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Truism 6 years, 8 months ago on UPDATED: Full disclosure – Inside story on the men behind $5bn refinery deal

I'm sorry, didn't know this was about black crab syndrome, thought it was about due diligence and finding suitable investors to assist in jump starting the economy of Grand Bahama.

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John 6 years, 9 months ago on Elective surgeries suspended at PMH due to overcrowding

Two : It is a sad reality that families are depositing family members in the hospital and walking away because they cannot care for them. These are usually older persons in the family and an even sadder reality is that some families cannot afford to care for their elderly. But what is even more depressing is that long and sustained economic hardship is causing many young people, males especially, to become homeless. Some families stay in apartments and run up the rent because either only one or none in the family is employed. So they are evicted and have to leave everything behind except their clothes because they have no where to take them. Some were also displaced due to hurricane, fire of family break-ups. Likewise is when banks foreclosures on a mortgage and takes the family home. Usually the females in the family are accommodated but many of the young men are left drifting between family and friends. Some would even go and stay in the shantytowns until they get on their feet, but government’s recent actions of bulldozing and flattening these villages have made this not an alternative. The fact is there are many persons and families living below the property line, some through no fault of their own. And if you live in Lyford Cay or Old Fort Bay, or Westridge or even Stapleton you will say yes, bulldoze the shantytown or condemn the houses that do not have running water. But you do this out of ignorance to reality. No one really wants these things in their country but as long as there are poor people and unemployed persons and sick people who are unable to work, these things will pop up. Just drive under the br on any given night and see the number seeking a place there. Hopefully the upcoming census will count the number of homeless people in this country so the government can seek to address the problem.