aghast !!! un delegation with Organization of 50 plus years involvement in Palestine Middle East people and lands yet to have solved, still on daily TV coverage of recent violence and horror and now dey walking, inspecting around Bahamas, former English Colony and now independent peacefully some going on round 50 years now,.... and, and, and with Queen's Governor General Representative and sovereign nation. Weeeell mudda sic.Throw them out for entertaining stirring ups anti govt factions agitating instability against lawful govt and Bahamian peoples and laws of the Bahamian nation.

Minister seems to be on a different bus which can go west and capable of turning an going east. People had given massive swing to previous govt wid some 25 seats which actions or inactions almost wiped them out entirely, and now electorate swing around with massive swing to elections with alternating govt wid whopping 35 seats. Surely, the Minister can't be serious at not having expertise in 35 strong govt. majority in coming up with solutions forward.Unbelievable govt can make nation stop for dealing wid historic Covid Pandemic but he can't alter taxation on a dime.

Fully agree Dawes and C2B. In the long 10 year road an still onwards getting a critical life and death situations children safety system saving and dealing wid wutless criminals abusing children in seconds, minutes,hours, there shouldda been immediate adoptation of what you suggest. Until grand process is done an an immediate blasting to all recipients phone owners by phones and done advertising wid bucket of paint and one sign painter painting message on wooden roadside billboards.

11 year old young child murdered 2011 and now after lots of man hours and money spending and after convicted murderer trying times to get off number of times now is definitely shameful and disgraceful of all the time spent in implementing critical important system to better protect children. How could the Legislators an govt. not have done this any sooner ???

Kudos to da photographer in the back making the extra extra effort to be stooping bending over to have photo taken looking at the camera. Typical, always the working peoples having to carry the loads of the budget on top of them by da well suit and ties politicans.

The common factor the Covid is the shutting down of erryting in country for lenghtyiest times. People locked up un homes, confined for periods, rations of meals, mental stresses, family conflicts, children needs education, elderly, unemployments, increasing grinding poverty, no electricity in house etcetc.

What needs to be happening is the authorities needing to increase the numbers of Social Services with Social Services workers operating from the Urban Renewal Offices to get into the se communities to deal and bring relief to those suffering the most from the effects the Covid pandemic, growing, festering challenges, more people unemployed of categories of workers not living in wealthier neighbourhoods, made worse to people in these communities. Its 'bout time the peoples first, start with the attention to most people at the bottom of the ladder. Increase the experts Social Services, Social Services workers to go into Urban Renewal areas to bring mostest immediate relief.

Those who are guilty of breaking the laws of the Bahamas must suffer the consequences of breaking the laws. Every person(s) breaking these laws found guilty according to theBahamian Courts suffer the penalties, no matter of dere nationality, race, religion, gender, economic background etc. Not too long ago the illegal fishing boat with foreign nationals poaching fish in the Bahamian territory caught and found guilty by Court had the whole boatload of foreign nationals fined and put into Fox Hill prison.

@tribanon. Indeed. These "behemoth floating hotels" are more like a CITY on top of a vessel moving in the ocean berthing at different ports. Tribanon, you have good insight.

A 15 year old already in Grade 11 seems to be a very smart young man.

The previous story with the same above photo of the situation clearly mentions a Haitian man whose dilemna should have addressed to the Haitian Ambasasador. Frequent stories reported in the press should have been alerted the Haitian Embassy on Shirley St. of the distress of their Haitian nationals.

All Haitian Citizens should have referred to their Haitian Ambassador of their dilemna from a year ago and continuously. Where is the Haitian Ambassador and immediate dealing with their nationals distress in the Bahamas ??? Frankly, otherwise of Haitian nationals with known knowledge of Haitian Embassy non co-operation and quiet acceptance of citizens illegally taking over possessing Bahamian State lands, warrents the Bahamas National Security immediately taking action against perpetrators.

The Haitian Ambassador needs to be summons to the Bahamian Govt to explain these actions of their nationals actions going on over the past.