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ThisIsOurs says...

"*, a top dock official blamed derelict boats and debris for the blaze’s size*"

Were the boats derelict and debris built up before the govt ovetspent then increased the travel budget?

On Fire at Potter’s Cay destroys five boats

Posted 27 February 2024, 4:20 p.m. Suggest removal

ThisIsOurs says...

How do you do digital transactions without electricity and gas?

ThisIsOurs says...

A good idea might be to build a wall to separate Eastern and Western New Providence. Establish a military force to man it and shoot anyone trying to cross ot on sight.

ThisIsOurs says...

If people with murder intent didnt have cars, theyd walk or catch the bus to do their crime. Let's come up with real solutions other than putting Japanese cars behind bars.

ThisIsOurs says...

To eradicate this they need the kingpins, not the Japanese cars

ThisIsOurs says...

Lol. I shake my head at the suggestions people give to entrap law abiding citizens. Implement a curfew! Have road blocks everywhere! Search every home!

ThisIsOurs says...

"*Tell me why in the world it take 2 to 3 days to get a drivers license?*"

If the printer is still not working it takes more like 8 days to collect

ThisIsOurs says...

"*an “alarming concern” for Japanese cars being major contributors to traffic accidents.*"

**Analysis seems very faulty. It implies that theres something wrong with Japanese imports. Let's assume there is, then this is a national security concern**. The question would have to be asked, why are these cars so prevalent? Could it possibly be due to the ridiculous 65% import duty on cars added to VAT and then VAT compounded on VAT and customs duty? So by keeping the car import duty rate high you get people buying cheaper cars that you say "cause" more accidents.

**If that's the problem, lower the duty so people buy American cars**

Of course then you'd have to report an alarming trend in the rise of accidents in American imports... **because the issue isnt the model, it's the availability combined with the prevalence of bad drivers.**

**Its of course harder to speak the truth. How are so many bad drivers getting licenses and why are bad drivers not being stopped by police before they cause accidents with their red light running, 3rd lane making, uturn creating, sidewalk driving, turning lane to jump line abusing behaviour**

ThisIsOurs says...

Tribune court report on inquest into police shootings in house in Blair:

*Assistant Commissioner of Police Earl Thompson of the police forensic science section testified yesterday that of the **eight police firearms his lab collected** for testing, six were handguns, and two were rifles.*

*He said **NONE of the weapons matched the ammunition recovered at the scene**, indicating they weren’t fired there*

Related Tribune court report:

*SIX-year-old boy who witnessed his father’s shooting death allegedly told his grandmother his father had his hands in the air and begged police not to shoot because children were around – a plea officers ignored.*

*Police killed Tony Jamal “Foolish” Penn Smith, Valentino “T-Boy” Pratt and Trevor “Coopz” Cooper on Commonwealth Avenue in the early morning of May 17, 2019.*

*Jancimae Smith, Smith’s mother, said her son’s widow and his children were in the house during the shooting.*

*She said when the children were brought to her, her six-year-old grandson, Tony Jr, told her how her son died.*

*She said Tony Jr told her his father asked for forgiveness from God as he stood in an upstairs bedroom when police stormed the building.*

*She said he recalled his father putting his hands in the air and telling officers, “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot, there are kids in here.*

*She claimed the boy said an officer ran behind Smith and shot him in the back as another officer yelled for him to shoot Smith again.*

She said the boy said: “Grammy, I saw my daddy take his last breath”.*

ThisIsOurs says...

"*Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis would “have a conversation with the commissioner of police” if the pattern of adverse inquest findings against officers in police-involved killing cases continues.*"

**IF???** Its already 30 years of police abuse of power too late. Call it "just" the bad apples if you like, but Do something