The fact that Minnis and fellow cabinet minister (Bannister) are not willing to be transparent with the Bahamian people does not speak well of all the promises made by Minnis about the intended transparency of his government. When you aspire to serve the public at the highest levels of elected public office you give up certain fundamental privacy rights in recognition of the public's interest and right to know. Minnis and Bannister should not prefer public conjecture over the public's right to know. If Bannister or a member of his immediate family has a serious medical condition requiring his absence from being sworn in as a cabinet minister and taking charge of his ministerial portfolio, then that fact should be disclosed. Then again it could be that Bannister has a very material conflict of interest that absolutely must be, but cannot easily be, unravelled or otherwise resolved before he assumes his cabinet post.

Amen to that my friend!

Being Catholic certainly didn't help Chippy any!

The two bigger conflicts of interest for Brent Symonette from an appearance standpoint are the port run by APD Limited, assuming certain of his Trade portfolio duties involve the Arawak Cay Port, and Commonwealth Bank Ltd which lands four square within his Financial Services portfolio. Shipping and Trade certainly go very much hand in hand and the Symonette family has significant business interests involving our main port and shipping.

I didn't say anything about Bahamas Hot Mix, but the two bigger conflicts of interest from an appearance standpoint are the port run by APD Limited, assuming certain of his Trade portfolio duties involve the Arawak Cay Port, and Commonwealth Bank Ltd which lands four square within his Financial Services portfolio. Shipping and Trade certainly go very much hand in hand and the Symonette family has significant business interests involving our main port and shipping.

Forget the BEC deal. When it come to ethical conduct considerations Minnis really needs to wash his mouth out with soap. In talking about firing cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries and others if they engage in unethical activities of any kind, Minnis is talking out both sides of his mouth. If he was truly concerned about unethical behavior he would be equally concerned about the very appearance of unethical behavior. But yet we see him appointing Brent Symonette as Minister Of Financial Services, Trade and Industry. This is absolutely a terrific situation for Brent given his interest in Commonwealth Bank, the shipping ports, and the mining of aragonite from our seabed. Minnis made a terrible mistake in taking 'quid pro quo' money from the Symonette family to finance the FNM's 2017 general election campaign and we, the Bahamian people at large, are going to pay a dear price for it by a continuing increase in the divide between the haves and the have nots! Brent's ministerial portfolio not only makes him one of the most powerful cabinet ministers from an economic standpoint, but also the most conflicted cabinet minister!

Minnis is talking out both sides of his mouth. If he was truly concerned about unethical behavior he would be equally concerned about the very appearance of unethical behavior. But yet we see him appointing Brent Symonette as Minister Of Financial Services, Trade and Industry. This is absolutely a terrific situation for Brent given his interest in Commonwealth Bank, the shipping ports, and the mining of aragonite from our seabed. Minnis made a terrible mistake in taking 'quid pro quo' money from the Symonette family to finance the FNM's 2017 general election campaign and we, the Bahamian people at large, are going to pay a dear price for it by a continuing increase in the divide between the haves and the have nots! Brent's ministerial portfolio not only makes him one of the most powerful cabinet ministers from an economic standpoint, but also the most conflicted cabinet minister!

Not only useless, but evil incarnate by every definition of that term.

Well, well....look who has joined @banker and @Honestman in the same closet playing the same guessing games. Can all three of them really be one and the same. BOL!!!

You could say the same about Sir Snake, or even Christie now.....but more often than not, the wealthier they get the greedier they get.