Let's discuss the Government's travel budget allocation. The narrative around it is always misconstrued and twisted up because the details wouldn't sell papers or grab anyone's attention. It's more fun to say "Fred always travelling" or "Brave dem gone to conference again?!"
The funds are not allocated solely for the PM, Minister of Foreign Affairs, other Cabinet Ministers and so forth. It is spread across the entire government, not one ministry or minister.
There are public servants across numerous ministries, agencies and departments; from junior to senior, that travel for training, continuing professional development, in various representative capacities whether internationally or domestically.
The travel allocation covers the entire government, not just the cabinet.
Genuine question: What would being a senator add to his platform that deputy leader doesn’t already? He could always release a statement to the press for “awareness” but if 25% of the country even watches the Senate I’d be shocked.
You niggas too caught up in pomp & pageantry.
I was invited by a colleague to put in a bid… I charged $1250, a friend bid $4500. The government chose a $25k bid from an American that subcontracted the work to us both above our asking prices.
Lesson: always overcharge. Bahamian capitalism is not about value for money.
Bahamians take our athletes very seriously but under a few conditions: you gotta be known for pouring into athletes back home and/or you gotta be LOUD about being a Bahamian. Ricky never had the formula.
One party won and the other lost. Both had to contend with the COI. No one lost because of the COI, they lost because they were perceived as a worse option. No one is entitled to a vote. A vote for another party is NOT a lost vote, it's simply a vote for another party.
What is get me the most about him is, you new to our political scene. & instead of you come in with a different mindset, u participate in the same performative fuckery that already goin’ on. So u done showin’ me you ain’t comin’ to enact no true change.
You have my vote if you address making our bus system public with a mapped out route with mapped out stops, and fining these taxi drivers for putting everyone life in danger
Who is running the Fnm campaign? it sucks. So many things they can say they aren’t pushing. If they are? Poorly.
And their campaign just reeks of desperation and lack of identity. It’s upsetting me
Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Responding To U S Government Concerns
The Government of The Bahamas has taken note of the comments issued in what amounts to an unusual intervention by the United States Government in the public affairs of The Bahamas. The Ministry is tasked with seeking an urgent clarification of the statement.
Before reaching a funding agreement with the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of The Bahamas engaged the United States Government on several occasions over a period of three years. Those efforts yielded no financing response that matched the urgency, scale, and certainty required to move this project forward. Faced with the pressing need to strengthen and modernise the public health care system, the Government took the decision to proceed in the best interests of the Bahamian people.
The Bahamas is a socially conservative nation maybe we are just too small for distinctive ideologies but there is no political party that is progressive and the other conservative, they often blur the lines.