EDITOR, The Tribune.
AS an intelligent, Bahamian teenager at my peak of high school, I am appalled by the utterly terrible services provided by the country’s electricity company, be it BEC or BPL.
Is it because the fuel being used isn’t what is needed to run such a modern society? Are they ALWAYS fixing a circuit? Personally, I seek that there is absolutely no need to have such circumstances of outages every day or every other day.
While they’re “fixing” their circuits during outages, a few of mine are being blown. This is totally unfair. Several electronics of mine have need of being replaced due to this “current” situation. Also, some of the lighting in my home by turning off the electricity in stages!
How about homework and assignments? The sun sets earlier now due to Daylight saving.
Having to do my assignments with a flashlight, especially being a person who is already in need of glasses is remarkably uncomfortable. What about research when the internet cuts out?
I write this article with all students in mind! I find it ridiculous! Is this how it will be during my college years which is only about a year away (intentions of attending University of the Bahamas)? How about the sick at home using oxygen machines, ventilators, life support systems, etc.?
It upsets me that it is nearly 2017 AD and I must still face such frequent cave-like circumstances due to this electricity company.
Something must be done. So… is this really paradise?
ISRAEL MOSS
(Student)
Nassau,
December 4, 2016.
Comments
goodbyebahamas 7 years, 4 months ago
When I leave for Hawaii in three weeks, I will report to you my friends everything I see, from gas prices to food prices. Like I said before, only God's Heaven is Paradise, but you will be able to come to your own conclusion from what you see. God Bless you all, hang in there, and over come your oppressors come election time. Make Bahamaland what it use to be before Pindling and the PLP began to destroy it. My Bahamian friend in Hawaii says there are no bars on windows or doors, and there is no razor wire fencing anywhere you go, not even sold in any hardware stores there; God I hope he's right, I'm sick of living in my own jail here.
totherisingsun 7 years, 4 months ago
Dear Teenager...let me add to your education on current and past events: 1. The power is going out and will continue to go out because this country needs a new powerplant. We have known this since 1973. 2. There has been more than enough money flowing through this country, in that time period to have installed a new power plant 3. Now, we are drowning in debt, our creditworthiness is the worst possible, the government is taking it out on the people with more taxes, and businesses are shutting down or going out of business, which means less jobs available for you to apply for. 4. When most people in this country (including our leaders) don't plan past "Friday comin", you end up with a nation like ours. We have and are experiencing exactly what we planned for and the people have the government they deserve, unless of course they are willing to make changes. In the meantime, buy a large UPS with a run time equal to your homework assignment. plus 20%, since you want to be better prepared than the generation that went before you! Or... you can be like most and buy the latest headphones and sit in the dark with a burned up I phone. Be wise young man.
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