I am starting to believe that the new owners are incapable of changing much but their profit margins.

**While power outages were continuously reported across the Bahamas, FOCOL proudly reported that they'd made a 20m dollar profit for the first half of the year, outpacing 2024 where their *entire* years profit was 29m.**

To add insult to injury, the BEC CEO reported to the nation that the reason Nassau consumers and businesses were seeing a 40% or greater increase over the already tripled "adjustment rate" bills of Q4 2024, was because they were forced to run more diesel engines at Blue Hills to compensate for increased summer demand.

But wasnt the objective of the privatization exercise to revolutionize energy and move us from diesel fuel? How could they at the same time declare rates increasing based on their inefficient operation and proudly declare what a killing theyd made in profits?? **Arent these sort of deals expected to be investment heavy and low to zero profits in the early years?**

This picture is looking oddly "Puerto Rico" familiar. Private entity takes over electricity grid promises revolutionary changes but things go from bad to worse. One natural disaster later, the entire system collapses. With the owners repeating the refrain, *this place was a mess when we got it you know*.

"*we’re big exporters of lobster, for example, and fish.*"

Does the cracked conch snack place still have shortages of conch?

"*Justice Bernard Turner later ruled the amendment had not been properly gazetted, and prosecutors withdrew the charges the following month.*"

"*Court records show Inspector Ricardo Hanna once suggested under cross-examination that Neely “might have had some kind of insider,” noting he always seemed to be waiting outside his home with a blanket when officers arrived.*"

And there you have it. The system is working apparently the way it was designed to. Is it hard to gazette a new law? Is it hard to conduct an independent forensic review of the police force? Apparently so.

Since I'm not interested in a relationship with Mr Davis, I'm not too concerned about what he looks like. The foreign man cant tell any of us apart anyway irrespective of our accent. But, as he holds my future, that of my friends family and community in his hands, I am concerned about his ability to think and his character.

The police did the right thing. No good could come of viewing the body.

"*Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday expressed condolences to Montana’s family and acknowledged the need to strengthen fire response across the Family Islands.*"

More words. Five years gone.

The money sounds great. I hope we do not lose ourselves in pursuit of it. More and more developments are being approved that grab beaches, lock out Bahamians and export profits out the country. The return for us is a slew of minimum wage jobs while at the same time, politicians appear to generate magic millions in personal wealth overnight. What's the link between the two phenomena? The people who inside the room een talking.

Here's the real question: given recent history, we know that the possibility exists for one or more senior police officers to allow illegal activity, and at times ease the path for illegal activity to transpire. A senior police officer on video has also implicated a "high ranking politician" willing to do the same for a share of the profits. Do we have police officers and high ranking politicians aiding or cloaking gang operations?

What Mr Reid said "*could*" be true. The unfortunate thing is, if this gentleman was indeed the "leader" of the gang, whether or not he actually did this crime or that crime, he would be a high valued target for a rival gang. That's just the price of affiliation. At times even persons trying to break free pay the price

How many fiefdoms are there in cabinet? Exuma seems to have alot of buzzards around it.

They need to remove those buildings to the east of the port area. I'm not sure how they missed how junky the entire area now looks with buildings getting haphazard additions, new buildings popping up on what used to be a clear field and now buildings on what used to be a clean beach. How did the vendors miss all that? Its beginning to look the Potters Cay and who wants to eat in a junk yard? I'd opt for Marina Village too.