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Required says...

Munroe playing dumb. While people get married in prison all the time, we are talking about a wedding ceremony in jail.

When you get married in prison, you do so because you have already been convicted. When you allow a suspect in jail to get married, you are potentially tampering with evidence.

Surely, Mr. Munroe is familiar with section 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code: "In any proceedings the wife or husband of the accused person shall not be called as a witness without the consent of the accused person except in the cases provided in section 175 of the Evidence Act."

By allowing the suspect to get married, these officers prevented the possibility of the fiance having to testify in court.

Required says...

"... it is not necessary for tests to be done to determine the toxicity of the air." (Because they know it's toxic without testing.)

Required says...

If there are 54 parliamentarians (38 in HoA + 16 in Senate), and he is talking about 16+ of them... how is that more than half? You mean I should take seriously these unsubstantiated accusations by a kid who can't even get basic math right? I say send Bran to Windsor Academy, instead of Rawson Square. Perhaps the school's principal will comp him the tuition.

Required says...

Forsyth and Anderson cannot have been the first pilots landing ON the island of New Providence, and it may also be inaccurate to call Oakes Field the first land airport.

On November 10th, 1934, The Tribune reports their arrival as follows: "Straight as a bullet came the bird of peace, the flyers displaying unusual navigation skill which was only to be equalled a minute later by what has been described as the most magnificent landing witnessed in Nassau on a difficult field which has been the scene of several catastrophes in the daylight."

The field was named Westward Villas Flying Field.

Surely, this is more than just a road, even if it may have also functioned as a road, it was obviously designated for aviation activity, and has clearly seen aircraft movements before that day.

On Honour for airman fitting

Posted 7 March 2014, 12:47 p.m. Suggest removal

Required says...

Forsyth and Anderson cannot have been the first pilots landing ON the island of New Providence, and it may also be inaccurate to call Oakes Field the first land airport.

On November 10th, 1934, The Tribune reports their arrival as follows: "Straight as a bullet came the bird of peace, the flyers displaying unusual navigation skill which was only to be equalled a minute later by what has been described as the most magnificent landing witnessed in Nassau on a difficult field which has been the scene of several catastrophes in the daylight."

The field was named Westward Villas Flying Field.

Surely, this is more than just a road, even if it may have also functioned as a road, it was obviously designated for aviation activity, and has clearly seen aircraft movements before that day.

On Honouring the pioneers of avaiation

Posted 7 March 2014, 12:45 p.m. Suggest removal

Required says...

Hang on... weren't we recently told we wouldn't be allowed to gamble because all this money leaving the country due to the casinos being foreign-owned would endanger the parity with the US dollar... and now they want an additional $200 per Bahamian gambler to leave the country?

Or is the government going to collect this $200... In which case, I suggest we call it the "Equal Rights Tax"!

Required says...

The government needs to explain the legal grounds on which they conduct these road blocks. And they need to explain on what grounds Bahamian citizens are required to carry - in fact even own - any form of photo identification.

If you choose not to drive, you are entitled not to have a driver's license.

If you choose not to vote, you are entitled not to have a voter's card.

If you choose not to travel internationally, you are entitled no to have a passport.

Section 9 of the Immigration Act prohibits Immigration officers to arrest Bahamian citizens and permanent residents on the grounds of suspecting that they may be in violation of said act.

Our government seems to have chosen to enforce one law by breaking several others.

Required says...

You did read the date of the cable, right? And tomorrow, breaking news, Big Bang & the universe is born?

Required says...

"Last summer more than 350 flights departing to the US from Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) were delayed during a 10-week period due to problems at US pre-clearance."

That's an average of 5 flights a day that was delayed last summer, which is less than Bahamasair alone has going to Florida. Are you sure the delays are to be blamed on US Homeland Security?

On US cuts revive pre-clearance queue fears

Posted 20 March 2013, 10:58 p.m. Suggest removal

Required says...

Many of the live-in jobs that Bahamians refuse to do, and foreigners are hired for, are akin to modern day slavery, and in fact meet the criteria laid out by the official UN definition of this condition. Bahamians are right not to enter into dependencies like that, and government would do well to cease issuing permits for such arrangements.

On What happens if you turn down permits?

Posted 14 March 2013, 1:08 p.m. Suggest removal