Does the Right Honourable Mr. Davis understand how heavy each Bahamian’s carbon footprint is because of our decades long dependence on an industry and lifestyle that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Think cruise ships, airliners, freight boats, tour boats, self drive cars and boats, electrical generation, water production, imports of almost everything needed to survive from places far and wide,etc, etc..

Time to stop pointing fingers and playing with smoke and mirrors and come up with concrete strategies for change. Start with small doable steps that each citizen could take (from changing light bulbs to carpooling to solar water heaters) while formulating realistic short, medium, and long term goals for the country as a whole (large scale renewable energy, mandatory LEED building codes including rainwater cisterns for new homes above a certain value, ecotourism, education).

I gave several interviews and I hope that pulling the salient points together in one place can be helpful to understanding my position:

#1 Anyone who has sexual intercourse with a child under 16 is disordered.

Excuse me sir, is your definition of "disordered" illegal? That's what the primary issue is here. Immoral, yes. Abusive, yes. But, for this discussion, the word is illegal.

And, yes, Mr. DPM, the age of consent must be raised to an unqualified, unambiguous 18 years old. No loopholes.

Regarding " Does it mean now that the laws have to be changed or upgraded?" Did you read what the existing law says?

Section 10, not 1.

I'd be remiss if I didn't include this from the above Act:

10. (1) Any person who — (a) has unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under fourteen years of age, whether with or without the consent of the person with whom he had unlawful sexual intercourse; or (b) attempts to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under fourteen years of age, whether with or without the consent of the person with whom he had unlawful sexual intercourse, is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for life.

Is this truly one of our nation's leaders saying this? Since when is it acceptable to defend -- especially publicly -- sex between and adult and a minor?

According to Section 11 under the heading "Indictable Sexual Offences" of The Bahamas's Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, 1991:

11. (1) Any person who — (a) has unlawful sexual intercourse with any person being of or above fourteen years of age and under sixteen years of age, whether with or without the consent of the person with whom he had unlawful sexual intercourse; or (b) attempts to have unlawful sexual intercourse with any person being of or above fourteen years of age and under sixteen years of age, whether with or without the consent of the person with whom he attempted to have unlawful sexual intercourse, is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for life.

My understanding of this: In The Bahamas statutory rape law is broken when an adult (18+ years of age) has sexual intercourse with any person older than 14 and younger than 16 with or without consent.

Hmm. Perhaps you should confer with Bahamas Petroleum Company because, while their tests confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in The Bahamas, the company concluded in 2021 that they are not commercially viable. This is in line with the findings of other exploratory ventures beginning in the 1940s.

See https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/co…
and https://www.offshore-energy.biz/bpc-fin…

More fake news designed to boost Russia's petroleum and natural gas sales??

1pnewman. Don't waste your time. With a name like ColumbusPillow, probably believes Columbus discovered The Bahamas despite Columbus himself documenting his encounter with people already living in these islands.

Sounds wonderful.

So... Where is this new curriculum? Is it available online for public consumption, especially for parents and older students so we can see, for example:
(1) curriculum aims, goals, and objectives,
(2) Content (subject matter),
(3) how learning will be delivered -- the learning experiences of students (and teachers),
(4) how the effectiveness of the new curriculum will be evaluated so it does indeed usher in at "a new generation of brilliance in this nation," and
(5) how it's relevant to student needs and how well it will prepare our youth, for example, to help build the "Four Pillars for the Future" as outlined in Vision 2040: State of the Nation Report?

Show and tell what the MOE gat, so we are confident that we are not experiencing another smoke and mirrors effort to obscure the very real challenges being faced by our nation's system of public education.

Deny science. Deny consequences. Deny responsibility. Exploit logical fallacies and rely on fake experts. What do you end up with? Illogical conspiracy theories and ostrich-like behavior.

FYI: The quantities of petroleum that might exist in Bahamian territorial waters are miniscule compared to other KNOWN reserves, including those recently being exploited off Guyana. It's comparable to The Bahamas' population: ~0.005% of the global total.