That is certain. Im surprised all of them weren't arrested for speaking badly about the true citizens of this country. Perhaps there weren't enough fish bags. China will probably send us some more riot control gear to deal with these unruly former Bahamians.

I suppose you also "fully support" the fact that in 46 years of so-called "independence" we have only had 4 prime ministers? Is that a shining example of democracy.
Every Party seems to stick behind their PM like a "god" until they lose an elections horribly - then they act surprised.
Hopefully I will hear tonight on ZNS that the MPs decided to remove Minnis and replace him with Carl Bethel. Then we can all breath a sigh of relief and know that we will become humans in this country instead of second class dogs.

This was one of the many trailers that were claimed not to even exist? LOL

Exactly. The FNM is now in the same situation the PLP was in in mid-2015 when everyone told them to replace Perry but they wouldnt listen.
The FNM needs to hurry up and choose Carl Bethel as PM or they will have 4 seats reserved for them in the new House.

The real problem is he is not interested in learning anything about economics and prior planning before catastrophe from people like the Nassau Institute and the Chamber of Commerce (and of course my good self).

We know he is not interested in learning from anyone, because the MOF keeps all of the financial figures well hidden, so they cannot be analyzed.

It's a boat moving full steam ahead, without a compass.

"Meanwhile, government officials have said they are waiting for the official job numbers produced by the Department of Statistics and are taking the Department of Social Services report with a grain of salt."

Yes, of course, let's take the Social Service report with a grain of salt. LOL. They should know WE are taking the reports of tens of millions of dollars in international donations with a grain of salt too - because we see no results and no accounting.

The FNM should be renamed the "No Accounting Party" (NAP) and that's what it seems they are doing - taking a nap.

“I can’t help but say my concern is that the unions are making demands when they know, especially in the public sector, which is the government, the trouble the country is in,” he told this newspaper.

No. We don't know. All we know is over $900M comes in to government every year from VAT, and we don't know where a red cent of it has gone.

You mention a lot of issues - and that is the point - there are a LOT of issues that add up to one big issue. Every time we hear about a loan from IDB, we think about VAT, and the secrecy surrounding it.

If the any club's finances were run like our Treasury, the members of the club would be able to put the Treasurer in Court, and would win a ruling against him/her. They would be able to ask the Judge to demand that the Treasurer show his records of where everyone's dues and other contributions from bake sales etc went. Did they buy club hats? Equipment for whatever sport? Travel expenses?

But in our "club" we only get to see projections and budgets - never actual figures for income or expenses. The national debt from one year to the next cannot be justified by any difference in income vs expenditure because we don't see those figures. We don't see how much money is spent on interest on each international debt. We don't know which loans from now going back to 1960 make up the current debt. What was the original principal, total interest paid, amount still owing, purpose of the loan.

So we are unable to sympathize with the government's problems - because we don't even know what those problems are.

In the past, the slave-masters did not permit house niggers to give information to yard niggers. Perhaps this policy is still in effect ? Maybe for us to get information, we need permission from the Privy Council, who still run tings.

Exactly. They need to be careful all kinda homeless people dont start petty theft so they can enjoy the comforts of that suite.
That's why fox hell has to be fox hell and not a civilized place. Because everyone who is living like a dog below whatever standard it has, will want to go there for a better life.
Fox Hell, a deterrent to Bahamian dogs. How sad. And in a "Christian" nation.

He may be right about whether the US will or wont help a country pull up out of the muck - but us joining with the Chinese is not pulling up - it is a nail in the coffin.
The only viable solution for the Bahamas is to become the 51st state. We are too small in population and our islands too far apart for us to govern ourselves.
I dont know if the majority want to wait another 46 years to realize that?
The dude was here. PM should have asked him to make us a state and Minnis would be governor.
Oh well. Lost opportunity. Probably the best inscription for our gravestones: "Lost Opportunity".