Prime Minister Philip 'Brave' Davis speaks at Sunday's conclave.
Prime Minister Philip 'Brave' Davis held a conclave with various agencies on Sunday to address the recent increase in murders.
In a statement, the Prime Minister said they were able to identify measures that will help to reduce the crime level.
“Today I convened an urgent conclave with high level stakeholders to address the sharp increase in murders,” Mr Davis said.
“While much of it is clearly gang related it is also clear that a range of other factors are contributing to this spike. There are no easy quick fixes to the crime dilemma neither is there any one solution. However we were able to identify immediate measures that will help to reduce levels of crime.
“I will have more to say on this issue in the coming days but I want to express a heartfelt thank you to the various agencies who participated. These include the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Department of Public Prosecutions, The Bahamas Crisis Center, The Hope Center, the official Opposition, the Bahamas Christian Council, members of my government and Cabinet.
“All sectors of society have a role to play in this partnership and going forward we invite the public to be a part.”
Comments
John 2 years ago
A great step in the right direction. Cannot continue to allow these murders to go unabated. Too many lives are being lost and families torn apart or totally destroyed. What is the relevance of the murder increase in The Bahamas to similar increases in Jamaica, Trinidad, Chicago, Philadelphia? Do the math; If in excess of 100 murders are happening every year and only 10-12 persons charged with murder are making it before the courts and only a fraction of them are being convicted it leaves 50, 60, 70 or even more accused murderers who did not get swift Justice. So every decade the number if untried and not convicted murderers increases by the hundreds. Most of these alleged killers are eventually given bail and return to society where, they too, are gunned down, or are accused of additional murders. The current policing and Justice system is not fixing the problem but simply a growing snowball that is involving more and more killers year after year. And consuming more and more young men with murder as time goes on. For a system to be effective it must reduce the number of murders, increase the speed of the justice system so that it is swift and the penalty must be harsh. Otherwise great grandchildren will be witnessing trials of their great grandfathers (either as victims or accused) that occcured decades ago and, in some instances , occurred befor the great grand children were born.
SP 2 years ago
REALLY? Over the last 15/20 years, the PLP and FNM gave 10s of 1000s of low skilled blue-collar jobs to foreigners, allowed illegals from everywhere to run rampant in the country, totally failed to educate our people, failed to grow the economy commensurate with this huge false population growth which forced our people to turn to criminal activity for survival, and now they convene a conclave of well-known clowns trying bullshyt us into believing they're trying to figure out what to do about the crime wave THEY perpetuated?
The immigration policies of The PLP and FNM "lead" us to this situation by forcing people to fight for survival! Our people wouldn't need to join gangs for survival if they had jobs and opportunities that foreigners have taken!
What other country in the world allows foreigners to take over whole sectors of their economy? Haitians took construction, Filipinos took domestic, Indians took jewelry, Africans took used cars and tire repair, Chinese took food stores, and much, much more. WTF??
Now Davis conclave of well-known clowns is trying bullshyt us again! The proof is in the pudding. Our people are suffering, forced into cannibalism, and turning on each other for survival, and not one of these fat "high-level stakeholders" will stand up and truthfully acknowledge that our people simply need JOBS, OPPORTUNITIES, TRANING, AND HOPE!
Stop sitting around taking photo ops, talking horseshyt, and reverse the failed immigration policies that are rapidly destroying our people and country!!
John 2 years ago
Yes the government must take fault for part of the crime problem. The policing system that came into effect during America’s fake war on drugs, totally discriminated against young, Black Bahamians portraying them as armed and dangerous drug addicts and many were cast out of society. Many spent years fighting charges for small amounts of marijuana and once convicted found it even more difficult to participate in society, to travel or even to find employment. The leaders of this country failed to educate themselves about the racism that is going on in America and the War on Blacks declared by Ronald Reagan. J. Edgar Hoover went even further exploring ways to destroy a population through their food and diet. The fast food eateries popped up like gremlins as as the murder rate increased, so did cancer, diabetes, hypertension and other diseases. Remember the fast food eatery that promoted their angry burgers for almost a decade? Today government must explain why so many liquor stores are popping up overnight in the inner-city. These restaurant- camouflaged liquor stores crank out liquor almost 24/7 because of the restaurant license. Is it time to bring in social scientists or behavioral experts?
sheeprunner12 2 years ago
Lol, the PLP bigwigs know who the gangsters are. Most of them are their generals & bagmen...... Gravy Davis has to stop trying to fool the public, because the public knows better
John 2 years ago
Two sides to every coin. The US is saying Ukrainians and going to Mexico and trying to sneak across the border into the US. But reports coming out of Poland say Ukrainians are refusing offers to be sent to the US as Refugees because they still view America as the enemy ever since the Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union and the Cold War was going on. Another problem is Ukrainians fear not being able to leave the US and return home once the war is done. The relevance is the white population in the US is dwindling whilst brown and black populations are increasing. In fact, Hispanics are expected to be the majority race in the US within ten years and Blacks will be number two in twenty years putting the white folks at the bottom of the totem pole. So there is a great drive underway to import more white people into America to prevent this from happening. And at the same time to reduce the number of Blacks either entering the US or reproducing there. And, of course, it spills over to The Bahamas and to The Caribbean.
Sickened 2 years ago
There are going to be tough times ahead. Our government needs to educate Bahamians on this so that they stop breeding youths that nobody wants and nobody can hire. Ask most white people how many kids they want to have and the 20 year olds say 1, the late teens say none. Ask the young black kids how many kinds they want and most of them already got at least one - and have no intention of stopping there.
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