Bannister has a point. Social Media is out of hand in this country. I'm very embarrassed to be a part of a society that so easily believes that because someone sends something on What’s App or Facebook, etc. then it’s Automatically True.
I will never forget the so called “9 people” who died hurricane Joaquin in Long Island or no more gasoline being available in Nassau. It’s like that commercial on TV – “It’s on the internet, so you know it must be true”. The people who initially make up these stories to send are bad enough, but we are also to blame if we needlessly pass information on without checking the veracity of the source. I’m probably the only Bahamian left no longer on What’s App.

Smells like a fish!

It's good to hear that PM Minnis will hold individuals from the past administration accountable. There is too much corruption in this country and people think because they are not out there with a gun, that it's not really a crime. </br></br>My only hope though is that PM Minnis is just as strict with his own cabinet or else it will be a new administration and the *same 'ole same 'ole*, but I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt *for now*. Only time will tell.

There's obviously more to this story than the Tribune is saying or allowed to say. Why would they go through the trouble of arresting this MP if nothing was missing. Something isn't adding up.

Such sad news for that family. My heart goes out to them.

Very sad to see what happened to the family and small children. Prayers are with them.

Brent Symonette, financial services - not a good idea!

That's an interesting point about NIB payments though, for whoever will be responsible there should be stiffer penalties. There have been too many poor unsuspecting private sector workers who have their NIB payments taken out of their salaries and all the while their employers paid NIB nothing.<br/><br/>

We as a country have to put an END to all this stealing. Thieves at ANY level need to be dealt with. Workers, I encourage you to visit NIB and request a letter stating that your payments are up-to-date. However, in these modern times why can't all employees be able to check this information online? It's just like the International Observers said about the *advanced poll*, why are we LAST in the region for voters to be able to login and check online to see if their names are on the register rather than standing hours in the sun?

Unless you have the highest degree in Education your comment would be considered somewhat baseless.
While having a graduate degree (in any field really) is not the panacea for ALL ills, it exposes education practitioners to researched methods that have been successful on a global scale.

Undergraduate degrees really do not provide this type of scholarly research and empirical evidence which somewhat leaves practitioners hypothesizing on appropriate pedagogy apposite to learner's needs, especially in developing nations.

A very many of those sitting up in the Department of Education (DOE) Mr. Lloyd are just there to collect their paycheck and increase their pension.

It's time to do some weeding out. Those who need to retire (force them) and make everyone at DOE accountable because you will find that they don't care much about what's actually happening in the schools (much less the classrooms). <p>It's time to bring better educated modern thinkers to bring new ideas and a commitment to improving education that has been lacking for decades.</p>Some sitting there don't even have a degree in education (or just a very basic one) and because they have been there forever they believe this entitles them to positions of seniority.<br/>
We need to stop that foolishness and let qualified people serve in those positions.