The DRA is a joke. $2.7 million to help the people who need it but the government says it is going to spend something like $6 million on the TCB airport? Because of the delay by the DRA, poor souls are going to pay 100% more for materials then they would have a year ago. It’s been over 18 months since Dorian. Let this be a lesson to any other island that will be hit by a hurricane. you are on your own! Our government is great at making promises to get a lot of hype. But, there is no follow through!

It remains a mystery to me why the Bahamas requires a PCR test. Even the US allows a rapid test. Some countries even allow vaccinated people without tests. Time for us to move forward and alleviate another problem for travelers coming to visit us. I would rather have vaccinated guests than tested guests!

Let’s see. Everyone knows you have to have water to survive. Electricity, while not as important, has become a basic human need. 18 months after Dorian still no constant water in the Abacos and now, just now, they are asking for more money, which will undoubtedly take months. What happened to the “complete assessment” it took WSC to do after Dorian? The WSC is as inept as BPL. The NGO drinking water providers pulled out months ago. And WSC just let them go. And, the sole electrical inspector of the entire Bahamas shows up monthly to ok connections. Meanwhile, The Farm, with illegal immigrants has generators running and water. Go figure!

DNP Long Term Approach=Doing Nothing

God bless him. He was the last good PM we had!!

So, the water company doesn’t pay its subcontractor who is supplying water in some family islands, and the subcontractor shuts off the water. The government has an “emergency” action to order the company to turn the water back on. Yet, God forbid you don’t pay your BPL and you get cut off. I have had BPL surges destroy my equipment too. Good luck squeezing blood out of that turnip.

2 year renovation? Why didn’t they start that a year ago?

Another step in the wrong direction!

Mr. Henfield said “Dorian was first of its kind”. He probably meant Cat 5. Because, the Bahamas are hit with hurricanes regularly. Look at Freeport. If there is nothing else, why not really push for a hurricane plan-which doesn’t exist right now. Why is Bahamas Air charging family islanders to evacuate? What about hurricane shelters built on Abaco? What about post hurricane help like drinking water? This government relied on NGO’s for well over a year to provide clean drinking water in Abaco. And, when the NGO’s gave up after 15 months-poof! Drinking water gone! I am not taking political sides. But, he should be screaming for help-or maybe “doing his best” just isn’t good enough!

Prepare for the bait and switch to the Chinese vaccine. It’s on the dark horizon!