The promises to Grand Bahama are already fading into a distant memory. Seat at *the children's* table maybe.

I should add that theres nothing wrong with creative use of newspaper, I believe they made costumes with them at some stage, but if you're getting 10k for supplies and using newspaper you need to return some money.

I recall one Bgroup that got seed money and came to Bay in newspaper. Not one bead, not one feather, not an inch of crepe paper. The open question I have is whether they had old newspapers stored somewhere or if they went to a media house and had a receipt in their possession or obtainable from the business to show for purchases. Further newspapers were $1 each and they have plenty pages, where's the other 90% of the money?

Prodigal Sons should have been made to show all their receipts for junkanoo materials before the fire. "*I een saying the boy is tief*", as Ronnie say, but I een just accepting their word, not with 30k, I need proof. And those purchases have to be reflected in costumes that reach Bay. If I was in the scamming business and I get away with loose explanations years after year, Ill do it this year too.

**This is a failure of the ministry. In the same vein as the FTX collapse was a failure of the SEC**. A child could run amuck if they want, its for the parent to say, Im the parent here's what Im doing for you, these are the things you have to demonstrate, or consequences.

It **is** very odd, but these guys in particular do seem to relish using the whip.

Thats 3 stores reporting, they could be indicative of all businesses but cant tell from this. What stands out but wasnt stated, **prices have skyrocketed, but total revenue remains almost the same. Thats a bad sign**. For a business it "could" mean increased costs but no comparable revenue increase, it would depend on whether they were able to source from cheaper suppliers

They exaggerate just like the politicians. The average junkanoo person is likely spending 800 or less on their costume. To someone earning near minimum wage, yes that 500-800 will be a sacrifice. When someone pays 3500 on a costume, that costume will be decked out with beads and feathers and likely 1/3 of the cost is what they paid someone else to make and decorate it. The lion's share of a fancy costume is feathers then beads. If those are minimal, and they decorated themselves, they spent less than 500.

Throw away the table

Actually, it was the PLP who put up billboards about the murder count not the media.

"*the time he said it, the murder count stood at 85 – and the 100 mark was passed before the end of September.*"

Thats pretty much all you need to know about police strategic analysis and action plans

"*increase in employment across the board - although the number of persons employed has “decreased” since 2019.*"

I wish they would not use all these euphemisms. "*increase in employment*", but according to this article, employment actually decreased from a "normal" economy. We're back to near0, yes thats much better than negative 99, but its still "near0" and forecasted not to move from that anytime soon.. without innovation