All published polls have the PLP, FNM and DNA statistically tied in terms of stated support.

Okay now finish the statement..."better" is Brent Symonette. The Tribune has already repeatedly gone on record as dismissing Minnis and stating its view that he should step aside for the good of the country. Anyone who can read and comprehend can see that the Tribune is ga ga for Symonette. They have yet to state what his accomplishments to-date have been to warrant such ga ga, other than that one obviously favorable 'accomplishment' that obviously had nothing to do with him.

> Meanwhile, FNM Chairman Sidney Collie said in order to maintain transparent, democratic elections, it is essential that the government readily accept international election observers.

International observers? How about the FNM do its job as the Opposition party of The Bahamas? The Opposition parties have specific roles and responsibilities in this process. What is a foreigner coming in and sitting to see the final product going to do to help the process itself if already flawed? This laziness about one's democracy is precisely why we are where we are.

I didn't see that report about the 15 year old but if it is true it is sad for him as well. He's just a young boy who obviously had been suffering hardships or problems of a serious nature if he was not attending school very much. The stories of what children go through in this country are chilling indeed.

> Raise them properly and this would not happen.

Is the killer a child? If you live in a crime-ridden neighborhood, anything can happen, whether you have a good upbringing or not. Why are you assuming that the victims, if you are referring to the victims, were not raised properly?

> You could be the best mother in the world but a crime filled society can take that child from you in the blink of an eye.

Indeed. The posts that were made when this story first appeared were disgraceful, disintegrating into whether black parents were worse than white parents and other innuendos. As it turns out, this mother's 13 year old son was spending the night at an aunt's house to complete his coursework for school as his mother did not have internet access at the house, and the child was very serious about his studies.

People have wide varieties of ways of expressing themselves and describing attributes. Her description does not have to suggest anything untoward. Her nephew was 15. I can think of many colorful ways that one might describe the average teenager these days.

Tragic indeed.

The organisers of We March said the last march was to present the "people's manifesto" to the Parliament. Where is it? It never materialized and this was supposed to be a cornerstone of the movement. On another note, it has become clear to me that there is another hand behind We March, and the hand appears to be foreign, not Bahamian.

I'm not a fan of Carnival but I agree that the initial announcement about marching to stop Carnival was foolishness when so many other pressing matters are ripping the country apart. That announcement revealed the politics of the march, which organizers have tried to convince us was not a prevailing factor.