There’s an old saying that seems appropriate, “like putting lipstick on a pig”

Once again the point must be made that we are discussing how the Bahamas, not Haiti and not the US, treat women and how Bahamians see their role in this society.

And if the US is 'the greatest violator, etc..etc' why do the young people of the Bahamas continue to leave the land of their birth to seek their fortune there?
Especially the women of the Bahamas?

America is hardly perfect, but no one in their right mind would emulate the means of justice, government, education etc that is de rigeur here.

This article references the status of women in the Bahamas.
There is no place for a segue into Black people, Haitians or slavery; though in considering slavery one could make a case for the latter in regards to the statelessness women and their children who are denied citizenship.

And what prevents this scumbag from going back to assault his girlfriend again?

Dr Sands’ questions should have been volunteered when the fund was set up, not drug outta incompetent possibility corrupt officials.
Who decides if you and/or your loved ones are covered?
Is the criteria like everything else in this country-ie. not based on need, but one’s political connections?
How many have drawn off the fund, how much money is left?
How many folks have the ability to draw off this money?
Isn’t this just typical!

PLP Chair Mitchell is angry that the press didn’t wait for Bowleg’s response?
Would it have been any different, made any difference to the findings of malfeasance?

And an audit “is just a snapshot of what the auditor found on that day or days..”
So what, the information would be different the next day? The money missing would suddenly appear? Please!
And as for Mitchell calling out the financial watchdog out for ignoring “the principle of administrative law in the Bahamas, Mitchell himself broke the rule book a thousand times over.

So we’re getting news of fairly small increments of fraud that were fairly predictable given the present administration, what we want to know is where did they stash the $millions upon $millions of money absconded from the Bahamian people??

Women are not safe from Bahamian from Bahamian justice.

Sounds like they gave up the chicken feed and kept the goose!

It would be laughable if it wasn’t so hypocritical for Commissioner Fernander to boast of “serious crime decreasing” but rape has increased in the same breath.
Nor are these crime statistics taken into account and added to “serious crimes” but that wouldn’t allow him to proclaim his and this government’s latest fraud.

And what’s up with removing the number of statutory rapes from the number of rapes in NP??
Last year according to the RBPF there were 61 rapes and 134 cases of “unlawful intercourse”.
That means there were at least 195 rapes, so surmising since half or more aren’t reported.
That means that at least 134 children under the age of 16 were raped, double that of “rapes”

And since the reported stats in this article of child sexual abuse are not included by the RBPF, what pray tell is that number?

And there is little chance of adopting a child under care in the Bahamas, that permission must come from the families of these poor souls, the Aunties, Uncles and Grandparents.
And they would rather have the state house them in one of the government’s ‘care homes’
where they receive none before they let it be known ‘officially’ they’ve refused to bring up their own or admit that their son is in jail or their daughter’s on drugs.

But they’ll be there in church on Sunday! Just without those who need their family so desperately.