How in the midst of a medical catastrophe are we having an election? How do Mr. Ingraham and Mr. Christie take photos and keep.their mouths closed? If there was ever a time in our history to remove a leader, to.peak out and take back our country, now is.the time. It's not time for.people to play politics. People are dying. The country is in shambles medically. This is election is a statement of arrogance and a total lack of concern for the lives of our fellow countrymen. This is a disgrace and should be stated as such. Instead of photo ops, Mr. Ingraham, Mr. Christie and Mr. Davisn should be making moves to stop this and calling for.the immediate removal of De. Minnis. This decision will go down in infamy in Bahamian history. I hope that the photos of these 3 men who stood.by and watch are etched in this dark day in our history.

Wow! We shouldn't have a team in Tokyo with whose competing undecided. This is disrespectful to both ladies. To have them compete for a spot while there can not be good for them mentally while they are focusing on competing.

I'm not sure why the only response the government has to this problem is adjusting curfew hours and lockdowns. Realistically, the country can stay open and we just simply increase testing. As an example, if someone wants to go out on the weekends, they need to show evidence of a negative reading for a rapid antigen test on a weekly basis. This would allow the economy to be open and minimize the spread. Simply locking the country down and adjusting curfew destroys the economy and doesn't address the issue. Also, the new delta variant is a problem for the vaccinated as well. So, the guidance given for vaccinated people is totally incorrect given what is known now. We're also allowing tourist to come in and move about the hotel properties without restrictions, which in itself can increase the spread. So, like I said, test our way out of this situation. Citizens like us have to continually endure the idiocy of bad decisions by the government.

It appears no one edit these articles. I see a lot of mistakes here. With regards to some healthcare workers not being vaccinated, shouldn't the journalist here mention what are some the reasons (this is separate from the before mentioned mistakes).

There is disconnect between the Minister and the Chief Medical Officer. They are clearly not on the same page.

The numbers are incrasing but the response is not the correct one. A curfew will not solve a problem and a lockdown will destroy the economy. Mr. Roberts speaks of people not listening. Is it as simple as that?

One solution is testing. If someone wants to go out, let's say, require a negative rapid antigen test taken within the last 5 days. so, every week they have to show an updated test. this solves two problems, you minimize the spread in certain settings as most people who test negative during a given week should be negative. Anyone who is negative one week should have a positive test the next week or early into the third week. The second benefit, we are reducing the unknown. By flagging at least those going out who may be positive, we can isolate them and reduce them spreading the virus among their contacts. Not having this test, they will not know they are positive and they will spread it among everyone they know. one unfortunate consequence of course is that if someone can't afford a test, they will not be allowed to go out which gives an additional benefit because if they are positive, it limits how many extra people they can infect and if they are negative they can't get exposed.

Not sure why we have adjusted the curfew hours. That will not impact the spread. We need to increase testing. It as simple as that. If people want to go out to bars/clubs, etc. require that they produce evidence of a negative rapid antigen test. Require every week that they have an updated test. You will some cases because some persons may test negative this week and be positive the next. But, they will be flagged the next week. The government would then have a clearer picture of the level of infection in the country as well as you would have more persons tested.

Interesting! Do we really have the mechanisms to police something like this. It seems possible that we could open ourselves up to scams.

The idea of crowdfunding itself is good. But, if we are gong down this road we need to have controls in place. On a side bar, it's interesting how the government seems to be bringing things to the table now. Election season aye?

This is an interesting article. It's good to know what's happening. What would be good is if Mrs. Wallace-Whitfield can educate us as to what to look out for from local agents that could be a red flag of an issue and how to handle the situations. I don't think I've seen the head of BREA speak to the media about issues before. So, maybe this should continue as means to inform those of us outside of the industry of what happens in the real estate sector.

Wow! Seems like gross overkill by the Governor of the Central Bank. You would expect a person of that stature to have a mature response to such a situation. I hope the Governor and Deputy Governor are paying the bill got their attorney and will be paying for the union leader's attorney as well. This situation is just ridiculous.

The scoring is very discriminatory. To be 100% accurate, the whole process is discriminatory. So, a person 50 years old who may need a "leg up" can't apply.

Is it fair for someone to pay market value to potentially have a reduction in property prices that can potentially result from this move by the government.

The gesture on the surface appears nice but I think it can lead to issues. It looks like another gimmick to get votes.