Unfortunately the public isnt really interested in anything until it's a crisis at which point govt *reacts*. Wait for a story on a tourist who dies swimming in ferix off Abaco or eating contaminated fish or all the fish stock disappearing, you'll have all kind of commentary on *how the govt allow that situation? Who need to resign?* blah blah. Govt loves our ability to be easily distracted and to not focus on our crumbling framework

Wow comments not disabled yet?

"**Police urge people to plan a strategy in case of home invasion**"

I dont know what to say.... I guess this would be in lieu of the police having a strategy to combat crime

looks like we found a perfect hill to die on

It would truly be interesting if someone could create a model to estimate the cost of the friends families and lovers policy. For example, one person at the start of the new administration was heard to say "*y'all dont get mad if y'all hear I get contract, my party in charge*", what was the opportunity cost of that? How much did we lose by giving an unqualified, visionless sycophant an unearned contract? What could someone granted the same amount but with a moonshot idea have done for the country?

Then what about crown land? How many people were granted crown land intended for growth and development only to sell off to a foreigner? What has that cost the country over 50 years?

And what about the effect on productivity. There is nothing that affects productivity more than having a brain dead person placed over true professionals, Adrisn Gibson and Lanisha Rolle come to mind. How much did their scorched earth policies in their respective ministries **really** cost us?

What about gaming? What did that disastrous decision do to us?

I do think we need growth, but I believe we are bleeding GDP points under our current system

The govt just needs to give it up. There's no way they can justify a 500% increase in fees since they took over. Just apologize for the overr rcharge and give it up.

And while you're at it, stop black balling Bahamians with ideas and "*appropriating*" ideas then implementing them **very** poorly. You're shooting the country in the foot. If you allowed the innovator to realize **their** idea, who knows, your default of bleeding the Bahamian people for tax revenue might not be necessary. You might have a Bahamian FTX or Google or Apple on your hands

I'm not. I've had a sinking suspicion for a while that comments were being "*mostly*" allowed on sensational negative PLP stories. It's an unsettling notion for a paper that always touts its journalistic integrity and which I believe in. I could be wrong, there is no way for me to know if it's a fact, I'm not in the internal meetings... it just seems off

**Something is very very off with the stories being as allowed comment. Its is almost *tabloidish* at this point. We're allowed to talk about Dame Maguerite's upset, which is worthy of discussion, but meanwhile fishermen are sounding the alarm about the hazardous chemical spill in the waters off Abaco... and comments are disallowed???**

"***Paul Maillis, the National Fisheries Association’s (NFA) secretary**, in an interview with Tribune Business also urged the authorities to “not take a soft hand” in ensuring that those responsible for the MV Onego Traveller or their insurers ultimately cover all the costs incurred by The Bahamas in protecting its marine environment, tourism and fisheries industries from any pollution fall-out.

*“It’s something we’ve been watching very closely,” he said of the vessel’s sinking. “**I know that area, Hole in the Wall, and all the way up to Cross Harbour is a very important commercial fishing area. That area, from the point of Hole in the Wall up to Cross Harbour, is a very important potting, diving and pelagic fishing source***

oops

Hope he recovers