birdiestrachan 10 years, 2 months ago on FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
No it would be wrong to abandon their Island homes. Who knows where the Hurricane will strike next, It may be the same place they have relocated to. If they start that there should be some very cheap beach front property and I would love to have a piece. And the very Canadians mentioned will be buying their share.
proudloudandfnm 10 years, 2 months ago on FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
Of course we should rebuild, but rebuild properly. Elevate the homes and make processed sand a pre-requisite. Rebuild them so they can survive any storm.....
Hey we have VAT now. Put those billions to work. no excuses.....
If they do not rebuild then NO BAHAMIANS should ever pay VAT ever again....
CatIslandBoy 10 years, 2 months ago on FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
It will take thoughtful, progressive, pragmatic, and forward thinking younger generations, like Mr. Turnquest, to move this country forward. We cannot progress by always looking in the rear-view mirror. Of course it makes sense to absorb the small populations from some of these far-flung islands into a few of the larger islands. Services could be more efficient, and much of the costs associated with governing could be eliminated. A world of possibilities could be opened up for these non-resident islands; e.g. large scale farming, livestock, manufacturing, etc. At least there should be a national discussion around this possibility before rejecting the idea outright.
The_Oracle 10 years, 2 months ago on FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
This is the result of the lack of planning and foresight of the last 40 years. We have arrived at the inevitable destination of a broke visionless Government being responsible for the accumulated errors of the last and prior broke and visionless Governments, along with their own daily screw ups! A little common sense tells us that the infrastructural costs are higher per capital than in many other nations due to the far flung nature of the islands. The compounding factor is the Nassau centric Hub/center of the world mentality of both Government and Civil Service and the Nassau Merchants. Fix the latter, and consolidate infrastructural costs. Example: Build a runway elevated well above the surrounding terrain, using fill from the digging of a Harbor/creek as near as possible. Build a solid concrete terminal with Concrete roof building to serve for transport AND as a Hurricane shelter. If the islands are hit again, the first flights will not be faced with underwater runways and even if they do get submerged they will quickly drain into the surrounding area. Also the first flights will find they become natural hubs for the people they are checking on/and supplying! Yes it will cost money, but is the solution to just dump a few hundred or a thousand more people into Nassau? Government cannot build housing fast enough for Nassauvians to not make their mortgage payments on now as it is, and a couple days/weeks housing for these displaced out islanders is not going to cut it. The lack of a non political master plan si glaring, and for either political party to propose one guarantees the other will screw it up or kill it. BTW, we have been doing that since the Chechi (sp?) report of 1968-69! A wonderful plan probably still 90% valid! Ya just can't fix stupid.......
lkalikl 10 years, 2 months ago on NEMA: We issued warnings in time
NEMA: We issued warnings in time
Government blames the private sector for not having a national broadcast license that government won't issue to the private sector. You can't make this stuff up.
Bahamians, we must force this worthless, waste of space, clueless, geriatric, incompetent and corrupt to the bone government to resign. They were bad before the storm and the storm has now finally exposed exactly what kind of pathetic people are running our country.
It is time to take action. Force these jokers and clowns to resign. Hold they fight to the fire. Ain't long now! Bahamians, we must kick the bums out! They have been called, they have been tested and they have been found more than wanting. Resign! Resign! Resign!
Be gone!
John 10 years, 2 months ago on ‘I cried out to god and prepared to die’
‘I cried out to god and prepared to die’
The power of the Holy Spirit will not be denied. They cried out to God with water up to their necks, with winds ripping of their roofs, with rains driving the floods even higher and with everything around them destroyed and yet not only a single soul was lost. Father in heaven give me just a portion of the faith they had. Amen. You know what was on the mind of Perry Christie as he travelled and saw the damage and the miracles. ". When you go to your God and pray for something, you still have to come back to me because I is the prime minister." While our government was in the HOA taunting one another about falling asleep and sending selfies, Our God,who we serve,was busy saving souls. He didn't fall asleep, neither did he slumber, amen.
JohnBrown 10 years, 2 months ago on Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
It is quite unfortunate that the politicians and silent, selfish, educated, blood-sucking Bahamian vultures within the right circle have brought us to this critical low in the tourist arena: through your folly the goose that was supposed to continuously lay the golden eggs has died. Cuba has made hay with the U:S while the sun shone brightly on them and are now light years ahead of us. The lies you short-sighted elitist salesmen used to impoverish the masses in this nation my nation and intentionally deceived those investors that sought a reasonable return on their investment in a peaceful climate, have collectively sparked Judgement Day! On a positive note, we are at a cross-road where every living Bahamian will continuously experience the wrath of nature activated in their daily life and will have to either sink or thoroughly change what is.
John 10 years, 2 months ago on Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Seems like all the blogs above were written by the same problem. Nassau we do have a problem. Yes with crime but the average tourist visiting the Bahamas is as safe or more safe than most major cities around the world. Of the 5 million plus tourist visiting the Bahamas only a very small amount are exposed to crime and violence. Unfortunately there was a killing on Potters Cay last night that may have been witnessed by tourists. Several persons were shot and one is confirmed dead. It appears The murder count will hit 151 this year and this is scary and should concern everyone. Some believe a lot of these murders are a result of gang warfare but the police seem to have made little or no effort to stem gang activity in the country.
John 10 years, 2 months ago on Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
The fact is that the police must come up with more effective means of policing and gain the support of the community. Strip searching young men in public is not an effective response to crime, it is demeaning, dehumanizing, embarrassing and counterproductive. At least 90 percent of persons strip searched by police have committed no crime. This was a tactic used in the US against Blacks to restrict their movement and intimidate them. They were racially profiled and stopped and strip searched by police then thrown in jail, sometimes under planted evidence. The effect of seeing young black men being strip searched "all over the place" by police have the impression that black men were troublesome and criminals. It was also used in apartheid South Africa to restrict the movement of black folk and for the police to effectively discriminate against them. Black peoples were required to carry a national ID card, which was seldom issued to them . When they were stopped by the police and did not have this I'd, they were beaten and thrown in jail. Some were never seen again. If strip searching young men in public was an effective policing tool then why is the crime rate increasing, murder especially. It's more like someone's sick sex fantasy to be undressing young men in the streets. Making them take off their shoes and stand in rain-soaked streets and digging down in their drawers and even their wallets. What effect does this have on young persons coming from school every evening and seeing young men spread eagle across vehicles and being searched in the most violating and demeaning manner. Many who pass and see it do not view the police as the good guys, especially since many of their attitudes are rotten to the fore. Some block intersections with their vehicles with no consideration when they do these searches and threaten to lock up persons for only looking their way. You cannot intimidate people in this way and espect them to respect you as a peace officer. Some stop trucks loaded with construction workers and strip search everyone. Such a lack luster form of policing that rarely yield results. Send some officers downtown and search the tourist in this manner and see how quickly Nassau becomes a ghost town.
Chucky 10 years, 2 months ago on Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
What's with all the denials, we all know crime is way out of hand here? I for one do not go downtown Nassau anymore, unless I absolutely have to. I don't go out at night anymore unless I have to. We are to blame, our country is a mess. Our murder rate per capita is 10 times worse than that of USA. Who you all trying to fool???? I wouldn't like it if the cruise lines stopped coming because it would severely hurt our economy, but I'd surely understand it if they said they weren't coming!!!!!
banker 10 years, 2 months ago on Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
That's a sad way to live, and yet Bahamians accept it. When I visit my friends near the bend at Eastern Road where it meets Yamacraw Road, you can see people out walking at night carrying sticks to protect themselves from potcakes -- both human and animal. Many of my friends carry brass knuckles, folding billy sticks or pepper spray.
It's not just the young gang members plugging each other. The young criminals will rob you and then shoot you. I was driving down Shirley Street near Soldier Road at night, and three punks tried to box me in with their cars with the intent of robbing me. I saved myself by turning into Harbour Bay at the last minute as I sped away.
As previously mentioned I was shocked to hear clean-cut stock boys in a supermarket discuss the pro and cons of a Glock pistol over a Smith & Wesson. I later Googled what I heard, and it turns out they did know what they were talking about.
Those who say that we are just like any other major city have it wrong. I was in New York City recently, and I was walking in downtown Manhattan at 1 AM, and the city was alive, and safe. Last call at the bars is 4 AM and they are still rocking, and nobody gets shot or robbed.
Chucky 10 years, 2 months ago on Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Most of us who live on New Providence, don't go down town Nassau at night. I'm very careful all the time. The crime here is terrible. Tourists who stay at a hotel here with your young daughter, wil be lucky if she doesn't get raped by the hotel security or grounds keepers. Keep your wives, sisters and daughters safe if you come here, don't let them out of your sight, especially not at night. Also, most of this crime is either not reported to police, or if it is, it's deliberately kept out of the news. Read the travel blogs about Nassau, see what women say about how they get targeted. This place is not safe for women to be alone in public.
Chucky 10 years, 2 months ago on Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Website names Bahamas as one of Caribbean's most dangerous cruise stops
Hey John
What's your rant about guns got to do with anything? You telling me you don't know about hotel workers raping tourists? You saying you have not heard about this?
We all know what happens here, we also know that our taxi drivers are extremely rude at the airport, we know that our service we provide is crap, our products and food are crap. Our general population work ethic is crap , etc etc etc
If that weren't all true, we'd have a booming & thriving economy, but we don't.
Men having babies with all different kinda woman, women forced to leave kids unsupervised because they gotta eek out a living to feed them cause their men aint no where to be found. Murder robbery on every corner, most committed by young men less than 25. A blonde girl walking down the street is treated like a piece of meat by any and all of our men who cross her path. This place aint safe no more, you know it, I know, God knows it!
sealice 10 years, 1 month ago on Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
“Unlike Baha Mar’s management, however, the joint provisional liquidators have realistic prospects for obtaining necessary funding,” Mrs Maynard-Gibson said.
this lady clearly doesn't listen to what she says and she probably also "categorically denies" eroding foreign investor confidence
Sickened 10 years, 1 month ago on Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
My questions is: Did the provisional liquidators do the right thing in allowing government to continue paying the salaries of workers instead of giving all monies due to Baha Mar, to the liquidators for cash management? I heard that the liquidators were having trouble securing the money necessary to pay for the insurance policies, amongst other things. Would the money used to pay salaries have been better spent in maintaining the building's insurance, especially during hurricane season? If so, then the provisional liquidators did not act responsibly and should be removed.
GrassRoot 10 years, 1 month ago on Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
no of course not. The moment they saw that this Elephant wont move not for a while, they should have shut down the place. Its business 1x1. I personally believe that the made themselves liable for dragging out that decision for so long.
GrassRoot 10 years, 1 month ago on Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
Taking the AG's logic ad absurdum, she may as well blame Pindling for the redundancies, or better the UK for having set foot on our islands. The accident happened much later in the process, when our government thought, a business can continue paying salaries even without generating income. Of course that is how our Country is handled, but that is not how a business works. What is encouraging is that the AG acts as if she were the Queen of Bahamaland and infallible. In school we called them the "know-it-alls".
ohdrap4 10 years, 1 month ago on Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
Izmirlian ‘planned to make Baha Mar redundancies’
Mar’s workforce would not have been laid off if the government did not push for court appointed liquidators to oversee the property.
Like an afternoon talk show host likes to say:
If my uncle had breasts, he would be my aunt.
Greentea 10 years, 2 months ago on FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane
Generally u make sense- but this sheet this man talking sounds like George Bush after hurricane Katrina in relation to New Orleans. THE WHOLE BAHAMAS is being impacted by global warming. Are we going to relocate the WHOLE population of the Bahamas? Where? Como Hill? During hightide, water floods properties in The Grove in the Middle of Nassau!! He is a Dumbass and if you believe its ok or even a real solution then in this case- you are too.