This week has been primarily dominated by comments made by the prime minister when he suggested that he was not very concerned about a national strike threat.

“PM dismisses nat’t strike threat” – The Nassau Guardian – 05.12.2018

Excerpt from this article; “Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday he is not concerned about any threat of a national strike, but more concerned about how the Saxon Superstars will perform in the approaching Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade.”  Even after it was suggested that these comments were taken out of context by a seasoned news reporter, the feeding frenzy continued.

It was my opinion that these comments, in their proper context, suggested that the prime minister was and is confident that the matters were being competently dealt with by those responsible for their resolution but what I find truly interesting is while is while most found this issue to actually be ran issue, there does not seem to be the same ‘appropriate’ outcry over issues which actually seem to be more important and pressing, in my opinion.

“Cameras broken at murder scene” – The Tribune NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said yesterday law enforcement will ‘go vigorously’ after those responsible for the two double homicides that occurred in the capital this week.  As Monday’s shooting occurred at Sandilands Rehabilitation Center, Mr. Dames also said he is working with a team to create a ‘robust policy’ to improve security at ‘all government properties’.

Mr. Dames also confirmed that Sandilands’ surveillance cameras were not working at the time of Monday’s incident.  He made the remarks yesterday following a graduation ceremony for inmates at [The] Bahamas of Correctional Services.  On Monday morning, Neil Deveaux and Ashlee Hilton were ambushed in their car as they attempted to leave Sandilands following a physical therapy session for Deveaux, who was shot several months ago.”

So let me just ask, if the CCTV system is outside the very gates of The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services are “not working” or were not at the time of this incident; then realistically what are my expectations in the rest of the system being operational?  While these may not save the lives of the two persons killed in this incident this should be a very real concern for all of us but yet we rather rant and rage about the prime minister not being overly concerned over labour disputes which are being addressed.

We as a nation are not really serious.

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