We are a country of many, many islands and many of our citizens rely on the sea to provide food and employment. How is it possible and why is it a reality that we don't have more boats and more ships to patrol our waters? Isn't it just common sense that we should have a substantially larger Navy and Coast Guard? Several easy and quick benefits -- it would provide more jobs to our young adults, they can spend more time on the open sea & visit other Bahaman islands, they can learn more about the ocean and boating, they could help keep the borders more secure, and more importantly they could help prevent this type of poaching and theft. What is so hard to figure out? Does anyone in our Govt have an education beyond the 5th grade?????????

Hiring more employees to help audit and go after folks that illegally evade paying their taxes and/or don't pay their taxes at all -- is definitely needed and brilliant. To get the most out of the investment of hiring and paying more employees -- be sure to go after the folks in the higher tax brackets that are purposely evading taxes.

What the HELL is going on!?!??!?!?!!?? Are we not living in the year 2022 or 1922????? Forcing these folks to wait 5 hours is unacceptable and criminal. There has to be a better, easier, and more efficient way to distribute the food coupons. Some examples... 1) mail them out each month directly to the citizen's home address; 2) if mail isn't possible, have last names A-H come in on Mon, I-R comes in on Tues, and S-Z comes in on Wed; and that is the process every month moving forward so citizens can arrange transportation way in advance; or how about 3) having enough coupons on hand every month so the Dept of Social Services doesn't run out.

"suffocate in masks?" No one has suffocated from wearing a mask. My wife is a doctor and has worn one all day every day for the past 14 years. Also, "secretly injected?" How are children secretly being injected?

110% agree!!!! Now that they are on the DCL payroll -- how in the hell are they going to be able to honorably and objectively monitor the environment and to ensure the DCL aren't doing anything illegal or damaging to the environment?

5 years? 5 freakin years?!??!!?? And still no school, post office, police station, health clinic, etc? Absolutely ridiculous and appalling. Yes, if the plan was not to repopulate and let it go -- that is one thing. But if the plan was to help rebuild, help the remaining citizens, and not to abandon the island -- then there is NO excuse.

Learning how to swim should be mandatory in this country!

Yes, the economy is very important. However, with that said, what Trump did on Jan 6th was absolutely appalling and illegal. No one is above the US Constitution - not even a sitting President. As a registered Republican and a Christian, I can promise you I will NEVER vote for Trump and/or any of his "followers" again. There is nothing more sacred in our country (and maybe the entire world for that matter) than the US Constitution.

Traitors????? These workers were promised and due to receive their back-pay way back in March. It never happened. Here it is almost August and they still haven't received their back pay (as promised). I don't fault the striking workers at all. The sole responsibility and fault lies with the fact they still haven't received their earnings that were promised to them. Simple solution -- PAY them what was promised and this never would have occurred.

Yes, yes, and more yes!! Well said.