Sounds like the voucher that guy needs is for the hospital. The police are a reflection of society. There are good ones and bad bad ones. It's a good gesture what they're doing here. It would be good if they can clean up the force and get rid of the bad apples.

It's sad the stories covered here. People need to have a chance to help themselves. Hopefully, in the coming months things improve for these residents.

The streaming was a good one. I'm not sure why in these times pastors need to have their congregants in person with them in church. The only reason seems to be financial, which is sad. That means that some pastors are willing to put the lives of their congregations as well as the lives of the rest of the population who interact with them at risk of exposure and spreading of Covid-19.

I don't understand the PM. Is he so concerned with votes that he's going to allow for anything now? If a business owner is concerned with the viability of his business and wants the government to allow him to operate, that's one thing. But, for the church to push when they operate primarily from the pockets of people who could be unemployed or at major risk of serious complications from Covid-19 if they catch it, is completely without a conscience.

Typo, enduring hardship not ensuring hardship.

These numbers will probably be consistent with a lot of countries around the globe. A lot of people are unemployed. A lot of countries have reported an increase in cases if domestic abuse.

I would agree with "tribanon", we should be hearing this from the government. To be frank, we've become Americanized. We are consumers with a huge appetite for material things. So, like our American counterparts, we don't save. Then when something happens, like a recession, we're in bad shape. Every economic downturn has the same look in terms of people losing jobs and ensuring hardship. So, why every time the same people keep getting caught in the same cycle. I can understand someone who is only making enough to cover the bare essentials or the essentials and ine or teo "wants". But, we have individuals who are well paid which end up in the same both as their fellow countrymen who're making minimum wage. It's just unbelievable. Some people can have unforeseen circumstances that can impact their savings, but everyone who can save isn't impacted by unforeseen circumstances.

Water is a necessity. This one, perhaps shouldn't be privatised. One way to reduce the burden is to reduce headcount. If you have 200 people employed and you only need 100, make.that adjustment. It's not fair to look to the people to pay the full bill of the cost of running Water and Sewerage if the government isn't trimming the wastage in spending (inclusive of too much staff). Also, keep in mind we're not getting good service from Water and Sewerage. So, thinking about increasing the cost to consumers is insane.

Why do we have Bahamasair? What service are they providing that can't be provided by any other carrier?

Every day we see government wasting taxpayer money. It could be as simple as the "red plated" cars driving on the streets in the wee hours of the morning or on weekends when we know with a certainty they're not doing government business. This is gas bill, wear and.tear that leads to increased maintenance costs. Also, it may even show that the government has too many cars avaialble. Reduce costs people. Tighten the belt!

Typo,.a global joke from the PM down to every last citizen.

Wow! Mr. Bowe is clearly frustrated and rightly so. We live in a country that was ranked lower than the West Bank and Gaza Strip for ease of doing business. Think about that for a second. As a Bahamian who loves his country, I see that we are a disaster. We're suffering from the mistakes of several administrations with the hiring of people for votes who are completely inept or lazy or both. We also hire others in the public service who are just collecting a paycheck. These individuals clog the system. There obstacles rather than solutions to regular BAU processes. Added to that the system has layers and layers added to it that adds no value and no one sits for a second to ask, why do we need all of this? Added.to that and as an agreement to one of Mr. Bowe's point, the worker bees can't see the correlation between movements in the process and their continued employment.

I'm sick and tired of what we became. We're a disgrace. A oval joke from PM down to every last citizen. Our leaders don't have a clue and they surround themselves with the lost and the "suck ups". True Banana Republic style!

I'll take whatever passport from a first would nation that o can get. This country is a real life sitcom.

On the "Mr. Johnson" bit, is this a hint that there could be an act of corruption? Maybe while involved in electrical work, he gets insights (light bulb moment) into fixing other problems. 🙂

Even if you can lay fiber optic cables, the question is, can you do it in time? This is a long, sad process.

It's really sad how the kids are impacted by this whole crisis. It seems that globally countries are trying to figure out how to get kids back to school (virtual and in-person).