Why do our crime fighters always compare this years' statistics with last years' stats ? Crime statistics EACH and EVERY year for the last THIRTY years were disgraceful, unacceptable, frightening and showed that law enforcement in this country has been fighting a losing battle for far too long!!!

Feeling relieved that this year's murder rate was less than last years is insane!!!

Instead of our recent crime historical stats, they should use as a yardstick, the murder rate in a law-abiding, peaceful European town, with a population of 375,000. It needn't be Pleasantville, but it should represent what crime-rate would be acceptable to us...say only 4 or 5 murders per year!!! That statistic should be, both the yardstick to judge our present situation, and our collective goal in order to create a Bahamas of which we all could be proud.

shortpants. Education does matter, but it is worthless without integrity, loyalty to family, friends and nation, honesty, compassion for those less fortunate than oneself, humility, vision, righteousness and a deep abiding respect for the Almighty!!

What a big fall!

Why on earth would Deputy Attorney General Gomez, file a petition in The Election Court as a "personal" matter, "not involving the Christie administration or the Department of Legal Affairs"???

Isn't that tantamount to a policeman doing a "citizen's arrest" ??

Does that mean that ANY Bahamian can file a petition in The Election Court, if THEY think that a member of the HOA has a conflict of interest??...If so, Ho! Ho! Ho!....let the FUN begin!!

Or is it that, as Deputy AG, Mr. Gomez has decided to embark on this, obviously politicized action, as a "hobby", or as something he does for sport, on the weekends, using his own attorney's, after he's finished his regular job????

I cannot see how it could possibly take from last December to now for information to be passed from the USA government to the Bahamian government. Someone is deceiving the Bahamian people.

The reports of the Bahamian bribe-taker(s) originated from the plea bargain between Alstom and the USA government. Obviously with an fine of $722 million, Alstom would have been been forced to "spill the beans", ALL of the beans!! They would not have been allowed to protect anyone's identity, or hide the details of exactly how the bribery was done. They undoubtedly were made to sign a full disclosure document that names and shames the perpetrator(s), and which details ALL of the sordid details of the involvement of the Bahamian bribe-taker(s).

We were told months ago that the AG's office knew who the culprit(s) was/were, how much they got, and when they got it. How much harder is it to obtain the last few details and haul the culprit(s) into court?

The long delay fosters the perception that the Bahamas government is not serious about bribery and corruption!! Yet another incident besmirching our reputation! Why didn't the AG jump all over this, "pay her staff the overtime" and get this case into court months ago?

Is a member of the plp/fnm "corruptocracy" being protected??? Does the international reputation of the Bahamas regarding corruption not matter to this government??? Is the AGs Office so inefficient that they just cannot get their work done???, did the culprit use his ill-gotten gains to buy someone's silence?? did the "files go missing" once again?? did the culprit threaten to say what he knows regarding OTHER political operative's crimes, or is the AG simply holding back this pressing case, in order to use it when it would provide the maximum benefit to the PLP????

So Sarkis, once again, is the "Man with the Plan".

The Bahamas government meanwhile, languishes and drifts aimlessly, seemingly without a plan or an exit strategy, after initiating a poorly planned, ill-advised, "splapdash", procedurely flawed legal maneuvour, that stalled Baha Mar, left the future of 2,500 Baha Mar workers looking bleaker by the day, ruined the international credibility of The Bahamas, exposed the sordid underbelly of Baha Mar "deals within deals", and made this PLP government the laughing stock of the region!

Greed, like many vices, is insatiable...greedy people can NEVER get enough!

PGC tackling corruption would be like cutting off the branch he is sitting on!!!

What does the government spend on police salaries each year? Whatever it is, it should be increased, and there should not even be a discussion as to whether or not our policemen and
policewomen should be paid overtime when required to work additional hours!

Corruption is nothing new; there have been accusations of corruption in government for over forty years! What's the sudden rush to deal with corruption? Everyone waiting on Justice Winder to make up his mind, and then announce his decision in the Supreme Court case between Baha Mar and The Bahamas government.