In a sovereign nation made up of many populated islands and in a large area of ocean it should have been as a necessary prerequired of governing the nation to have a plane for whomsoever is the national leader to access the people .

Part of it is a lot of national pride as is wearing national flags on lapels to know the leader does not nave to be under obligation to have to be lent jet, helicopter of small plane. A leader needs to be able to go to any of the many small airports all across the nation as the situations arise.

restavek -----restavekk -----restavek ----- a fundamental part of the Haitian culture which has been in existence for ages.

The Haitian restavek culture is the poorer Haitians would send their children to be with families, or friends to live with these persons in more economically better situations with the hopes that their children will have a better life. Sadly, it seems that these children could also end up with evil abusive recipient families or friends.

In return with their hopeful and better upbringing of the restavek children will of course at a later time of being in a hopeful better economic situation, will send benefits to their biological parents, and to those remaining in their own place of parents and family origin.

For many decades of apprehending not legally documented Haitians it was often listed as adult males and adult females and seldom the children of those adults who were being returned to their home country.

Investigations needed as sometime ago, former PM also a doctor has mentioned the numbers of babies being delivered to undocumented persons from other countries. There should be records in the Hospitals on the babies and the records of authorities on children who was not accompanying their biological parent(s).

A fundamental part of the education of authorities must have an understanding of the cultures, norms, mores, taboos etc. of other nations with whom they routinely interact.

@Thisis Ours, love your points. One of the features of the medical professionals in the Bahamas is the controls of the professionals with the Licensing of their members and further controls of the employers amd further controls by the very active unions who will not hesitate to create a ruckus.

On the other side of professionals there are those in the highest House of the peoples elected members who put their hands on the Bible and make oaths and annually do not reveal the mandated finances and the excuses.

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is joined by the hip to Uncle Sam for one of the longest relations in the world on many aspects of being glued together for mutual benefit. The union is so close, right down to American "greenbacks" sitting right next to "blue marlins" in our pockets.

One of the quite obvious areas which is so ----- so ----- so common and just so common that is overlooked, is the common usage of the based inter usage of the Bahamian use of the US currency with US Presidents on currency, alongside national Bahamian currency with Bahamian leaders right next to each other in pockets, in purses, in pockets, in store cash registers, in banks and in the Bahamas Central Bank system, a system that is maintained for the stability and business of the Bahamas.

Land reforms and rightful owners is hugely,----- hugely -----hugely determined by the wealthiest elites who have the funds to continuously have the legal means ----- continuously engaged and courts continuously determine who are the "rightful owners".

All of this talk ----- talk ----- talk ----- is to happen in the sixth most expensive country in the world where it is known ----- by a former elected government ----- that even professionals have it hard to own homes and the decade now going on with the ----- regressive vat taxation which have pushed the struggling population into poverty even the banks withdrawn from the islands where seems to their businesses are not making the primary profits ----- and people in large numbers begging in the streets of New Providence for food and ----- children have to be provided nourishing breakfast by the thousands in the schools by the current government.

Bahamian saying "talk cheap, money buy land."

........last para should be....... the Southern side of Shirley Street where the crime situation wid illegal guns go on fer years and years.

Amazing, that the hard working law enforcement officers have the courage and bravery to go out and retrieve all types of guns from all over the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and in particular New Providence, ----- having skills to examine the minutest details of the ballistics, ----- have the tracing of weapons with trained dog animals, canines ----- and for the strangest of authorities investigations ----- cannot apprehend the evil culprits who hand over these illegal guns within the 7 miles by 21 miles island???

Or....Or....Or.....finding the culprits over on the Northern side of Shirley Street where the crime situation wid illegal guns go on fer years and years.

The authorities need to dust off the files and historical data on Normans Cay to learn how to address the current issues in and out of the area.

Fires can light itself, especially in areas in the bushes with undetected housing shelters where garbage are disposed consisting of glass, bottles can act as magnifying sunlight onto surrounding debris like dry grass or containers of used oil etc. Lightning also starts fires.

Not only undetected housing areas but quite legal established areas can also dispose of garbage illegally in the bushes.

Old abandoned vehicles that are pushed into bushes have residue of dirty oil, tyres etc. that also part of the problem.

“You cannot find a master plan for the city of Nassau because it doesn’t exist. You can’t find a master plan for the island of New Providence because it doesn’t exist,” said Mr Sands.

Yes, there was a plan for the city of Nassau which was being explored by the Honorable PAPA Ingraham where the South Beach Clinic and the Police Station is located. There was the very advancing views an dealing with thousands of acres of land that is undeveloped for the relocation of large congested areas of downtown Nassau. Additionally there was also talks on a more frequent regular Ferry service going over to Fresh Creek Andros area where affordable housing can provide daily labour as it now seems that it can be quicker to travel by a fast boat from Nassau to Andros than it can take to travel by car from existing congested downtown Nassau to western or eastern areas of New Providence at safety driving speed limits at peak hours.

In having a less stressed New Providence travelling on congested roads and quicker access to jobs etc would provide more productive less stressed man hours, less time after being on road instead to find the now normal destressing routine of employees arriving to work, having prayers and taking orders for what to have for lunch.