PM, why waste your AG's time to deal with izmilarlin, excepting to have the AG file to put an end this affront upon the nation's elected government.

Because there is civilised rule of law elsewhere, but not in Christie's corrupt government.

The government of The Bahamas is the affront to the Nation. They have been destroying our nation for the last 3 years, enough!

Just to re-iterate a previous posting that I made.

Listening to the Obama speech in Africa today. It sounded like he was talking to the Bahamas. Here are some quotes:

>This one is for China - economic relationships cannot simply be about other countries building infrastructure with foreign labor

Obama actually called out China --

and that is a lesson that Christie doesn't understand, or any of those corrupt PLP for that matter.

>Nothing will unlock economic potential more than ending the cancer of corruption

Christie's government is rife with corruption, from Gray, Shame, to Allyson -- chock a block full

>The best single indicator of whether a nation will succeed is how it treats its women

It was the PLP who campaigned against the equality referendum years ago, and they have done nothing after 3 years in power again.

Interesting. I wonder if the FBI has reported to him already

Re-posted from an earlier related article: 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."

WHOA!! This would explain a lot of things and be a real game changer! 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. And just think for a moment, Edward Snowden has already released irrefutable evidence that the U.S. government (NSA) has a record of every voice and email communication that was ever transmitted to or from any party in or outside of the Bahamas and every party within the Bahamas during the past decade.

Comrade Reality-Check, your posts reek of not 'caring' to know what is true. May I suggest you rush out buy yourself a bigger red shovel, cuz there's danger present of all that dirt
falling back into hole and covering you up. Just you remember, it's much easier shovel out of a hole, if its not covered with bullshit.

You must be unaware of the DOJ's recent targeting and round up of corrupt FIFA/CONCACAF officials that occurred recently in Europe and the Caribbean thanks in large part to info gathered by the FBI and NSA. I'm sure Jeffrey Webb and others like him did not think their phone calls and emails were being monitored either, but low and behold!

Comrade, stop talking crazy - and what role does the PM Bahamaland. have play in any of this?

The boogeyman is coming for you Tal.....make sure you learn to sleep with one eye open and never sleep in the same place twice ;-) BOO!

Comrade Reality-Check, ha, ha. I thinks you're confusing me with Freeport's 'Mr.Ten Percent' under Pindling, well known far and wide for his many kickbacks. I am told that politician ended up sleeping (hiding out) for while at a friends funeral home. Like I keep saying, i don't make this stuff up, I just ain't afraid talk it.

I once went a fancy charity function at the British Colonial Hilton. I wandered around and introduced myself as I am wont to do. I saw this gentleman, obviously and American, standing alone, so I went up and introduced myself. After the initial pleasantries, we really hit it off. He asked me what I did for a living and I told him that I was a banker. He told me that he was bureau chief for the FBI at the American embassy. I gave him one of my business cards. He took it and pull out his wallet and inserted it in an inner compartment. I looked at him in askance, and he said "I'm keeping this. I might have to serve you with a subpoena one of these days". All this to say, is that what goes on here is not unnoticed.

You see Comrade Banker, they can collect info on anyone. Now you knows you're inside FBI's data base people keeps they's eyes on, for life. Why i don't print business cards.

Loose lips sink ships. Both of these parties just keep running on and on. It's one thing to blame our government but it appears as though critics lay none of the responsibility of the contractor or developer. They are both f#$@in stupid. Constantly in the media running on with nonsense. Just shut up get in the conference room and solve the problems. These are the same people who say they wanted to keep things out of the media. Yet they are responding to everything. Again, just keep your traps shut and deal with the issue.

It should be "easy" for a structural engineer to check the quality of the work vs what was paid for...they were nice enough to leave all the evidence..

Comrade ThisIsOurs, where were you and all the other reds, when I was asking this exact question as far back as 2013? Seems there may have never been structural or any other inspectors on site, or they failed, or were unwilling to do their jobs?

@This Ours. You know what gets me is that people have been laying the blame on CCA which I believe in large part is warranted. They are the general contractors so it is to be expected. But many have been talking about western standards etc. But as I recall there were several US and British engineering firms who were consultants and actively onsite during the building of this project. So all this time these folks didn't sound the alarm? I mean these were huge international firms like Mace out of the UK. So it isn't just CCA. All of these suckers came to Nassau to live well for a few years. They drove around in company cars, rented nice villas on the cable beach strip and were living the good life. When shit started to hit the fan they were gone.

Easy money!

Yep, all three sides failed on this one. And they're all now playing the same public relations game to absolve themselves.

But I do put a greater percentage of the blame on the government. The other two sides were acting in their own interest so they could be as selfish and as crooked as they liked. The government on the other hand is/was being paid to look out for us and they simply didn't ... They brought the people here, and they let them do whatever they wanted.

Guess HAI was right when he said open this hotel in phases like Atlantis did. Papa was right again.

Comrade Izmirlian is now saying that he wants everything completed, before going ahead with the opening of Baha Mar. yet, previously Bah Mar had issued a 2014/15 statement that read;
- "As customary of a resort this size, we will open each resort element when it’s ready to deliver on that promise,” the statement continued. “Baha Mar will be a 'paced opening.'
We will be holding preview days for all of the hotels during April, and we expect all of our hotels to be opened by our grand opening festivities in May." -
I have ask, why can't a Baha Mar 97% completed - not have its announced 'paced opening?'
Do you any idea, how much money is 97% of a 3.5 BILLION Dollar project? It's way more than enough to have started earning cash flow, from live bodies, beds and gamblers.

Agreed ..................... open the hotels for business one at a time ..... and then have your big party for the opening of the final hotel ...... this whole situation smells rather stink