As usual John, you missed the point and got caught up in your rant:

"Society takes its example from their leaders as do children from their parents and elders, corporal punishment or lack thereof in schools or at home won't matter a hill of beans until those who should govern, guide and teach take a hard look in the mirror and decide if they like what they see."

I'm not blaming the Bahamas or Bahamians for the drug trade, I'm blaming them for the running sore of undisciplined behavior and total lack of respect for authority that has been allowed to fester since we became self governing and THAT should make ALL Bahamians feel sick and lame!

You know what John, growing up here in the fifties & sixties cut ass at home & in school was a given, but it never turned me into one of the young psychopaths we're overrun by today and I am now close to retirement. I never had to beat my own children who are now happy, well adjusted & responsible adults.
After independence law and order went off the rails in our society as a whole with slackness and corruption from the government on down, who can forget the drug days of the seventies & eighties when this Nation was literally for sale and the cocaine epidemic which resulted from?
Society takes its example from their leaders as do children from their parents and elders, corporal punishment or lack thereof in schools or at home won't matter a hill of beans until those who should govern, guide and teach take a hard look in the mirror and decide if they like what they see.

Right on Comrade Tal, accountability is a word that doesn't exist in either party's vocabulary.
More whitewash and mouthwash for da stink taste in ya mout on da way...............

"disruptive child should be automatically enrolled in a special behavioral or private school at the cost of the parent,"
What kind of coolaid are you drinking? Why do you think they are enrolled in a government school in the first place? They bettas legalize grass quick 'cause dat stuff you drinking dangerous bey.

The current Principal in this instance obviously has difficulty in having her teachers attend staff meetings as they're otherwise occupied attending Union meetings or sit outs. Go figure.................

Bahamian man dem need to know dat if dey did spare dey rods more often we wouldn't have so many spoiled chiles..........

More to The Pointe, pun intended, name the contracts put out to tender since coming to office, their dollar value and to whom they were awarded.

Ah those wonderful proactive unions............ the tail always wanting to wag the dog, go figure!

If anyone thinks an oil refinery is a good thing for Grand Bahama or anywhere else in the country for that matter, take a look at the benefits being reaped by Nigeria, a country that embraced that industry.

https://qz.com/1192558/nigeria-gas-flar…

Do you really think our Government ready to take on these people?? Go figure!

Repost. the RBDF boss and others should be looking into this..............

https://ideas.ted.com/an-encounter-with…

I challenge Renward Wells & Tellis Bethell to give an explanation as to why this crap is still not under control. Where are all these RBDF patrol craft we recently paid thru the ass for, aside from those just pulled off the reef? These people are stealing our resources in broad daylight while flipping us the bird, so much for Fred Mitchell's diplomatic efforts in the DR.