So government picked a contractor to build a prison and that contractor does not yet know if he can afford it? Another contract that smells like the diarrhea that always comes out of the mouths of the PLP.

I beg the US embassy to please start locking up our corrupt politicians as you MUST have evidence of their misdeeds.

You had better be joking about that Creole crap!!!

In other words... before we do anything we must first make sure that everything is done at the same time. Which is close to impossible... so, nothing will change.

One of us is certainly missing something. Based on the article, what I stated is accurate. Now, based on what you're saying, one must conclude that she will also be getting some sort of agreed pension for all of her other jobs and posts, separately and apart from what this law suit is about.
What you mentioned shouldn't have anything to do with this court case.

Another, less cruel option, would be to take all the murderers and rapists out back and shoot them in the head. This would increase bed space very quickly and save us $100 million.

How about we put this out to tender and look at bids that are not politically connected? I'm pretty sure this can be done (and done properly) for under $20 million.

This $90 million is going to top $120 million once the rest of the cronies get their sub-contracts.

So let me get this straight. NIB's pension plan for her was agreed as follows...,
Miss Bethel would contribute $713.44 a month for three years and in return she would get $8,207 a month for seven years.

How is this allowed? On what freaking planet is this a sensible arrangement. Whoever agreed to this should be liable for paying it. It is obvious corruption at the highest level and of course the PLP are all up in it to their freaking eyeballs.

no wonder nib and every god damn government run institution is bankrupt!!!!

I say good for you for contributing to the debate. We need more Bahamians contributing their voice to the topics. Some of the worst writers are the best orators.

It's not that simple. Imagine you have a young daughter who wants to work in Eleuthera, where is she going to live? You think she, or anyone, will buy a piece of land and build on it in order to begin a job that may only last a year? And even if you are rich and can afford it, you think the business owner is going to wait for her house to finish in 10 months?
There is simply nowhere to rent in most settlements. NONE!
Businesses on the island will need to start building their own staff housing if they plan on expanding in coming years. Which is a huge expense that hardly any of them can afford.
It's sad because the islands are ready for huge growth, but the lack of housing will end that before it even starts.

Do what other countries do a declare a state of emergency regarding illegal immigration and make some rules to bring it to zero until such time as Haiti normalizes.

I would also ask the UN if they have a number in mind as to how many asylum seekers / refugees they think our economy can handle each year. Is 1,000 a year too little? What about 10,000? Maybe they think 50,000 is reasonable?

Before we think about accepting refugees we need a way to ensure that they enter the system properly so that the government can collect NIB etc.