DPM Cooper says “The government is ramping up its social services initiatives to ensure that social services is able to support persons in need". If he did a survey of the "persons in need", it would reveal that the majority of needy people were in the same dire position prior to Covid-19. Government handouts have never been, and will never be sufficient to help everyone in need.

The government has forgotten that prior to the pandemic, unemployment was already in very high double-digits, and many of these same Bahamians were living on rice, Ramon noodles, and some were lucky enough to have homegrown spinach!

Davis and Cooper need to make it their # 1 priority to get rid of the 30,000 nonessential ex-pats holding jobs that Bahamians can do and reverse the repatriating of hard currency out of the country which would simultaneously have a strong positive impact on the local economy and revive the banking sector.

Darren Henfield must be very ignorant if he truly believes Russia's attack on Ukraine, has the potential to evolve into an all-out war in Europe.

Russia's attack on Ukraine is equivalent to nothing more than a skirmish. The US or no country in Europe will allow themselves to be drawn into the conflict eliminating any chance of "all-out war in Europe".

These people still take us for conch! Politicians are the biggest full of shyt group in the country. Why the hell do we continue tolerating these idiot pirates?

PLP & FNM are two sides of the same coin! Neither is worth wasting my time reading the article.

With 50 years of experience to draw from, anyone stupid enough to expect anything different from the PLP and FNM needs to skip having their heads examined and just take a swan dive off the highest point of Paradise Island west bridge!

This is a complex three-headed kracken!

On the one hand, from the residents' perspective, they are legally right. However, on the other hand, the fact that the attractions are overwhelmingly popular with tourists, and Nassau's tourism product could unquestionably use any and all new attractions possible, and*" Adelaide residents had voted against a zip-line proposal for the area in 2017 as well as other projects"* the most blatant observation points to "Adelaide" having outgrown its original zoning in the best interest of the country.

This is a common phenomenon and conflict that happens in all growing countries. Everyone is familiar with stories of US residential properties being forcibly taken over for highways, trains tracks, etc that the government determined it had better use for.

The two simple questions that need answering are "What is best for the Bahamas"? and "Is Adelaide now being used to its best potential?"

Adelaide could very, very, easily be a golden egg for residents, property owners, and the country.

You must have just arrived here! The Bahamas has always been run by pirates, and as long as the PLP and FNM are in power nothing will change!

The only surprise is how the hell could such a small handful of pirates get away with manipulating the entire population for so long.

In the 80's Jamaica banned most food imports forcing themselves to produce more food. Today Jamaica is exporting food. Around the same time, the Dominican Republic set plans in place to encourage and integrate local production of anything into the tourism industry. Today The Dominican Republic is the #1 destination in the region.

What were successive Bahamian governments doing while our competitors prepared for challenging times? Obviously, they learned nothing from the Jamaican and Dominican Republic!

I have 0% FAITH the PLP and FNM are remotely capable of changing their modus operandi after 50 years of absolute asinine political stupidity that lead our country and people from the most envious position in the region to the crime-ridden, high unemployment position we now find ourselves.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The IDB is well aware as long as the sunshine boys comprising PLP and FNM pirates control and profit from fossil fuels, the Bahamas will never progress into alternative energy sources.

*"It requires nothing short of a total transformation of the energy system*.” “However, *the current market governance and regulatory framework* pose barriers to such developments in renewable energy and private sector participation.”

I have said it many times...**"The greatest impediments to moving our country forward is the PLP and FNM!"**

Don't be naive, he knew. But as long as the PM claims he has no knowledge of the contract he has less questions to answer.

Meanwhile, Haitians are running amuck and building new shanty towns and unregulated buildings all over the place and Mr. Pinder refuses to acknowledge it!