As usual, you people are awfully good at criticizing everybody else's failures, but short on being of any help.
Covid-19 is also blowing up all over the world in countries with huge economies and vast resources, and they too find themselves in the same situation as the Bahamas.
This is no time for partisan thinking. Mr Wells and crew are far from perfect, but doing all they can with what they have.
However, why they don't simply mandate everyone take zinc, vitamin D, B, & C and other proven preventatives remains a mystery.
Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg as people suffer mental abuse in silence and most domestic violence is never reported. Situations will rapidly escalate as more and more individuals suffer financial strain, loss of social coping mechanism outlets, bleak future outlooks with no end in sight, and COVID fatigue.
Government was always deficient in this area. Their resources are now already stretched way beyond limits. No amount of training can prepare cops to deal with this new phenomenon especially since no one has been here before.
Regardless that the FNM obviously botched the management of Covid-19, the PLP by far is still NOT the answer to our problems!
We need a 3rd and 4th party choice, or a coalition party to emerge with the freedom from corrupt political baggage to immediately implement an ironclad FOA with enough teeth to find and prosecute ALL the pirates that have held our country and people hostage for the past 50 years.
Then, and only then, will the Bahamas be able to move forward.
2) "No one in their right mind is going to "Vacation in Place" in a police state for 2 weeks!
International agencies found the Bahamas to have more people incarcerated per capita than any other country in the region forcing us to admit the Bahamas is a police state!
No response from Messrs Dames, Minnis, Davis? **Odd!!**
The government gathering a team to be mobilized to provide a comprehensive assessment to determine the extent of the damage is the right first move to be taken.
Coral takes 1000's of years to develop. How they would go about quantifying the value of the damage and the potential remediation costs is the big magic question!
Typical of the Bahamas. We're always so busy reinventing the wheel that we can't get out of our own way. I suggested this weeks ago. This was always the only solution. We're moving in the right direction but at a snail's pace!
We also need to seriously look at Panama's tourism model. Every visitor to Panama pays a mandatory minimal "tax" for health care. This ensures that if a visitor requires medical attention, medivac, etc', the country has state of the art facilities and ample funds.
It is obvious this scheme not only allows Panama to continually provide high-end services for citizens and visitors but is also a huge profit center for the country!
An initiative like this would rapidly provide funding to totally revamp our medical services without borrowing. This is another no brainer that the "financial task force" completely missed!
Let's see if the Bahamas government has enough common sense to copy Panama!
Coca Cola losing between 30-40 percent is sales is consistent with the countries' "real" unemployment rate of 55-70 percent.
The country had an 18 to 20 percent "real" unemployment rate before the pandemic and lost another 50-60 percent from tourism-related businesses with Covid-19.
Reality will truly raise its ugly head and set in after another 30 to 60 days as the economy continues to shrink, more people find themselves without food and shelter, crime increases exponentially, and the police continue harassing people just trying to survive for committing petty offenses.
SP says...
Did anyone NOT see this coming? It was a stupid thing to do in the first place!
On High school closes doors after positive COVID result
Posted 22 October 2020, 9:15 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
As usual, you people are awfully good at criticizing everybody else's failures, but short on being of any help.
Covid-19 is also blowing up all over the world in countries with huge economies and vast resources, and they too find themselves in the same situation as the Bahamas.
This is no time for partisan thinking. Mr Wells and crew are far from perfect, but doing all they can with what they have.
However, why they don't simply mandate everyone take zinc, vitamin D, B, & C and other proven preventatives remains a mystery.
On 'Difficult decisions will have to be made' if healthcare system continues operating beyond capacity
Posted 17 October 2020, 4:25 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg as people suffer mental abuse in silence and most domestic violence is never reported. Situations will rapidly escalate as more and more individuals suffer financial strain, loss of social coping mechanism outlets, bleak future outlooks with no end in sight, and COVID fatigue.
Government was always deficient in this area. Their resources are now already stretched way beyond limits. No amount of training can prepare cops to deal with this new phenomenon especially since no one has been here before.
On ‘Act today to tackle domestic violence’
Posted 16 October 2020, 10:19 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Regardless that the FNM obviously botched the management of Covid-19, the PLP by far is still NOT the answer to our problems!
We need a 3rd and 4th party choice, or a coalition party to emerge with the freedom from corrupt political baggage to immediately implement an ironclad FOA with enough teeth to find and prosecute ALL the pirates that have held our country and people hostage for the past 50 years.
Then, and only then, will the Bahamas be able to move forward.
On IMF slashes Bahamas prospects for rebound
Posted 14 October 2020, 9:11 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
1) This is what the health officials are advising us to do.” **What health officials?**
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-12/…
2) "No one in their right mind is going to "Vacation in Place" in a police state for 2 weeks!
International agencies found the Bahamas to have more people incarcerated per capita than any other country in the region forcing us to admit the Bahamas is a police state!
No response from Messrs Dames, Minnis, Davis? **Odd!!**
On Lockdowns ‘behind us’ for November 1
Posted 13 October 2020, 3:19 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Here we go reinventing the wheel again, while the world has already done the research and moved on.
Only in the Bahamas!
On Pintard plans discussions on industrial hemp
Posted 10 October 2020, 10:20 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
The government gathering a team to be mobilized to provide a comprehensive assessment to determine the extent of the damage is the right first move to be taken.
Coral takes 1000's of years to develop. How they would go about quantifying the value of the damage and the potential remediation costs is the big magic question!
On Taskforce to assess seabed damage from cruise ships
Posted 9 October 2020, 7:37 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
This was highly predictable to happen for anyone with common sense. As hard as it would be for parents, schools should have never been opened.
Now schools will have to be closed AND we have a higher covid infection rate to boot.
As I said weeks ago, "anybody stupid enough to open schools during a pandemic will have their asses handed to them on a very thin paper plate".
On BUT President claims schools hit by COVID-19 cases
Posted 3 October 2020, 11:22 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Typical of the Bahamas. We're always so busy reinventing the wheel that we can't get out of our own way. I suggested this weeks ago. This was always the only solution. We're moving in the right direction but at a snail's pace!
We also need to seriously look at Panama's tourism model. Every visitor to Panama pays a mandatory minimal "tax" for health care. This ensures that if a visitor requires medical attention, medivac, etc', the country has state of the art facilities and ample funds.
It is obvious this scheme not only allows Panama to continually provide high-end services for citizens and visitors but is also a huge profit center for the country!
An initiative like this would rapidly provide funding to totally revamp our medical services without borrowing. This is another no brainer that the "financial task force" completely missed!
Let's see if the Bahamas government has enough common sense to copy Panama!
On Rapid tests to replace quarantine from Nov 1
Posted 2 October 2020, 7:29 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Coca Cola losing between 30-40 percent is sales is consistent with the countries' "real" unemployment rate of 55-70 percent.
The country had an 18 to 20 percent "real" unemployment rate before the pandemic and lost another 50-60 percent from tourism-related businesses with Covid-19.
Reality will truly raise its ugly head and set in after another 30 to 60 days as the economy continues to shrink, more people find themselves without food and shelter, crime increases exponentially, and the police continue harassing people just trying to survive for committing petty offenses.
On Coca-Cola supplier sees 'huge' 30-40% sales hit
Posted 2 October 2020, 7:04 p.m. Suggest removal