Intelligence and sensitivity on display👍🏽

This cheeky “editorial” is a bit disappointing coming from the likes of the esteem Tribune. Mr. Mitchell is not a candidate. Mr. Gibson would like to be.

While it is often said “the Bahamian electorate has a short memory” I’d be tempted to infer that anyone not aware of the wannabe candidate’s troubles as a CM must suffer from significant Alzheimer’s?! Not sure why anyone in WE/Bim would want him given that history, but ‘to each his own’?

Mr. Mitchell is said to “know where all the bones are buried” and I suspect we should trust him on this one, given his desire to preserve some semblance of decency in Bahamian foreign relations and ultimately our shared History…

😂🤣😅…so true🥲

…wouldn’t worry about that. “Approval” in this instance needs to be investigated by our legal authorities to see if any shenanigans were committed?!

I’m proud of UB today and fully support their stance.

We once had an administration who called themselves “the government of the sunshine”, we thought it funny then, however looking back through the ‘retrospectoscope’ even though it was a bit smudged, that administration may have been our most “transparent”. Prime Ministers must use their power for the good and be the avatar of good governance.

As we mature, we should strive to improve our governance. Bahamians seem to be on a path of electing ‘one term’ governments. The politicians should recognize that as a cue to perform at their best to facilitate another governing opportunity, not try to ‘get the most’ out of their single term. Where is the concept of bipartisanship? Ruling and opposition parties still only fight one another. This is illustrative of immaturity or dysfunction.

Forward, upward, onward together ✊🏽

This is a perverse incentive and will result in harassment of the public.

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A perfect reason for the separation of church & state’🧐

While a discussion of abortion is welcomed it seems to me that both this minister, as well as the National Security Minister, misses the larger point; a young girl was raped. As such we have a young child in need of our care and support (and allegedly a mom who likely also needs our HELP).

Medical Termination of pregnancy has been widely available in the Bahamas for over half a century and hopefully will continue to be available to our women and girls; it’s their choice. The availability of pills has given women who are ‘early’ in their pregnancy a freedom of choice unhindered by an overarching Big Brother (or in the case of Ms. Rahming, Big Sister). That ship has sailed!

The ‘PHA’s Response’ to the Tribune seems to have confirmed Mr. Mark Cuhna’s complaints about the inadequacies of the RMH Blood Bank’s emergency and weekend coverage for blood procurement and distribution. The same is so for PMH Blood Bank, so it is indeed a PHA systems failure!

It is high time we have a national blood bank that serves the entire Bahamas, including both public and private entities. Duplicating services at the PHA facilities and Doctors Hospital is inefficient and results in increased morbidity and as Mr. Cuhna’s letter points out (allegedly) increase mortality. Local Blood Banking experts will tell you that our present “family & friends appeal for blood” is archaic and not the way it should be done.

This is a story worth exploring by the Tribunes investigative reporters because it could shine a light on a subject where policy changes are long overdue.