We have Taylor Casey missing, the autistic teenage boy is still missing and the 17(?) year old last seen on cctv getting into a car.

Theres also the case of those multiple bones found in the bushes.

Who is this Ferguson gentleman and what led them to him? Did he walk up to a random officer and confess or was his DNA on file for a previous crime?

,"*THE FNM would seek to sell the Grand Lucayan to a proven investor if it gains office in the next election,"

I dont see how this hope is anh different to what happened before...

"*accelerate” the plan to “establish Grand Bahama as the “Tech Hub*"

Forget that, it was ill conceived when Minnis and the BEC chairman came up with it. Where is silicon valley located? Next door to thousands of highly trained computer scientists and engineers. We dont have that and we are making no steps to get that.

For all our sake, I hope real planning is happening behind the words, not like the Minnis, "*give them time, they never did this before*"

Best case scenario is the PI store is doing well. But this has eerie similarities to the City Markets collapse. Someone said two or three month ago when the canaries were still flying around and healthy, "*let's not talk about it because we dont want to make it so*", well, talk about it or not, reality is reality. What's odd is that the closure comes "unplanned" so close after an investment of 7million in a new location. Who's the financial advisor?

I heard the incoming commissioner express sentiments of "*excitement*" in regard to taking over the new position along with an expression of the great step forward this was for women.

I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt that the news footage cut short the full response.

Because, at a time when 4 officers are charged with rape, 2 are charged with manslaughter in course of their duties. The head of CDU is being investigated for corrupting criminal cases for thousands of dollars in payment with all known witnesses to the conspiracy murdered, one alledgedly by "*men in police boots who left the scene in a govt vehicle*". An ASP and Chief Petty Officer are currently indicted in the US for conspiring, at minimum, with a Columbian Cartel to use police planes to transport millions in cocaine through the Bahamas, the ex police staff association president, Sonny Miller, is on charges of cocaine trafficking after being caught by the US coast guard offloading drugs from a plane, a high ranking politician named and implicated by ASP Curtis in negotiations for a bribe to facilitate cocaine trafficking, still holds all *high places* power and authority and is free to conduct *business as usual* with god only knows what other "*businessmen*"....

With all of this on the plate of the police force, you would think an incoming commissioner would feel the gravity and weight of the task immediately and "*excitement*" and "*a step for women*" would be the last of a long list of things to be mentioned...

But hey, we've still not charged Nygard or Sam for cases with mountains of evidence we dont have to lift a finger to find.

I recall the young man who suffered a medical incident at a jail cell. The symptoms were so severe, likely heart attack or some other anxiety attack that affected his breathing, they had to make an emergency call to an ambulance to have him carted away to the hospital. He was also covered in bruises head to toe that his lawyer had apparently not seen on him before.

The officer in charge of the station said he had no idea what happened.

That aside always wondered why we had multiple cases of prisoners hanging themselves with shoestrings. No investigation.

There needs to be a special court to ferret out these senior police deaf, blind and dumb disabilities.

8. If any of the answers are no, who sold the propane to the company?

When no body is available to confirm life or death, parents may hold onto every hope that their child is alive.

There is an American kayaker who recently faked his death on a kayaking trip then moved to Europe. The authorities were able to determine he was still alive by tracing his activities pre disappearance. In another recent, separate incident, a young lady dissapeared in the US. In that case she simply disconnected from everything and everyone to take a break. Again, by tracing her activity pre disappearance, authorities were able to determine that no foul play was involved and that she'd voluntarily dissapeared to Mexico. (In that incident her father believing her dead committed suicide)

This is not that. It is very hard to plan a disappearance and leave no trace. Wishing someone has not come to harm by their own hands or someone else's, has nothing to do with gay, straight, transgender, it's just human. Locally we've had many persons go missing on fishing trips with no body ever recovered. My belief remains that Taylor's phone signaled her last location, the only unknown is whether foul play was involved.

Must have been frightening. A miracle that they survived as the house is blown to bits. Cant imagine the type of body trauma but hopefully there are nine more miracles to report. They are also lucky the truck didnt explode. We still have not heard any report on the massive fire at that junkyard on Farrington road. The purpose of those reports and investigations is so that it doesnt happen again.

This is one of my fears about the LNG pipeline BPL is building, some companies have a bad safety record culminating in pipeline explosions. And given Leslie Millers account of all the unaddressed oil spills and sludge on property before the massive BPL fire, it doesnt give confidence on our maintenance record

My answer would be, "*The Boxing Day and New Years Day parades are organized, produced and polished expressions of our culture*". But that's only me.

"*year’s Boxing Day Parade saw a 9pm start time to improve the parade flow and reducing its traditionally late finish. Many complained the early start contributed the crowd’s low energy at Junkanoo.*"

So it wasnt the three hour delay, long stretches of poor presentation by multiple groups and long gaps between groups.That wasnt the reason people were bored?

"*Now, the 9pm start time maybe it needs to start at seven. Maybe need to start at six*"

No we dont.

Someone said the challenge with the JCNP is that it's made up of all junkanooers. They may have a point. The reason they may not be able to break the mold is because they cant. If something goes wrong, the ultimate response is "*that's junkanoo, that's part of the fun, yall dont understand*". **Time is not a problem, it's a constraint just like money, whatever you produce has to fit within their bounds, not the other way around**. but they're treating it as a problem which is why we've ended up in 2024 with a less than thrilling 10hour parade. (I for one dont want to see large groups rush by in a blur as a solution)

"*Well, this een for yall, this for us*"

Would junkanooers rush with nobody watching? If noone showed up to watch for the entirety of the parade would they continue to rush year after year? Why is it even a discussion point that bleachers empty at daylight? "*This for the junkanooers*" afterall. Because, they're performers, they *live for the adoration of the crowd.*

Ahah! That's your first and most important indicator. Was the crowd entertained?

In my opinion, that's the first place the JCNP fails. The response will be "*junkanoo is a cultural expression not a Macys day parade*". Then why do we have a brass section and choreographed dancers? And why are we selling tickets and putting up bleachers? **The use of *culture*" as a cover for poor spectator experience is not going to lead to change**. A total cultural expression would look like a parade of scrap groups, ordinary people who love junkanoo, arent musicians, arent artisans but love junkanoo and the beat of the music. We can do that easy.

**They need to answer the question, what are the Boxing day and New Years day junkanoo parades? It cant be both "*this culture*" and "*this the greatest show*", not as the *main* objective**. Neither is wrong, but as a **main** objective those two points are in conflict They need to decide early and let the people buying tickets know.