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.

Yeah. Sure.

I agree Turtlepond. That's why the "qualified" Bahamian don't come home because the foreigners have eaten up all the best jobs. This is a very good incentive by this Government. It will force the private entities to do better.

Finally, I have something to like this Government for. This is long overdue! Go Fred!!!
Now we need to go higher up the chain. Unfortunately I don't think average Bahamians will be rushing to fill these vacancies (maids and gardeners) although on the other side of this, the illegal foreign element may finally be frustrated out of the country - we hope!

I do not agree with you, wachawant. It is not the FNM that sullied the word "referendum". It is the Government. The PM put his foot in his mouth from the word "go" when he said the Government has no horse in the race and then proceeded to advocate by his actions and words for a "yes" vote. When I hear the word "referendum" I now associate it with something stupid and senseless so if I were this present administration, I would stay away from holding any more referendums for a while. We are still reeling from the last one and the taste in our mouths is not very good at this time.

Perhaps he's pandering to the group for the cameras?

He got a call from the PM who promised to "investigate the matters personally".

Jesus would forgive and restore if the person genuinely repented. I'm sure you have heard the saying, "The gift and the calling of God are without repentance." I don't think God takes away our gifts and calling when we sin so in this case, I don't find it fair to judge. God is the one that he said called him into ministry and gave him the gift to preach his gospel. Further, noone knows if he has repented and what his relationship is with his master. If his congregants are prepared to accept him, again, who are we to judge?

I agree proudloud. Although I don't think the PLP's want HAI back its mostly the die-hard FNM's (you just need to check out the no spin zone on Facebook if you don't believe me) who can't face the music and accept that his time is up. Good leader but time for a change. And I also agree that if they run a bandit in the next election, that bandit will win if the present trend continues with this bunch!