The argument a lot of people put forward on marital rape is that when getting married it isnsysted that the two become one. So, in their minds tape can't happen. I think the whole debate about marital rape is more complicated than it needs to be. If the law doesn't allow you to beat your wife or kill her why should rape be allowed? Punishment for a crime can of course be all over the map depending on the details of the offense and the criminal.history of the offender. But, I don't think we need a long debate on rape. You can't allow for assault or murder to be a crime (in marriage and outside) but rape isn't.

I don't get it. He wants to make it more difficult to legally own a gun. Interesting! Every criminal on the street can have an illegal firearm. No approvals necessary. Soz why make it harder for law abiding citizens. Requiring training in handling, etc. is fine. But, approvals take forever to get and the longer you delay the process or make it more difficult to obtain a license you make it harder for law abiding citizens to protect themselves. Criminals on the street don't have to wait for the Commissioner to give an approval.

I'm not sure why Mrs. Wilson mentioned this. There are tons of things for kids to know to be prepared for the world. Not sure why this was mentioned. Are we educating them to racial discrimination, "Me Too" movements, public corruption, infidelity, etc. There are a bunch of topics. I'm sure Mrs. Wilson don't want those covered. So why this. I think everyone has rights and people should respect a person's rights. Kids will ask questions. Address questions when asked don't make it a part of the curriculum. Part of not being an adult is you are insulated from the real world. Let kids be kids, please. The community is constantly evolving, it's confusing for adults so imagine trying to explain this to kids. Not a good idea.

Mrs. Wilson should be concerned about the failing schools of the teachers she represents. Fix Math. Fic Wnglish! When things are going great and kids are smart enough to understand what they need to know then maybe we can start a discussion on other things.

Wow! Unbelievable! He tried to defend that? Incredible!

What in the world is he saying? Let's be clear some work permits are issued in some sectors where there are tons of qualified Bahamians available. The government plays these games. Everyone knows that a lot of jobs will not be given to Bahamians. I'm not referring to construction or landscaping. I'm referring to high end white collar jobs. The government spends too much time pretending to protect Bahamians while condoning the flagrant abuse of the system by foreign employers. There are even cases where the government itself is employing individuals (expats) for roles they locals can fill.

I think there exist a gap in the thinking of Minister Bell. Let's cut the nonsense and address the whole situation shall we?

We don't have labour data but the Minister believes unemployment is likely high but declining. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Someone say "banana" and I'll say "republic".

Every five seconds there's a proposed resort. I thi bnb k there's one for Exuma, Long Island as well, also there are plans for Grand Bahama. So much projects in the works. Lol. Like some of you have said already, let's see what they deliver.

They said for the police to become involved a compliant is required, so how do.they know this was happening? I doubt someone being charged $10,000 for a $5.00 T-shirt is sitting at home overseas thinking, I'm simply not going back there again. If you live in the US or some other country and you get your bank statement weeks or even a month after your trip, is Mr. Munroe expecting someone to Google "Bahamas Police" and send an email to some random email address. And knowing our police, some genius gets the email and takes weeks before they read and months before they do anything with it, if they di anything. Then an investigation may start and that drags in forever, then the AG office may get involved and that drags in forever. Then a court case is filed and the courts take a million years to set a date. Then you arrive in court and a lawyer doesn't show or makes some excuse why they can't start that date and the courts schedules another date for some distant future date. After all of this, the plaintiff is left with the idea, just let the criminals have the $10,000.00 or $15,000.00 because it will.cost you 10 or 20 times that amount plus tons of frustration to solve it by taking action. Someone say "banana" and I'll say "republic".

We have a consumer protection agency? Is this agency working to help Bahamians as well?

It's interesting the article is about how this negatively impacts the tourism product but no one bothered to check with the AG's office to see.what criminal charges should be brought and where the police are in investigating this crime. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe fraud ain't a crime. Lol. This lil country! And we wonder why we're looked at as a banana republic.

Why are we only hearing every so often about a tourism deal? Even if it is above board and adds to the nix we are still not diversifying our economy. When a recession hits, is tourism something that will not be impacted? No. If our tourism numbers dwindle because we can't compete with other destinations at a later date, will it matter how many resorts we have open? We need to co.e up with new ideas. Even looking at tourism (forgetting about diversification for a second), our tourism product is deficient. What are we really giving visitors? Are we showing them a great picture of our history? No. Are we giving them a good slice of our culture? No. A Junkanoo rush out at a hotel, isn't a great display of our culture or the two parades on Bay Street per year. We have nice beaches, but so do many other countries around the world.

Let's step outside of our little box for a second and realize we need to diversify our economy by starting new industries and with the tourism product that we have we need to bring it up to par with other countries around the world. We deliver a "D" product but expect to charge "A" prices.