Countries that cannot protect its citizens in every way necessary, be able to feed its people, provide its younger generation with a future and afford its citizens an acceptable standard of life should not be independent, If the large corporations in the Ship cruise Industry are having there large passengers ships dumping very large amounts of human waste and other food waste and poisons in our waters and getting away with it what about the hundreds of private boats that anchor in our harbours and around Islands. We cannot get upset when we have to hear disrespectable expressions of " Shit hole countries"

Instead of NIB investing it funds in sound Long term investments (like owning outright and partnership in the Major Hotels and other investments in the Tourist Industry) the Governments instead gave the funds to The Bank of the Bahamas to make million of dollars to dead beat Politicians who today are running around living large and enjoying life with the Honest Bahamian Pensioners money. Shame ! Shame!. Any non politician Bahamian that is depending on the monthly pension income promised at their retirement age " should not" . My own personal experience of having contributed since the inception in 1973 and after some 38 years at retirement age was told sorry you no longer qualify for a pension, go live of Jumbey bush and die. the papa "doc" ingraham government.

Since no Caribbean or World accident response time statistics were offered to support the claim, one can only conclude that this is an opinion and truly not a fact. In my opinion only in the Bahamas are the effected public told at press conferences of opinions and not facts. Perhaps this it the reason for so much unsuccessful prosecution by our Law enforcement departments of Criminals in our Paradise Bahama land.

The National Cancer is progressing. The government need to shut down these web shops and implement a National Lottery. Failing that, the government should require that in order to consider a renewal of the web shop license, a tax reserve of 12 months taxes must be placed in a non interest bearing account with the gaming board, and the government withdraw the tax due from that account monthly. If the web shop close down within that 12 months, the balance of the account is forfeited to the government and the Bahamian people.

Maybe the Commonwealth Secretariat should have been present in our Bahamas in 2011 when papa ( doc ) ingraham took away the NIB pensions benefits from many deserving senior citizens and Loss the next election by a major tsunami result. Hope the country of Belize do not have senior citizens.

it is disheartening to be made aware off how our governments ran and run the affairs of our country with such blatant disregard for Responsible, Accountable and transparent governance.
it is a national and global shame and disgrace that the government of Papa (Doc) Ingraham took away the NIB small monthly pension benefits from the old aged pensioners who built this country to facilitate such corruption, slackness and mismanagement of the tax funds of hard working true Bahamian citizens,
This is a is a government paid Audit, name and shame the unscrupulous persons that stole all these Funds from us so that we can recognize them and their families for who they are,.

Once you have a wish'y- wash'y Government, the Web shop people ( business) will never be satisfied until they have full control of the nation and make the rules as they see fit. That is the nature of their business. The previous government and the Current government fail to understand, the process of a National cancer and its progression stages. Stop the madness, Pass Legislation to revoke all Web shops licenses and implement in its place a national lottery that will benefit all Bahamians. Start giving back to the people as that was the purpose for which you were elected.

The only time that an effective Government should tell the citizens what they are going to go is at the Initial Speech by the Governor General at the opening of the new Parliament. Every other speech should state what has been the results of the governments actions.
Like the speeches and Promises made before being elected of which very very little have been realized , so far, talk is cheap and credibility is everything. Time waits for no one.

TIs this right out of the PUNCH "grapevine gossip page?? If you break the law, name and shame the parlimentarians that do not file their Law demanding disclosure returns on time. If we ordinary citizens break the law, we are named and shamed ( maybe).

After taking all NIB old aged pensioners funds into BOB and handing it out in unsecured loans to delinquent dead beat Members of government, their families, lovers and friends that cost the Bahamian Citizens and in particular the old aged pensioners millions of dollars this paper got him looking like Santa Clause donating 25 bed back to the Bahamian people. Why keep rubbing this stuff in our faces. No Shame???