BAHAMAS science fiction?


Posted by bcde on Feb 09, 2004 at 04:10
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Bahamian Government should clean the own floor first

The Bahamas government is talking about the outpouring of national pride due to the 30th anniversary of the independence at July 2003 and recently a Bahamian lawyer claimed as a prospective investor that there is a wrong climate for investments in Southern Africa. He also criticized in his letter posted to The Star (Johannesburg) -ANC scaring off foreign investors- President Thabo Mbeki's trip to corrupt and violent Haiti and his apparent support for the brutal Aristide regime has re-ignited these negative perceptions. We guess that the Bahamas government and the Bahamas Bar Association should clean the own floors first. Read what Bahamians are saying about The Bahamas

It's a jungle out there
(Police Commissioner, Paul Farquharson, The Nassau Guardian, Feb 11, 2003)

There is a mood of despair gripping the Bahamas. Crime and the economy are causing Bahamians to feel there is no light at the end of the tunnel and that is a frightening thing.
(Algernon Allen, The Tribune, Feb 12, 2003)

A pervasive culture of dishonesty and a conspiracy of silence in the country are responsible for many of the social ills currently disrupting the society.
(The Attorney General and Minister of Education, Alfred Sears, The Bahama Journal, February 25th, 2003)

The dark shadow of violence has spread... with the police and civilians involved in street skirmishes, both sides using guns to defend themselves.
(Insight, Bahama Journal, Feb 8, 2003)

Indeed, I am advised that for the month of September last month there were 41 cases of rape reported to the police. This is totally unacceptable and must be reversed.
(Prime Minister Perry Christie, The Bahama Journal, Oct 22, 2002)

Who has a duty, and the sole responsibility to do something, anything to stop the flow of blood? The Government, that's who!
(Normon Solomon, The Nassau Guardian, Feb 13, 2003)

Something is terribly wrong in this nation. An angry and fearful public is demanding reassurance from the government and its leaders that something be done to restore a sense of calm to urban centers like Freeport and Nassau.
(Editorial, Bahama Journal, Feb 10, 2003)

It is all well and good for the prime minister to say that he has commissioned a study, but don't tell Mrs. (Sheila) Bethel that. Her husband is dead... This is our problem and we have to stop talking about it and we have to do something about it.
(Pierre Dupuch, Independent MP for St. Margaret's constituency, The Tribune, February 17, 2003)

Crime in this country is rampant and completely out of control.
(E.W.I. Watkins J.P., The Nassau Guardian, Feb 4, 2003)

Successive administrations and their Attorneys-General have all, in my view, failed to conceptualize; develop and implement an efficient system for the administration and the delivery of 'justice'. It all appears to be helter skelter and ad hoc.
(Ortland H. Bodie Jr., The Nassau Guardian - February 23, 2003)

Indeed, no day passes in this country when there is not a report of serious crime against persons and property in The Bahamas.
(Editorial, Bahama Journal, Feb 10, 2003)

We cannot afford to rest or relax as long as the present criminal active and blatant lack of respect for human life exists in our society.
(E.W.I. Watkins J.P., The Nassau Guardian, Feb 4, 2003)

Here of late with public anger at the boiling point, more and more Bahamians are demanding that stronger action be taken to curb and contain the depredations of bandits...
(Editorial, Bahama Journal - February 12, 2003)

The Bahamas is a society under chaos
(Police Supt. Marvin Dames, Sept. 27, 2002)

When we talk about crime we think about the most dramatic acts of violence such as murder, battery, or armed robbery. But crime is a much more pervasive concept within our society.
(The Attorney General and Minister of Education, Alfred Sears, The Bahama Journal, February 25th, 2003)

The Bahamas today is in such a state of fear that Jewish settlers on the West Bank or the Gaza strip probably feel more secure than the average person in Freeport or Nassau.
(Dr. Leatendore Percentie, D.D.S, BahamasB2B News, February 26th, 2003)

In many instances, human beings are being reduced to a state akin to that of life in a jungle, where the strongest, wiliest or most brutal survive, thanks either to their brawn or criminal cunning.
(Editorial, The Bahama Journal, Jan 28, 2003)

review of the alarming statistics of crime justifies the public's demand for society to do something about violence crime.
(Insight, Bahama Journal, Feb 8, 2003)

The whole system of the administration of justice in The Bahamas seems to be on the verge of collapse. The system is being administered inefficiently in almost every facet. Many Bahamians are crying out for justice for various reasons.
(Insight, The Bahama Journal - January 20, 2003)

...unless the government implements creative means of funding, national youth and national rehabilitative programmes will sink deeper into crime and despair.
(Algernon Allen, The Bahama Journal, Feb 13, 2003)

... issues that need to be addressed like an out-of-control crime problem, increased drug trafficking, rising levels of unemployment and business failure, strained US/Bahamas relations and a crisis of confidence in the Prime Minister's leadership.
(The Bahama Journal - February 20, 2003)
We agree with comments attributed to senior justices that there is an endemic level of corruption and the thiefing mentality amongst too many Bahamians.
(Ortland H. Bodie Jr., A Letter to the Editor - November 09, 2002)

It is unfortunate that many lazy, ingrates, both the well-educated and uneducated have unscrupulously taken into drug smuggling and peddling.
(Kevin J. Alcena, The Nassau Guardian - February 22, 2003)
In addition to this fact of administrative incapacity in the Attorney General's office are the multiplicity of failings in the court system which have occasioned complaint after complaint, year in and year out.
(Editorial, The Bahama Journal - February 12, 2003)

Over the years, any number of lock tight cases have either been botched by inexperienced crown counsel or serious charges withdrawn or lesser pleas accepted. This is inexcusable and I want to know where is Alfred Sears, the learned and supposed compassionate Attorney-General in all of this?
(Ortland Bodie, The Nassau Guardian, Feb 13, 2003)

In many instances, human beings are being reduced to a state akin to that of life in a jungle, where the strongest, wiliest or most brutal survive, thanks either to their brawn or criminal cunning.
(Editorial, The Bahama Journal, Jan 28, 2003)

Do not think that all of the crimes reach either the press or the radio stations. There is a whole lot you never hear of. And the handling of those we know about is at times so farcical it would be very funny were it not so terribly serious.
(Normon Solomon, The Nassau Guardian, Feb 13, 2003)

...there seems to be no let up in criminal activity and there won't be as long as criminality remains deeply embedded in our culture...
(Vincent L. Ferguson, Viewpoints, The Bahama Journal, Feb 12, 2003)

The country is paralysed by fear. It's been an orgy of unprecedented violence.
(Algernon Allen, The Bahama Journal, Feb 13, 2003)

Obviously Bahamians should change their marketing slogan -It is better in the Bahamas- into -It is NOT better in the Bahamas. This is what tourists and foreign investors can really expect from this little island nation. You could visit also www.badworld.net.tc and www.bahamas-info.net.tc for instance.
Bahamas Consult


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