- "I kēia makahiki, ua koho ʻia ka lā mākaʻikaʻi honua ma ke ʻano he lā e kia nui ai i ka ulu ulu ʻana ma o ka mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Hope Kuhina Nui.
- "E like me nā wahi Caribbean he nui, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka puʻuwai o ka Bahamas a e like me kā mākou e ʻōlelo nei, ʻo kā kēlā me kēia ʻoihana.
- Kupaianaha ko mākou kahakai, a akāka loa ka wai hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike mai ke ākea, akā ʻaʻole ia ka mea e wehewehe ai iā mākou.
Akā, ʻo kēlā me kēia kanaka nāna i hoʻohālike i ka ʻike Bahamas a kū i ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka kūleʻa o ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ua paʻa wau i ka hana ʻana i nā hana a me nā manawa kūpono no nā Bahamian āpau a e kōkua i ko mākou lāhui nui e ho'ōla. "
Ke hoʻomaka nei nā palena o nā huakaʻi huakaʻi e maʻalahi, i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o ka hiki ke loaʻa i ka maʻi kano, ua kūpono ke Bahamas no ka hoʻomau mau ʻana. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka mokulele mokulele i hui pū ʻia me ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka ʻoihana holo moku e hāʻawi i ka hoʻonui maikaʻi ʻana i nā helu malihini kipa, e alakaʻi ana i kahi kokoke i 500,000 mau malihini kipa i nā mahina ʻeono mua o ka makahiki.
"ʻOiai mākou e kū nei i kahi kaua kiʻekiʻe i loko o kēia mau manawa like ʻole, pono mākou e hoʻomau a me ka manaʻolana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka honua e wehe hou," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Hope Kuhina Nui.
"Hui pū wau me nā alakaʻi a puni ka Caribbean e hāpai i ka mea nui o ka hoʻopili kaiāulu, ka hoʻomau ʻana, a me nā wahi akamai a me nā ʻoihana. ʻO ko mākou ʻāina nani, a me kā mākou ʻāina Caribbean aloha, e holomua hou a hoʻomau i ka holomua, e like me nā huaʻōlelo o ka moto o The Bahamas: Forward, Upward, Onward, Together. "
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