I did some fact checking "ok ok ok...so I went to the local talk mill" and got some info on who is supposed to help when entities like BEC and such go on strike.
Well, I was told that the Defence Force of the Bahamas is supposed to assist in extreme cases like this.
Well, I was told that our boys in white were "re-deployed" (yes, even the Bahamas can use fancy military jargon) to other government offices.
This has been a move done a long while back, and in fact it was before my advent into awareness of Bahamian public affairs.
My questions are...
1. Who was supposed to stop the Dominican and Cuban poachers?
2. Who was supposed to stop the illegal migrants?
3. If there was a crisis from BEC, how do you get those guys to come back from their soft cushy jobs, and get out in a crisis?
We have seen "eg RBPF firemen" get overhwelmed from the simplest of blazes, and they are supposed to be trained all the time.
What will happen if God for bid we actually need to RBDF in a "real" crisis?
Sometimes, I have to ask WTH are we doing over here!
:realmad:

I did some fact checking "ok ok ok...so I went to the local talk mill" and got some info on who is supposed to help when entities like BEC and such go on strike.
Well, I was told that the Defence Force of the Bahamas is supposed to assist in extreme cases like this.
Well, I was told that our boys in white were "re-deployed" (yes, even the Bahamas can use fancy military jargon) to other government offices.
This has been a move done a long while back, and in fact it was before my advent into awareness of Bahamian public affairs.
My questions are...
1. Who was supposed to stop the Dominican and Cuban poachers?
2. Who was supposed to stop the illegal migrants?
3. If there was a crisis from BEC, how do you get those guys to come back from their soft cushy jobs, and get out in a crisis?
We have seen "eg RBPF firemen" get overhwelmed from the simplest of blazes, and they are supposed to be trained all the time.
What will happen if God for bid we actually need to RBDF in a "real" crisis?
Sometimes, I have to ask WTH are we doing over here!
:realmad:
Ask those guys, they always want to take credit for other people ideas.Well this one is fully theirs.

Ask those guys, they always want to take credit for other people ideas.Well this one is fully theirs.


I even een gern deer yet Marichal...
Just want to ask a serious question, and expect a serious debate from some of the other's.

But, with GB disease blowing up into epic proportions....that is very hard to do.
:what:

I even een gern deer yet Marichal...
Just want to ask a serious question, and expect a serious debate from some of the other's.
But, with GB disease blowing up into epic proportions....that is very hard to do.
:what:
Gotcha, I guess I'll heed ya advice. ;)

Gotcha, I guess I'll heed ya advice. ;)

It will not even be noticed.
LOL....
Figured as much!
:hot:

reading in yesterday's punch I questioned the same...along with domestic strife the RBDF have to deal with illegals, poaching, drug running, and protecting our borders...good question.

reading in yesterday's punch I questioned the same...along with domestic strife the RBDF have to deal with illegals, poaching, drug running, and protecting our borders...good question.


So why were the re-deployed?
It is not as if the illegals stopped coming!

So why were the re-deployed?
It is not as if the illegals stopped coming!


The defense force badly needs more budgetary consideration. It has been fighting a losing battle even without this. It needs to become the force that it was intended to be when it was first established. It needs new craft, better radar and more recruits. As it stands Dominicans don't respect our waters, National Parks or fishing seasons. I have spoken with local fishermen that say that after a Dominican fishing boat passes through an area crawfish will not enter the area for many seasons. They have told stories of being out to sea pulling traps only to have Dominicans fire at them chasing them off the drop.

The defense force badly needs more budgetary consideration. It has been fighting a losing battle even without this. It needs to become the force that it was intended to be when it was first established. It needs new craft, better radar and more recruits. As it stands Dominicans don't respect our waters, National Parks or fishing seasons. I have spoken with local fishermen that say that after a Dominican fishing boat passes through an area crawfish will not enter the area for many seasons. They have told stories of being out to sea pulling traps only to have Dominicans fire at them chasing them off the drop.

are you serious?

are you serious?


Deadly serious. I heard a tale recounted by a fisherman that claimed that he was pulling some traps when he noticed splashes occurring around him. He looked up to see a large Dominican vessel traveling toward his vessel with crewmen firing at them as they approached. As the vessel was baring down on his, they were sending out divers on skiffs. As his vessel had only a shotgun and they were being fired on by rifles they had to drop their traps and run.

When Dominican crews catch crawfish they clean them and discard the heads overboard. Crawfish will not go near dead crawfish so that area is dead for a number of seasons.

When Dominican crews catch crawfish they clean them and discard the heads overboard. Crawfish will not go near dead crawfish so that area is dead for a number of seasons.
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As a fisherman,I did not know that about our crawfish. Hell....I fished for northern lobsters and the real reason we banded da crusher claws wasn't to protect our hands so much as ,it was to protect da lobsters from eating one another.

Deadly serious. I heard a tale recounted by a fisherman that claimed that he was pulling some traps when he noticed splashes occurring around him. He looked up to see a large Dominican vessel traveling toward his vessel with crewmen firing at them as they approached. As the vessel was baring down on his, they were sending out divers on skiffs. As his vessel had only a shotgun and they were being fired on by rifles they had to drop their traps and run.
When Dominican crews catch crawfish they clean them and discard the heads overboard. Crawfish will not go near dead crawfish so that area is dead for a number of seasons.

we need helicopters...and go fast boats for our rbdf! a fully functional base at inagua...my my my...

When Dominican crews catch crawfish they clean them and discard the heads overboard. Crawfish will not go near dead crawfish so that area is dead for a number of seasons.

As a fisherman,I did not know that about our crawfish. Hell....I fished for northern lobsters and the real reason we banded da crusher claws wasn't to protect our hands so much as ,it was to protect da lobsters from eating one another.
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cats eat their young.

we need helicopters...and go fast boats for our rbdf! a fully functional base at inagua...my my my...


Those Bahamian Fishing boats got more firepower than the RBDF .. they got AK's and all ... and licenced.

Those Bahamian Fishing boats got more firepower than the RBDF .. they got AK's and all ... and licenced.


Not all of them. The boat in question only had a shotgun.