The most important thing for us to do now, is to kill the messenger, as we must, and always have done.

The Bahamas is not likely to "recover" in any manner, in our lifetimes. This is the sad reality that remains unspoken. The human, natural, and financial resources at our disposal are handicapped, dwindling or nonexistent. The idea that "we are on our own" has never been more apt. There is nothing the government, Minnis, or any other "savior" can do for us now that has not already been done. Once we accept this reality, we may have a chance at survival. Listening to those in supposed authority will do nothing to further us along forward, upward, nor onward. The true costs of allowing education to forever take a backseat in this country will now come back to haunt us in ways, once unimaginable.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. What's new?

And still no patriotic demand to ban the export of conch? Our kids may not even have it to eat, let alone be able to sell it to our locals and hotels. All for the greed of money. How it can blind even common decency.

We have no leadership. Less vision
And even less honesty. Mr. Smith may be good at something. He should find a job doing that thing. The Bahamas deserves better than the wholly inept leadership now at the helm.

You are right.

Sorry Moncur, but use your imagination. Another tool to be used for surveillance. For our own good, of course. Read your history. Is "every" ambiguous?
"The hubbcat, the management of it was under control of the Ministry of Health,” Mr Dames said. The command station is at the Cable Beach Police Station and officers are equipped to monitor “every single person throughout this country,” he said."

joeblow,
Noam Chomsky calls Trump "the most dangerous criminal on earth." It is hard to argue. Even though you are abjectly wrong on trump's supposed accomplishments, "leadership", to those intellectually capable of understanding the term, is a disaster for the world. I made an exception for the months after the election for the many of my family and friends, all college educated, who voted for this vile individual. Now, after exposing himself as an utter imbecile, devoid of compassion, humanity, intelligence and morality, some continue to support him and make excuses for Trump. I have no tolerance for this reckless and cavalier treatment on the state of the world, especially the US. As a US citizen, I have spent 45 years there as a business owner, and having attended 5 colleges and universities and still have connections there. There is no aspect of American life that Trump has not negatively affected. Clearly, you are spending too much time watching Fox News, devoid of scholarship and a learned point of view. One cannot spend a minimum amount of time reading and not bump into the thousands of solid negative critiques of Trump's whole persona by political analysts, scholars, medical experts, nearly anyone who can still think. I am not particularly bothered by Trump. He is just one truly bad apple. What I am most fearful of is the amazing number of ordinary looking human beings who still can manage to put together an argument for voicing their support for the most dangerous criminal on earth. Such as yourself. Truly fearful.

Fully agree.

The lesser of the two evils would be to look hard at what has gone on in your own lifetime. There is a saying that a true criminal learns their art inside prison. With 2.2 million people in prison in the US, the highest percentage of any industrialized nation, one would think decent people would look at some advancements made, and at least try to implement some. The history of policing, along with the profit motive for incarceration should be enough for evolving, intellectually capable people to start questioning "how we do things". Your responce is the reason why I place so much emphasis on the youth. We adults are just too set in our ways and seemingly intellectually unable to imagine a better place. It is either nostalgic for the old ways, or completely scared about trying new ways. And, an inability to see the complete failure of our present ways. I think you are wrong on this. Do some research on the prison system. It is not there for the average person. It is there to protect the rich and their property. Too much has been exposed and written about this to ignore.