**Tough talk. The end result will be the same as *Cuban Doctor Gate**. Because who knows, the US may have the high ranking politician by the testicles. It may be more worthwhile to keep him in place as they twist away to get the outcomes they want. **This is the danger of having an MP accept a gold watch and other high valued "gifts", as Chester Cooper proposed legitimizing, you identify yourself as bribeable and you're easily manipulated.**
Seriously??? **Not one single MP banging on the desk thought of this before they voted yes to a flawed bill?**Further until an Independent body conducts a forensic investigation of the police force and Parliament starting from the top, "*anonymity*" will mean absolutely nothing. The young boys the last commissioner tried to get to talk in front of a panel of high ranking officers knew this all too well. Everybody mouth was pin up to preserve their life
Wow. 30 Chinese. I mentioned to someone that for years I've suspected a certain business of smuggling Chinese citizens. You will see large trailers arriving on premises but the store never has any goods.
Somebody knows and someone has to be accepting payments to look the other way. Nothing else explains this. Possibly the high ranking politician.
"*This situation should not have occurred. **The Ministry of Finance issued a direct directive to the financial officers serving the Ministry of Works. That directive was not carried out**, which resulted in a delayed payment to the individual with whom the government has a lease agreement."*"
**Nobody *believes* this to be true. In one year this mysterious person refusing to carry out a "direct directive" from the financial secretary wasnt moved or fired???**
I wish the speech writer would stop. They're a great speech writer, and are worth double whatever they're being paid, but after five years the words are just empty.
It's very odd that they had this remembrance ceremony a day after the event. It is beyond odd. Meanwhile the families gathered together on the day. Its insulting.
During the tourism boom of 2024, Chester Cooper and the Ministry of Tourism claimed that the record number of tourist arrivals were all due to the brilliant strategies they had devised and effort they had put in. Anyone looking on could tell nothing had changed. Further the evidence was clear that the tourism boom had nothing to do with the Bahamas and was a push from a mass of customers who just wanted to go "somewhere". As luck would have it, God had placed us in a really convenient location, centuries ago and had given us beautiful waters. Coincidentally, the boom was happening simultaneously everywhere in the world.
But... let's go with their argument based on that, now that tourism growth is stagnating, is it conversely "*their fault*"?
The story does indicate that while down, the decline in 2025 stopover tourists is moderate. The real concern here is not so much the one year decline, but the downward trend over years. We also need to start highlighting the split between persons who are entering the Bahamas "*in name only*", staying at private cays and ports that have nothing to do with us, by design. After 50 years someone must realize the minimum wage job/concession strategy is faulty.
I found it somewhat amusing as one caller to a talk show pointed out that the opening of celebration key has turned lucaya into even more of a ghost town only for another caller to rebutt that you cant please some people.
**Until we discover an equitable Bahamian based economic driver, the Bahamas will forever be the fight between the overall reality and the people who've managed to hold onto a bowl of mutton soup.**
I just dont get it. Intelligent people who want to convince the entire population that an entire drug smuggling operation could be launched from the Bahamas and not one single person in authority said, "*yall know what going on down there? Go check that out*". Nobody know nuttin. Besides Gormon I guess...
ThisIsOurs says...
"*Mrs McCartney-Russell said the school’s water pump had long-standing issues and assured that efforts are underway to replace it soon*"
"Soon".
This isnt **"Exuma"** right? Represented by the Deputy Prime Minister who boasts of billions of investment on the island... right?
On Parents hit out at school neglect
Posted 8 September 2025, 4:18 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
**Tough talk. The end result will be the same as *Cuban Doctor Gate**. Because who knows, the US may have the high ranking politician by the testicles. It may be more worthwhile to keep him in place as they twist away to get the outcomes they want. **This is the danger of having an MP accept a gold watch and other high valued "gifts", as Chester Cooper proposed legitimizing, you identify yourself as bribeable and you're easily manipulated.**
On ‘No entry to Haitians coming for US Visa’
Posted 6 September 2025, 12:21 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Seriously??? **Not one single MP banging on the desk thought of this before they voted yes to a flawed bill?**Further until an Independent body conducts a forensic investigation of the police force and Parliament starting from the top, "*anonymity*" will mean absolutely nothing. The young boys the last commissioner tried to get to talk in front of a panel of high ranking officers knew this all too well. Everybody mouth was pin up to preserve their life
On Govt to amend anti-gang law to add to witness anonymity protections
Posted 6 September 2025, 12:15 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
"*We, as Bahamians, just have a thing for our southern brothers and sisters.*"
This has become more than a "*thing*", this is a burgeoning national security, existential crisis.
On US designates Nassau as post for processing Haitian applicants
Posted 6 September 2025, 12:06 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Wow. 30 Chinese. I mentioned to someone that for years I've suspected a certain business of smuggling Chinese citizens. You will see large trailers arriving on premises but the store never has any goods.
Somebody knows and someone has to be accepting payments to look the other way. Nothing else explains this. Possibly the high ranking politician.
On US CG intercepts human smuggling vessels with five Bahamians and 30 Chinese onboard
Posted 4 September 2025, 4:29 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
"*This situation should not have occurred. **The Ministry of Finance issued a direct directive to the financial officers serving the Ministry of Works. That directive was not carried out**, which resulted in a delayed payment to the individual with whom the government has a lease agreement."*"
**Nobody *believes* this to be true. In one year this mysterious person refusing to carry out a "direct directive" from the financial secretary wasnt moved or fired???**
On Works locked out of Abaco office for failing to pay rent
Posted 4 September 2025, 4:20 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
"*Preparation is not a choice,*"
I wish the speech writer would stop. They're a great speech writer, and are worth double whatever they're being paid, but after five years the words are just empty.
On Davis marks six-year anniversary of Hurricane Dorian in ceremony at OPM
Posted 4 September 2025, 4:13 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
It's very odd that they had this remembrance ceremony a day after the event. It is beyond odd. Meanwhile the families gathered together on the day. Its insulting.
On Davis marks six-year anniversary of Hurricane Dorian in ceremony at OPM
Posted 4 September 2025, 4:10 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Here is the problem...
During the tourism boom of 2024, Chester Cooper and the Ministry of Tourism claimed that the record number of tourist arrivals were all due to the brilliant strategies they had devised and effort they had put in. Anyone looking on could tell nothing had changed. Further the evidence was clear that the tourism boom had nothing to do with the Bahamas and was a push from a mass of customers who just wanted to go "somewhere". As luck would have it, God had placed us in a really convenient location, centuries ago and had given us beautiful waters. Coincidentally, the boom was happening simultaneously everywhere in the world.
But... let's go with their argument based on that, now that tourism growth is stagnating, is it conversely "*their fault*"?
The story does indicate that while down, the decline in 2025 stopover tourists is moderate. The real concern here is not so much the one year decline, but the downward trend over years. We also need to start highlighting the split between persons who are entering the Bahamas "*in name only*", staying at private cays and ports that have nothing to do with us, by design. After 50 years someone must realize the minimum wage job/concession strategy is faulty.
I found it somewhat amusing as one caller to a talk show pointed out that the opening of celebration key has turned lucaya into even more of a ghost town only for another caller to rebutt that you cant please some people.
**Until we discover an equitable Bahamian based economic driver, the Bahamas will forever be the fight between the overall reality and the people who've managed to hold onto a bowl of mutton soup.**
On Stopover tourism ‘subdued’ with 1.3% first-half decline
Posted 3 September 2025, 1:32 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
I just dont get it. Intelligent people who want to convince the entire population that an entire drug smuggling operation could be launched from the Bahamas and not one single person in authority said, "*yall know what going on down there? Go check that out*". Nobody know nuttin. Besides Gormon I guess...
On PLP blasts Tribune story
Posted 2 September 2025, 6:16 p.m. Suggest removal