As far as I know the plates are produced locally by the prison inmates. No excuse for shortage of workers; probably lack of materials and poor management.
Also, should anyone have the misfortune of going down to the sports centre, you will find out that tipping is the order of the day. You can change the system anytime you want, it's the employees who take graft, not the computers.

Another pointless arrest. The US and a lot of tourist competitors are legalizing the use of recreational and medicinal marijuana. No matter what your personal beliefs are, if we want to stay competitive we have to adjust our way of thinking, and fast. This type of arrest does not warrant news coverage.

Dump trucks, fuel trucks, forty foot containers, and flat beds, all barrel along the western road, between the airport and Lyford Cay with no regard for speed limits or the consequences of their reckless driving. It is a wonder that a serious disaster has not happened out there before now.
Oh, I forgot the wonderful Jitney drivers.

Apart from ranting and raving about anything that is not in favour of the PLP. Mr. Roberts is over his head on most matters. He is very good at stirring the pot of animosity against PLP detractors, but nothing else.

Mrs. Hanna-Martin there are always "glitches" in any new system implemented, either manual or automated. The testing of this system obviously was not properly done before commencement, hence the chaos. You need to fire your IT consultants, and those who advised this disaster was ready to unleash on the public.

The master "wheeler and dealer" has been given one hundred and fifty million to play with. Can't wait for the accountability of how these funds were utilized.

As Stevie would say, "Heaven help us all".

What is amazing is that historically, line ups were a few hours long under the old manual system, usually the last and first day of each month. Now with the implementation of this new "improved" automated system it takes up to eight hours to do the same process, starting at more than a week before month end. The premise that these are just start up problems and issues is doubtful, as the passport system has been automated for several years, and the service has gotten worse since that process was put in place. Why should this be any different.
Having worked in automated environments for many years, I know that it is commonplace for "dry runs" of all new system changes or updates, to be performed several times before going "live" to prevent exactly the type of problems they are experiencing now. Does any government department test any system before they shove it down your throat, bragging all the while of how good it is, even though it reeks of inefficiency? I guess not.

I thought that with a new management company we could expect transparency and truth. This 96% is a B/S figure and they know it. This has to be a number they were told to put forth. Many communities in the south and west are still without power and numerous homes have, what they have categorized as "individual problems which have to be addressed via work order". God knows when these people will have power. BPL/Power Secure/BEC; what is the difference?

A proposal was given to a sitting member of the FNM cabinet several years ago, by the same company that has set up and managed the Jamaican and other Caribbean lotteries, to establish and run a Lottery for the Government of the Bahamas. This was when "numbers" were illegal and the government was not receiving anything in taxes from them. This proposal died a a quiet death, and had it been implemented, there would have been hundreds of millions in revenue for the country, which could be earmarked for hurricane disaster relief, and other emergency situtations.