Extremely sad Bahamas maritime tourism situation that happened over 2 years ago that will not be forgotten.

Today now 2 plus years later, given all the current increases in the Fees and more Fees now charged on vessels in the Bahamas, it should be expected that these increases in boating Fees be used in the maintenance and increased and rigorous enforced safety on boating vessels plying Bahamian waters.

"Annual inspections were described as “particularly non-specific”, lacking thorough review of crew qualifications, vessel stability, and emergency drill procedures. Licensing standards for captains were minimal, with no endorsements required for passenger carriage or hazardous operations."

SIMPLY, ----- "lacking thorough review of ... vessel stability, and emergency drill procedures" automatically warrants immediately removing these vessels from tourists or Bahamians.

https://www.tribune242.com/news/2025/ju…

"Mileage Allowance Payments"

Medical employed persons should remember that their private vehicles are under the contract with the Insurance Company as use for personal purposes and not PMH business.

Along with the usage is the event that if there is an accident where there is damage and injury to the medical staff, others etcetcetc and the insurance medical coverage of injuries. Clearly defined insurance coverages and liabilities must be present by the Hospital to its staff using their private vehicles for Hospital business.

Bingo Thisisours.

The Application for Bahamian Citizenship is fundamentally flawed as is Advertised with the prospective applicant in the newspapers with the Applicant with their photograph. didn't the government know that they are approving the advertisement for citizenship ------ and the public is requested to respond of adverse conditions to the government ----- wid da Applicant for Citizenship advertisement, ----- authorized by the government ----- to be identified as ----- living in a huge vague geographic area like somewhere along a mile long Kemp Rd. address or like living address in Advertisement ----- as Freeport, Grand Bahama ?????

"Continued influx of Haitians driven by local employers"

This is not entirely true, this omits the stages before the point of employment ----- someone has to communicate from the Bahamas to someone in Haiti ----- there is the obvious money funding for the illegal journey ----- there is the arrival illegal or legal ----- there is the meeting of the person(s) and the housing of the person(s) in some Bahamian location at some length of period with food, clothing, shelter transportation etcetc until employed.

Clearly, all of those persons who are in the enabling aiding and abetting and facilitating of this illegal human trafficking process need to be stopped and arrested.

Somehow all that seems to happen is the apprehension of the unlucky person and returned to Haiti where the illegal process occurs again, and again, and seem so for numerous times, while the system becomes more and more entrenched illegally and growing larger and larger in the Bahamas.

@TalRussell good comments but on no government as the entire unit will not make it stop ------ stems or originates from individuals who seem to be a previous good idea to raise lucrative revenue stream of fees from Work Permits, others seem to use it for cheap labour, not only Haitians to build Bah Mar and rebuild British Colonial Hotel etcetc. Known originating challenges is for decades now worse in the Bahamas as the sixth most expensive country to live in ----- using known Minimum Wage for foreign workers has forced them to live at unlivable wages which is horrible

@ThisisOurs good observation on the numbers of issues. The period leading up as to who will be the next leader in elections for the next 5 year term of powerful office is the most vulnerable position of the leaders of the political parties.

Ambitious wannabees wanting to be the next PM is not always the Opposition leader and other political party leaders but there are those high ranking wannabees within these groups who will cleverly find ways to undermine Caesar. While the ultimate head will be distinctly faulted, the sources of these failures lies with the decades long failures of the Urban Renewal within these known communities with massive challenges. The Police is the end unit. Labour and unemployment is also a challenge, challenges from decades exist with immigration within these areas and host of sociological behaviors of groups just seem to be allowed to fester.

The Opposition leader has challenges with many persons who have almost certain ambitions of being leaders from the times of Dr. Minnis.

There are clearly well known laws on the illegal amounts of breaking Bahamian Laws building illegally, pollution etcetcetc enacted by the Bahamian Legislators that must be applied in the same manner as is applied to everyone.

Breaking of these laws that had continued for decades and decades under the continuously watchful eyes and continuous knowledge of the legislators without action at the beginning would not have resulted in the excessive pain and tortuous suffering of these victims at this advanced stage. These plain wishy washy enforcement of some laws and of nnot some laws is plain indicative of the wishy washy mentality and select favoritism at this time to create hurtful situation.

The authorities solution to knowingly force these victims into the already overcrowded urban communities also intentionally creates clearly different sub-groupings/blocks distinct communities of people with clearly crazy glue united ties of language and way of life, culture, norms, customs, taboos etc. (Days ago many were not celebrating Bahamian Emancipation Day Aug. 4th simply that is not theirs and a number of others.)

Nicki Kelly's long documented crusade in betterment of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas deserves an Official State Recognized Funeral. R.I.P.