The New Day Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Government seems to want to move the more serious and concerning news from the front page and replace them with more upbeat news; more like the travels of the prime minister I can only imagine.

“PM: KEEP MURDERS OFF THE FRONT PAGE – Davis says local press coverage of killings harming tourism” – The Tribune

Excerpt from this article; “PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis criticized local press coverage of the crime rate yesterday, saying prominent reporting of murders has a ricochet effect that is harming the tourism sector.

His comments quickly drew attention to the Progressive Liberal Party’s infamous decision to erect billboards around New Providence highlighting the murder rate under the last Ingraham administration, a move Mr. Davis defended, despite fear that it would deter tourists.

The PLP erected billboards around New Providence highlighting the murder rate under the last Ingraham administration.

The country’s murder rate has repeatedly grabbed headlines this year and sparked travel advisories from the United States and Canada. Mr. Davis said concern is growing about the nature of media coverage of the incidents and the potential tourism fallout.

“Right now, the hotels are seeing some fall off, but more importantly, those who are in the hotels today, they’re not coming out into the community,” he said yesterday during a meeting with religious leaders.

“They’re not going to the restaurants, for example. They’re not going sightseeing as they used to.”

Mr. Davis urged the press to understand their role in maintaining the country’s reputation. He said other countries give less prominence to certain crimes than the local media does.

“I want to call upon the press to be sensitive,” he said.”

“The country’s murder rate has repeatedly grabbed headlines this year” and only to think that we are only in February, if we do not get a serious hold on this matter then we may end up with a very situation.

Now Prime Minister Davis comes out and must admit that the serious crime rate is affecting the ‘Golden Egg”, a fact that most of us knew would be the consequences just through simple logical deduction.

To be totally honest, Prime Minister Philip E. Davis K.C. really concerns some persons with some of the statements that he has made, like asking us to accept as fact that he did not appreciate, at the time, the ramifications or even possible ramifications of the now infamous “Murder Boards” on the tourism product;

“Yesterday, Mr. Davis said: ‘That the past: I am looking forward.’

“What I am saying now is, I now have evidence that this is impacting how it’s accepted in the international community.  I didn’t have evidence then on how it is accepted, and now that I know how it is accepted, I will say to the press, just be responsible in how you report to ensure that you don’t harm your country.”

Is he for one moment intimating that for a moment that he was too ignorant to be able to make the logical link between the rise in crime and the fallout in tourism?

If he had not become prime minister and had not been out in this situation, would he never have had someone make the logical link for him?

The Progressive Liberal Party fails for one reason; it is their nature.

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