Louby Georges is right as he and every Haitian including ALL of our politicians of Haitian descent, know the inner working of the human smuggling network between the Bahamas and Haiti!
The U.S. State Department knows it is **absolutely impossible** for a tiny country like the Bahamas to have a 50-year ongoing billion-dollar human-smuggling operation and the government not have any evidence of who is involved.
When the UN finally resolves the situation in Haiti, it will be easy for them to also discover the smuggling links between Haiti and the Bahamas.
To start with, politicians are untrustworthy and well-known liars. PM Davis gained notoriety by successfully defending the worst of the worst in criminal trials.
Bell has lied himself into a corner with no way out. What everyone is missing, is that Bell by his own admission operated with the blessings of Cabinet.
Davis is busy trying to do damage control before people realize he is 100% as culpable as Bell because as leader of the Cabinet, he obviously authorized Bell's actions and must now use him as a scapegoat to save his own skin.
We should soundly applaud the Civil Servant whistleblowers for bringing these things to light in the interest of the country and encourage more of them to do the same as politicians' main interest is lining their pockets regardless of the negative impact on the country and people.
The PLP will soon be forced to the realization that winning the government with 35% of the electorate is a piss-poor mandate which actually translates to 65% of the populace being against them.
It is not business as usual on the political scene where political henchmen placed in high places to cover up corruption allowed politicians to get away scot-free without consequences.
Bahamians of all walks are sick and tired of the PLP and FNM.
Indeed, the PLP is finding out it is truly a "New Day" **but not in their favor!**
This country was **built** on piracy which is totally engrained in the political landscape. We are a mirror of corruption in Haiti which eventually led to their present dilemma and we are speeding full steam ahead towards the same fate.
After 50 years of governance, the PLP and FNM have so many skeletons in their closets that a Freedom of Information Act would be detrimental to them all.
The implementation of anti-corruption legislation that promotes transparency and good governance, including the Freedom of Information Act would likely lead to jail time for the majority of politicians and elites past and present, making it impossible to be done.
We would need a new third party with a totally clean slate to take over and expose prior governments' graft and corruption before we can realize even minimal compliance with the U.S. recommendations.
It can't happen soon enough for suffering Bahamians.
What checks and balances is Davis referring to? Nobody knows of any.
We the people really need to agitate and demand a whistleblower program is implemented as both parties are equally guilty of gross misconduct and the abuse of power!
A Civil Servants whistleblower system is the only means possible to keep these pirates honest. Our politicians have gotten away with corruption for 50 years, and they cover for each other when administrations change so the corruption continues unchallenged from party to party at the great expense of taxpayers.
This explains how Politicians enter Parliament broke and 5 years later they are all millionaires with no acceptable explanation and why they have difficulties disclosing assets.
Bahamians are too laid back and unwilling to demonstrate. All governments everywhere only respond to public pressure. If the people demonstrated more, the government would be held more accountable, and the nonsense the politicians are used to getting away with would cease immediately.
What the Bahamas also desperately needs is a whistle-blower protection system. Politicians would be extra careful to avoid corruption if they knew civil servants had an avenue to expose their back door deals and usual corrupt modus operandii.
Corruption can only exist when good people remain silent!
Absolutely true. Fidelity only offers a "credit card" if it is 110% backed by a fixed deposit. How the hell is that a credit card?
A person would have to be a total idiot to deal with the commercial banks after what they did to so many people during Covid.
Look out Exuma, the commercial pirate banks see the economic boom looming for the family Islands and will rape, and pillage them like never seen before!
People have learned the hard way that banks are the biggest "legal" thieves in the country!!
PM pledges to strengthen immigration process...**AGAIN**!
Really?...Lol
Davis is better than the typical sweet mouth politician. This guy is a master of deception and straight-out bullshyt.
It is 2023, we have **always** had a systemically corrupt immigration system from top to bottom regardless of the PLP or FNM being in power.
All we get is lip service from our self-serving, so-called "leaders" and more of the same continues unabated. If there was even minimum transparency in government I'll bet Bahamians would be totally mortified at what is happening with the Department of Immigration and the humongous negative impact on the lives and well-being of our people and country.
The Immigration problem is not "one step forward, and two steps backward. It is all steps backward, twists, turn, dodge, crisscross, slide to left, cha-cha, and carry on with the treasonous policies of predecessors to the detriment of the nation.
The county is inundated with foreigners doing jobs unemployed, and suffering, Bahamians can do.
look around. There is, and never was any "public's trust" in Immigration!
SP says...
Louby Georges is right as he and every Haitian including ALL of our politicians of Haitian descent, know the inner working of the human smuggling network between the Bahamas and Haiti!
The U.S. State Department knows it is **absolutely impossible** for a tiny country like the Bahamas to have a 50-year ongoing billion-dollar human-smuggling operation and the government not have any evidence of who is involved.
When the UN finally resolves the situation in Haiti, it will be easy for them to also discover the smuggling links between Haiti and the Bahamas.
On EDITORIAL: What will we do with human trafficking in our country?
Posted 30 July 2023, 9:24 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
You cannot "identify" anything you are a part of!
On EDITORIAL: What will we do with human trafficking in our country?
Posted 29 July 2023, 1:38 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
To start with, politicians are untrustworthy and well-known liars. PM Davis gained notoriety by successfully defending the worst of the worst in criminal trials.
Bell has lied himself into a corner with no way out. What everyone is missing, is that Bell by his own admission operated with the blessings of Cabinet.
Davis is busy trying to do damage control before people realize he is 100% as culpable as Bell because as leader of the Cabinet, he obviously authorized Bell's actions and must now use him as a scapegoat to save his own skin.
We should soundly applaud the Civil Servant whistleblowers for bringing these things to light in the interest of the country and encourage more of them to do the same as politicians' main interest is lining their pockets regardless of the negative impact on the country and people.
The PLP will soon be forced to the realization that winning the government with 35% of the electorate is a piss-poor mandate which actually translates to 65% of the populace being against them.
It is not business as usual on the political scene where political henchmen placed in high places to cover up corruption allowed politicians to get away scot-free without consequences.
Bahamians of all walks are sick and tired of the PLP and FNM.
Indeed, the PLP is finding out it is truly a "New Day" **but not in their favor!**
On EDITORIAL: Review welcome, but Bell absent
Posted 28 July 2023, 9:58 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
This country was **built** on piracy which is totally engrained in the political landscape. We are a mirror of corruption in Haiti which eventually led to their present dilemma and we are speeding full steam ahead towards the same fate.
After 50 years of governance, the PLP and FNM have so many skeletons in their closets that a Freedom of Information Act would be detrimental to them all.
The implementation of anti-corruption legislation that promotes transparency and good governance, including the Freedom of Information Act would likely lead to jail time for the majority of politicians and elites past and present, making it impossible to be done.
We would need a new third party with a totally clean slate to take over and expose prior governments' graft and corruption before we can realize even minimal compliance with the U.S. recommendations.
It can't happen soon enough for suffering Bahamians.
On US: Gov’t ‘stalling’ on anti-corruption fight
Posted 27 July 2023, 3:57 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
What checks and balances is Davis referring to? Nobody knows of any.
We the people really need to agitate and demand a whistleblower program is implemented as both parties are equally guilty of gross misconduct and the abuse of power!
A Civil Servants whistleblower system is the only means possible to keep these pirates honest. Our politicians have gotten away with corruption for 50 years, and they cover for each other when administrations change so the corruption continues unchallenged from party to party at the great expense of taxpayers.
This explains how Politicians enter Parliament broke and 5 years later they are all millionaires with no acceptable explanation and why they have difficulties disclosing assets.
On REVIEW PLEDGED IN IMMIGRATION ROW: PM makes promise over allegations as Bell a no-show
Posted 27 July 2023, 3:26 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Bahamians are too laid back and unwilling to demonstrate. All governments everywhere only respond to public pressure. If the people demonstrated more, the government would be held more accountable, and the nonsense the politicians are used to getting away with would cease immediately.
What the Bahamas also desperately needs is a whistle-blower protection system. Politicians would be extra careful to avoid corruption if they knew civil servants had an avenue to expose their back door deals and usual corrupt modus operandii.
Corruption can only exist when good people remain silent!
On Public servants protest for better treatment
Posted 27 July 2023, 9:11 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
This guy makes me want to throw up!
On Mitchell tells Bell not to respond on immigration
Posted 26 July 2023, 4:19 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
correction......50 years too late!
On ‘ERRORS’ ON PAYROLL COST GOVT $120M: ‘Some had salary paid for decades without records’
Posted 26 July 2023, 4:12 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Absolutely true. Fidelity only offers a "credit card" if it is 110% backed by a fixed deposit. How the hell is that a credit card?
A person would have to be a total idiot to deal with the commercial banks after what they did to so many people during Covid.
Look out Exuma, the commercial pirate banks see the economic boom looming for the family Islands and will rape, and pillage them like never seen before!
People have learned the hard way that banks are the biggest "legal" thieves in the country!!
On ‘Quality new credit’ hard to find with $127m drop
Posted 26 July 2023, 4:09 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
PM pledges to strengthen immigration process...**AGAIN**!
Really?...Lol
Davis is better than the typical sweet mouth politician. This guy is a master of deception and straight-out bullshyt.
It is 2023, we have **always** had a systemically corrupt immigration system from top to bottom regardless of the PLP or FNM being in power.
All we get is lip service from our self-serving, so-called "leaders" and more of the same continues unabated. If there was even minimum transparency in government I'll bet Bahamians would be totally mortified at what is happening with the Department of Immigration and the humongous negative impact on the lives and well-being of our people and country.
The Immigration problem is not "one step forward, and two steps backward. It is all steps backward, twists, turn, dodge, crisscross, slide to left, cha-cha, and carry on with the treasonous policies of predecessors to the detriment of the nation.
The county is inundated with foreigners doing jobs unemployed, and suffering, Bahamians can do.
look around. There is, and never was any "public's trust" in Immigration!
On UPDATED: PM issues statement on Department of Immigration
Posted 26 July 2023, 3:46 p.m. Suggest removal