Where is the traffic enforcement Mrs.Hanna? The only time we see evidence of the invisible division, aka the Road Traffic division, is when Mr. Christie sails by behind the flashing lights and sirens of his outriders. Why does it take two to three hours for a policeman to show up at the scene of an accident? Why are our people allowed to drive around all day and night focused on their cell phones rather than the road? Why is the prison bus, which I might add has no headlights or signals, allowed to dangerously barge through already gridlocked traffic at high speed. If I could have a dollar for every traffic infraction I see during the course of a day I would be wealthy in a month.

Laughable! Is there a more rabid jingoist in this country than Mr. Mitchell?
More smoke and mirrors............................

Mr. Lightbourn, the drainage problem you have in Perpaull's Tract is not unique as much of Nassau, particularly the south side is extremely low lying.
That notwithstanding, one of the primary contributors to flooding in New Providence is the deplorable condition of the storm drains and street gutter systems. Just look at West Bay St adjacent to the Fish Fry, Bay St itself or Dowdeswell St & Malcolm Park just to point out a few areas, every single drain and gutter choked with garbage, dirt and weeds.
A thunderstorm such as the one experienced on Monday, producing just over 1" of rain, caused massive traffic problems due to street flooding as the water has nowhere to go.
You are absolutely correct in that a wet hurricane, and not even a major one, would cause catastrophic flooding throughout New Providence but unfortunately the people responsible are either asleep at the wheel or, like Mr. Davis, have more pressing matters on their minds.

Rodney is just a typical example of many Bahamian men who are still living in a time warp. Their value of a Bahamian woman was and is still measured by her ability to fry fish and give comfort.
It would appear that the age of dinosaurs is still not over.

Stupid thinks what stupid says..............................

SP, you and Birdie should be careful what you wish for, you might get it because,unfortunately, people like you all obviously don't get it.
One monkey maybe don't stop no show but a mass exodus of them sure would, look what ga get when ya tired of what ya got!

Yeah, PLP for Bahamians as they hang the Baha Mar local creditors out to dry while throwing some more salt on them to help them corn better.
National dept expands by $1.6 billion in the last three years despite $360 million taken in by VAT and the dept to GDP ratio heading for 77%. Them $50 million for BAMSI, $30 Million for the treasury tiefin, $22 million for two years of Carnival, BoB tiefin, Road Traffic tiefin',Post Office tiefin', Social Services tiefin' boy dey sure does add up quick. A little tiefin' here an a little tiefin' dere, here a tief dere a tief alla dem some big tiefs .........................Ole PGC he sold da farm ei ei oh!

Oversight and regulation is fine and no right thinking Bahamian should have a problem with that if it carried out in a professional manner.
But as Bigyard correctly points out there is considerable resentment from Bahamians who quite happily take everything they can from our tourists on the one hand but still have that suck teet stink attitude. We also are now well know for value for money in tourism in general and the tipping point isn't far off when we will have effectively priced ourselves out of the market.
So far as conservation,regulation and enforcement are concerned, next to the Dominicans, Bahamians are their own worst enemies and if government doesn't get serious real soon the collapse of the the conch,crawfish and snapper fisheries, just to name a couple, is inevitable.

You can't, but the difference is in the cost and ease of operation. I have a current Canadian fishing license, $40CAD,
good for one year date of purchase, also a State of Michigan fishing license, $65US, also good for one year from date of purchase. You can purchase a fishing license in either country at a gas station or hardware store without having to jump through all the hoops our officials enjoy seeing foreigners do so much,nothing like a little grovelling on their part to make us feel really important
There is no stipulation in either the US or Canada that makes hiring a local guide mandatory, that's a typical greedy Bahamian knee jerk decision, and before you go there brother Sheeprunner, I am a 6th generation Bahamian and I know my peeps.
I also know what throwing out the baby with the bath water means too, the Bahamas ain't the only destination in the world with bonefish.

Tell that to all those hard red/conchy-joe children in the public school system in Exuma & Long Island who continue to excel scholastically every year despite being so privileged.