Middle Class? We can stop using that term as there are only a few dozen families that fit in that category now. Many of the middle class have left the country over the last 10 or so years and of those that remained a few made it to upper class and the vast majority are now stuck in the lower class. Our economy is in shambles. Tourism just replenishes the government coffers and keeps the mostly lower class citizens employed.

How many things are wrong with Munroe's comment. I am all for severely harsh punishments for criminals and highly support the death penalty and flogging, BUT I don't see how it can be considered legal to electronically monitor someone who has served their time.
If someone is considered a dangerous criminal then certainly the length of time they are remanded should reflect how dangerous they are. If the court considers them too dangerous to be in public then sentence them to life in prison. Don't release them and think an ankle device, where the criminal is responsible for recharging that device, is a serious option. We all know that the monitoring system is highly flawed.

This doesn't have to be the PM's personal priority. Perhaps he can tell one of his hundreds of personal staff to make it a priority. delegate Fool!!!

You have a great point Birdie. Whether or not we have a rocket and/or fire it is meaningless to the US government or population. A point in fact is the supposed weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

So now it looks like we are protecting SBF by 1) not agreeing to further charges and 2) not even starting legal proceedings here. Plus we don't even have campaign contribution laws on our books, and probably never will, thereby attracting these sorts of shady characters to our shores.
We are ending up looking even worse than SBF. Shameful.

None of our political parties are in any rush to implement this. Governing parties do not like to be investigated. And neither do former governing parties. This club protects its own.

I think that we can now stop with the niceties of considering ourselves domicile and friendly as this only applies to Bahamians dealing with tourists. When dealing with fellow Bahamians we are in fact angry a bitter and prone to violence above all else. Christianity and the fear of God is a very distant 2nd - at best!

What's the definition of a 'casual worker'? Was the word casual made up by the reporter or is the word somehow official in our labour laws? Surely it's mandated somewhere that any worker has to be covered in order to work in a shipyard??? Even if not officially covered then whoever employed him takes responsibility for any injuries... DUH!!

I agree in part. However, what really concerns me is that no matter what safeguards or oversight measures or 4 eyes principals are put in place by either party, these can simply be ignored and/or reversed by the next government. The questions is when then do we create these committees and various legal frameworks? The current party's supporters, and it appears that most of the country, simply don't care if the party in power has any fiscal responsibility.
Can we mandate that the courts HAVE to hold people to account? I doubt it, as surely that mandate can also be changed by a corrupt government.

Wasn't Fox an human trafficker? I wonder how he settled that case in the U.S.?