“Publicize them anymore”??
These contracts have never been made public, in fact Darville is still disputing the veracity of those leaked despite the fact he & Davis have blamed the US for their dissemination!

And no, the US State Dept is not “satisfied” nor would they trust any assurances given by a known corrupt actor/leader of a country on their watch lists for a host of crimes.
In Davis’ telling it was he who took Rubio to task over their lack of security re: the proliferation of arms pouring into The Bahamas. I’m finding it hard to imagine Sec Rubio allowing Davis to blather on knowing of his criminal profiteering connections to the gangs facilitating such activity!

As for his supposed admonition to Rubio concerning the “aggressive recruitment” of local nurses?
The University of The Bahamas is rated #6500 globally, their nursing program is not rated at all.
Bahamian nurses trained here and in Cuba cannot get hired for the 400+ vacant positions that the health authority refuses to fill save those that pour money into a communist regime

It’s a classical fish story, who’s buying this one?

Isn’t this exactly what was predicted when this government set about to increase fees/taxes for every visitor/second homeowners?

And of course no one has mentioned the increasing perception in the media far and wide that Nassau is running amuck. The height of the season and rapists dominate the headlines

Those ludicrous stories coming out of this gov’t downplay ing the fire on Bay St? Who do they think they’re kidding? Tourism merrily proclaiming traffic was per usual (they were disaster gawkers!) and Knowles’ downplaying what was pictured in the media, what had cruisers agog of ‘ flames just 500 yards from the port entrance’ was the result of firefighters battling stiff winds?

If the winds HAD gone above the 10 mph reported that coupled with no meaningful fire controls we’d be looking at a big empty downtown.

Now this will be an interesting build for $2M!!
Retrofit isn’t quite the correct word one would normally use to describe the complete build out of a lab complex whether in an existing building or not.
And all the bells and whistles Darville has casually included?
Those coming attractions will need a far greater outlay of monies

Additional costs for the promised resilience to natural disasters means millions more, though frankly we’d be far better off if that resilience included that against our own homegrown Bahama-disasters, the incompetence and sticky fingers of Davis&Co.

So last week Howard Thompson “Department of Labour director” rashly claimed “heads would roll at the highest level” before he even stepped on the plane to Stirrup Cay now says there are “two sides to every story”
How old is this guy? He’s employed as a ‘director of labour’ but has never heard much less utilized this sage advice?

His grave remark that he and his investigator “Renaldo Rolle had travelled with very short notice to Great Stirrup Cay…to assess the situation and look for credible information to support my previous statement heads will roll” is comical a) given these complaints were sent to his dept 2 years ago…and 2) does he realize his remark re:looking for info to confirm his rash hyperbole was in no way a means of fulfilling his task at hand, but was to most observers of Davis&Co an accurate description of their usual MO?

Coincidence or no?
The former Bahamian officials being held in the US on drug and weapons smuggling as well as human trafficking charges declared a month ago they’d trade information for a plea deal to lessen their prison time.
Seems long enough to drop some names!

Now this is funny!
That this government would stand on it’s DEI mandate, and not that which has propelled Davis&Co for decades-corruption works better in the Bahamas!

Davis&Co should be concerned as to how things are interpreted by their largest trading partner especially given D&C just accused the US Attorney of unethical behavior!
And if the US State hadn’t challenged them, and outed their other corrupt dealings Bahamians would never have known how this latest corruption reveal affects their own health and the costs, monetary and otherwise.

When one considers the black economic hole that is the PHA, this particular corruption is just one page in a ginormous data file.
A secret contract shows the bulk of their wages, more than double the salaries of Bahamians in the same roles revert back to a Communist regime who owns their labour.
PHA and the NIH are paying for “ophthalmologists” hand picked by Cuba, not our own doctors to ‘examine’ candidates for surgery in Cuban clinics.
Our ambassador crowed that 30-50 eye patients have journeyed to Cuba every week for surgeries since 2023.
Are they necessary? What are the odds corrupt actors making $$$ off each recommended surgery would skew towards $$ and not a patient’s well being?

We’re beyond any question re:Davis&Co’s involvement, what’s the cut they’re making literally off the bodies of Bahamians?
What other surgeries are being performed fraudulently here and/or abroad, who’s recommending those, who is caring for these patients upon their return home?

And who was granted the favour of contracts to house these workers and how much are they really being paid in $$, ‘gifts in kind’ and favours?
Are these persons so housed limited to Cubans?

One thing is certain, there is no way in hell much less the Bahamas that $12000/yr per person covers all the benefits and costs referenced in those contracts!

The “agency” as shown in the docs was the state of Cuba.
How can you or anyone know the extent by which Cubans were pressured to become slave labourers in foreign countries?

We do know that a nurse’s salary in Cuba is around 4000 Pesos/month, about $200USD
and that toothpaste is 800CUP, eggs are 2700CUP..
So coming to the Bahamas, getting a stipend of less than $1000/month might sound doable (that’s roughly 1/3 of the salary nurses who work alongside them make) until they go to the supermarket, attempt to get to work in a local jitney (driven by a guy on bail for murder) from whatever hell hole Davis&Co has them stashed.

And still no explanation for why Bahamians are robbed of the critical jobs that go unfilled only to have these services provided by foreign workers whose high salaries go where exactly?
Patients sent to foreign lands, and what of those blocked from using their skills acquired through their ‘free scholarships’ to Cuba!
And Darville again knows naught of why!

You like spouting biblical when admonishing us poor sinners, but as Matthew says to all hypocrites: be careful not practice your righteous in front of others to be seen by them.
If you do you will have no reward from God in heaven.

Mitchel’s statement “the purloined documents could not gave been meant to do us any good” feigns to be affronted on behalf of all Bahamians and even provides the evildoer -
the mightier US against the small nation.
We however know of whom he speaks as “us” his own corrupt gov’t Davis&Co.

And why should the Bahamas commit to policy based on “untested material?”
Why indeed? Isn’t this the question voters ask time and again when Davis&Co plunk down Bahamian tax dollars to fly-by-night companies, contracts for politically connected contractors?

It’s all just word salad dodging the remedy-produce the documents!

And also another release of coming attractions-“Bahamas victim of corrupt US Repression”
or how to fight chgs of corruption/drug smuggling/human trafficking in the Bahamas media!!

No. The agency CSMC is being paid for the workers they supply to other countries, here CSMC has contracted to receive twice the wages that Bahamians/foreign workers whomever, would get doing the same jobs.
Why is that?

In Oct 2023 ths newspaper was copied on the letter Cuba Archive wrote to Darville informing him that using Cuba's 'Medical Brigades' was in violation of the human trackking protocols in the UN Convention that the Bahamas was signitorary to since they signing in 2008.

They obviously knew from the Cubans here here that despite the outrageous "salaries" H&W were sending to Cuba, Darville and H&W weren't guaranteed highly qualified workers, the CVs were too thin but did Darville know that?
So they informed him that they had lists of Cuban-educated highly qualified medical professionals (not residing in Cuba obviously) and could provide their CVs, experience etc who would be happy to work here & relocate tomorrow.
No reply was sentnapparently Nor do I recall an editorial response in these pages of this letter sent out of the blue from such a highly regarded human rights org.

With the other documents revealed now at least one part of the scam is revealed: this is a moneymaker for Cuba ( which needs USD$$) on the backs of it's own citizens and at the very least is a kickback scheme for DavisDarville&Co for every Bahamian patient these Cuban "professionals" working at PMH eye clinic and elsewhere can send to Cuba for surgery-needed or not!

And paid by NIB insurance.
As per CA's assessment "three Cuban ophthalmologists are reportedly “working” at the Eye Clinic affiliated with Princess Margaret Hospital for the purpose of identifying patients for treatment in Cuba.The Bahamas’ ambassador to Cuba, Elliston Rahming, confirmed in a June 2024 interview" 30-50 patients going per week!

So out of the approx $144,000+ bonuses ( paid to CSMC of course) per "medical specialist" that person gets a $1200 or $990 stipend/month,( $300 NIB is deducted) to live in one of the most expensive islands,
The Bahamas agrees to pay their housing/work permits/Eng language lessons/repatriation costs ( likely why they can't speak english) etc.-$1000/month.
Here.In.Nassau.
Except after 90 days they're not issued a long term work permit..so?
The letter to Darville, the contracts, all links are here
https://cubaarchive.org/cuba-salud/baha…