CRY BABY FNMS ON POWER BLACKOUTS AND OTHER THINGS
Last week we had to endure power cuts in New Providence. That is an incontrovertible fact. No one runs away from that, least of all the PLP. The Minister for Energy JoBeth Coleby Dais was under fire as she explained that what we are experiencing is a combination of legacy issues and bad luck. That was not good enough for some people.
Next the professionals who actually run BPL came out in a press conference on Tuesday 4 August 2026 to explain in detail that the problems were complex but mainly the same story as the Minister. If there was any fault as we look back on this, it was over promising in the spring time that there was enough generation capacity and giving the impression that there would be no problems with BPL. Now we know differently and we hope the lesson drawn, one of them, is not to over promise.
The professionals did not satisfy the critics. Led by former Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, they picked the professionals apart. They did not believe it had anything to do with bad lines. They did not believe that it had anything to do with the heat. They did not believe that the legacy issues had anything to do with it.
A parade of critics, all of whom are associated with the FNM administration of Hubert Minnis, who failed to solve the problems when in office, lined up with their criticisms. We start with Dr. Minnis, then Michael Pintard, then Shanendon Cartwright, then Desmond Bannister, then Michaela Barnett-Ellis, then Wheatley Heastie, former BPL executive, then Duane Sands. They all trashed what the professionals had to say. Their journalistic amanuensis Candia Dames chimed in that JoBeth Coleby Davis ought to resign.
Our answer to all of it is cry baby sour lime. Fiddle sticks. They did not solve the power problem when in power but have plenty to say now.
Next up for criticism was a demo held by Michael Pintard on Friday 7 August 2026 to defend a lady claiming victimization in the hiring at Beaches and Parks Authority, now headed by Jamahl Strachan, MP for Nassau Village. He quickly pointed out that the lady in question had resigned and resigned voluntarily. End of story. But that was not enough for the group headed by Michael Pintard who sat in a government that fired 2500 public servants when they came to office in 2017.
Oh Lord how long?
Number of hits for the week ending Saturday 8 August 2026 up to midnight: 1,607,573;
Number of hits for the month of August up to Saturday 8 August 2026 up to midnight: 1,787,113;
Number of hits for the year 2026 up to Saturday 8 August 2026 up to midnight: 31,520,486;