Lol. This reminds me of the case of Police Staff Association president Sonny Miller who was arrested while alledgedly offloading cocaine from a plane illegally landed at the airstrip in Acklins.

The comedy show started with the testimony of one of the Colombians who flew the plane in, the **Colombian** said, "*he feared for his life*", they were in the **process of offloading the cocaine into a police jeep** when a US Coast Guard helicopter appeared. Sonny Miller became angry, threw the drugs on the ground, cursed at the Colombian and then waved a gun at him... I guess attempting to "*carry out his ploice duty*" You cant make this up. A good thing he didnt shoot. Apparently the US helicopter had video.

Ironically this grand announcement is made in the same paper that states:

"*HUMAN Rights Bahamas has called for the newly established parliamentary Human Rights Committee to begin its work...Parliamentary clerk confirmed that the committee **has yet to meet**.... the resolution to establish the committee was **passed on APRIL 26, 2023***"

Our administrations appear to have a sordid love affair with grand announcements and not much else

Nothing in this article provides any reasoning for Sir Franklyn to be deserving of the nations respect. I am not saying he doesnt deserve it, I am saying the sentiments expressed are without substance.

That he has alot of money, his family loves him, he held a birthday party for his granddaughter, people stayed after breakfast and you were somewhere in the vicinity? Ok, that is good for him as a person but has no impact on the country.at large.

*This man has been knighted by the late Queen, and lives up to that honour*"

Please we all know the Queen knows and could care less about these people, never rejected a request and the only reason they are nominated is because of their proximity to the political strongman of the day. I see this year out of five people nominated for honours four are pastors/bishops etc, nominated for doing what? Being a pastor for years? Mosko was nominated for contribution to business. I dont know what that means. (Ironically I wondered if this Mosko is the same gentleman who has been crying for years about the torture he and his family have endured from construction company noise terrorism right across from the PM, the PM has to drive by everyday as Moskos house and peace of mind are being obliterated. **if** this is the same person, the PM has done, nothing easily within his power, to alleviate the pain of the man he "honours". God save me from those types of friends.)

"*he was honoured as an International Man of Honour during a lavish gala event in Orlando last September*"

You may not be aware, but these awards ceremonies are money making initiatives. They target popular people who have a large circle of influence, who will pay for tickets for their families or have friends and loved ones who will pay for tickets to see them "honoured". Its all about the money.

"*Sir Franklyn has poured millions into education, the church, Junkanoo*"

So has Nygard. So has Sebas. Nygard has been convicted in court of multiple rapes of unsuspecting females. We all know Sebas operated an illegal business for decades. The half may be untold.

Sir Franklyn is clearly a hard working person, he's very intelligent and it is no small thing that he loves his family and supports them, but the singular thing that would redeem Sir Franklyn's name in the minds of the majority of Bahamians, is if he used his wealth and knowledge of industry to restore the people of Pinewood and provide them with rainy and hurricane season peace of mind.

**The former Commission has sealed his name in Bahamian history**. His final act upon leaving office appears to be eerily similar to the age old political tactic of burying a damaging story in the shadows of friday evening or holiday revelry. The revelation does not appear to be the answer to a random question from a reporter as the Guardian says "*a statement*" was issued. Sometime after radiostations signed off for the New Years eve midday break, the commissioner announced the resignation of former Head of CDU Michael Johnson. One might wonder if the timing was orchestrated by Johnsons legal team, but no, that cant be the case, because the Commissioner told us months ago that "**his**" timing was end of year. For a case which if it had legs, should have been forwarded to the prosecutor ages ago. You have a voice captured on tape, conspiring to commit a crime, along with witnesses speaking about contemporaneous conversations with one of the persons on the tape about the tape. It's a prosecutors dream. So why the delay?

This is equally as weird as the poorly edited national address that also *appeared to be* string pulling from behind the curtain

**This doesnt sound good, I thought DNA evidence had cleared the vagrant and linked this person**. If they're saying he's a suspect because he led them to a backpack and that's it, I dont see how he could be convicted. Theres a reasonable doubt explanation, if he sees a bag lying on the ground, he might take the bag hoping to find something of value. As to leading them to other evidence, people talk maybe his criminal friends told him some info and he's just repeating it. Worth investigating, but I hope they have more

A spokesman from the yang valley boys (as in yin, yang) said today, "*maybe we need more time*". We never learn

"*Participants delighted the crowd with the rhythmic beat of goat-skin drums, vibrant banners, and energetic dancers.*"

The story of junkanoo is a literal fairy tale. And we miraculously appear to believe it.

Just today, someone told me of a relative abroad watching on TV dissapointed with all the delays, imagine the people sitting on uncomfortable bleachers for 10hours.

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?