Those interested in a logical discussion of the topic of reparations might want to take time to listen to The Guardian's (UK) podcast "Cotton Capital: the Guardian and reparations" where journalist Maya Wolfe-Robinson looks at the subject of reparations.
(See https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/….)

Among other people, she talks with Barbara Makeda Blake-Hannah, a leading figure in the reparations movement in Jamaica, and Laleta Davis-Mattis, chair of Jamaica’s national council on reparations which advises the government on the path towards reparatory justice and Jamaica's representative on the wider regional Caricom council. for reparations.

Perhaps because Carey is a paid consultant for the south Long Island project??!

Your assertion is accurate, Mr. Prime Minister. How about being original, though. So much of what you say is after the fact - especially after other world leaders have broached the subject.

By the way, beyond speechifying and using Haitians - especially immigrants - as a political football, what concrete leadership are you providing in terms of meaningful assistance to neighborus like Haiti? What are you suggesting be done to meaningfully reduce the carbon footprint of our tourism industry? I don't, for example, see your administration prioritizing the development of eco and scientific tourism.

Be careful about cherry picking news. Yes, Charles III did meet with these five leaders on Saturday, but he met with more leaders of the Commonwealth Realm, including prime ministers Gaston Browne (Antigua and Barbuda), Kausea Natano (Tuvalu) and James Marape (Papua New Guinea) on Sunday. Note, too, that, of the 56 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, only a quarter (including the UK) are still part of the Commonwealth Realm -- countries that recognize the British monarch as Head of State. So it makes sense that he would meet with these leaders.

Worth a read: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202…

Again, where are the facts? If the Right Honourable Prime Minister has evidence -- an independent audit or one completed by the Auditor General -- that "50 percent or more of it is connected directly to climate change" then share it. Otherwise, stop deflecting responsibility for irresponsible government spending and waste by both FMN and PLP governments.

Perhaps the Right Honourable Prime Minister should have recognized experts such as those at the University of The Bahamas as his spokespeople or sources of science and fact based information about climate change. For he doesn't appear to understand basic concepts that he bandies about, such as green economy, blue economy, and climate change.

Also, he appears unwilling to talk about the need to reduce and, more importantly, put into place policies to reduce the The Bahamas' per capita carbon footprint. We rank in the top 25% of global carbon dioxide emitters per person because, even though we aren't a fossil fuel producer or an industrial economy, we are a carbon-based economy. Consider our electricity production, our transportation, our tourism-based economy, and our consumption patterns.

So, as I have asked elsewhere, Mr. Prime Minister. What is the your government’s plan to reduce CO2 emissions? to create a more sustainable Bahamian society? While individuals can reduce carbon footprints, only government policies and laws and national action can bring about meaningful, sustained change -- change needed to ensure a better life for present and future generations.

Undocumented immigration (for say work and residence) and refugee immigration are indeed challenges for The Bahamas. Challenges that must be better addressed and with the help of countries such as the United States, often the preferred end-destination for many of our migrants despite the hostility so many experience there.

However, before we point fingers, we must consider the facts. According to 2019 UN statistics, we are not in the top fifty (50) countries by immigrants as a percentage of our population. (See https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/…) Also, we are much wealthier than many countries that have have proportionately larger immigrant populations.

Further, many of the immigrants under discussion and often maligned, whether documented or undocumented, are readily hired by Bahamian individuals and businesses and by non-Bahamian residents.

In terms of taking in people defined as refugees, The Bahamas is not even in the top one hundred (100). Again, this is measured as a percentage of our population. (See https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistic….)

UN definition of refugee: Refugees are persons who are outside their country of origin for reasons of feared persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or other circumstances that have seriously disturbed public order and, as a result, require international protection.

While the oil spill has been unique because of its visibility and potential to damage the environment (e.g., if the wind were blowing from a different direction and it didn't end up confined in the small cove), it is by no means unique in terms of environmental disruption. For example, dozens of BEC transformers were dumped on the same property and the waterfront just to the east has for years been a dumping ground for dozens and dozens of old vehicles. Further, for decades, many backroads of Exuma contain illegal dump sites that are still in use today -- cars, construction debris, household items; you name it. Aside from being unsightly, many of these discarded items contain hazardous material that eventually leaks into what little groundwater the island has. Photos are from different dump locations.

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If the country -- and especially the government -- abandoned the practice and mandate of forcing people to retire at age 65, we might have more educators available. Many of us over the official retirement age are physically healthier than many younger people. More important, those of us who elect to continue past retirement age not only have accumulated wisdom to pass on to both our younger peers and students, but remain in the classroom because we are passionate about helping people to learn -- not because it's simply a job.

Shouldn't age discrimination be protected by our Constitution and laws -- in the same way as gender, race, creed, etc. Don't we have a fundamental right to be old?

A fortuitous circumstance. The location of the line rupture and steady onshore winds pushed the spill into the small bay. If winds had been, say, offshore or parallel to the coast, the spill would have been more widespread.