This thing has been rocky from the first time Izzy cuss out Perry right before 2007 election

It seems to me that CCA needs to be replaced. They are the problem, missing opening dates twice. Never mind their workers taking a nanny in the elevator shafts on a regular, their work is just not world class. Let Bahamian contractors come in and do what needs to be done. CCA is a failure just like the PLP, time to get rid of both!

Agreed 100%

The problem and development are here in the Bahamas, why are these people not meeting here? Oh i forgot, the master summons the minions, not the other way around!

It is high time to find a neutral arbitrator ............. Izzy, Bahamas Govt, Chinese Govt ............. say a former UN Secretary General???????

This case is going to set a precedent in international corporate law

Asian cultures do not respect females and sure won't sit down with them to discuss business/deals. Don't y'all know that?! Replace Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson as the 'head honcho' with a male, and the people in China might be interested in meeting. I am a 1000% feminist and believe in equal opportunities for all sexes, but you really have to know the country & culture you're dealing with. Sheer stupidity that the Bahamas would return to China with a female in charge; China must think we're 'weak'.

You have a very valid point.

I'm siding with Bahamar on this one. CCA, to my mind, has shown itself to be the dark horse. Firstly, they did not construct the building to code. That is a huge mistake for a contractor to make and points to a negligent state of mind. Secondly, they placed their workers on "go slow" and failed to complete the building on time, missing two openings. As a shareholder, even if CCA was not paid to their satisfaction, they should have completed the building out of pride and as a sign of good faith to the Bahamas Government. They could have always recouped funds after the project was completed saving Bahamar's and their own reputation in the process. Thirdly, they did not use expert craftsmen and apply satisfactory finishings to the interiors. This, again, points to a negligent state of mind. It is clear that Bahamar is being mistreated based on the facts I've been provided. CCA should be sued for negligence and The Bahamas Government should keep its nose out of this private matter. Even if jobs are lost and the project is delayed by a year or two, the Bahamas Government has no right meddling in this affair and justice must favor the injured party, which appears to be Bahamar.

The real story in this matter is a financially desperate government that in its desperation put all its eggs into one basket. Now, they are desperately rushing around and trying to bend the law in the process. Bahamar should not be prejudiced and treated unfairly, just because our government is desperate. The truth of the matter is they are desperate not because of Bahamar, but because they have failed to plan and budget their affairs. They have wasted the people's money on frivolous projects and cronies. Now, they want to blame everything on Bahamar. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. No country can rely on a single project for its economic health. That is a very foolish and crazy thing to do. The real lesson here is that Bahamar is not the problem; the Bahamas Government is.

The DOJ with the help of the FBI and NSA are likely investigating highly confidential assertions made by a whistle-blower and backed by evidence that CCA should be charged with criminal wrong doing under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The following summary of this particular Act is posted on the DOJ website: "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. ("FCPA"), was enacted for the purpose of making it unlawful for certain classes of persons and entities to make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business. Specifically, the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA prohibit the willful use of the mails or any means of instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of any offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment of money or anything of value to any person, while knowing that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to a foreign official to influence the foreign official in his or her official capacity, induce the foreign official to do or omit to do an act in violation of his or her lawful duty, or to secure any improper advantage in order to assist in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person."

This would explain a lot of things. Ever since the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing by Baha Mar, many of us have been scratching our heads wondering why on earth has the Christie-led PLP government been so eager to blindly align itself with the interests of CCA in the ongoing dispute....to the extent of initiating actions clearly detrimental to the resolution of the dispute and possibly fatal to the completion of the project. Ruffin's recent appearance on the scene is akin to a big vulture having been invited by his former attorney (Christie) to feast on what Christie believes will become a feeding frenzy on a juicy carcass as a result of the harmful actions taken by the Bahamian government against the interests of Baha Mar and the Izmirlian family.

To all those "hard working" government officials in China, please pick up my Clico money on your way out.