LET us begin by giving thanks to the Almighty, from whom all blessings flow. This week I was reminded that although Bermuda is a lovely little place, we do have some dirty laundry to clean, some issues to address and, more specifically, some murders to solve. More on this after the Top 20.

On the way up at number one is Bed by J Holiday, a master of old school-type music and lyrics.

Soaring to number two is Until the End of Time by Justin Timberlake and climbing to number three is Bartender, by T-Pain featuring Akon.

Down to number four is Crank That (Soulja Boy) by Soulja Boy. Tumbling to number five is Let It Go by Keishia Cole featuring L'il Kim and the original queen of hip hop, Missy (Misdemeanor) Elliott.

Improving to number six, is Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani, a former essential new tune that is escaping up the charts.

Up to number seven is Love Vibrations by long time house diva Barbara Tucker. The househeads among us will love this one. Climbing to number eight is Lovestoned by Justin Timberlake. Improving to number nine is a former must-hear new track, No One by Alicia Keys. New and improving to number 10 is I Get Money from 50 Cent.

Now a few new tracks that are making some noise. Improving to number 11 is Good Life by Kanye West featuring T-Pain.

Up to number 12 is Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown featuring T-Pain. Jumping to number 13 is Cassidy featuring Swizz Beatz with their hip hop hit - My Drink N' My 2 Step.

On the way up at number 14 is Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie, one of the hottest female entertainers on the circuit.

Falling to number 15 is Shawty by Plies featuring T-Pain. Up to number 16 is Stronger by Kanye West. Up to number 17 is Ayo Technology from 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake. Moving up to number 18 is The Way I Are by Timbaland featuring Doe/Keri Hilson.

Slipping to number 19 is Do You by Ne-yo, the hottest male vocalist on the circuit these days. And rounding things out at number 20 is Beautiful Girls, from star in the making, Sean Kingston.

Now back to this week's word - our unsolved murders.

One of the 10 Commandments reads that "Thou shalt not kill". Clearly some people either haven't read this and/or they refuse to abide by it.

Well, this is simply not good enough. The Bermuda Police Service is saying that it cannot prosecute without witnesses who will come forward and testify. Surely somebody saw something. Bermuda has a black mark against it on the international stage for what appears to be our inability to prosecute murderers.

I don't know if anybody else is considering this, but I don't care what other business is on the Government's, the Police Service's and the Ministry of Public Safety's front burners, but it ought to be the prosecution of murderers.

I can't imagine that anything else is more important than bringing to justice those who take the lives of others.

If this continues too far, residents will lose confidence in the judicial system and take matters into their own hands. I'm not condoning this, but I am here to tell you that if anyone took my son's life, or my wife's life, or the life of anyone else in my immediate family or circle of friends, and too much time elapsed before anyone was brought to justice; don't ask me to be accountable for anything that I might consider doing.

No, this is not irresponsible reporting, this is irresponsible law enforcement. Think about it, somebody gets murdered and nothing happens. This is sending the wrong message to the community.

I'm not satisfied with the Police Service's stance on this. Somebody has to be held accountable for law enforcement.

Presently, the Commissioner of Police and the Governor are the parties responsible for this. Now I know why Senator, Lt. Col. David Burch, OBE (Mil) JP, ED, Minister of Public Safety, wants more control of the Bermuda Police Service. Most of the public doesn't understand that Col. Burch's Ministry only provides the funding for the Police Service. Under the Bermuda Constitution, the Governor has operational responsibility for the Commissioner of Police and the Bermuda Regiment.

So, currently, we can hold the Bermuda Police Service and the Governor accountable for the inaction on solving murders.

However, no man and no Department stand alone. We must also look for answers to the Minister of Justice, the Attorney General; and the Director of Public Prosecutions.

My sense is that some of these distinguished gentlemen are busy passing the buck to each other and saying that they can't do anything because somebody else hasn't done their part.

When will we have some real men or real women stand up and say, "OK, enough, the fact that so and so hasn't done their part should not stop an investigation from proceeding and should not stop criminals from being brought to justice. Let's be like Nike and Just do it!"

This is what happens in the private sector and the entire judicial system needs to get its act together. Otherwise the country will never feel that justice is served for murder.

Peace ,,.