"*...residents had expressed concerns that the hospital could make flooding “even worser.”. Those fears were raised during a heated Department of Physical Planning hearing in October. These concerns were also highlighted in the town planning certificate, **prompting the committee to require an in-depth drainage plan for the hospital**. The Ministry of Works later approved this plan.*"

Hold our collective heads. According to this account the drainage was only addressed after widespread complaints. And possibly of even more importance "*maintenance*" of infrastructure was identified an issue contributing to the Imelda flooding (side note climate change parrots take note, we caused the problem, not climate change). God help us

"*A lot of people ask why the kitchen is not renovated, as if it was a matter of going in there, cleaning and polishing and replacing aging equipment. Far from the truth. The scope of works includes major structural repairs to the flooring. Do you know that the concrete in the floor of the kitchen was spalling, and it possibly could have collapsed because of the age of the facility?*"

**It is just crazy how they run the country.** Why are "*alot of people asking...* and "*Do you know that the concrete...*" **no, we didnt know, nobody respected the Bahamian people enough to put out a plan describing what had to be done so we could "*know*"**. Administration and Management are real skills separate and apart from technical knowledge. A doctor is not necessarily a good administrator for a hospital because he knows where the OR is.... these 39 men and women dont appear to have the required administrative/management skills, if they do it's not showing.

"*It was impossible to finish one project before starting a second project at PMH. I’m very pleased that, very shortly, the long overdue work at the kitchen at PMH will begin*"

These are not rational statements. The reason projects keep spawning is because nobody took the time to understand what actually had to be done. "Things" can happen even with best laid plans but it shouldnt take quintuple the time to complete a well researched upgrade because "*oops guess what we found*"

The above notwithstanding, the govt needs to put an immediate pause on naturalization of all Haitian nationals and a moratorium on birthright citizenship for Haitian nations **as allowed by the constitution**. This man is 30, how long has he been here? No Haitian national should be on work permit (or tourist visa) for longer than 8years and their children born during that time should be citizens of their home country. No child born to an illegally residing individual should be given Citizenship.

This is not xenophobia it is addressing the most critical national security threat.

Nobody is watching and a big bomb is being constructed throughout our islands

This is what happens when people without power in their personal lives are given absolute control of other individuals with no oversight. It's happening in plain sight on thousands of job sites and homes today. The gruesomeness of the attack increases based on the number of onlookers, less visible, more gruesome. And it's not just relegated to the poor, Nygard and Epstein for example. Its also particularly common in "detention" centers of all kinds prisons, jails, remedial schools, psychiatry wards and hospitals.

Unfortunately for the Bahamas we have a system that appoints majority representatives to our house of governance who cant read well, comprehend written text or analyze anything. They can give good zingers at a rally, dance, rummage in a garbage can and give out turkeys and rent money. If all else fails talk about junkanoo.

Nobody is watching

Besides "*camaraderie*" and a "*good feeling*", how long has the team been preparing for this tournament?

"*..featuring teams from the Dominican Republic, St Maarten, Curacao and the US Virgin Islands.*"

Hoping they do well, but reminder that baseball is like the air we breathe in the Domincan Republic

Nobody thought Rick Fox was Canadian how disingenuous and cowardly.

We out here claiming Michael Thompson's sons who weren't born in the Bahamas because they have Bahamian lineage and they claim us, and the Minister of Tourism says he's the only person in the world who thought Rick Fox was Canadian???

@V.J, Buddy, DeAndre, Kai, Jonquel... take note of these people

The photo is aquinas as you pointed out but the Ambassador references the event being at Goodman's bay. I'll take the Ambassadors word for it in knowing the difference between a school and a beach. Maybe Aquinas was a practice or an event from a prior year? Weird that they say how successful it was with scores of participants but used a photo with 6 people and no Chinese.. but anyway... the mangroves are dying

Its "*hearts and minds*", a part of foreign diplomacy

"*some groups remain doubtful about the judging process because of past incidents.*"

More of the same. Rules to govern a shabby product. Truthfully the product can only be deemed shabby because people are made to pay for it as an A-class presentation, which it is not. Maybe it cant be. Nobody complains about junkanoo practice events for example, no rules, no perfection, just music

**I suggest the Tribune print its Christmas and New Years Day Junkanoo controversy story now so editors can get some extra hours sleep on those days**. *Gaps, unfinished costumes, boring, costume couldnt get to parade, late arrival at gate* and the perennial favourite, *dey rob us*. They can put Music Makers and Prodigal Sons in a hat to select the group that wont show up or appears with insufficient members for an A-group. (Seriously how have they remained an A-group year after year???)

I dont think more "money" is necessarily the answer.

We've proven over and over again that a govt can throw millions at initiatives, dig deeper debt holes at the IDB for "good" initiatives and at the end of the day, little to nothing is accomplished.

It's not the money that's the problem, it's a bunch of clueless men and women who dont know how to manage it, dont stand up against nonsense and allow a 2.5 million dollar plane to be bought for what exactly? If the "*cocaine high ranking politician*" that the PM cant find, is making decisions, guess which hole the money going in.