"*June 2022, usnorthcom and NEMA will conduct a whole-of-government exercise that tests the response to a catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane impacting the entirety of The Bahamas.*"
Well... this June now, they could grade the tornado response
"*At no time during these interventions, did the agency, nor any of its emergency support functions, receive reports of residents in the Bamboo Town area being impacted by the tornadic activity.*"
**Failure.** Why dont they recognize that this is not the way this is supposed to work?
"*Captain Russell immediately consulted with Mr Jeffrey Simmons, acting director of The Bahamas Department of Meteorology,*"
So YOU had to "initiate" a conversation with the MET office to find out about a weather emergency??? And the MET office wasn't aware of a 3rd tornado?? What type of planning has NEMA done? And where's your line for the public to report unusual disaster related activity?
For four hours not one person in the senior disaster leadership team knew anything about the tornado?? And nobody seems to think this is a problem. They using the lack of information as an excuse
And the story keeps talking about Captain Russell contacting this one and that one. He was in the office by himself during an emergency? Where was the "Command **team**". Remember 4 hours passed....and is still one person calling around???
**the junior minister was wrong too**. It was NOT ok for Russell to give the explanation that he was *in Cowpen road so he didnt know about Bamboo town*. That's ludicrous. that is the **exact** reason why you have a command center where all information flows to and the leadership is there together to coordinate ALL activity knowing ALL information The fact that the Speaker, junior minister, leader of the opposition nor Russell seemed to understand that is mind blowing. This after Joaquin, Matthew, Irma and Dorian. Anyone remember 2 days before Irma hit when Stephen Russell declared he was "*going back to his office to write the plan*?
these dumb statements call us all fools. with the increase in tourism alone more VAT would have been collected and not a thing to do with any rate change. i wish they would stop these games and get to real growth. We are still below zero. We were at zero in 2019
Here's the thing and this is a "general " statement. You may be the good guy, but laws are created to be blind, to not distinguish between whose good and whose bad but to establish a playing field where in the event you're bad, the system wont get taken advantage of. It's a known fact that non profits have been misused around the world throughout history for profiteering, so just saying we're a non profit and we're doing good doesnt mean the rules can be dropped for you.
I have no deep knowledge of conservation or what's onerous in the bill, the story left out all reference to what the controversial items are, the angles from which it seeks to protect the Bahamas, and whether the proposed changes could potentially remove that protection. It just says these good guys need permits.
The problem in the Bahamas is *most* our lawmakers dont do any deep thinking. How many times did any of them object to what Minnis was doing? It was just Reece in the wilderness. The rest just bang on the desk and vote on sound bites, they have no knowledge of what harm could be caused by any law they pass.
What's the solution here? Some temporary permits to get this work done and some deep thinkers reviewing this law to see what's reasonable. I'm not assured that these changes went through deep thinking, most likely they just removed whatever they were asked to remove.. which is just as bad as what's happening now
The police should read the Tribune and the House records then interview Vaughn Miller, he practically said the same thing Cartwright said. Other MPs were able to give contracts to their people but they victimized him so he couldnt give contracts to his people.
ThisIsOurs says...
"*June 2022, usnorthcom and NEMA will conduct a whole-of-government exercise that tests the response to a catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane impacting the entirety of The Bahamas.*"
Well... this June now, they could grade the tornado response
On Temporary kitchen donated to NEMA
Posted 10 June 2022, 6:55 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
"*At no time during these interventions, did the agency, nor any of its emergency support functions, receive reports of residents in the Bamboo Town area being impacted by the tornadic activity.*"
**Failure.** Why dont they recognize that this is not the way this is supposed to work?
"*Captain Russell immediately consulted with Mr Jeffrey Simmons, acting director of The Bahamas Department of Meteorology,*"
So YOU had to "initiate" a conversation with the MET office to find out about a weather emergency??? And the MET office wasn't aware of a 3rd tornado?? What type of planning has NEMA done? And where's your line for the public to report unusual disaster related activity?
For four hours not one person in the senior disaster leadership team knew anything about the tornado?? And nobody seems to think this is a problem. They using the lack of information as an excuse
And the story keeps talking about Captain Russell contacting this one and that one. He was in the office by himself during an emergency? Where was the "Command **team**". Remember 4 hours passed....and is still one person calling around???
This was all wrong.
On NEMA lays out timeline after tornado touchdown
Posted 10 June 2022, 5:12 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Crime is down
On Vehicle theft claims ‘out of the ordinary’
Posted 10 June 2022, 4:03 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
**the junior minister was wrong too**. It was NOT ok for Russell to give the explanation that he was *in Cowpen road so he didnt know about Bamboo town*. That's ludicrous. that is the **exact** reason why you have a command center where all information flows to and the leadership is there together to coordinate ALL activity knowing ALL information The fact that the Speaker, junior minister, leader of the opposition nor Russell seemed to understand that is mind blowing. This after Joaquin, Matthew, Irma and Dorian. Anyone remember 2 days before Irma hit when Stephen Russell declared he was "*going back to his office to write the plan*?
On Speaker’s anger at NEMA boss’ response
Posted 10 June 2022, 3:10 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
these dumb statements call us all fools. with the increase in tourism alone more VAT would have been collected and not a thing to do with any rate change. i wish they would stop these games and get to real growth. We are still below zero. We were at zero in 2019
On Gov’t hails 69% VAT rise: Rate cut works
Posted 10 June 2022, 2:59 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Here's the thing and this is a "general " statement. You may be the good guy, but laws are created to be blind, to not distinguish between whose good and whose bad but to establish a playing field where in the event you're bad, the system wont get taken advantage of. It's a known fact that non profits have been misused around the world throughout history for profiteering, so just saying we're a non profit and we're doing good doesnt mean the rules can be dropped for you.
I have no deep knowledge of conservation or what's onerous in the bill, the story left out all reference to what the controversial items are, the angles from which it seeks to protect the Bahamas, and whether the proposed changes could potentially remove that protection. It just says these good guys need permits.
The problem in the Bahamas is *most* our lawmakers dont do any deep thinking. How many times did any of them object to what Minnis was doing? It was just Reece in the wilderness. The rest just bang on the desk and vote on sound bites, they have no knowledge of what harm could be caused by any law they pass.
What's the solution here? Some temporary permits to get this work done and some deep thinkers reviewing this law to see what's reasonable. I'm not assured that these changes went through deep thinking, most likely they just removed whatever they were asked to remove.. which is just as bad as what's happening now
On Coral disease fighter: ‘We are being seen as pirates’
Posted 10 June 2022, 5:32 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Meaning, another MP declared on the house record that beaches and parks' money was being funneled to special interests
On Key files ‘removed’ at Beach Authority
Posted 9 June 2022, 8:32 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
**Cuban** refugees are an existential threat??? The Haitian migration problem is an existential threat
On ‘Cuban refugees posing threat to our security’
Posted 9 June 2022, 4:07 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
The police should read the Tribune and the House records then interview Vaughn Miller, he practically said the same thing Cartwright said. Other MPs were able to give contracts to their people but they victimized him so he couldnt give contracts to his people.
On Key files ‘removed’ at Beach Authority
Posted 9 June 2022, 4:05 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
What do they mean "removed"? Get an IT investigator. Deleted doesnt necessarily mean deleted
On Key files ‘removed’ at Beach Authority
Posted 9 June 2022, 4 p.m. Suggest removal