"When asked if the pay out included salaries to the resort’s foreign workers, Mr Gomez said he did not want to comment."

Why the secret? Did you pay the foreigners or not? It's our f'in money... tell us what you did with it!!!!!

How did "citizens" Baha Mar, suddently jump the cue and they ain't even start hurting financially likes so many thousands "real citizens" have been experiencing years?
Comrade Minister, before you get too damn freebie with taxpayers monies, what legal authority did the PLP Cabinet have to agree to payout millions taxpayers dollars to Baha Mar "citizens" (including foreigners on work permits? What about all the thousands behind in their mortgage payments, or the thousands CLICO customers, YOU told keep paying their insurance premiums? What are you going do for the many in Freeport and the West End of Grand Bahama, who are "real citizens?"
Minister did you even bother to cross-check all names on Baha Mar's payroll, against work permits issued records?

the article in the nassau guardian indicates this is an unsecured loan and the govt expects to be repaid in full (i.e. they will probably deduct it from what they owe Baha Mar for the roads). If that is the case then it is a little different that CLICO, mortgages etc as that truly would be money spent with no ability to recoup. in the case of Baha Mar they can either be repaid when the construction begins to move ahead again or it simply reduces their debt to Baha Mar. Our govt cannot simply give money away when private business fails - but they can loan it i guess with a guarantee of repayment of sorts. seems that is the thinking.

Comrade, when is "enough is enough' even going start register on your Tolerance O Meter?

In speaking with several of the non-bahamian employees at Baha Mar it was explained that the ex-pats are paid monthly and had already been paid for June - however they are unsure as to how their July salaries will be handled. The Bahamian employees are paid biweekly or weekly and that is who was paid yesterday. According to the Nassau Guardian article which refers to the letter issued from the AG's office regarding the salary payment, the payment is being made as an unsecured loan from the Govt to Baha Mar with the agreement that it shall be repaid in full. I suspect it will simply be deducted from the amount of money owed to Baha Mar by the govt for the roads.

For Gomez to say he did not want to comment regarding whether expats were paid simply shows his lack of knowledge of the details - it would have been simpler to eliminate suspicion and subterfuge by saying 1) he didn't know the details or 2) the expats are paid monthly and that had already been addressed by Baha Mar directly. Our politicians are pretty pathetic at PR/communications. It really shouldn't be a "secret" other than most of them don't even know the details.

what this does show, however, is that the expats were all paid their full salaries while the bahamians were not, when chapter 11 was declared. i guess baha mar is more concerned about keeping the "A" team happy in the hopes that they will stay on to move the development forward. End of the day it's the "a" team expats who will either need to be woo-ed back for the project or their colleagues internationally so you need them to go out speaking positively about how they were treated.

Comrade if your info is correct, care explain why Izmirlian would think it's okay pay foreigners once month and his "native citizens' weekly? is that anyways treat your citizen conutryman's and woman's?

this depends on the contract you negotiate. many bahamian businesses pay monthly, some biweekly, and some weekly. it generally depends on your title within the company. most of the expats are senior positions and therefore paid monthly. and most of the bahamians who are execs are paid monthly - they were paid by baha mar. the issue of salary for "bahamians" relates to those who are on weekly and bi-weekly payment schedules. the majority of hotel workkers (not execs), govt workers, construction people, retail staff in this country are paid weekly and bi-weekly, so you are ignorant to act as if a foreignor is behaving badly. ultimately it depends on your position within a company and what kind of industry you work in. it's that simple. nothing to do with expat vs bahamian. come on...you must know better. my mistake was not being clearer in my above statement and including the bahamians who are also paid monthly.

Comrade what happens your position, if I told you the thousands imported Chinese "labourers," were also paid monthly?

What's the complaint here? It is much better to get paid weekly than monthly.