Good to hear Mr. George's is doing well. It's sad that Haitians face so much discrimination. We have to mature to the point where we don't see colour, religion or national origin, etc. Hope he continues to progress in his current role.

In the next topic, marijanua, the writer states that she's nit.of the generation smoking marijuana. Lol. Marijuana didn't just arrive here. People have been smoking for years. In the 80s (I can't speak of before, too young for that), cocaine was more prevalent. It is a very destructive drug. Marijuana would have negatives to it, but it is clearly a drug with a lot of positive properties. On the US response to banks, it's hypocrisy. Although marijuana was.legailzed in a lot of US states, they've not going to extend an open mind to others for whatever reason. It's like the tax topic. You tell every country they need to ensure they don't have US persons with bank accounts in their jurisdiction who are not tax compliant in the US. But, you allow accounts to be opened in Delaware and Nevada that may not be tax compliant. Also, if.you're from another country and want to evade taxes, you can open US accounts without fear if having your account information disclosed to your government. It's just hypocrisy at its highest.

More information leads to better understanding and implementation. A good article as always.

The PM was a disgrace in the Q&A part of the press conference. He was rude, arrogant and very disrespectful. At one point he made an analogy, where he started to sound like some crass guy on the street in the inner city. A total disgrace as a leader.

That explanation he gave of why you can have a church service with x number of people but not a funeral with the same number was complete BS. It's simple the church applied pressure to have their services and he gave in. It's as simple as that. If he's concerned that in grief people could lose themselves and break protocol then at weddings people are happy. Allow for full participation at church weddings. People can space themselves out and be happy, right?

It's a skillful stick up the nose. Lol. Let's be nice with our medical personnel. These days it's hard to differentiate real issues or someone working an angle. We have politicians failing and trying to spin. We have medical experts failing and trying to spin. It's too many games on this pandemic.

What we do know is that economies are severely impacted by shutdowns. Medical experts are still grappling with this virus. We're in the middlr.of the madness. We probably won't see daylight until mid 2021.

Thanks for th at info. 2% is still not zero, but from a risk based approach they would represent a lower risk population. This would make sense as to why the testing done in some countries that I heard of focused on persons exhibiting symptoms.

I'm not a proponent of.lockdowns and curfews. I want a solution like everyone else. I think it's a matter of increased testing and contract tracing. If you identify those persons infected and th use who were exposed to someone infected and you quarantine them, you can control the spread. Lockdowns are simply an exercise of.kicking the can down the road. It.clearly isn't achieving any real results. A short term dip followed by explosion of cases when you reduce restrictions.

For him to escape, either the security there has holes or someone assisted him. So, it's interesting that the article focused on the capture and commending officers for the capture and at the end mentions investigating the escape. Real crappy journalism. If someone escapes a facility, that a huge screw up. Hinting at it in the last sentence of the article is very poor journalism.

Sounds like he had Covid-19. To be frank, it's difficult to express sympathy on the passing of a coldblooded killer. His family wishes to be heard as the prison didn't address his needs. They are right. But, should society fight for the rights of someone who took lives? Should we fight to ensure that every need they have is addressed? Should we? It's cold tonsay, but our society is a shithile.because of crime.

Instead of recognizing this loss, we need to recognize the people he killed.

This is really sad. This officer has to be made an example of for the rest to get the message. Based on what's stated here, it appears that the officer was not arresting the gentleman and trying to confiscate the marijuana. It seems that the officer was simply taking it from him. So, essentially you have a criminal with a badge.

There's no justification to shoot someone for simple marijuana possession, even if you're acting in an official police capacity unless you're met with violence and you have. no other option. The Commissioner needs to step up and speak to these situations. The Commissioner has to show the country that he has control over his men. This is not the time to play "brotherhood". The police are paid by taxpayers and taxpayers deserve to get value for their money.

🤦‍♂️ I don't get the stupidity of this government. Why would you recommend a test that doesn't give results for ALL persons infected. If asymptomatic infections represent 40% of your infections, you need a test to identify these people.

We're sitting here watching the government chug along with a medical and economic disaster strategy. This is a time for a vote of no confidence in the PM, the firing of the Minister of Tourism and the Minister of Health. The mistakes made and the continued strategy shows recklessness and a total detachment from logic.

This is rough. The organizations doing this deserves a big "thank you" for their efforts. Everyone receiving assistance have to hang in there as best as they can. For those of us who can help our brothers and sisters, we need to jump in. It will take a community to get through this crisis.