Hmmm... so I "suppose" you could look at it like that and in some cases you might be right.

I dont think this is one of those cases. He graduated from UWI with distinction in the 80's. This was at a time when finals were on the year as opposed to the semester system, would have been very very difficult and a tremendous feat.

Yes as a young lawyer he worked for Christie Davis & Co as did many lawyers, but he stood above the crowd and was recognized as a hard working talent and made partner at a very young age. Similarly he made chief justice at a very young age. You "could" put it down to nepotism but again I dont think so. He's a brilliant lawyer, he doesn't shirk difficult decisions and whether you agree with them or not, he always provides well reasoned legal opinions based in law for his decisions. Is he Michael Barnett? I dont know. But I dont believe Michael Barnett was Michael Barnett at 50.

As to character, they say you dont swear for anyone, but you would knock me over with a feather if you can show me any evidence of or patterns of unethical behaviour.

In years to come I'm confident our descendants will say of some other legal rising star, "*yeah, but.. he's no Ian Winder*"

Congratulations. Honours recognize people who stand shoulders above the crowd, and while some are clearly political favours this one is well deserved. He's an outstanding individual.

This is odd. Would like to know whether this was an unexpected event or not, for example does the contractor have to remove waste at regular intervals to prevent a backup or was this an anomaly. **In any event it is uanacceptable for the contractor to say they won't be back until Jan-1, this is a health emergency, where is the govt??**

"*still Treasure Cay residents are waiting for relief for their backed-up sewerage system that needs to be pumped multiple times a week so residents can live in moderately sanitary conditions.**

There's the answer, ok, contractor needs to be fired immediately. "Multiple times a week" and they went on vacation without a contingency plan? Get someone else.

Again, how many times must we do this. Sam was charged with giving out money that wasnt his. The money belong to someone else. Why is anybody surprised that the people whose money it was want their money back?

"*The UK Guardian reported that in criminal charges filed in the state of New York, the Department of Justice has alleged that the donations were the result of criminal money laundering, since the money was effectively taken from customer accounts.*"

Said this weeks ago. The same applies if you take your hard earned money to buy a stolen car "in good faith". It dont matter that you didnt know. The car stolen

Why we always shocked and surprised about everything? Chester Cooper surprised the airlines think the fees are exorbitant. All it would have taken was some analyst verifying revenues to compare what was charged today versus what was charged in previous years. Seems like a standard business exercise to see if a new revenue stream was bringing in earningas expected. I bet they just looked at the total and clapped their hands like they did with VAT

Thats the quote of the century!!

He doesnt appear to be a strategist. They havent done one thing to address road violations and it was the lowest hanging fruit possible, so many simple fixes that could have a huge impact on everyine, but they couldnt even think of that, just silly messages about drive with caution.

I hope this dont work out like the plan to *hold the line at 100 murders* back in September

"*as it takes full responsibility of the gaps in the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges (DARE) Act.*

So is this an admission that absolutely noone was performing an oversight function for FTX? cause this isnt rocket science. This sounds like the SCB was in their 10th dream over the entire of last year and nobody trust them to stay awake in future

"*draft guidelines also call for SFIs to ensure customers are “adequately informed of the fundamental benefits, risks and terms of the products” they are investing in*"

This has been one of the really and truly baffling things for me, unless I missed it, I didnt hear one statement from the SCB warning ordinary Bahamians about the inherit risk of cryptocurrency when FTX'S arrival spurred all kinds of reckless talk about new industries and how we would benefit and opportunities for the young people. I saw excitement. So much so the regulator is now putting on a conference to advertise the jurisdiction... its just WEIRD

This should have been a story about making wise selections for your mate.

"*said the group had some challenges, including the weather and being first in the line-up.*"

Thats not what they said before the parade. First position was nothing cuz *they was ready*. Can we just fix it one time? Is it impossible for an A group to be ready at 12AM? If it is fix something. Make the banners more transportable, make the groups smaller, something, stage the costumes in a warehouse downtown from the night before, build a junkanoo arena.. do something so in 50 years we dont have to look down from heaven and see people talking about how hard it was to come out first