History…Afrikaans are descended from the Dutch I.e. white. The sub-Saharan people you mention were Bantu.

“Red” Communism or “green” World Capitalism….same colour, different lenses. Evil is as evil does. Different faces, same antichrist. Trump appears to be anti World Order, Putin appears to not be a Soviet…but, are they red-green (or some other colour of the spectrum) shape-shifters or genuinely transparent, time will tell. Let their be light!

Oh, yes….lets just introduce pregnant chits, electronic manipulation, and foreign oversight, etc….so much better than just sorting through the bits of paper and having a garbage can handy. Right? Sovereignty…do we care?

When bigger entities than the Bahamian people run everything, government, courts, police, business, Bahamians are voiceless and justice for them ceases to exist.

Penalties for BPL and the rise in emissions due to electric vehicle charging ROL ! Why not ban beans…which create gas and make us pass the smellier version LOL . World government initiatives are far from green.

I agree with the need to address social issues. However, the latest science can also shed some light on how we might also address the rising rates of mental illness, violence, and suicide. The approach is a physiological one gained by a deeper understanding of how we have affected our lives with these deep negative impacts. Inflammation leads to disease, physical and mental. Our modern world has introduced many inflammatory agents, the list grows. But one that has personally affected my life is MOLD! Growing research coming out of Hurricane Katrina’s effects and the the toll on those living in military housing is helping specialists like Dr Amen understand the neurobiological changes caused by the fungi that can overwhelm our health. Molds produce mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are neurotoxic agents that can lead to a variety of neurological impairments and effects, including the “mold rage” I have personally experienced, the domestic violence I am aware of, the psychosis a cousin experienced, and the suicidal thoughts and attempts of two distant family members. Mold loves The Bahamas and it’s humid climate. It loves the aftermath of a hurricane and all the rain damage. It loves our cheep building materials, namely sheet rock, and it loves our warmth! Not all people exposed get neurological symptoms, and those who do experience a wide range of signs; some causing misdiagnosis for decades. Mental health, especially suicide, are subjects we can rationally, and openly talk about now without the stigma once associated with them. There are treatments that avoid the use of psycho-chemicals that list suicide as a side effect! There are causes that are biological in many cases, and understanding our biological responses is bringing hope. Let’s shed the light on them and come out of the darkness of ignorance.

May I just add a few more reasons….
Our bush medicine heritage needs to be protected as a human right, once we lose it we are reliant on a corporate industrial model that in a MB degree teaches return business.
The trust we once had in the pharmaceutical industry is eroding; profits are their mantra, which contradicts wellness. Trust is a personal thing, how could it ever be industrialized? It should be personalized; and as such allows for freedom of choice.
Pharmaceuticals come with a vast array of side-effects, including death. Botanicals on the other hand, used wisely, are gentle healers and restorative agents. Harmony and balance is their gift to us from God.
Bioceuticals used as antibiotics are adaptive, they never create “resistance”. We presently have a fast growing number of resistant pathogens from over-prescribed antibiotics; which should alarm us!
Having been trained in the medical world, only to find myself dispensing pills and applying“bandaids”, I am now able to compare the insufficient physiological knowledge of that system with the many alternatives to our well-being.

“…up to eight years if tried for information and up to three years if tried summarily”. So, eight years for each child, right? And why would you even try the case summarily? What thinking goes on in the Court? Fox Hill’s reputation for upholding its own moral justice seems more just than our current court system. The fox or the owl…? What depraved and dark state has our country fallen into?

After the COVID debacle….any of those Bahamian figures following WTO, Gates, and Faucci lies will NEVER have the trust of the Bahamian people. The last minute “exemptions from future prosecution” given by Biden should be enough to give us a list of cronies in this country to avoid electing. (?) If only because they lacked the capacity for independent, critical, thought and problem solving ! Which begs the question….what training modules? The ones in ethics, morals, character, leadership, discernment, honesty, transparency, unbiased service to the people, etc etc ? Much of that training starts at home with sound, mature, God-fearing parents.

And this is why The Bahamas does not attract sound, solid, ethical, transparent, investors…it stabs those in the back while encouraging ponzi resort schemes which never materialize because government got their piece of the investor cake from that which those “business entrepreneurs” swindled !