Ummm...interesting. There is no nation for the Palestinians, that's the first point. Second point, Hamas is labeled a terrorist organization. So, a nation should not be trying to outdo a terrorist group. Every Palestinian isn't a part of Hamas. It is very disturbing that you would condone the callous disregard for human life displayed by the Israelis. Even the US, the last ally that was silent, is speaking up. This is slaughter on a massive scale. Only a deranged person would think this is justified. Babies, little children, innocent women and men are all being slaughtered. Only a monster would agreed with that. The world should not sit back and be silent. nothing justifies the extermination of the innocent.

A really good letter. A brief history lesson fir those who don't know much about that region. A lot of people, particularly in the West, don't have a good grasp of what's happening there. Thankfully, a lot of people are seeing what's happening and are, in their way, speaking up. It's important for all of us who are good to speak up for those who can not fight for themselves. The innocent poor people of Gaza needs the entire world to condemn Israel in the strongest terms for the atrocities committed. No one would fault them for responding after the October 7th attack. However, the innocent blood of Palestinians can not be the "eye for the eye" or the "tooth for the tooth".

I strongly suggest you study history. Clearly you have no understanding of what's going on here. Annihilation is not bringing justice ti anyone harmed on October 7th. If you understood anything about the ongoing conflict and what's happening now your response would be one of condemnation. If you read anything at any point over the years, you would know Hamas is labeled a terrorist organization. All Palestinians are NOT Hamas. There are many Palestinian leaders who push for a peaceful response to the land conflict. If the Israeli government seeks to one up Hamas, wouldn't that make them terrorists. As the writer stated, Israel can do what it has always done, a targeted attack against those responsible. The response now is deliberately designed for carnage. The callous killing of innocent civilians. If you were in the Palestinians shoes you would have a clear understanding. As stated at the beginning, learn the history before you make these nonsensical statements.

I guess the PM wouldn't want this on the front page. Another sad story and no plans NY the government to address the issue.

Another trip down censorship lane! If an idiot is given a chance, he or she has to act based on his or her programming. Therefore, they have to be an idiot.

The PM hasn't done a good job. He has exacerbated certain situations such as increasing the size of the Public Service, hiring additional consultants all while the country is unable to.balance it's budget. Crime is also a picture of his failure. But, to be fair all PMs.have failed on crime and on balancing the budget. What is.worse here is that he gave the impression he had the answers.

On the writer's point of foreseeing the US travel.advisory against the Bahamas, everyone knows this happens when crime spikes or if there is some other major event that is deemed to have a negative impact on their citizens. You don't to think to hard to figure this out.

The letter ends in a political plug. So, it's basically a.free ad. I don't think I saw this before. Just a tip for everyone trying to run for office, simply pointing out mistakes doesn't lead to good leadership. Too many politicians get to office pointing out mistakes and saying they have a solution. Anyone can do that. The proof of leadership is having a sound plan and a vision. The last leader with a vision was Sir Lynden. These days we struggle to find decent managers and it's proving very difficult to find them. I think the Right Honorable Hubert Hubert Ingraham was perhaps the best of the most after Sir Lynden. The test of them added together including current PM hasn't amounted to the cost of a daily newspaper.

It is good to have open dialogue but for a leader optics is very important. If the President of the US had made such a statement, he too would have been criticized by the media. Even putting aside the argument that he is leaning towards censorship, it is incredibly ridiculous to assume that the placement of an article impacts the global perception of the country. Governments have a duty to their citizens not to the Bahamas or.our PM. So, we can reasonably assume that they will have the facts no matter where an article is placed. In fact they have more information than the local.media can ever obtain. So, the PM, being the leader of this nation who interacts with other world.leaders knows this better than anyone else. So, why spend time mentioning this to anyone in the media. It seems more of a distraction from the real point, no.answer to crime, than anything else. We have a huge crime issue and an even larger economic failure. We continuously have deficits which further add to the national debt and we know what is the solution. Stevie Wonder can see that if we reduce the size of the Public Service we can get to a budget surplus. We just need a plan to get this done. So, again, the issue isn't the placement of articles it's cheap political tricks to distract from the failure of leadership.

It's good for young people to see guys like Buddy to look up to. These guys are a good picture for our little nation. It's good for the PM to promote guys like Buddy so that the youth gave positive role models. What would be even better for the PM to do is actually run the country. Come up with a crime plan and fix the economy. If he had a shred of interest in fixing the economy for example he would come up with a plan to reduce the Public Service. If he did this, we could easily have a surplus and be well on our way to reduce our national debt. This PM along with all others before him are just clowns in a suit.

SpaceX? What?! Lol. We have a terrible tourism product. We're constantly pushing sand and sea. What else we have? We don't have native shows as far as I know. We let our historical sites fall into a state of disrepair. There is next to no local.restaurants easily accessible by visitors. We have very little to offer in arts and crafts and whatever offer is usually reflective of other cultures rather than our own. We're a destination of Bahamar and Atlantis. Lol. We're a joke from a quality tourism perspective. The Minister needs to do his job and fix the broken product. Hoping tourists want to see a rocket launch or landing is utter nonsense. People come here because it's like Vegas, it's on a lot of people's wish list. But, after you've been here what's the attraction to come back? If you're a tourist who understands what a quality tourism product looks like you won't come here. There is very little here to offer for you. This isn't because our country lacks the things or can not add the things, it's because everyone too busy focus on a couple quick bucks and have zero understanding of culture and history including this Minister and all others before him.

Also, given their banner year profitwise shouldn't they be giving a nice fat dividend to their shareholders instead of putting their hands out for my money?