Unlike Minnis and Sands, he comes across as being affable, not egotistical and without a racist bone in his body. But he's nevertheless well known to be a corrupt and incorrigible scoundrel to the very core.
Your quotation of Minnis here is just another shining example of his extreme arrogance and disdain for the "have nots" in our society. Minnis much prefers corrupt wheelin' and dealin' with the "haves", especially the foreign ones. Just ask anyone who has intimate knowledge of some of his dealings with the cruise ship companies and foreign investors with big stakes in projects in our country who are tightly connected to and dependent on the cruise ship companies like Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Disney.
Good point, but you're assuming Sands was telling the truth when he first said he thought the test kits would be expeditiously arriving as air cargo on a private plane unaccompanied by the American donors. Unfortunately neither Sands nor Minnis are inclined to be truthful if they consider it politically expedient to be otherwise.
Oh really? You would call the Caymans a big boy? The Caymanian government managed to get more diagnotic test kits than their country needed and even offered to sell some of their excess supply to the Bahamas at cost.
Please, lets just accept all of this foolishness for what it so glaringly is: Gross incompetence on the part of yet another Bahamian government found to be steeped in all kinds of corruption.
The quid pro quo involving the so called 'donated' diagnotic test kits are but the very tip of an enormous iceberg of corruption when it comes to our current government.
> With regards to the two American permanent residents who were allowed into the country to bring COVID-19 test kits last week, the Prime Minister instead of two people being allowed in, six people (all related) were on the plane. All have tested negative for COVID-19 and are under mandatory 14-day quarantine. The Ministry of Health will issue a statement on the issue on Monday.
Sands has already announced to the public that he only 'authorised' two-Americans to disembark the same plane that carried the diagnostic test kits. Is Minnis once again saying Sands lied to all of us? Is Sands going to acknowledge this coming Monday that the other four individuals deplaned without his 'consent'?
Carl Bethel has already informed the news media that only the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority could have authorised the landing of the plane and the deplaning of its six passengers during the declared state of emergency that our country is in. Apparently Sands had absolutely no authority to do so. And the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority has already publicly stated that he gave no such authority for the plane to land or for anyone to deplane once it had landed. Does this mean that all six members of the family who deplaned have entered the Bahamas illegally, i.e. committed a crime, and as a result their permanent residency status should be revoked forthwith?
It certainly seems Minnis is taking absolutely no responsibility in this most appalling and disgraceful matter that shows the dichotomy of the The Bahamas under his government into one hell hole of a country for the downtrodden "have nots", and one majestic paradise playground of a country for the wealthy "haves". Truly shameful given Minnis seems content for the laws, rules and orders that apply to the most unfortunate "have nots" to be very different from those that actually apply to the fortunate and privileged "haves".
> Mr Wilchcombe said his contacts were people in the medical and science fields, which allowed them to secure the supplies.
>“I know them, they said they wanted to help, they called me up and we went from there. I passed it on to the government.”
Well blow me away!! You mean to tell me Obie Wilchcombe got more contacts with big wigs in the medical and sciences fields than our country's PM Minnis and Minister of Health Sands combined, both of whom like to think of themselves as the dynamic duo of medical doctors in charge of saving the Bahamian people from the deadly Covid-19 virus!!! Surely this Obie tale can't be true!!!!
While we're at it, perhaps Perry Christie could put PM Minnis and Finance Minister Turnquest in touch with some foreign experts in the field of banking and economics who might be able to help our country out with its dire lack of money situation. I'm sure PM Minnis and DPM Turnquest would gladly let the Christie-recommended experts fly here in their private jet and remain in the Bahamas after they have unloaded and turned over to the government the bag loads of money they would surely bring as the 'quid' for the 'quo' in the quid pro quo exchange.
> health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday a formal investigation is underway......
*Translation:* "I have used my ministerial broom to sweep the entire matter under the rug where it will remain forever more."
At a minimum Frederick Smith should be facing the possibility of losing his department head status and the requirement to attend an appropriate sensitivity training programme and/or professional conduct course. Lesser consequences would likely, in the circumstances, reflect badly on Sands himself as minister of health, and rightfully so. A formal complaint should also be filed with the Bahamas Medical Association, if not already done, so that they may perform their own investigatory and disciplinary proceedings to determine whether, as a minimum, Frederick Smith should be censured for misconduct.
Average price per gallon of gasoline in Florida is currently about $1.60. Why are we still paying three times this amount in Nassau and even more on the family islands? Does Sir Snake have a conscience or is he determined to price gouge all of us to death? And why hasn't Minnis cut the outrageous amount of tax the government is receiving on each gallon of gasoline sold? The tax rate on the sale of gasoline in the Bahamas has been astronomical for decades now. Government should be carefully price controlling the sale of gasoline to ensure consumers are not being bled to death at the gas station pumps.
Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Excellent points...couldn't agree more with all of them.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Unlike Minnis and Sands, he comes across as being affable, not egotistical and without a racist bone in his body. But he's nevertheless well known to be a corrupt and incorrigible scoundrel to the very core.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Your quotation of Minnis here is just another shining example of his extreme arrogance and disdain for the "have nots" in our society. Minnis much prefers corrupt wheelin' and dealin' with the "haves", especially the foreign ones. Just ask anyone who has intimate knowledge of some of his dealings with the cruise ship companies and foreign investors with big stakes in projects in our country who are tightly connected to and dependent on the cruise ship companies like Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Disney.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Good point, but you're assuming Sands was telling the truth when he first said he thought the test kits would be expeditiously arriving as air cargo on a private plane unaccompanied by the American donors. Unfortunately neither Sands nor Minnis are inclined to be truthful if they consider it politically expedient to be otherwise.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Oh really? You would call the Caymans a big boy? The Caymanian government managed to get more diagnotic test kits than their country needed and even offered to sell some of their excess supply to the Bahamas at cost.
Please, lets just accept all of this foolishness for what it so glaringly is: Gross incompetence on the part of yet another Bahamian government found to be steeped in all kinds of corruption.
The quid pro quo involving the so called 'donated' diagnotic test kits are but the very tip of an enormous iceberg of corruption when it comes to our current government.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
> With regards to the two American permanent residents who were allowed into the country to bring COVID-19 test kits last week, the Prime Minister instead of two people being allowed in, six people (all related) were on the plane. All have tested negative for COVID-19 and are under mandatory 14-day quarantine. The Ministry of Health will issue a statement on the issue on Monday.
Sands has already announced to the public that he only 'authorised' two-Americans to disembark the same plane that carried the diagnostic test kits. Is Minnis once again saying Sands lied to all of us? Is Sands going to acknowledge this coming Monday that the other four individuals deplaned without his 'consent'?
Carl Bethel has already informed the news media that only the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority could have authorised the landing of the plane and the deplaning of its six passengers during the declared state of emergency that our country is in. Apparently Sands had absolutely no authority to do so. And the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority has already publicly stated that he gave no such authority for the plane to land or for anyone to deplane once it had landed. Does this mean that all six members of the family who deplaned have entered the Bahamas illegally, i.e. committed a crime, and as a result their permanent residency status should be revoked forthwith?
It certainly seems Minnis is taking absolutely no responsibility in this most appalling and disgraceful matter that shows the dichotomy of the The Bahamas under his government into one hell hole of a country for the downtrodden "have nots", and one majestic paradise playground of a country for the wealthy "haves". Truly shameful given Minnis seems content for the laws, rules and orders that apply to the most unfortunate "have nots" to be very different from those that actually apply to the fortunate and privileged "haves".
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
> Mr Wilchcombe said his contacts were people in the medical and science fields, which allowed them to secure the supplies.
>“I know them, they said they wanted to help, they called me up and we went from there. I passed it on to the government.”
Well blow me away!! You mean to tell me Obie Wilchcombe got more contacts with big wigs in the medical and sciences fields than our country's PM Minnis and Minister of Health Sands combined, both of whom like to think of themselves as the dynamic duo of medical doctors in charge of saving the Bahamian people from the deadly Covid-19 virus!!! Surely this Obie tale can't be true!!!!
While we're at it, perhaps Perry Christie could put PM Minnis and Finance Minister Turnquest in touch with some foreign experts in the field of banking and economics who might be able to help our country out with its dire lack of money situation. I'm sure PM Minnis and DPM Turnquest would gladly let the Christie-recommended experts fly here in their private jet and remain in the Bahamas after they have unloaded and turned over to the government the bag loads of money they would surely bring as the 'quid' for the 'quo' in the quid pro quo exchange.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
> health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday a formal investigation is underway......
*Translation:* "I have used my ministerial broom to sweep the entire matter under the rug where it will remain forever more."
At a minimum Frederick Smith should be facing the possibility of losing his department head status and the requirement to attend an appropriate sensitivity training programme and/or professional conduct course. Lesser consequences would likely, in the circumstances, reflect badly on Sands himself as minister of health, and rightfully so. A formal complaint should also be filed with the Bahamas Medical Association, if not already done, so that they may perform their own investigatory and disciplinary proceedings to determine whether, as a minimum, Frederick Smith should be censured for misconduct.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Average price per gallon of gasoline in Florida is currently about $1.60. Why are we still paying three times this amount in Nassau and even more on the family islands? Does Sir Snake have a conscience or is he determined to price gouge all of us to death? And why hasn't Minnis cut the outrageous amount of tax the government is receiving on each gallon of gasoline sold? The tax rate on the sale of gasoline in the Bahamas has been astronomical for decades now. Government should be carefully price controlling the sale of gasoline to ensure consumers are not being bled to death at the gas station pumps.
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Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Sir Snake's back in business. Are you?
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