far from accurate. Britain can and will trade once outside the EU and will prosper but the Bahamas is on the edge of a very real precipice and if the IMF have to step in then life will be even tougher for the middle class.

We need independent MP's to hold the balance of power but whoever gets in is going to have to take some pretty drastic action to get the country back on track. Given the decaying, antiquated and downright inefficient infrastructure and huge national debt it is hard to see what can be done that will not seal the fate of the next government to one term

Christ Birdie you need to travel the world and see what real first world governments do rather than practice national discrimination. You need to wake up and realise that the world doesn't need the Bahamas, and can invest in many more affordable countries. As for the salary differential theory one can only assume that you have been taking drugs..

Foreigners may be leaving the sinking ship but sure as hell the Captain and officers will have their own lifeboat whilst the average Bahamian sinks.

Yeah right and I'm the tooth fairy.

Oh good electricity never got cheaper, fuel never got cheaper and oil prices are due to rise, why the f--k do you expect foreigners to keep propping up this corrupt and totally fiscally incompetent government and stay here.