Honestman 8 years, 7 months ago on New Cabinet is sworn in
New Cabinet is sworn in
Mudda/Reality/Tell it Like it is
You are indeed pathetic - go get a life!
concernedcitizen 8 years, 7 months ago on New Cabinet is sworn in
New Cabinet is sworn in
I thought that ,but who better to meet w/ wealthy foreign investors but a wealthy business man that understands investment and offshore financial services .And he is too wealthy and has too much pride to shake down an investor ,,
concernedcitizen 8 years, 7 months ago on New Cabinet is sworn in
New Cabinet is sworn in
Yeah I,m for real Brent has too much money and too much pride to shake down a foreign investor like Fitzgerald did to Sarkis ..he is not a nickle and dime film flam man ..Rich investors and Bahamians will like to invest w him , like the Fast Ferries w his brother ..Or would you prefer like the Deans that got the loan from the development bank under the PLP for the mailboat that was never repaid ,,money moves w money and provides jobs ,,
proudloudandfnm 8 years, 7 months ago on New Cabinet is sworn in
New Cabinet is sworn in
Brent will do a good job.
I was more taken aback by the Renward (LOI boy) Wells nomination then Minnis' pledge on ethics. I found that quite interesting...
banker 8 years, 7 months ago on New Cabinet is sworn in
New Cabinet is sworn in
And did you hear his speech (Minnis)? He said that he would have no compunction firing cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries for ethical offences. It was like a breath of fresh air !!
banker 8 years, 7 months ago on Urban Renewal 'grave concerns'
Urban Renewal 'grave concerns'
It's worse than that. This is the thin edge of the wedge in what will be a tsunami of corruption, thievery, kleptocracy and theft from the treasury on an un-imagined scale. This is the small trickle that will soon be a roaring torrent. It is your money that they stole.
banker 8 years, 7 months ago on UPDATED: Former deputy speaker arrested in theft probe
UPDATED: Former deputy speaker arrested in theft probe
We now live in different times. The PLP is reduced to impotence and you may see the small fry roll over.
BahamaPundit 8 years, 7 months ago on UPDATED: Former deputy speaker arrested in theft probe
UPDATED: Former deputy speaker arrested in theft probe
I say bring in the English secret service and get this country sorted out the way the English sorted out Turks and Caicos and Michael Misick. That is the only way forward. With corruption this deep we must burn the house down and start from scratch. There is no point the Bahamas doing anything, if its public service is thiefing every dime left on the counter top.
SP 8 years, 7 months ago on UPDATED: Former deputy speaker arrested in theft probe
UPDATED: Former deputy speaker arrested in theft probe
The Bahamas is not unique with institutional corruption and does not have to "reinvent the wheel" in dealing with it.
Many countries effectively use "whistleblower" programs to identify, stop, and discourage corruption.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistlebl…
Prime Minister Minnis has any number of tools and several qualified MP's at his disposal that could be designated to quickly adapt international norms to effectively implement a whistleblower program.
https://www.globalwhistleblower.org/
Motivating insiders to divulge information has proven the most expediant vehicle to exposing corruption.
OMG 8 years, 7 months ago on INSIGHT: A teacher’s plea
INSIGHT: A teacher’s plea
So correct. Firstly Mr Minns after teaching for over 40 years in high schools, I was promised by the Director of Education without solicitation, that I could teach after 65. Reality is that was a lie and as in many cases I and others have been replaced by Cubans who often cannot speak English properly, may have no knowledge of the subject and remain isolated from the community whilst gathering together as many electronic goodies as they can to take back, In fact our esteemed Deputy Director (I am being sarcastic ) actually went to Cuba to recruit which makes it all the more damming when you consider your experience and Bahamian nationality. The system is broken with many lousy insecure Principals, and a dysfunctional Ministry of Education. Even better the Director already having had one extension to work beyond 65 has applied for a further extension. One rule for him and one rule for everybody else.
banker 8 years, 7 months ago on Former AG regrets only communications over Baha Mar
Former AG regrets only communications over Baha Mar
It's not a vendetta -- it is punishing treason. Traitors to the Bahamaland who violate their sacred oaths as servants of the people and double-deal violating fiduciary trust should be hung by the neck until dead. But first I would like to see this meat wallet carry SLOP buckets in Fox Hill until her appeals are expired.
jackbnimble 8 years, 5 months ago on Govt raises status for Nottage funeral
Govt raises status for Nottage funeral
Not to mention, he wasn't broke (presumably). While the intentions are pure for a great politician, it's a dangerous precedent to set.
Gotoutintime 8 years, 4 months ago on Former PM Hubert Ingraham says Sir Geoffrey Johnstone was 'true Bahamian patriot'
Former PM Hubert Ingraham says Sir Geoffrey Johnstone was 'true Bahamian patriot'
He was one of a kind---An honest politician!!
sheeprunner12 8 years, 3 months ago on Results expose failing schools
Results expose failing schools
The purpose of BGCSE is to identify the graduating cohort who can go to academic college (Grades A-C) and those who will need post-school training for the wider skills bank of vocational workers ........... But this should be created from Grade 10 .......... BJCs should determine whether you go to academic or vocational high school
Well_mudda_take_sic 8 years, 3 months ago on Results expose failing schools
Results expose failing schools
Sean McWeeney is one of those responsible for destroying the high quality of education we were receiving from expat British teachers prior to the early 1970s. As Head Boy of QC he made it a point to destroy the very thing that he himself had greatly benefitted from......a good primary and secondary school education by mainly well trained and highly devoted British teachers all the way through the GCE 'A' level program at the time. Loftus Roker under SLOP later ended up putting the nail in the coffin of a good education for most Bahamians by overnight kicking most of the highly qualified expat teachers out of our country and replacing them with unqualified Bahamian teachers....with devastating consequences for our public education system. It has been all down hill since then with successive PLP and FNM governments realizing that it is not in their interest to have well educated voters....hence the dumbing down policy of successive generations of voters, with our public education system being starved of the resources needed to draw the best available teaching talent. And only recently does this imbecile Jeffrey Lloyd announce that it is the Ministry of Education's intent to keep on or rehire the very same old Bahamian teachers who are responsible for the appalling exam results that he is now so vociferously complaining about! Go figure!!!
Baha10 8 years, 3 months ago on Results expose failing schools
Results expose failing schools
Very well articulated Summary of "how we got here" and the "real" Culprits responsible, who should be held accountable. Indeed, what they have done is far more damaging in many ways to the corruption investigations currently underway, particularly when one bears in mind such corruption to a large extent is a indirect consequence of their actions, to wit: nothing short of "Traitors", certainly not worthy of Queen's Honors, but rather more appropriately should have their Citizenships revoked for betraying and destroying a fledgling Country.
The_Oracle 8 years, 3 months ago on Results expose failing schools
Results expose failing schools
The schools are simply a reflection of out society, just as in any other country.
Don't like that thought? then your argument would be with the truth.
Our school system was designed by the British, staffed with the British, and largely run by
the Anglicans, Methodists and Catholics.
Then the Government got into the game, changed the game, and yes, extradited the expat teachers.
One of many I know of, was given 2 weeks to leave. Was Head of a primary school. She did fine back in England, became a principal. But loved it here. Put 30 years in here, teaching Pindlings, Sweeneys, Gibsons Hannas, all the names of self determination, independence etc etc. Look at those Government high produced back in the 50's, 60's, and even the early 70's.
The ones that amaze me though, are the occasional bright sparks, articulate, inquisitive, unstoppable individuals I get to meet. Sure, we lose many to overseas education and industry, the thousands who never came back. But some stay, and defied the system. And what do we do with them?
Show them a system of patronage, connection, fraud and avarice. We thwart them at every turn, sap them of that spark, God forbid we should allow them to thrive!
The Bahamas has failed itself from the core promise and premise.
And yet we worship the names of those who delivered this woeful state of affairs.
Intentional or not, it is the result we must live with, and get serious about changing.
But that means changing us.
Greentea 8 years, 3 months ago on Results expose failing schools
Results expose failing schools
I remember several years ago encountering a young woman about 17/18 years old in the National Insurance line Big Pond. She looked normal mentally. Fully developed physically but she reached out to me to help her fill out the form. The girl could not read and write properly. I helped her but my heart sank. I had encountered illiteracy at PMH when I worked there during the summertime in high school, but then it was usually an older crowd. This girl was no doubt a high school graduate and it has become clearer and clearer that she was not alone. Sad as it may be- an illiterate population; a population that cannot reason, cannot read properly, cannot count, can't think critically on their own, but want the trappings of life they see others have is a dangerous, dumb and potentially immoral population- whose first instincts become survival. I recall my dad working on building Atlantis back in the day and he was shocked at the number of young male workers who didn't read the paper, didn't know what was going on in the country and to his horror, couldn't read a check to know whether they were being paid what was duly owed to them. Back then he would say all the time "we are in trouble." My parents went to Southern and Eastern Senior schools. Schools that no longer exist for whatever reason and most of their teachers were Bahamians. They can function on an education they received in the 50s and today our students can't pass English and math? They need to identify what is wrong, make a call and start again. They need to start with making 40 students in a classroom illegal; encourage teachers to continue training after they get the job to keep up with the times; cut the deadweight; introduce 21st century learning methods and curricula; introduce different types of schools like art schools, language academies, vocational high schools that all teach the same core curriculum in addition to classes in their specialty area. Finally we need to discourage this culture of mediocrity that has taken over the Bahamas. There is no future with a majority illiterate, ignorant, feral population. No future.
CatIslandBoy 8 years, 2 months ago on FNM MP asks: Will refugees go back home?
FNM MP asks: Will refugees go back home?
Who would have thought the good Reverend could be so insensitive, callous, and ignorant, all at the same time. I am ashamed to know that he wasted the first opportunity he got in Parliament to really introduce himself. What a condescending, low-life! What makes him, or any of you, think for a minute that Dominicans are just dying to get into our borders? Let me tell you, in case you haven't heard. No one wants to really come here, other than the Haitians,and most of them come because we are geographically one step away from the United States. Even the Cruise-passengers stay on-board the ship when in Nassau Harbor.
Tarzan 8 years, 7 months ago on UPDATED: Christie quits as PLP leader
UPDATED: Christie quits as PLP leader
I guess coming out on election night and congratulating the opposition was just too much for the "grand old man".
Sadly the fiction that he was a "good man" surrounded by scoundrels he just could not find the grit to reign in, is just that, a "fiction".
He is up to his neck in the corrupt mess that the PLP made of this country, and I only hope he faces impartial justice for his part in it. The good of the country is bigger than any man and the entire cabal needs to face serious punishment.