I wonder if WSC would have been in this position had Adrian Gibson not gone there and upset the apple cart by firing a competent general manager over a 100 dollar allegation.

Wow. That's a clueless and out of touch statement. Revenue could be up for lots of reasons. Most obvious inflation. You collect more if things cost more. Govt fee increase. Increased economic activity.

**To ignore rumblings of staff discontent because you made alot of money... wow... that's Ebenezer Scrooge talk**

"*Mr Munroe is not a person that is open to listening to the concerns of the officers,” one said on condition of anonymity. “Whenever any of the officers want to meet with him or speak with him, or even when the union wants to meet with him or communicate with them, you can’t ever reach him.

"*He doesn’t have an open door policy, but once the Prime Minister or someone comes around he always likes to put it out that ‘I have an open door policy. The officers can come see me any time’.” Mr Munroe responded by saying he is focused in order and discipline, and there is a process to meeting with him.Open door policy don’t mean that you come and say, ‘Hey, I come to see you’,” he said. “I don’t have that. That can’t happen.*"

"*one officer speaking on condition of anonymity to this newspaper alleged the opposite. “Employee morale, basically, the working conditions, the way the employees are treated, everything has been on a decline,” they asserted. “It’s like Mr Munroe just doesn’t care, or it’s like he ran in that seat with some vengeance because he went through certain things during his career.”*

**This almost sound like a comedy sketch**. Open door policy dont mean anybody could walk in anytime....ah...lol.. that's exactly what it mean. ROTFL

I een saying he shouldnt be in the position, but he needs some leadership training.

What impact has Lighthouse Point and Jack's Bay had on Eleuthera infrastructure?

What impact will Wynn, the new hospital, the Port water park if there is a water park, the proposal to supply power to cruise ships have on NP?

Royal Caribbean have on PI?

Carnival Celebration Cay have on GB?

"*best result, Mr Bowe said, will be to create better-educated consumers who switch their banking business to a different institution if they feel they are being exploited or taken advantage of by fee hikes and other impositions. Such competitive pressures, he added, will keep banks keen and honest in their treatment of consumers*"

True. "*competition*", but in this small society this is somewhat theoretical where banks are concerned. Because the issue is the same across the board. Barbados has implemented what appears to me to be a very reasonable approach. Elimination of fees on accounts under a given threshold, I believe that was 10k. Mr Bowe referred to such adjustments as communism, that statement was also extreme and made without examining if whole scale adoption of the Barbados model could be business wise.

Mia Motley appears to be one of the great thinkers of our time. A mix of character, ethics, knowledge, wisdom, courage and magnetism. Something we sadly lack in our leaders across the board. (I do see the like in Fred Mitchell it's unfortunate that he got caught up in the pettiness. To be fair to him, perhaps it's a response to the cruelty he had to endure for decades due to his lifestyle, but now he's become an embodiment of cruelty. Perhaps that why we get the instruction to turn the other cheek, not doing so does more damage to us. The bible is deep)

The truth is, the banks have to lead the way. They could have shortcuited this IF they had a customer first approach, but they do not. This does not appear to be a local thing as all over the world banks appear to be going fee crazy. Only they have the data that can determine what is reasonable and it all lies in

- how much did they save by closing branches and firing staff in their digitization programs which was all about cost savings,

- how much did they earn with the elimination of interest on savings accounts

- how much extra money did they earn with the introduction of the new fees

- and to be fair to them, on balance how did cost of business increase? Did business license increase in tandem with the introduction of fees or was there a honeymoon? Did it eliminate the fee income profit or is there still a healthy gap?

No I dont "*see the picture*". What I do see is a seven year old doesnt know his alphabet, students didnt know theyd be taking BJC exams "*until minutes before the exam had to be taken*" and theres no school building. What else is there to "*see*"?

I do not believe this necessarily calls for the presence of a deployed teacher. It may simply not be possible. I believe someone who lives on these islands and is committed to the island should be trained for the needs of the island, the nurse, the teacher etc.. with the expectation that they will leave at some point so they need a constant replenishment program. They are paid to supplement whatever income they give up to take that post within reason. They cant be paid like a normal teacher because they are as rare resource. The virtual resources operate as the backup. Fifty years and Chester Cooper with all that investment miraculously "*directed*" to Exuma and we cant figure this out?

He should have given this message to Kornish as opposed to advising him to "*say nothing*". The man is alledged to have raped his gf at knifepoint and threatened to kill her

Letter to the Tribune August 2016 by "Concerned Vistors"

*WE ARE lucky enough to have visited The Bahamas many times over the years, but during that time we have watched Cabbage Beach deteriorate from one of the most beautiful beaches in the world into a very compromised stretch of seafront.*

**One obvious reason is the multitude of noisy, smelly, dangerous jetskis and other motor craft. We have seen the jetskis repeatedly breach the safety barriers and it is probably only a matter of time before they slice a snorkeller’s head off.**

*But, perhaps even worse for The Bahamas’s long-term tourism prospects, an ominous change to the seabed appears to be well advanced for much of the length of Cabbage Beach.*

*Underwater, away from shore, the undulations of pure white sand soon give way to a yellow-brown encrustation. Above water, the limitless aquamarine vista of the past has been reduced to just a narrow strip close to shore, succeeded by a murkier discolouration which has no place in Bahamian waters.*

*Unless there has been a major oil spill, could it be that the constant drip of oil from dozens of engines, day after day, year after year, has left a permanent layer of pollution on the Cabbage Beach seafloor?*

*We have recovered several samples of sand and water and, while they are awaiting analysis, their disgusting appearance does nothing to dispel this suspicion.*

*While we appreciate that the operators of pleasure craft are just trying to make a living, perhaps employment could be shifted towards providing non-polluting, non-motorised watercraft, such as kayaks and stand-up paddleboards. Otherwise, beautiful Cabbage Beach may just become a memory, as will the tourists.*

**Another manual**?

Awesome.

Was it Foulkes who "*met with the banks*" to discuss fees under the Minnis administration? We should get the report on the outcome of those meetings any time now