So, only TWO island COC went to this Conclave, hey???

Or do the other islands representatives not have a voice??

Or these journalists ain't worth a shit when it comes to putting together a decent story????

If Exuma does not have a fire truck .............. imagine the state of other Out Islands????

If the author can name ONE patriotic politician in the last 20 years, I will be surprised.

There is a simple test for patriotism ............ check their financial records before and after the election cycle. If it doubled, there is NO patriotism there.

Politics is a NOBLE calling ............. but these current generation of imposters have made it a "den of thieves".

If Pintard & Sands do not allow Minnis to run in the next general election as a sitting four term MP for one of the safest FNM seats in the country .............. then we know for sure that Pintard is throwing the election to the PLP (for kickbacks & hush money deals)

Which other former PM has been ridiculed and maligned like this???? ........ For what reasons???

To whoever removed my earlier comment.

Let it be known that the voices of Long Islanders will NEVER be silenced.

We survived Pindling's brand of apartheid.

We can survive this lightweight tin hat dictator as well.

Can our PM point to 2 or 3 tangible national projects that his Government has undertaken by his Cabinet Ministers on the ground to make our country safer or more resilient from climate change????

This PLP Minister of Environment is the most ineffective one to ever sit in that chair, despite all of the talk that he had 2017-21.

I don't know of anything beyond empty rhetoric.

Based on our level of service from WSC these days, we should ALL get off the grid.

We are paying for essential services that we don't adequately receive in 242.

Long Island seems to in a state of not been counted as a part of The Bahamas.

All that is listed in this article is true. Plus more.

No need to get personal with the MP ...... We are taxpayers and deserve far better than this.

This economic demise in Long Island has been going on for well over a decade now. The Govt likes to talk about Dorian, but Long Island has been hit with five major storms since TS Noel in 2006.

Where is our hurricane recovery plan???????

This should be embarrassing for the Minister to have to say. She brags about her HR credentials.

If a person is in a government management position for 10-20 years and there is NO succession planning policy is in place, then that is a failure on the part of the Executive team of that Ministry/Department/Agency.

That is where the problem lies. The Minister should know that.

Bringing back 65+ year old retirees to train the same workers who they refused or neglected to mentor when they were in office is the main problem that has to be fixed.

Hold your breath ...... Snake & Pike will strip the last remaining coins from the pockets of the average/poor Bahamians.

This is a far worse national travesty than BaTelCo in 2011.