BY: LATONYA ROBERTS
Journal Staff Writer

Chief Superintendent Chrislynn Skippings said family members must encourage
their loved ones to seek therapy and other forms of anger management when
needed. These comments come after several recent reported altercations ended
in extreme violence and in severe cases, death. On the scene of the country’s
latest murder, she asked the public to resolve arguments in a better way.
She said, “family members are the on-set, they know who their hot-headed
family members are and who do not exhibit that patience needed to resolve
conflicts. So, family members I need you to step up and I need you to speak to
your family members to encourage them to find alternate ways to resolve their
conflicts.”
“If they cannot exhibit that within the home, they are not going to be able to
exhibit that in the community because if the home cannot resolve the conflict it
will escalate into the community.”
As the government has many departments geared toward tackling the country’s
latest developments, Ms. Skippings pointed out several outlets provided by the
government to assist with emotional and mental challenges.
She said, “it is time for us now to stop being hot-headed, recognize that you are
going to argue with someone, you won’t always see eye-to-eye. I want you to
find someone, find an agency. We have community counselling, an assessment
unit who are willing and able to train persons on how to resolve their conflicts.”
“We also have the Crisis Centre, Social Services, and you have your pastors,
people just need to reach out now, our males especially. Put egos aside, put your
“machoness (machismo)” aside, because once you fail to exhibit patience, we
are going to continue to see this happen.”
According to the Bahamas Journal’s records, the country stands at 110 murders-
equaling 2023’s murder count- after the body of a juvenile female was
discovered on a dirt road off Faith Avenue South on Wednesday. The
government and police hoped not to surpass the2023 murder count. That seems
improbable now.