> However, attorney Fred Smith, QC, said he believes the government is acting outside of the limits of its powers, and, he said, the government’s actions not only go against Justice Grant-Thompson’s injunction, but do not conform to the Acquisition of Lands Act.

This ridiculous remark by the very deceitful QC Smith is wrongfully intended to cajole and gull Justice Grant-Thomspon into thinking that the government is somehow trying to usurp her authority as a sitting Justice of the Court. Yes indeed, QC Smith is about as slimy as they come with no sense of guilt, remoarse or shame whatsoever for the many lives lost during Hurricane Dorian as a result of 'his' injunction that prevented the government's earlier efforts to eradicate the very unsafe and unhealthy shanty towns. This is one fella with plenty of blood money in his pockets.

> This, he added, included reliance on the so-called “buddy” system, where a minority of importers and brokers dealt with certain Customs staff to “facilitate their transactions” - a practice that frequently resulted in under-invoicing, premature releases of goods and other forms of tax evasion, avoidance and fraud that potentially cost Bahamian taxpayers millions of dollars.

>“I think we have all heard stories where there have been instances of some brokers and business people having alleged relationships with Customs officers, and people they’re comfortable dealing with, and those Customs officers work with them to facilitate transactions, often because of familiarity,” Mr Johnson said.

This incompetent arse Marlon Johnson is readily admitting he has knowledge of (and no doubt detailed information about) certain customs officers, clearing brokers and direct importers who have for decades been involved in illegal bribery schemes that have undoubtedly defrauded the Public Treasury out of literally hundreds of millions of dollars over many years. That being the case, why hasn't Mr. Johnson provided this information to law enforcement officials and asked for their assistance in the conduct of a full scale investigation of the persons and records concerned so that appropriate criminal charges can be filed? Could it be that Mr. Johnson is afraid that such an investigation might somehow lead to himself and/or certain other senior government officials and their cronies in the private sector?

this $17 million contract is one royal rip-off as revealed by the most basic google searchs of swift systems/engineering website info and other websites about drone systems currently in use by law enforcement authorities around the world including related cost info.

just ask yourself: why on earth is marvin dames supportive of paying an outrageously astronomical sum for custom made drones when law enforcement authorities around the world have been buying much less costly tried and tested drones for many years now? one cannot help but think that this disturbing swift systems/engineering contract is heavily padded to accomodate a shiit-load of 'shingles' being dropped on someone's roof.

A wheel barrel full of 'shingles' is likely to be the ideal grease needed to get this matter settled. The shingles could of course be paid for out of whatever amount the government (the PHA) and claimant ultimately agree on to have this matter 'fairly' resolved. LMAO

You're truly delusional if you sincerely believe the corrupt Minnis-led government is keeping our country on some sort of stable footing. A country led in the main by corrupt imbeciles who only know how to borrow and tax when they are not preoccupied cutting their own side-deals is destined to quickly become a failed state.

Surely Tweedle-Dumb Minnis with his Saviour Complex can find it in his heart to borrow just a few hundred million dollars more from the IDB or Caribbean Bank to give all of the Dorian victims a handsome financial Christmas gift? After all, Tweedle-Dumb Minnis has demonstrated time and time again that his idea of governing is to drive most of the middle-class Peters into poverty where they can find and keep good company with the many impoverished poor Pauls. And Minnis knows that the bottom most rungs of our society's ladder love and deserve more company, and that it's in his best interest to have as many rungs at the very bottom of the ladder as possible.

You're suffering from a serious case of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) and may need some of the same anti-anxiety and/or anti-depressant medication that others are now taking to help them cope with its most annoying symptoms.

Trump has done more for under-privileged Americans of colour in three years than Obama did in eight years. Trump has given many of them jobs and self-esteem whereas Obama simply gave them food stamps. And that's a cold fact no matter how much one may dislike Trump's behaviour in general.

This has Brian Moree written all over it!

It must have been a small roof not requiring many "shingles".

Wow! So if you must swerve to get out of the way of the PM's speeding police escorted motorcade (with flashing lights and sirens blaring), and you accidentally kill a pedestrian, you could end up in the slammer for 15 years. And what about the consequences of accidentally killing a pedestrian as a result of your vehicle being literally run off the road by a speeding police accompanied bus load of prisoners on its way to court? And what about that pedestrian you might kill by suddenly and reflexively swerving your vehicle at the very last moment to avoid ending up in an unmarked open ditch left on your side of the road by BPL, BTC or the Water & Sewerage Corp., with absolutely no warning signage whatsoever? And let's not forget about that poor driver who has a heart attack or other serious medical issue that causes them to temporarily lose control of their vehicle, resulting in the accidental death of a pedestrian.

Our legislators have failed to put in place policies that would make our roads safer, yet they pander to the survivers of road accident victims who would happily see anyone of us incarcerated for 15 years as a result of the unintentional death of a loved one caused by an accident that is really no fault of our own. A strong word of caution to the legislators.....be very careful what kind of pressure you put on judges by way of required sentences because there could be unintended consequences resulting in grave miscarriages of justice.