but the no bid air freight contract was 25m. We dont know how many millions it will cost us to not have had a contest for the best provider of air freight services

"*He further called for Mr Wilson to undergo mandatory anger management therapy or conflict resolution training in addition to a mandatory suspension or dismissal from his duties*"

Someone needs to intervene. Noone is helping him by putting this on *Youri made me do it*. What some other reporter should be investigating is whether this behaviour is truly out of character or is it something staff are regularly subjected to with no recourse. The best thing his friends can advise him to do is, take a month break and go to anger management classes. It will be beneficial to him in the long run.

I did not hear his statement today and I havent watched the video, but at some point I have to go back to compare todays statement to what he said previously about this *25m air freight, no-bid, contract* to determine what was the basis for the "*lied*" accusation. Youri is one of the more experienced reporters, Id find it hard to believe he was just throwing around completely baseless allegations. I also noted that the FS saying he never "*intentionally*" misled the press.

The one irrefutable fact is, air freight handling is not anything to sneeze at. Its curious that this contract for such a security heavy sector would not be put out to bid to find a contractor experienced in setting up such systems. The questions I have about it, was the gaming boss previously in aviation? Is the gaming boss "the" contractor or has he subcontracted? And if he subcontracted why was it allowed as that automatically drives up the cost with someone being paid just for breathing. There are lots of questions to be asked about the procurement process.

"*Had that not been that a company, then there was gon’ be no alert*"

The previous company disputed this, they claimed to have evidence of notifications sent that the police did not act on.

"*Mr Reid said the response time to alerts must improve.*"

Exactly.

"*Orin Bethel, president of Metro Security Limited, argued similarly last year. He said his company sent SMS messages to the police about those breaching their bail conditions, but the police were slow to respond or did not respond at all.*"

"*Mr Reid said the police are working with Migrafil to “rectify” the response issue*"

Had this been another country it looks like Metro could sue for breech of contract. Maybe they could do it in this country if so inclined as the tampering hasnt stopped and the response time is still an issue, the sole reasons given for cancelling the contract.

I suspect that these arent random dummies tampering with these devices, just like the illegal guns and stolen cars that *disappear*, they may be working with someone with knowledge of the devices and the monitoring systems to remove them. Then others "hear" about methods to remove and try it themselves. Never heard anyone articulate this before, its a good theory clearly offering services to criminals in this country is a lucrative business.

"*As he addressed the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Antigua and Barbuda this afternoon, Prime Minister Philip Davis called for action on climate change and pointed to the recent bushfires in The Bahamas as he highlighted the escalating climate crisis*"

“*The Bahamas is burning,” Davis said.*
-today's nassau guardian

This what you call shameless. Anyone remember the initial response from the fire dept to the Abaco fire? Before Roscoe started reporting?

"*This happens all the time, let it burn itself out*". Roscoe just said **today**, it wouldnt have been so bad if theyd just listened to advice been proactive and created a fire break line. Now the PM is around the world again milking a disaster he and his disaster preparedness team with all the *readiness rangers* PR waited too late to address

Anyone remember what they didnt have?

Correct, "*firetrucks*"

Guess he didnt have the opportunity to mention the generators overheating due to climate change

"*The Opposition’s leader last night warned that The Bahamas’ **reputation** as an international financial and business centre is **in danger***"

Too late!

I was enjoying a foreign language film on Netflix the other day. coming down to the nail biting last episode only to have the hero trick and give a lesser villain his just desserts by removing the millions of stolen money the villain had secreted away in a bank account in... wait for it... **The Bahamas**! You could have blown me over with a feather. I didnt even know dem people knew the Bahamas existed. But apparently they did! And clearly had formed the conclusion that we were a crime haven!

We forgot the promise to *balance the budget in 3 years*

Dont know apparently there are many Valleys Boys, the *Official* Valley Boys, the *Way Forward* Valley Boys and possibly the *We Een Rushin* Valley Boys. It's unfortunate that many of these groups operated with zero transparency. The group receives money, they put on a parade and that's it. No accounting for how the money was spent or who was paid what. I still recall the B group that received funding around ~2016 (what do they get 10k?) and showed up in newspaper.

Minnis didnt have the chance of a mosquito of winning. That aside I would like to see all allegations of unfair practices addressed. Your point is well made, if they start out with it, it will only get worse once they get power. We do not want to see another administration with unfettered power.The biggest caveat in what I said was ***if** they*

"*the best minister of finance*"?? The one who said increasing VAT rate would lead to 60% increase in revenue... seeming to forget all about market forces and VAT revenues dropped? I hope they have a better choice this go round. I hope Kwasi is not put forward to lead innovation. I hope a police officer isnt made national security chief. I hope this time around somebody looks at the role and what it requires and picks someone who has the qualities, not a space filler or a rewardee.