Guardian Radio Today - August 15 2025

[00:00:00] Speaker A: The views and opinions of the hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the management and staff of Guardian Radio. [00:00:32] Speaker B: Foreign. [00:00:40] Speaker C: Guardian Radio, your station for fresh news Smart talk all day. This is Guardian today. Gabby in your company. Garth Rose Barrow will be joining me shortly in studio. But listen guys, it's hot outside. It's where we're in the peak of of summer. And so I want you to stay hydrated, stay cool, remember to wear your sunscreen, drink lots and lots of water because our first hurricane is on the way of the season. It isn't predicted to give the Bahamas a direct hit, but you never know with these things and we want to stay prepared to looking as we start the show today with the front page of Guardian newspaper. Brookfield secures 1.9 billion in refinancing for Atlantis. So this is supposed to bring some major needed renovation to the Atlantis resort. And we also have front page of Guardian newspaper today. Shelters ready in case errand changes courses. DRM says and you know shelters are one of the number one concerns. If major hurricane was to strike our islands, where do the people go? And why did they take my son? Why did they take my son? The mother of the man who was murdered on Wednesday afternoon said his killer took everything from from me. Next on the front page of the Guardian. Bohemians charged in mass drug trafficking case appear in US Court for status hearing. These are all stories on front page of the Guardian newspaper. Pick up your copy today where you can find all the details there. Now before Garth and I really get into the meat of the day, we're just gonna chop it up with some, just chop it up with some light conversation and things that have been going on. You know, I happened to have to take a visit down to the Princess Margaret hospital this week as a relative is there. And as I went in to the accident and emergency section, there were gurney's beds laid all across. And this has been, I don't understand why we can't seem to solve this problem. They're just stretched all along the hallways everywhere. In the accident in emergency, yes, there are still no beds for people. But noticeably the relative that I, that I went to see, I don't want to call their name along with the nurses because the nurse was already frustrated, was sweating. I talked about, I thought somebody splash water on them. A bucket of water drenched in sweat in the hospital. I, I mean no air noticeably. I was like because I came in there with my jacket on. I said, you know, the hospital's been cold. I try to avoid going to the hospital at all costs. And when I walked through, after I got through the foyer okay, the AC was cool, it's okay. Soon as I got in the back to accident and emergency. I mean I. I thought I entered a furnace. And the relative also told me you gotta bring my medication back. You gotta bring my medication back. Because these people say they don't have no medication. This lady next to me need calcium. They don't have none. The nurses frustrated, the patients frustrated, everybody frustrated. So not only they hot and sweating, they don't have the resources that they need in the accident and emergency section in the hospital. Fast forward now to yesterday, they finally found a bed. They were admitted on a ward. And the same thing rains through the air conditioned throughout the hospital. Some sections you have it working. We in the death heat of summer and no AC in the hospital. Yesterday we talked about who's in charge, who is to blame for these things. We have our patience. I mean when you are at the lowest, they say the health of the nation is supposed to be the wealth of the nation. When you are at your all time lowest, my God, you have to go out if you're going out. Cuz we, we would, we would pray for healing hands suffering from heat. Because if whatever complication you're going in there don't take you out the heat surely will. And someone needs, needs to deal with this. This has been a matter stemming on we what's going on with the new hospital? We talking about building a new hospital. What happened to the hospital we got now it's in a state of disrepair. I look around there and I said Jesus Lord please keep me healthy so I don't have to come in here ever. Because looking at there it's just a depressing state. So can you imagine the patients? My God. So I see when them nurses and doctors are fighting for their dollars. My God. From Zion. They deserve every dollar they're asking for. They are overworked, they have no air condition in the debt of summer. Come on man. Some we, we gotta, we gotta deal with this. But I wanna give the numbers out before we go to a quick break so we can open up the phone lines. The numbers to call in are 323-623-2325-431632-54259. And from anywhere of our lovely beautiful family of islands. 2423-00-5720. The text lines are 422-4796. So we're looking at what's in news today yesterday Someone sent me an article, a snippet from the Tribune newspaper and I found it very interesting on what's happening in the political arena. And this was an excerpt printed and I want to pull it up for you guys here. And it headlined that Barnett Ellis tipped. It didn't say tapped, it said tipped for Kalani. Amid speculation that Senator has been selected as the FNM's candidate for Kalani, several members of the party's constituency association said that they remain unbothered by the potential selection and continue to back Dr. Minnis. Sources say Michaela Ellis Barnett is expected to be selected as the FNM's candidate for Kalani. So that was in Tribune News yesterday and we see the political field is heating up as numerous persons are vying for nominations from various political parties. We see both from the Progressive Liberal Party and the Free National Movement as well as coalition. I think they've ruled out if not almost all of their candidates. The vast majority of their candidates have been ruled out. So we're going to take this quick break and we're going to come back and we're going to talk about something special special that Garth and I have prepared for you. And I think it's going to be a really good conversation today. You're listening to 96.9 FM. Guardian today tired of banks forcing you to use technology to bank the way they want you to? Your convenience is important so no matter what your banking needs, Commonwealth Bank's friendly staff are always available in branch for that personal one on one service. 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The text says, please note that governments over our recent decades have had little to no care and and concern for our people's health care all over the Bahamas. Many of these governments have been clueless. They do not have us as a priority. They are heartless and blinded by evil, it seems. That's the text on the line. Caller, go ahead. [00:12:53] Speaker B: Hi, Gabby. Good afternoon. [00:12:55] Speaker C: Good afternoon. How are you? [00:12:56] Speaker B: It's a pleasure to have this first opportunity to speak with you. [00:13:01] Speaker C: Thank you, sir. [00:13:02] Speaker B: I wish my great, my great brother Garth was there because I'm gonna pose a question to him as well. [00:13:08] Speaker C: He's right here. But I didn't have a chance. We didn't want to keep you waiting. He's right here. We're gonna welcome in. But since you preempted that God, you might as well tell the people, hello. [00:13:18] Speaker A: Let the traitor talk. Let Judas talk. Go ahead. Okay. You didn't sell out to the woman. [00:13:22] Speaker B: Let's do this. [00:13:22] Speaker A: You didn't sell out to the woman. [00:13:24] Speaker B: Go on, Goss, you know my position when it comes down to nation building. And my love for this country. You know, it is so sad that the myriad of issues that we have in this country seems as if nothing truly has been accomplished. We as a people have been complaining about some things over and repeatedly and even some have come from the times of our parents before us and still yet nothing truly is, are happening in this country in terms of resolving these issues as far as the leaders that we put in governance over us. The hospital, I won't even touch that. My mom has been a nurse for well over 40 years prior to her departure from this earth. I've been in that hospital from a young teenager. I've seen the heydays of the pmh. I have seen the conditions of it now. I've seen the attitudes of some of our so called persons in the profession in regards to compassion to our people and their patients and so on and so forth. So that is just one issue. The other issues we have here, we talk about our educational system. I've yet to see any true reform in terms of really getting our educational system up to a level that we once appreciated where it was really recognized to be some of the best back in the 60s, 70s and early 80s. And I could go on and on with a myriad of other things. Traffic condition, we talk about schools opening in next week, we look at the roadways, we look at the condition of our roads, our verges, our environment, and nothing truly seems to really epitomize we as being first class in our country. My last point I'll make here we talk about the bus system, taxis and livery unions now at odds with the current administration, so on and so forth. And still these things still continue. Let me make one classic thing and Garth, I want your input on this because I think this could be a potential revolutionary move as it comes down to traffic congestion and our roadways. About a year ago I made mention that perhaps we need to look at one or two additional models to introduce this to introduce Nassau into Providence too. And that is, you know, because we have taxis that would not cater to our citizenry in certain areas, particular times we have the taxi and delivery and the buses not going in certain places. How about we adopt what is called either a monorail or tri rail around this island in strategic spots that persons who are employed in the hotel, for instance, right now most of the hotels don't even offer bus services to move their workers to get them home late at night, especially these night shifts. But if we have a monorail system that runs around even the circumference of the island and even one or two spots within the inner city, we may be able to alleviate some traffic on our streets, especially at peak times. Now we're talking about school. You would do something like a mango, like how they had a mango program where you can catch one bus or one train and go on to the next one at a certain destination to get you to your final destination. We truly as a people are not progressing in this country because we do not truly have progressive minds representing us in leadership. We have to fix these problems. We are tied to talking about the same things over and over and over and over again. And it seems as if we are talking the brick walls. How do we fix our situation? How do we begin the progression in our country so our people can feel as if they are progressing and not just feel as if we are progressing, but we are truly progressing in this wealthy country that we call the Bahamas. That's my commentary for now. Give me your input on this. Thanks. [00:17:44] Speaker C: Thank you so much, Jeff. We'll take the next call and then we'll. We'll answer your questions. Go ahead. We lost you. So, Garth, I think he posed a lot of those questions to you. I don't know if he felt like I couldn't handle it, but I'll let you take the mic and I'll chime in with my little five cents afterwards. [00:18:14] Speaker A: Well, let me say good day to everyone. It's a pleasure to be here. Guardian Radio 96.9 FM here for Guardian today. And you know, my, my phone rung first thing this morning, and of course people had some commentary based on the show yesterday. One in particular was a classmate of mine and he made a query and I told him, well, your query pertaining to the subject matter would also be subject to the foi, the freedom of information. Now I said, if information is made free to me, then I can make it free to you. But if information is not given to me, then who am I to go ahead and just deliver any information to anybody? If I don't know, I don't know, because the person who may know has not given me any information. And so therefore, I think they have a right to retain information. And so I have no information to give to you. That's the way that worked out this morning. And I was telling the truth, of course, today being here. Then I got another call that says, I love Gabby. Gabby. Gabby. Gabby is just. Man, she's a breath of fresh air. Just like this caller said just a while ago, they like you on the air. And you know, the gentlemen, they Just keep calling me and say they love Gabby. You know, the women, they, some of them, they may like you too, but they're not as much of them like you as the men do. So that's your husband problem. That ain't my problem. That ain't my problem. But I am here today. I'm thankful to be here, thankful for life. And Gabby, I did share something with you. I was being a bit mischievous last night when I shared to you an old song from back in the day. I know I can let her play that one before he go today, but I listened to Jeff and Jeff, you have, you have brilliant ideas. Of course, the thinkers of this country, we've already thought these ideas through. I don't know if this is quite the forum for us to even give some of these solutions to governance because I'm not sure that they are even listening. Will they pay attention or do they need a written plan before them so they can actually dissect it and simply look through to see if it's feasible? But definitely we've thought of rail systems in this country and just to bring an ease to transport in this country, of course the bus drivers and the taxi drivers and those other stakeholders are going to have an issue with the rail system because they cannot see the vision as to how that rail system would be able to assist the country. You will have to sell that to them as to how this can work for everybody. But Gabby can see you're itching. Go ahead, scratch it, scratch it. [00:20:48] Speaker C: In terms of immediate relief, because all of these things are going to take, things like that are going to take infrastructure, right? [00:20:54] Speaker A: Of course. [00:20:55] Speaker C: So in terms of immediate relief, where we can keep our bus drivers, our taxi drivers employed. A lot of the traffic jams comes from parents trying to drop children to school. If you notice during the summer months when children are off on holiday, the traffic, while we still have mild to medium traffic, it is less traffic than we see during the, during the September to June rush when children are in school. So if there is a proper busing system, we already have the bus drivers, we already have the routes. Mind you, some of the routes need to be expanded. But if we say that this, let's use 16A for example that goes to Michael Road, this 16A bus. These particular buses during the hours of 6am to 10am are designated for only school age children, children in uniform. Only them can get on these buses. [00:22:05] Speaker A: Well, the long and short of it is that a problem exists and there are solutions that can also be brought to the forefront to Solve these problems. It just takes thinking outside the box. And so it takes some dialogue, some serious dialogue. Not just dialogue for the purpose of a conversation, but dialogue with every intention to fix the problem this Texas has. Good day. I can agree with this lady about this hospital. I was there yesterday with a relative. She is so right about all this unfortunate situations. And she didn't mention the bathrooms when you go inside, some of the toilet bowls and was things not working. Have no water which is much needed for all those people. Who does be up there? That's Bahamian. Who does be up there? I just pray my close relative ista Sarge asap. You know, when it comes to these issues, I take a view at times to bring attention to these situations. But what I've learned is that we have to look at the history of the problem. This isn't just a today government problem. This has been an ongoing problem. I too have spent time in the hospital where I've sat there for all night long. I mean, I've been playing all night long. It wasn't no party. But yeah, you know, the weight is horrendous. But these are once again problems that if you're serious about solutions, then let's have a conversation about it. Callie on the line. Let's go quickly. Go ahead, call her. [00:23:28] Speaker B: Yes, sir. How you doing, man? [00:23:29] Speaker A: I'm trying to get you quickly so I could jumpstart this show. [00:23:33] Speaker B: Got some guys y' all hang up on. [00:23:38] Speaker A: The phone lines. Didn't cooperate with us. Yeah, go ahead. [00:23:41] Speaker B: Okay, listen. So some of our representatives. Representatives are not doing a very good job. The area that I live in, I had fall in before and call him Dr. Doolittle. Mr. Davos hasn't done much in the area and I'm hoping to see more problems we're having in this area is in Tall Pines is garbage isn't being picked up at all. I don't know if pellets being getting paid. I understand that, but I also call in to say that there's some contractors and I'm not one of them, but there are some contractors that haven't even gotten a down payment for school projects. [00:24:21] Speaker C: Oh, Jesus. [00:24:22] Speaker B: And this is a shame on the plt because the reality is I know someone personally who I was supposed to be working for and he told me he didn't get the money yet. So I just want you all to elaborate on things like that because I was in agreement with some of the things the gentlemen say. As far as progress is concerned, I think the country has progressed, but it hasn't progressed to the point where people are. Most people are feeling it. There's only that 10%. But thanks a lot. I'm gonna hang up in here. [00:24:52] Speaker A: I appreciate you. They tell they like cabbage. [00:24:56] Speaker C: Thank you so much, Carla. [00:24:58] Speaker A: They must even put you on vacation for two years. [00:25:00] Speaker C: Are you guys gonna wear. [00:25:02] Speaker A: No. Women don't call it today like me. All these fellas calling today like Gabby, but everything cool. [00:25:07] Speaker C: You gotta tell a woman them when. [00:25:08] Speaker A: You'Re old like me, you just gotta take it with a grain of salt, you know? But hey, man, listen, it's a beautiful Friday. Let's have some fun today on this Friday. And I know texts are coming in and we, we just gotta jump start the show today. I'll tell you where my mind is today, Gabby. I was out yesterday evening after doing all my chores and I got into a very heated discussion. Very heated. And guess where I took the conversation? I took the conversation to a watering hole. Because, you know, people at the watering hole always speak the truth. [00:25:43] Speaker C: That's where you find the information. [00:25:45] Speaker A: Thank you very much. Okay, good. So this person, and I know he's listening to me today, he was just bent on the fact, he says that we are an independent country and we could do whatever we want. Now that was the challenge to me last night. And so I says, well, he said, all the problems we have, we can fix them ourselves. All the situations we have, we can fix them ourselves. We have everything that God has given us in this country to fix it ourselves. And I said, I'm listening to you and you're saying to me that you belong to yourself. He said, yes. So I went firstly to a tenant of mine and of course the tenant told him he's wrong. Then I went to the watering hole and they said that he was wrong. So what I want to know from the people today is how independent do you feel? Because you've just been sharing with me just now about the hospital, Right? Whose hospital? Well, first of all, let me ask you the name of the hospital. [00:26:41] Speaker C: The Princess Margaret Hospital, also known as pmh. [00:26:47] Speaker A: Pmh. Okay, so she from Bantown, eh? I wonder if she from Bantown. Nassau Village? Is she from Flamingo Gardens or Adelaide or Gambia? Maybe she's from Fox. Who's Princess Balwar? Let me see who this is. I want you to tell me who that is first. God, no, I want to know the same. The same hospital you say you own. This your hospital? This your. Listen to me. This your horse, Spittle. This, this yawns from 1973 to now. This yawns. And the name on that structure is Princess what? Margaret. So that's her. [00:27:24] Speaker C: Is he Princess Margaret? [00:27:26] Speaker A: No, I just. [00:27:26] Speaker B: I just. [00:27:26] Speaker A: I just. I just stirred up the pot. Can I just stir up the pot a little bit? [00:27:29] Speaker C: Yes. [00:27:29] Speaker A: Okay, good. Your police force is who? [00:27:35] Speaker C: Royal. [00:27:36] Speaker A: Royal voice. [00:27:39] Speaker C: Voice indication of the crown. [00:27:41] Speaker A: Then who? [00:27:42] Speaker C: Bahamas. [00:27:43] Speaker A: Then it's the who, the police. And then it's what? Then it's the force for you. That's who it is. So you got the Royal circle, you got the Bahamas circle, your police, and then you got the force. Now watch this again. The Bahamas Correction center was formerly what? [00:28:01] Speaker C: His Majesty. [00:28:04] Speaker A: It used to be Her Majesty. But it will make you feel like you feel a little independent, right? So they say, oh, that's a Bahamas Correctional Center. But who is in chief or in charge of the Bahamas Correction Center? Let me see who the top dog is over there? [00:28:19] Speaker C: His Majesty. [00:28:20] Speaker A: Oh, His Majesty. Oh, His Majesty. So let's go to some call of defense force. What's the name of that one called? [00:28:26] Speaker C: Mm. We say the rb. [00:28:30] Speaker A: So what that mean? Yeah, what do I mean? Yeah, what do I mean? [00:28:32] Speaker C: The Royal Bahamas. [00:28:34] Speaker A: Oh, Royal come first again. But this yours. So let me know who the royal family is around here. I just want to know. I know the Pindleys are our royal family because, you know, the father of the nation, that family, they stood out front and we got our independence in 73. But these people that you call royal, do they live here? [00:28:52] Speaker C: They do not. [00:28:53] Speaker A: They do not reside here. So all of these features that we have here in this country, you got customs and you got these crowns. In Parliament, you got the crown, you got the mace. In the Senate, you got this Westminster system system. So, so, so, so somebody got to explain to me how independent of me today because you're telling me about your problems and you're naming the problems. PLP and fnm. That's what you're naming the problems. You are naming them PLP and FNM. [00:29:17] Speaker B: For. [00:29:18] Speaker A: For the last 20 years, you've been naming them PLP and F M. These our problems. But when it comes down to the infrastructure of governance, we talk about the royal. What I don't understand. Call out you on the line. [00:29:31] Speaker B: Go ahead. [00:29:31] Speaker A: Not gonna keep you any longer. [00:29:33] Speaker B: Yeah. Good afternoon. [00:29:35] Speaker A: I just had to get out my belly, so I apologize to you. [00:29:39] Speaker B: Good afternoon to you and your co. Host. [00:29:41] Speaker A: Yes, sir. [00:29:44] Speaker B: In respect to public transportation. Right. I've looked at models and even right here in the Caribbean, I haven't seen what I see in here in The Bahamas. But we privatize these things by issuing plate create this basically monster, what you would call it. Because then you look at the graphic music that is being played on these bus. When you look at. I call them speeding, I call them speed and jukebox. That's basically what they are, speeding jukebox. But to address this problem because you could public and feel safe, you need to correct this by putting adjusting the odometer fixing it does not exceed more than 25, 30 miles an hour. Anything over that, then you need to be driving for the Indianapolis 500. But why would we have these things open where bus drivers can speed at will? That doesn't work in a common sense country. [00:30:49] Speaker A: That's a solution. [00:30:51] Speaker B: And then another thing, another thing which we need to do reissue is played right, Traffic in September will be congested again with people dropping their kids to school because they don't feel safe with them riding this public transportation system. So what we need, what we should have done it really, this job really should be the Ministry of Transport. And fully, you know, that's who that's in developed countries, that's who controls the busing system, the Ministry of Transport. [00:31:20] Speaker C: How do they fight that? Remember this is the first time that that was proposed by successive governments in terms of collaboration with bus drivers, even in terms of the pay system with bus drivers carrying all of that cash in hand where persons would be able to have a bus pass and to kind of centralize the system. So are we then our own problem caller? [00:31:47] Speaker B: Most definitely. Because we created these for votes and all these other stuff like that. Now you give these sellers these plates, you try to pull these plates back in. Now you know the nonsense, you know the chaos that will cost and our brothers and sisters when they go to these meetings, when the Minister of Transport go to these meetings, I sure they don't really tell the rest of the world the type of system we operate in the Bahamas. We have persons collecting feds creating problems, they drinking, they, they do whatever they want to do on these busing system. Who's going to put their child on this bus? I remember I had an experience where the bus driver started playing all this graphic music. I said hey, there's two things, the graphic music and speeding. So he tried to put me off. I said, put me off to go there. I'm not going nowhere. And at the same time a police officer pulled up. He said he was following his bus for quite a deal of time. He said why would you all sit here on this bus and allow the seller to Risk your life. I said ask the bus driver what he and I arguing about right now. That's basically what the problem is. But the government needs to step in and control, hire these bus drivers to who? Those who would have passed the test. Because, you know, we had a big problem with bus drivers and underage children. You know it. So you've got to upgrade your busing system, put more mature people in there and control the busing system. You cannot just put it in the hands of poison who don't have this, don't see attitude, feeding all over the place, drinking, doing whatever they want to do. [00:33:22] Speaker A: You feel that we had, do you feel we had better control systems pre 1973? [00:33:30] Speaker B: Definitely we had a better system. Definitely right up to the early, early 80s we had a good system, what they did. But like over the years government been issuing these plates for political experience, for political stuff like they do with a whole lot of other things. And now we have this system where the roads are going to be overcrowded, congested, people dropping their kids to school. Then they don't really have to, you know, you have parks, you could use these parks in every community as a terminal for these bus drivers to pick up funerals. And just like your guest said, which I had already, I made some recommendations on, we should have a system just. [00:34:09] Speaker A: For school kids, once again, solutions to issues and if we have the right forums where we have the intention of correcting these problems, I'm almost certain that behavior people can fix much of these situations, but they're not going to do it. [00:34:23] Speaker B: They're not going to do it because they don't possess the political will to do it. Why do you think the meetings just keep putting off getting postponed and putting off? Because they know what to do, but they don't have the political will to pull these plates in and create a proper and safe public transportation system which is spearheaded solely by the Ministry of Transport. That's how it works in developed countries like Yandy. [00:34:48] Speaker A: I appreciate the call, thank you so much. [00:34:50] Speaker C: I want to get to some of these texts though, Garth, before, before you get to the caller, the text that says, as it relates to the individual who spoke so brilliantly about the monorail system around the island to alleviate traffic. Do bohemians find the use of words which is free an act of comedy? In order to introduce that type of system to the Bahamas and aid our transportation system, it then requires an increase in taxes and they put increase in taxes in caps. So they want us to know this to the top of their voice, something behemoths to test the very thought of in major cities where this is a reality, ask the residents about the level of taxes they pay annually. Same as it relates to the hospital, road, schools, etc. The another text says, no, you may not. God. Those names are a connection to our Commonwealth history and they deserve to remain. When you want to run away from your foundation, you will continue, continue to lose your identity. Doing away with our Commonwealth ties that we still depend heavily on is not the answer. [00:36:09] Speaker A: I like that text. Because you know what? I'm gonna deal with that text today. That's exactly where I want to hear you speak. Because when you speak like that, you're going right along the cookie path that I'm laying before you. Because I am going to take you into the woods and when we get there, going to meet the axeman because I got to chop this thing down today. That's exactly where I'm going today. Here's a text. The government love is known by its actions, not just talk. Urgent actions is needed for pmh. A clean, not smelly rooms, upgraded environment, ongoing proper supplies of medications and more beds. Governments must, they say, find the money urgently to correct these many wrongs over many decades. The government must, must save our people and buy the equipment necessary to help the doctors work to save our people's health. That was one text there. Oh, no. I read that someone just says her Majesty's Prison. That's okay. Another person says, good day, Gabby and Garth. After 52 years, we have no new hospital in E. The new section is incomplete since the last government. But Bahamians don't want change. Sad day. We all will get sick. And where do we go? Where do the politicians go? Wake up. Bahamas. Well, let me just say this, Gabby, I like how that Texas mentioned that we have to hold on to our history in terms of the names of things. You know, our country has been staged as independent 1973, yet we remain as a part of the Commonwealth of Nations. [00:37:55] Speaker C: Yes, correct. [00:37:57] Speaker A: There are somewhat 52 countries as a part of the Commonwealth of Nations, you know, and declining. Declining. We're going to get to that. Being a part of the Commonwealth of Nations, though, doesn't necessarily mean that. That you have a financial obligation to the Commonwealth of Nations. Am I correct so far? [00:38:16] Speaker C: You go ahead. I'm gonna. [00:38:17] Speaker A: But there are benefits that are associated with being a part of the Commonwealth of Nations. And so these countries that are independent are part of this association. Countries included are such like India, Canada, Barbados, Bahamas. You have Fiji, you have Singapore, you have Rwanda. You have Gambia, you got all these other different countries around the world. They're all a part of the Commonwealth of Nations. Now that you say that you're independent, I'm listening to you. Bahamas. Even today you're telling me about the condition of your hospital. Who is responsible for the condition of your hospital? I want to know that. Who's responsible for the condition of your roads? I want to know that. And the way I'm going to tie this story together is that I want to to give a scenario of a. A young male, a young man, or it could be a female that lives in their parents house. As long as you're in the parents house, the door closes at 12 o'. Clock. Is that familiar to anyone? 12 o', clock. Even if you 18, 19, one man. [00:39:23] Speaker C: And 21 could be in that house. [00:39:25] Speaker A: One man, one woman. So that dog that locks at 12 o'. [00:39:29] Speaker B: Clock. [00:39:30] Speaker A: And the rules of the house is that you can bring no young man or no young woman in here. Not in Jesus house. This ain't coming in here. You know, anyone come to you, they stay in the living room, they make a reach the bathroom, but they ain't going no further down the hallway. That's the rules of the house. You have a bedroom door, but there is no exit to the outside. And so now that you are capable of paying rent because you're working now, you got to now pay your parents rent for the room that you have. Gabby, gotta ask you, you're living in their house, you're paying rent. Are you truly independent? [00:40:07] Speaker C: As yet you're not. [00:40:09] Speaker A: You're still not. Why not? [00:40:10] Speaker C: You're not. You still have to. [00:40:12] Speaker A: Because the door at 12:00 clock still applies. [00:40:17] Speaker C: Well, the thing about it is you, we then now have to go in the first. Define what? Independence. [00:40:24] Speaker A: But I'm trying to get that. That's why I asking you. [00:40:26] Speaker C: So you trying to lead me down a rabbit hole? [00:40:28] Speaker A: Of course I am. I'm taking you to the woods, we're going to chop this thing up. [00:40:31] Speaker C: Because you are independent. But even in a country, in a society, there's still rules. [00:40:38] Speaker A: Stay in my story. Stay, stay. In my story, you're living in the bedroom, you're paying rent. Are you truly independent yet? You're an Adult, you're 18, 19, 21. [00:40:51] Speaker B: I'm. [00:40:51] Speaker A: Are you. Are you truly independent? [00:40:54] Speaker C: You're independent. I'm gonna, I'm gonna say that. And this is why I'm saying in every land from, from time, you know, you like to get all preached. [00:41:02] Speaker A: Go back to my Story. [00:41:03] Speaker C: No, you let me answer this how I answer. [00:41:06] Speaker A: No, no, I don't want you to do that. [00:41:07] Speaker C: Because you're on the story. [00:41:07] Speaker A: No, because I was the host the other day and I in charge of the mic, and I say to you, I need you to stay in the story. [00:41:13] Speaker C: We in the story. [00:41:14] Speaker A: Okay, so there is. [00:41:15] Speaker C: There is. So what? That is the door closing at 12 o'. [00:41:18] Speaker B: Clock. [00:41:18] Speaker A: Yes. [00:41:19] Speaker C: All of these things is the law of the land. [00:41:22] Speaker A: Law of the house. [00:41:23] Speaker C: It's the law of the house. [00:41:24] Speaker A: Yes, correct. Now, watch this. If I say this is my front door, but I will give you a door to your bedroom that goes to the outside, but I lock in my gate at 12 o', clock, you're still independent. [00:41:39] Speaker C: Pardon me? [00:41:39] Speaker A: I can give you your own door. I can let you chop in the window, the window on the east side, the window on the north side. You can have a front and a back door. But that gate out there, access to this yard, that locks at 12 o' clock because my doors are 12 o' clock, too. [00:41:54] Speaker C: You are still independent. [00:41:57] Speaker B: How? [00:41:57] Speaker A: You're independent. [00:41:58] Speaker C: You are still independent. Harris, follow me with this. [00:42:02] Speaker A: I listen to them. [00:42:03] Speaker C: The law of the land in which you live says that gate locks at 12. At 12. [00:42:10] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:42:11] Speaker C: Now, if you choose not to reside in that land anymore, you can go and look at alternatives. [00:42:19] Speaker A: You mean that night you could sleep out at the hotel, then you could do that. You could do that. [00:42:25] Speaker C: You could sleep out at the hotel, you could sleep at a friend. [00:42:27] Speaker A: But you can't access your domicile. [00:42:30] Speaker C: But you, at that time, you already knew what the premise was and you already know what the rules of engagement were. If you. If you are going to stay here that night or whatever night, you need to be in by 12. [00:42:45] Speaker A: For me, as a big man, you can't tell me. [00:42:48] Speaker C: Well, big man, you should have been in your own. [00:42:52] Speaker A: That's what I tried to tell you. Calling you on the line or. We lost the caller. We lost the caller. That's what I tried to say. [00:42:58] Speaker C: I understand that. [00:42:58] Speaker A: Okay, go ahead, call her. [00:42:59] Speaker C: Being in your own, if you renting and the landlord say you only could have two people in there. [00:43:05] Speaker A: That's the law. [00:43:05] Speaker C: That's the law of the land. [00:43:07] Speaker A: All right, go ahead and call her. [00:43:08] Speaker C: I don't want that. [00:43:08] Speaker A: Go ahead, call her. Go ahead, caller. [00:43:11] Speaker B: Boy, God, I. I follow on you and I. I think I getting what you saying. God, I. I think I can't. Trying to understand what you say. [00:43:17] Speaker A: Okay, you don't. [00:43:18] Speaker B: You don't see the need to Purchase an item or somebody give you an item, and you got to return to the previous owner to do everything with that item. That's why I don't like apple. God. That's me coming from God. I really don't get where you coming from, God. Okay, okay. In another example then, God, they say we have a father of the nation. But how come the mummy's still on the highest node in the country? [00:43:44] Speaker A: Well, she's just deserving. She. [00:43:45] Speaker B: She. I. I mean, I did not say she wasn't deserving. I did not. [00:43:50] Speaker A: I know. Okay, explain to me, explain to me. [00:43:56] Speaker B: My grandmother, I met my daddy. I know my daddy. [00:43:59] Speaker A: Okay, so go ahead, explain yourself. Break it down for me because I might be a little slow today. [00:44:04] Speaker B: No, but, but God, I call him to let you know, right? You sound better with Gabby. I. I ever like you. God, I tell you that, but you sound better with Gabby there. [00:44:13] Speaker A: You. [00:44:14] Speaker B: You just sound better. And I don't like man, you know. [00:44:16] Speaker A: But you sound better with us. [00:44:21] Speaker B: A Friday. I feel like being disgusted on my. [00:44:23] Speaker C: Free of mind on this Friday. [00:44:24] Speaker A: Yeah, you were like, man, Darvin is a man. So I get it. I tell a woman, don't call for Darvin, but they wouldn't call. Okay, I appreciate you, bro. Man, much respect. Good call, Good call. Next caller, please go ahead. Sorry, but I call. You can call back. Next caller, go ahead, please. Go ahead, call her. Go ahead, call her. I had to call back again. Go ahead, Jeff. No problem. Go ahead. [00:44:45] Speaker B: Hey, Batman. Gabby. You're. You're. You're Robin to the Batman. So that's a good mix. [00:44:53] Speaker C: Thank you so much. I appreciate you call us. [00:44:57] Speaker A: Okay? [00:44:57] Speaker C: I don't care. Appreciate. [00:44:58] Speaker A: Okay, next caller, go ahead, please. [00:45:00] Speaker C: All right, Hayden, I know he need in your bloody call. [00:45:05] Speaker A: You there? Okay, well, folks, you know what time it is, man, it's got in news time. We're gonna take this quick break. We're gonna get back to this discussion because I got to get the truth out of Gabby, man. She know exactly what I trying to do. You know what I tried to do. [00:45:19] Speaker C: I know what you're trying to do. [00:45:20] Speaker A: We gotta make them understand that this is what we do. We'll be right back. 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But you know when we're talking about eradication, you know, eradication squad, maybe the Bahamas needs an independent eradication squad to deal with the problems of this country. All of those solutions that you have, you just get all those People together and make them the problem solvers of this country. If you're truly independent, that is. But let me get back to my story. Gabby, I got to get back to my story because you tried to twist my story. So for those of you just joining us after the news, here is my scenario. You have a mother, you got a father, you got a house. House is walled in, has a gate and you are the son, you are the daughter, you have your own, I use the word own. O w n own bedroom. Now when you have your own bedroom in your parents house, you don't really own that, you just occupy that. But we call it your own room because only you are in there. [00:49:37] Speaker C: You don't own your apartment, but you don't own it. [00:49:40] Speaker A: That's why they tell you you can close the door in here. All doors stay open, okay? And you follow the rules of the house. And house door closes by 12 o' clock at night. That goes for everybody. Door lock. That means that the warden of the house is locking the door. But you are 18, you are 19, you are 21, you are an adult. According to society, you are your own man, your own woman, but you're living home in your ma and your PA house. I had to ask, Gabby, as a grown individual, are you truly independent in that house? I went a step further to say, let me break out the windows on the east side, the windows on the north side, so you can have a front and a back door so you could come and go as you please. You could go in and out them doors. One in the morning, three in the morning, going to pray. Six, it doesn't matter. Whenever you want to come inside, you can go and come as you please. But the gate for the property that gives access to the government road locks at 12 and opens at 6 in the morning. Now, are you truly independent? Now you, you're independent in the yard, you're free in the yard, but you ain't free to go and come as you please. I'm trying to draw the nice uniform bling. I gotta fix my story. Y' all try to jack me up on a Friday. That's why I call the eradication squad for y'. [00:51:16] Speaker C: All. [00:51:16] Speaker A: I can deal with y'. [00:51:17] Speaker B: All. [00:51:17] Speaker A: You ain't no one running for me. Here's what I say to you. When you live in people's yard or in people's house, you are not free. The Bahamas exists in a global society where there are rules and, and regulations, there are policies, there are legislations, there are understandings. These things take Place through conventions. We just sit in the yard. Now you all tell me you're independent, you're going to do whatever y' all want to do. Y' all can fix your own problem here, but y' all can do anything y' all want to do. Before 1973, we had a conversation. Did the Bahamas look and operate as we're doing so now? Are we in a worse situation or we in a better situation? Since 1973, in terms of your busing system, in terms of your road improvement, in terms of your. Your town planning, what type of operation do we have being our independent self? Caller, you've been on the line before the news. I gotta let you talk. Go ahead, caller. [00:52:27] Speaker B: Hey, good afternoon, guys. [00:52:28] Speaker A: Go ahead. Hey, my brother, what's happening? [00:52:30] Speaker B: Good afternoon to your co host. [00:52:32] Speaker A: God, that's Gabby. They love Gabby. [00:52:35] Speaker B: Yeah, but the way you talking, the way you speak, you, you, you. You really sound lost. I'll. I'll tell you why. [00:52:42] Speaker A: Go ahead. [00:52:42] Speaker B: You said. You said we are not independent. [00:52:44] Speaker A: No, I didn't say that yet. [00:52:46] Speaker B: Okay, what did you say? [00:52:48] Speaker A: It depends on. On where you're at. [00:52:51] Speaker B: What you mean it depends on where we at? [00:52:53] Speaker A: You could be independent in your room when you can't close the door. [00:52:57] Speaker B: Do you need permission to leave this country? When you want to live, you need. [00:53:00] Speaker A: Permission to enter another country? [00:53:02] Speaker B: No. That's another country? [00:53:04] Speaker A: Yes. [00:53:04] Speaker B: Do you need permission to leave this country? The Bahamas? [00:53:08] Speaker A: Well, you gotta. You gotta go through the airport last time I checked. [00:53:11] Speaker B: No, I asked if you need permission. [00:53:15] Speaker A: I'm saying to you. [00:53:16] Speaker B: Permission. [00:53:16] Speaker A: I'm saying to you again, when you go through the Linden Airport, you gotta go through the screener. You gotta get. That's permission for me. [00:53:23] Speaker C: That's permission to enter someone else country. [00:53:25] Speaker A: What I saying? You trying to leave, you still gotta get permission to get out. [00:53:29] Speaker B: You don't need permission to leave this country. [00:53:31] Speaker A: Okay, tell me how you can leave then. You go on your own boat. [00:53:33] Speaker B: You go to your own boat and you talking about being gated in the yard and only one person have a key, then definitely that's not independence. But we are not gated. When you want to leave this country, you can leave this country when you want. When you want to leave your house. Well, ain't nobody keeping you here in the Bahamas. You can go. [00:53:52] Speaker A: Can they deny you. Can they deny you reentry? [00:53:56] Speaker C: Sorry. [00:53:56] Speaker A: Can they deny you re entry? [00:54:00] Speaker B: No, they cannot. Because you are a Bahamian citizen, they will not deny you re entry. No. [00:54:07] Speaker A: Okay, so. So they cannot deny you re entry at no Given time for no given reason. [00:54:12] Speaker B: No. [00:54:12] Speaker A: Okay, okay. [00:54:14] Speaker B: They can't. So you, You. You sound like you're a little confused with what you're saying. Your thesis with you. Just explain. It's definitely wrong because it's a different scenario in which you're speaking. If you are gated in a yard and only one person have that key and you live in that yard, you are not independent. You do not have free reign. But you have free reign in this country to go with. [00:54:42] Speaker A: You are qualifying the type of independence that we experience. [00:54:47] Speaker B: No, no, I'm qualifying free reign. That's independence. Okay, so. [00:54:53] Speaker A: So, so free free reign says then that if we want to take care of our violence issues in this country, we don't need to apply to privy council. Just do it. [00:55:06] Speaker B: That has nothing to do with privy council. [00:55:08] Speaker A: I'm asking you. You said free reign. [00:55:10] Speaker B: See, you. [00:55:10] Speaker A: You use a scenario where I cannot fight with you, so I got to give you a scenario that I could fight with you because you telling me you free period. [00:55:18] Speaker B: You were speaking about access. [00:55:20] Speaker A: I'm speaking about that as a general example as to how the law of a house works. I'm saying to you, in the world that we live in, there are rules and regulations. That's the only point I'm trying to. [00:55:30] Speaker B: Make to you automatically there is. [00:55:32] Speaker A: That's all I'm saying, sir. [00:55:33] Speaker B: No, but you're trying to confuse the conversation. [00:55:36] Speaker A: God, when you are bringing clarification. I'm not fighting you on that. I'm just trying to make sure that you are clear in what I'm trying to say. [00:55:42] Speaker B: I am very clear. That's why I called in. [00:55:44] Speaker A: But I appreciate you, but there are rules and regulations. Next caller, go ahead, please. [00:55:51] Speaker C: Next. The call is gone. [00:55:52] Speaker A: Okay, good. [00:55:54] Speaker C: But I think from the dawn of time. God, you like to get preachy on us. That's why I like to take. Right from the dawn of time, it doesn't matter where you go. There has always been a common law, no matter where you are. It's the only way so that society can remain civil. So there's always been an understanding amongst men and women in the land. No matter what land you go on. You know that if I carve out this lot for you, this is your property. Lie. You live. You. You have neighbors. Correct, guy? [00:56:32] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:56:33] Speaker C: Or you live in the back of the bush. [00:56:34] Speaker A: I. In the bush. But I got, I got. I got. [00:56:35] Speaker C: You can have one or two neighbors, right? [00:56:37] Speaker A: I got a neighbor. [00:56:38] Speaker C: So, you know, if your neighbor decide that they want to expand and push back Your property. Like what you could do. [00:56:49] Speaker A: This is all they talking about. This is what they talking about. I understand what he's saying, you know, but see, that's why I said you. There are types of independence. That's why I use the word true independence, Gabby, that. I'm very specific when I say that true independence means that for me, means that you're so powerful that whatever decision you make, that you can actually handle the benefits or the consequences of your decision. [00:57:11] Speaker C: So then is it us who is not truly independent, or is it our leaders who are not bold enough to take a stance that they feel may have severe repercussions? [00:57:25] Speaker A: Okay, let me. Let me. Gabby is so smart, and I see the call on the lines. Lift right up. I. I need to. I don't talk. Hey. Okay, go ahead, call her. [00:57:34] Speaker B: Good afternoon. [00:57:36] Speaker A: Hey. Hey. What's my brother. [00:57:37] Speaker B: Good afternoon, Gabby. [00:57:38] Speaker C: Hi, Anton. That's Anton. [00:57:40] Speaker A: Yeah, that's your friend Anton. [00:57:41] Speaker C: You ain't calling. I hear from Anton all week. I said, Anton, you okay? You feeling good? [00:57:48] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm fine. You know, j. Thank you very much. I. I called specifically to pick up where the last caller left off. Yes, and I wholeheartedly agree. [00:58:02] Speaker A: Yes. [00:58:02] Speaker B: With the last caller. I completely disagree with what you were saying. God. Because. [00:58:07] Speaker A: Go ahead. [00:58:08] Speaker B: And even. Even the illustration that you seek to use, it does not fit at all. It's like putting. Or trying to put a circle in a scrub page. [00:58:17] Speaker A: Okay, so go ahead and explain why. [00:58:18] Speaker B: In a circle. [00:58:19] Speaker A: Go ahead and explain why. [00:58:21] Speaker B: Share the reasons. And then I'll end with a point. Another point. You used the or. You moved away from the first goalpost that you were setting. After the caller called in and elaborated on his points, you moved to a new goal post when you expressed the privy council. Look, we are not bounded by the privy council because we are forced to go there. We made a choice as a sovereign, independent nation who allow for the privy council to be one of the international jurisdictions, legal jurisdictions, that behemoth, or anyone residing in our country who feels aggrieved by the law. [00:59:06] Speaker A: So can I ask a question, Anton? [00:59:07] Speaker B: Can. Can apply to. To seek. [00:59:11] Speaker A: So whether you choose to wear the leash or not wear the leash, that's what you're telling me? [00:59:17] Speaker B: What are you talking about? [00:59:18] Speaker A: You tell me. We've chosen to be tied to the privy council. That's what you're saying. [00:59:21] Speaker B: We made a decision. [00:59:22] Speaker A: We made a decision to be tied. [00:59:24] Speaker B: To the privy council to allow for an international court of experts to give reign where our laws are concerned. But they are still tied. They are still tied in their ruling to the constitution. [00:59:43] Speaker C: That speaks to our sovereignty. But God, you were talking about independence. So I think where Anton is going. [00:59:55] Speaker B: And so we could just as easily today go to parliament and recall that aspect of law outside of our country or decision making on matters of law outside of our country. Right? In addition to that. In addition to that, God, you also, you also made the point, which I completely disagree with. You made the point that only countries that can afford to deal with the consequences of whatever decisions they make are truly independent. No country on this planet, no country on this planet with its people, with its people who has the ability to. To make decisions or help in the process of forming conclusions wants to suffer. Any country on this planet similar to Cuba can make decisions that has major consequences and force its people to live with those consequences. But no independent country, no independent country with its people having an equal share in the decision making. We'll go to that without first. [01:01:03] Speaker A: So, people, what I want you to do today for me. No, I like what you're saying. I like what you're saying. [01:01:08] Speaker B: Listen, we make our decisions no longer. We make our decisions. [01:01:12] Speaker A: And you don't know when to stop beating. I trying to hold you up a minute because you don't understand that even though you're talking, some people can't follow all the way. I gotta stop you. Come on, man, be fair and be courteous. I'm asking you again that Haiti as an independent country and Cuba, who is a different type of country, why then is the world treating them the way they're being treated? Let me hear this. [01:01:36] Speaker B: Cuba has situations and it's not a matter of the world where Cuba is concerned. Nor is it a matter of the world where Haiti is concerned. It's a matter of the United States, in particular, the superpower of the world where Cuba is concerned. Right. Forcing. Forcing. And this is, this is the unfair practices. Who can superimpose. [01:02:00] Speaker A: Superimpose. Following you. Yeah, I like what you're saying. I like what you're saying. Benefits. [01:02:10] Speaker B: The benefits that directly derived are. [01:02:12] Speaker A: Directly derived. [01:02:13] Speaker B: Yes, they're directly derived from people and others doing business with them and other. [01:02:19] Speaker A: People doing business in. [01:02:21] Speaker B: In such a manner, in such a. That can be. That can be unfair to other nations. That has nothing to do. That has nothing to do with the independent decisions that Cuba makes or that Haiti makes. Haiti, on the other hand, fell into a situation of financial and economic disrepair because they won their independence through blood on the field. They took their independence. They didn't negotiate it, which is another conversation or whether it's more beneficial to take independence or to negotiate it. But they found themselves in a financial position and they have yet to be able to get out of that foothold that they're in. But that does not take away. And of course, corruption kicks in and all the other considerations. But that does not take away from their ability to make independent decisions for them and themselves once they can get their ass together. [01:03:16] Speaker A: I like. I like the call so far, Antoine. Let me take some other calls. You can call back later, but let me take some other calls. The phones are lit up. But I like what you're saying. I really do. Next caller, Go ahead, please. [01:03:26] Speaker B: Yes, good day, Mr. Gar. [01:03:29] Speaker A: Yes. [01:03:30] Speaker B: And Gabby. [01:03:31] Speaker C: Hi, good afternoon. [01:03:32] Speaker B: How you doing? [01:03:33] Speaker C: I'm well. [01:03:34] Speaker B: That darling husband yours, did he go to that park yesterday and take some pictures in your neighborhood like I asked you so you could assure them pictures to God? [01:03:45] Speaker C: I. I'll show. I'll show the pictures to God. [01:03:49] Speaker A: Okay? [01:03:49] Speaker B: Because I want God to see how. Let me talk with independence. The beaches and park, $7 million overrun. That was authorized by Miskan out of the Ministry of Finance. Right? [01:04:09] Speaker A: Yes. [01:04:09] Speaker B: Listen, let's play around. [01:04:18] Speaker A: Yes, Right. Yes. [01:04:19] Speaker B: And I like the call for five minutes, you know, I. Time every time, you know, Come on. [01:04:27] Speaker A: Yeah, but I. I think. I think he said some good stuff. And I. I like the challenges that he presented, but he also, he. He heavily disagrees with me, but at the same time, he's speaking my language. But go ahead. [01:04:37] Speaker B: Listen here. When you talk administratively. [01:04:41] Speaker A: Yes. [01:04:45] Speaker B: Independence to administer our affairs. [01:04:48] Speaker A: Yes. [01:04:49] Speaker B: You talk Privy Council. That's judiciously. [01:04:52] Speaker A: Yes. Right? Yes. [01:04:54] Speaker B: It's called the Majesty's Judicial Committee of the Privy Console. [01:05:00] Speaker A: Yes, sir. [01:05:01] Speaker B: We, as a member of the family of the Commonwealth of Nations, have a choice as a final court of appeal. [01:05:11] Speaker A: Yes. [01:05:11] Speaker B: By choice. To go there if we don't get satisfaction from the appeals court like the other family of nations, of the British family. [01:05:20] Speaker A: Yes. [01:05:21] Speaker B: Okay, now you see what talk about, right? But Ukraine, why are they in problems with it? [01:05:33] Speaker A: Please explain quickly. [01:05:35] Speaker B: They didn't choose to become a member of NATO. [01:05:41] Speaker A: But you tell me independent entities, they're basically encouraged to join certain associations. And if they don't, then there are repercussions. [01:05:52] Speaker B: Then Putin gone into Ukraine. What? Finland is 500 miles border next to Russia and they joined NATO. Finland joined NATO after he invaded Ukraine. Right. And every nation which is part of NATO are independent nations. Right. [01:06:14] Speaker A: But you got to be a part of them. [01:06:16] Speaker B: Right. [01:06:16] Speaker A: And that's all I trying to say. [01:06:18] Speaker B: All day, you know, listen, but go ahead, let Putin go touch Finland and every nasal nation. [01:06:26] Speaker A: That's all they say in the day. [01:06:27] Speaker B: And they still try. [01:06:28] Speaker A: You still in the yard. [01:06:30] Speaker C: But that's like joining a club. [01:06:32] Speaker A: You still in the yard. That's all they saying. [01:06:35] Speaker C: It's joining a club. You are still independent. So independence, caller, simply means you. We, we run our own government. Sovereignty, yes, is really what is up for debate, not independence. [01:06:51] Speaker A: Don't get that mixed up. [01:06:52] Speaker C: God is being very slick and sly and trying to mix y' all up talking about independence. [01:06:59] Speaker A: Where does woman come from? Go ahead, call her. [01:07:01] Speaker B: We show respect to Britain because as a former colony and still a name of the family or Commonwealth of Nations. You see what I'm saying? Yes, that we are joined together in that regard. And the only thing we are tied basically to Britain too is because of our judicial part. We, you have, you can take your final appeal to Britain. Talk the previous court consul. Like any other commonwealth of nation. [01:07:39] Speaker A: There is a legal association with Great Britain. There is. Yes, there is. [01:07:43] Speaker B: If you don't get, and that's a good thing now what the previous call is trying to say that we are tied to them and that, and we have a choice that we could join the Caribbean judicial system if we choose to go there. You see what I'm saying? But that's only judiciously. But we still are administratively a independent nation of the other members of the British Commonwealth. [01:08:11] Speaker A: Thank you for the call. Yeah, we hear you. Let me take these other callers. I got you. Let me take another caller. Got you. Go ahead, call her. Call us on the line. Call you on the line. [01:08:31] Speaker C: But, but God, I let you run past this point. [01:08:34] Speaker B: Good. [01:08:35] Speaker C: Because I, I, the thing is, independence means we run our own government. [01:08:40] Speaker B: Okay. [01:08:41] Speaker C: No other country is making laws or telling us how to run our affairs. That's what independence means. [01:08:49] Speaker A: I like it. [01:08:50] Speaker C: That's what independence means. [01:08:52] Speaker A: Yeah, go ahead. [01:08:53] Speaker C: Now the discussion that I think what you're talking about, and I could bring it right back to your seam analogy, is sovereignty. Sovereignty goes a step further. [01:09:03] Speaker B: God. [01:09:03] Speaker A: Okay, go ahead. [01:09:04] Speaker C: It's the full and absolute power to govern yourself with no outside figure holding even a symbolic role. [01:09:11] Speaker A: Okay. [01:09:13] Speaker C: So the independence isn't what's up for debate, it's the sovereignty that's up for debate. And in your analogy, you talked about the, the parents holding you and. Yeah. Your parents house. [01:09:25] Speaker A: So, so bring us back to that story then. [01:09:28] Speaker C: So independence is like moving out of your parents house. You pay your own bills and you make your Own rules. But sovereignty, yes, is owning the house outright. [01:09:38] Speaker A: Okay. [01:09:38] Speaker C: Ain't no landlord, no parent, and no one else on the deed but you. [01:09:44] Speaker A: I like it. Let me take this call. I love it. Gabby, go ahead. Next caller, come on back. Yeah, I got you. I got you, Anton, go ahead. [01:09:56] Speaker B: I think you mixed it up just now, because sovereignty is the ability to make your own decisions without interference or without. Without allowing or without what? I said any interference. But independence. But independence, Gabby. No country, no country on this planet is 100% independence. No country on this planet, not even the greatest superpower, the greatest military and economic super might on the planet, being the US Is completely independent. [01:10:31] Speaker C: See, independence. Hold on. I want us to be a dialogue because, you know, you go on a long time. So I want. I want to. I want us to have a discussion on this. So when you talk about independence, it is the right. It is the ability to make a decision, to choose. So even being a part. So all of these conventions and all these things that we are part of, we choose to be. It's the same thing with Brexit. When, When. When the European nations, when they decided that some of them decided that they wanted to exit that right, the European Union, they had a choice now to bring back. [01:11:10] Speaker B: Hold on, hold on. [01:11:13] Speaker A: Let me see. [01:11:14] Speaker B: Go ahead. Let me interject. [01:11:15] Speaker A: Go ahead, Anton, go ahead. [01:11:16] Speaker B: You're off course with even that example. You. [01:11:19] Speaker A: Why. Why is she. Of course, Anton? Why she. Of course. Tell me why she's off course. Look, were you fighting today anyhow? But go ahead. [01:11:26] Speaker B: Yeah, independence. Independence. Independence has very little to do with what you just described. Those what you just described are conventions created by other sovereign nations of the world in order to cure challenges that exist beyond their borders that could impact human suffering, human education, human rights to food, human rights to water, human rights to housing, et cetera, et cetera. What I am speaking to, Gabby, is the true essence of independence. No country can operate completely independent of other. Not even the great United States, even for their farming, for them, to feed themselves. Yes, they perhaps may be able to feed themselves longer than most other nations around the world because they do have some ability. However, they cannot do that indefinitely. No country on the planet. They will need sources of energy to be provided to them from other nations, from other sovereign and independent nations around the world. [01:12:33] Speaker C: So that, again, is not speaking to independence, though, Anton. [01:12:38] Speaker B: It's speaking to rely on each other. I'm not talking about conventions that other nations come together in a body. G5, G7 summits, et cetera, et cetera. To pass conventions that will help to protect human humans, to ensure that we can all enjoy a certain quality of life. I'm talking about true independence, meaning you are able to operate internally and externally independent of any other nation. No country on this planet can do that. [01:13:07] Speaker C: Again, Antoine, we got agree to disagree. Thank you so much for calling back. We have another caller, but I'll address what Anton said after this. Caller. Caller, go ahead. [01:13:16] Speaker B: Yeah, Anton, you gotta realize one thing. So what do you call Russia? Is Russia independent or sovereign? You gotta realize that everybody needs everybody. That's all I wanted to say. Nobody dictates to Russia, but everybody needs somebody to be able to operate in this world. [01:13:37] Speaker C: Thank you so much, Carla. Because you don't need it. You. When you get sick, you need a doctor. Does that not make you independent? When you. When you do not, you need. There are experts and there are benefits to having unions. That doesn't mean you're independent. You're not independent. You can still choose whether. Which doctor you go to, which health care provider. You could choose whether you want to fly out to the US and you want to go to that clinic where all the bohemians would like to go to because they don't trust being hair or they don't trust a particular physician here. That does not mean you are not independent. You still have choices to create strategic partnerships and align yourself because with many hands make light work and tone. And that's all I want to say. [01:14:26] Speaker A: Thank you so much. Let me take this other caller. Please. Go ahead, call her. [01:14:29] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:14:30] Speaker A: Hey, my brother. What's happening, man? All right. [01:14:32] Speaker B: All right, great. This independent thing we talked about. [01:14:38] Speaker A: And you know I had to stir the pot today, right? I don't even want to stir the pot. I want to hear what y' all got to say. I had to find a good pot. [01:14:43] Speaker B: And stir it up. [01:14:44] Speaker A: Go ahead. [01:14:45] Speaker B: Most of the countries in Africa call themselves independent, but yet they still have to bow to the colonial meaning like this. Like France, some of the countries in Africa, France still print their money. They still have to put their money in the bank. France bank and all of that other stuff, right? So Indians, France still have obligations, you know, that they can get from them. And this word we use, independent, loosely, what the actual meaning of it. [01:15:16] Speaker C: Correct. [01:15:17] Speaker B: We're still colonized under that word independence. Because I don't know how an educated person. We're not fully sovereign people in parliament, how they can say we're independent, sovereign, right. And compare us with Haiti. Haiti is republic. We can't. We can never be compared With Haiti, whenever our government officials be elected, they don't. They never swear to us. They swear to the queen, the king now, and the successor. So I don't know where these educated people could really think that we are a republic. Let's use the word republic rather than independent, because independent doesn't mean you are separate from your colonial. They just give you an extension of some sort of freedom to do what you want to do. But you still. Because even like when I go in some of these government institutions, right, I see the governor General, then I see the prime minister. I say, if we are independent, why is the governor General ahead of the prime Minister? Why? How. How we get like this to believe this foolishness? You know, it baffles me. And people try to argue that, hey, we're. We're sovereign. Sovereign, what you got Be a republic. [01:16:30] Speaker A: I like the call. [01:16:31] Speaker B: I like how they make it sound like it's so easy to just disting yourself from the queen or the king. It's not that easy. [01:16:40] Speaker A: I like the call. I like the call. This is what I want to hear. We got to talk these things about. [01:16:44] Speaker C: It is everything. God depends on something else. The grass need the sun, it need to rain. Your grass will be brown, shrivel up and dry. So independence, in the word itself, in the sense, I think it is adapted in what we're talking about politically here, right? In what we're talking about, it has adapted a different meaning. So we look at the raw word itself, what it means to be solely independent, not dependent of everything else. Then nothing truly in life is independent. [01:17:15] Speaker A: That's what Anton was saying. Let me take the next caller. Go ahead, caller. [01:17:19] Speaker B: Yes, good morning. G and Gabby and God. [01:17:23] Speaker A: Well, you come back here. [01:17:24] Speaker B: You know, you know, I just want to get. Before I make this. Did I don't say that no nation is truly independent? That's what he said. [01:17:30] Speaker C: Yes. [01:17:32] Speaker B: Well, I mean, in the geopolitical sense, I would say so, because. All right, let's. Let me read the definition, because I'm a dummy. Just let me read it, please. Gabby, please. [01:17:39] Speaker A: Go ahead, go ahead, let me read it. [01:17:41] Speaker B: Why often use interchangeably, sovereignty and independence, while related, are distinct concepts. Independence refers to a state's ability to govern itself without external interference, while sovereignty encompasses the supreme authority within the territory. Territory, including the power to make and enforce laws under recognition of that authority by other states. Independence is a necessary condition for sovereignty. But sovereignty also implies a degree of internal and international recognition that goes beyond mere freedom from external control. And so another simple breakdown, right? Independence Primarily considers the state's relationship with other states. It means being free from external control or domination. Now the naivety in the conversation is the fact that we are not. I'm older than you guys now. We're not recognizing the word for where it is. It's called conformity. And so I was supposed to have this discussion with Lang because Lang sat. [01:18:32] Speaker A: In parliament and he might have a. [01:18:33] Speaker B: Better overview than I. But my personal opinion is because of the geopolitical influence, because of non governmental entities like the United Nations, WHO and whatever, you know, and even capitalistic type impositions like from the WHO I mean the World Economic Forum, etc. Have you guys ever seen the world Economic pie chart? Have you ever seen the. Garth. [01:18:57] Speaker A: I don't remember it right now, but. [01:18:59] Speaker B: I sell it to you guys to show you the manipulation with me under. So what I'm saying is if I look back at the year 1500 and then I look at 1600 and 1800, 1900 freedoms were slowly being restricted on humanity in any rich way. And so right now we look at it as science and technology of the tools in place to enslave humanity. We might see it, know it, but we actually being enslaved. So as it relates to countries making their own decisions, maybe they can do so. But I'm looking at the level of geopolitical precedent. You see what I'm saying, guys? [01:19:27] Speaker A: Yes. [01:19:28] Speaker B: And you can't tell me these things don't exist to conform. That's what the United nations is for. This is why during the introduction. Firstly, let me make a chronology here. It was the concert on foreign relations. I think we came from the British and that was designed to concert on foreign relations. And then there was the League of Nations. And so when you read up on the League of Nations, you realize that Arab nations and a lot of nations were reluctant to join the League of Nations because they know it infringed on their sovereignty. And then we have the United nations, which only are euphemistic entities, but really designed to do the same thing. Control. Let me say something. I see you play in Operation Relegation, right? I know some songs, you listen to me. What we as humans don't understand the far reaching influence of the colonial masses. Haiti is being made to pay the price because they were successful in a slavery war. They received the most slaves. And so the repercussions they wanted to last. But the world can fix Haiti, you know, but they want Haiti to make the whole third world region followed. But we sitting by talking about way, way, way xenophobia but let me tell you something. This is by design, you know, area of enough people to destabilize the whole. [01:20:29] Speaker A: Third world sub region. [01:20:30] Speaker B: But you're naive and you're geopolitical out like it used to be. Your I don't play no God. I was following global history and geopolitics from wherever W. Armstrong. I juxtaposing it with the Bible, my brother. I know Joker. Give thanks. [01:20:41] Speaker A: Give thanks, man. Let me take another caller. Go ahead caller, you're on the line. [01:20:45] Speaker B: Yes, sir. [01:20:46] Speaker A: Hey, how are you doing? [01:20:47] Speaker B: The Lord and the fullness thereof. [01:20:50] Speaker A: Yes, ma'. [01:20:50] Speaker B: Am. Young lady, under wise counsel, God created man as leader. And leader he shall be until Jesus returns. Now all I want to say, you don't need to be certified to. To quantify all productivity, okay? Because. Not because you went under tertiary learning and got doctrines, sometimes they are misled. And what we are dealing with here in the Bahamas is that we don't want to choose whether we can serve under the white man religion, as they call it. The white man religion was working perfectly until the younger people who want to not listen to the elders and wise counsel. And that is one of the reasons why my model boss shall share the comprehensive report with all our prime ministers who must. [01:21:53] Speaker A: I don't know. We have a connection problem it seems lady, but yeah, you may have to call back. That's my good friend lady there. But she's. She's having her time just breaking down. She's quite educated, you know, she knows some things. Yeah, she would have worded the way we wanted it, but you know, we're only here to stir it up, you know. [01:22:12] Speaker C: Yeah, we only stir it apart. [01:22:13] Speaker A: I only stir it apart. They were crucifying me today. You right, you wrong, you this. Listen, sometimes I got to be wrong so you could be right. This is what I do. I got to bring this out of your belly so we could fix this country together. This is my job today. I'm filling in today here on Guardian today. Guardian 9609 FM with Gabby. We'll be right back after this break. Great news. Ron's Electric Motors new location on Cowpen Road right next to Island Luck is open Saturdays and Sundays. So for those needing repairs on electric motors, generators, welding machines, water pumps, battery charges, electric lifts, transformers and power tools, Ron's Cowpen Road location can have you up and running on weekends. Don't forget, you can still visit Ron's Electric Motors on Wolf Road and Claridge Road. 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Excellent talk show on all issues today and I pray that the real organic behemoths eyes are open and focused to rebuild a better Bahamas for the future. Selah we have here Anton said we could have had. We could have an act of parliamentary move the PC. That's a privy council. But our independence is a British parliament act and can be removed the same by that act. Independence means self determination. We don't have that the day before and after independence nothing changed except the flag. Gabby is mistaken. Oh Gabby, give you a chance to talk back to this one. We don't decide the laws. Our mps are only managers or middlemen whom take orders from agencies such as the imf. Our mps don't make any decisions. They said it in bold text. They they're screaming that out to you. Africa could be completely independent in and out if it was like the United States. Everything is in Africa. Okay, next text. Hey Garth and Gabby. Anton just doesn't realize that his role as a character on the. Oh no, I can't say that with my boy now come on. I know he's Texas. [01:28:26] Speaker C: Make you chuckle. [01:28:27] Speaker A: Yeah. Good afternoon. Please note that we are independent but most of all countries are interdependent. That's what that person says. [01:28:37] Speaker C: I love that text. [01:28:38] Speaker A: And just respectfully for this text, this one came in really early. I didn't get to speak about it but they said just two weeks ago I described the situation at PMH to a Bahamian doctor abroad. They said to me the hospital is in a state of collapse. What is the minister doing to address it? Not going to in a state of collapse. They said they will soon end up like Jamaica. When you go in, you have to take your own medication and supplies. As you described your PMH visit, I realized we've been in this state for some time. That's what that person says. This person here goes on to say another text is the government doesn't have the money. Minister Alquilis just introduced five new NHI bills yesterday. He said the current state of healthcare is unsustainable. I am betting we are looking at another salary deduction tax to support health care, which is fine on principle but our record of asking for more. Give this here now taxes is great but the improvements promised never seem to happen. PMH is in collapse. That's what that person has to Say, okay, blessings G and G. Gabby and gossip, who should never ever be confused with Pearly. Okay, thank you so much, Gabby and Goth. This is cool, sweet, smooth show this Friday, man. We just love this independence topic. Please spill this over to a part 2, 3 and 4. Break it down. Explain it some more. Please make it happen, Garth. And they want to say, by the way, Garth, what is your topic for Remark on Sunday? The topic for Sunday is Gabby. [01:30:25] Speaker C: I'm hosting Remark on Sunday. Everyone got. Ain't gonna be there, but I'm gonna continue. It's gonna be exciting. I, I don't want to preempt anything, but we're gonna finish talk about this and, and one of the callers said something that. I think it's important before we lost her, she, she said it was important about a lot of issues stemming from what the younger generation has caught. [01:30:49] Speaker A: I think that's a great. [01:30:50] Speaker C: That was a, that was a bold statement. So I want to continue to, to chop it up with, with some of our youth of the nation because this the future caretakers of the nation. And so tune in on Sunday from what time? God, from 5 to 6:30 and we'll be on. [01:31:09] Speaker A: You see, you see how I did that? These people won't beat me up, but you see what I do, I let the young people get a chance. Thanks to, and we appreciate and, and, and Guardian Raider that they allow this to happen. I appreciate them for allowing that to happen. And you know, I think you did a great job last Sunday. I appreciate it and many people enjoyed the program and so, you know, you got another shot because, you know, on these shows we start conversations that we can never finish. You notice that we had a great show on Thursday, a great show on Friday. Today, you know, we're gonna have a. I'm gonna have a good one on Monday. But you know, the truth be told is that on this. I love your contribution today, Gabby, about independence and sovereignty. You see, we gotta begin to define who we are. I want more. This is why I say the things I say. Oh God, you're wrong. I said, well, you tell me how to be right. Because, see, sometimes you gotta pull the right out of people because if they feel that you are always right, they listen to you go like, well, you know, well, yeah, that's okay. But if you bring it out of their heart of, of their chest, you know what happens? They begin to move on it. [01:32:10] Speaker C: God. But before we go any further into, you know, wrapping up the show, I want to shout out the great doctors and nurses at The Princess Margaret Hospital, they deserve that because they definitely deserve. [01:32:20] Speaker A: A civil servants on a whole. I see these civil servants, they. They do some now. They got some lazy, no, good ones now. [01:32:26] Speaker C: Yeah. Now listen, you're a little rough. My relative up in there, I could tell you. Now, I know you may be frustrated, you may be tired. [01:32:34] Speaker A: No, no, don't say that on the radio. These are People Radio on Thursday. [01:32:40] Speaker C: Don't wrap them up. I appreciate you all and all your service. Continue to do the great work, continue to take care of our people and trust that help is on the way and the resources are on the way that you need. But God, to wrap this up, listening to you, 52 years ago, the Bahamas claimed it would independence. [01:32:59] Speaker A: Okay? [01:33:00] Speaker C: We stood up and we said, you know, we can govern ourselves, take care of ourselves. Yes, but independence is only part of the journey. Sovereignty is the final destination where no outside figure even symbolically stands above our nation. Moving toward fully full sovereignty isn't just a legal step. It's about identity, pride, and ownership of our story. God. Okay, the question for us now isn't whether we can stand on our own, because we've proven that. The question is, are we ready to truly stand as the sole authors of our nation's future? [01:33:44] Speaker A: Well, you know, that's what I want to jump on, and I don't have the time today because, you know, I was going to take this conversation, right? Or, you know, go ahead, sir, because you all talk about independence and you talk about sovereignty, but, you know, we still got to borrow somebody to get the hospital, right? You know, we still got to borrow some money to fix the roads, right? You know, we still got to borrow some money to fix the stadium, right? You know, we still got to borrow some money to feed ourselves, right? You still got to borrow some money for the social services. And guess what? As we need these other countries like China, United States, to give us these monies and IMF and everybody else, guess what, I got to end the show on and they can let you take the rest of the show. The Haitian people said they need you to survive. That's why they keep coming here. [01:34:22] Speaker C: I need you. [01:34:23] Speaker A: That's why the Cubans used to come here. That's why the Jamaicans came here. That's why the Trinidadians came here and the Guyanese came here. That's why the Filipinos are coming here. You know why? Because they said they need you in this global society to survive. So the world is looking for a. [01:34:40] Speaker C: Crutch to survive because he was a good bishop Well, I just want to miss this. [01:34:45] Speaker A: I can tease out with a fellow naughty now. I won't just put some mayonnaise in the Kong salad today. Listen, folks, man, I will let Gabby say goodbye to you, but it's great being here today. Guardian Today, 96.9 FM. It's always a pleasure. We were just trying to just stir it up today. We're calling Operation Eradication. And listen, young man, you all have a safe weekend out there, folks. [01:35:08] Speaker C: Thank you so much everyone for tuning in. We I'll be back in studio on Sunday hosting Remark. Thank you so much for the opportunity. God and Guardian 96.9. They are truly invested in seeing the youth of this nation truly thrive in this nation. But I want to leave with listeners today, listen as I want to leave with you. This independence gave us the keys to our own house. Sovereignty means our name is only, is the only one on the deed. The real question is, are we ready to own it completely? This has been 96.9 FM Guardian today with Garth and Gabby. Thank you so much for tuning in. It's a fabulous Friday. It's hot outside. God, I think you should. You should take me for a daiquiri. What you think? [01:36:03] Speaker A: Stir it up. [01:36:06] Speaker C: I tell him Play. I need you. You need me. Yeah, so. Because Monday I feel like that's the way you taking the show. [01:36:12] Speaker A: So you independent or you interdependent right now? Fame and men. We gotta fix this. You want me sing for you? [01:36:20] Speaker C: Sing. Sing for me. [01:36:21] Speaker A: God, a chair is still a chair. [01:36:25] Speaker C: Even if there's 96.9 FM Guardian today. Stand with us, agree with us. I need you, you need me. We need us all. [01:36:34] Speaker A: Have a good one. [01:36:35] Speaker C: Have a good day. [01:36:38] Speaker B: You are important to me. [01:36:43] Speaker C: I need you to survive. You are important to me. I need you to survive. [01:37:05] Speaker A: Everybody look at somebody and tell them, I need you. [01:37:08] Speaker C: I need you. [01:37:09] Speaker B: You need me. You need me. We're all a part, we're all a. [01:37:16] Speaker A: Part of God's body. [01:37:20] Speaker B: Stand with me. Look at somebody, tell them, agree with me. We're all a part, we're all a. [01:37:29] Speaker C: Part of God's body. [01:37:32] Speaker A: It is his will. [01:37:34] Speaker C: It is his will that every need be supplied.