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…

What’s a $$$ commission working for a corrupt system going to accomplish?
Waste money.
The RBPF isn’t enforcing the law, Minister Munroe admitted that when he suggested outfitting women with body cams to record their own assaults would be easier than going about the business of his office, enforcing the law, supervising the RBPF in such a manner that they are made to carry out their duty to enforce the law.

We know from Wee Chester that employed persons are supposedly on duty on every beach where jetskis operate, watching the operators…operate illegally?!

And all the while our PM’s ears are burning, he’s started spouting wild accusations, and shaking in his Guccis knowing any day the whip is coming down from the US Attorney!

Tee hee! Entrapment?! How about trapped like rats!

On March 21st the US Attorney wrote to the presiding Justice to request a delay in pre-trial motions for 60 days as 4 of the indicted, Roker, Curtis, Simeon and one of their Columbian co-conspirators had been cooperating with their investigation such that they could be offered plea deals.
So these guys have been spilling the beans for at least a month..

Now 3 weeks later since the formal request our dear leader is darkly alluding to the manipulation, the coercion of these hapless fellows into crime!
Worse the US is still refusing to tell him the identity of the Big Bahamian Pol pulling the strings!

Should we soon expect to be delivered from our overlords of corruption?
Will Davis&Co be flying off into the sunset with the plane we paid for?
Is this reason for our bare Bahamian cupboards, squirreling away for the big lift off?
Hmm how much rot will that plane hold??

This so called Minister of Justice is telling women in The Bahamas he is no such thing.
He’s saying our judiciary and it’s police force are so corrupt that to expect them to do their job ie.to enforce the law, to protect and serve is such an oxymoron that this government should outfit the hundreds of thousands of women who live (I hope he wasn’t excluding our residents) and visit here with body cams to ‘catch’ their rapists!

Now the next conundrums…what good does this “evidence” do for women?
Report it to the RBPF and judiciary who have refused to enforce the law?
Or take it to the newspapers and/or perhaps the US Embassy in a hapless attempt to shame them into action?

And 2) where is the money to fund such an outrageous suggestion?
Let’s get real here, this gov’t hasn’t even the money to contribute it’s share of the RBPF’s medical insurance!