Lol. Good suggestion.

I question if there is any recourse in law against the developer of the subdivision who has gotten rich off the backs of these poor Bahamians who did not know any better.

I never could understand why the government would give an exemption to persons who could afford a home for $500,000. That's definitely on the higher end of the market. If you can afford a home for this price, you definitely should not be exempt from paying stamp duty as a first-time homeowner. The lower to middle-class (i.e. persons who can afford a home for $250,000 or less) is more deserving of the exemption. Government has lost alot of revenue by raising the exemption to $500,000.

Could it be that Bahamians do not cooperate in stamping out crime because of fear. How many times have we seen witnesses to murder "killed" while waiting for the trial of the accused. The criminals have done a good job of instilling enough fear in "witnesses" to ensure that no one ever talks. It also does not help when you hear numberous stories of homes being broken into and petty theft that the police do not catch the criminals or fail to respond to. If the police do not help the citizens in the small matters, how can they expect cooperation in the big matters?

I agree with some of the previous comments as I too stood on Clifford Park with tears in my eyes waving my PLP flag to "The Storm is Over Now" as Mr. Chistie ascended the podium to give his thanks to the majority of Bahamians that voted his party in for another term. One year later and all I feel is deep disappointment and most of it stems from the lackluster attitude of our PM who never seems to have a clue what is going on, made a foolish attempt to have us "give our opinion" on a gambling issue that clearly took preeminence over more pressing issues of immigration, a fledging economy and hurting Bahamians who were looking to his party for help and hope. I trust that the next four years are not more of the same. If we had to vote tomorrow, they would clearly be voted OUT!

While we are 'amending our constitution' take the buggas off as the final court of appeal for criminal matters and leave our Court of Appeal as our 'final' court. Trust me, the "worst of the worst" will hang then.

Too funny! Can't wait to see how this turns out!

This shouldn't be too hard to do. All you have to do is buy a number and the printed receipt says it all...and it does not say anything about "charges for surfing the web". It big and bold right there. The number you played and if you win, the directions brisk and bold on the receipt for how to collect "your winnings". Commish confused.

I couldn't agree more. This was my first thought. Why is our Government proposing a new Parlamentary complex costing millions of dollars when we still have Family Islanders that are living in primitivie conditions? Surely lighting the runway of an airport is a far more pressing issue. The fact that the island is far away is no excuse. My condolences to the families of those who were affected.

I read the first written article which quoted the gentleman verbatim and I too got the "twisted" impression - I was like, "WTH!". After listening to the above audio, however, I am sorry but I DO agree that his words were printed in such a way that a reader would get a certain impression especially when reading the part about "you cannot send no woman to me, except to learn" which I understood to be a general statement by someone who has probably had women sent to his hotel room for pleasure when visiting certain places. The written quote in my mind gave the impression that his host had sent someone to his room and this was a direct barb at the host.

It is obviously difficult to print words with the proper inflection to give the impression made by the actual speaker and hence written quotes can be subject to misinterpretation. I am glad that The Tribune put the audio on for clarification but again this is just my personal opinion.