QUOTE - “Once those who are not Bahamian conform themselves to lawful behaviour, and are of good conduct, the status of those individuals is not in the least at risk.”

Obvious lie. 'lawful behaviour' has to be backed up with 'good conduct' to allow enough vagueness for open interpretation, like for example " implying that their support for his client at a Supreme Court hearing was tantamount to “an illegal gathering”,"

Then the unspecific 'status'.... what 'status'? I wish these fools in immigration would shoot themselves instead of shooting our country and economy in the foot

There is no country in the world that allows visitors have acted as they did, insulting the government. If they are not happy with this government that they stay in their country, it is absolutely disgusting. They are invited, they must accept the laws of the Bahamas, nobody force them to come here !! Go Home !!
Mr Smith using them to make a lot of money Coral Beach Hotel is a Gold Mine for him !!!!

Poor attitude sunnyday we rely on foreigners as a large part of our economy, they are essentially what supports us. Without tourism and foreign visitors who reside here, we simple cannot eat. Please remove your disgusting statement.

This is not because that you are an investor that you have Blanc Check ! Some are nasty and they should not be in our country !! They are coming with a plan to abusing the Bahamas !! Like those ones ! Rufa is not an Investor !! He is an Oppressor !!! And Fred Smith should not using CB money without Owners approval . The entire story is a Circus !

the thing is they are not visitors, they are residents, with that they have certain rights. due process etc. are rights that reach back longer than you can think of and actually helped your ancestors to get rid of the chains. claiming a fair trial is not insulting the government. Vouching for the "other team" is neither a sin nor violating the law. No one threw a rock in the court room. You have a not so sunny, but rather little mind, sunnyday.

I would like to know what are the intentions of F Smith and Rufa by throwing this rock in the Media !! Influencing people ,the court ? It seems that you have no idea of what's going on in CB . If this matter has to go in court , than let it be , but quietly , unfortunately those articles directed by F Smith are not going on this way .

Where was the voice of the QC during the “exodus” of owners after Bruno Rufa and his thugs took over the Condo Association back in 2005. Many owners left , never to return, because of victimization. Mr. Smith should protect the interest of the owners by resigning as council for Bruno Rufa or resigning as council for the condo Association. This is a conflict of interest. No approval was given by the owners to pay Bruno Rufa's legal fees.
It's sad that the owners of coral beach are being used to protect Mr. Smith's client.

And who is getting the big money from the Owners at CB ???? Mr Fred Smith of course !! I understand why he is fighting so desperately for B Rufa !!!

I saw this article tweeted on Twitter, advising Canadians not to buy second homes in the Bahamas. There was also a link to Ocean Cay, and the Canadian government warning about buying property in the Bahamas.

Kiss another segment of the economy goodbye.

Can't say I blame them, our attitude here towards foreigners is disgusting. Just imagine how we can eat without them? We should be the nicest people in the world towards our tourists and foreign residents, but instead, we are a nasty people who provide poor service and an abundance of bad attitude.
Our GDP is approx 8 billion, without foreigners, we'd exhaust all our cash in less than a year just by importing food to eat, then what do we do? Are we all so stupid to think that we can scare away and cut off the hand that feeds us and then what? Build our own cars, make our own clothes, grow our own trees for lumber, grow our own food, raise our own livestock? That will never happen.

So you are ready to give a blow job and 4 chickens to "those visitors" who are stealing the jobs from many Bahamians ... this has no sense . We are not talking about all Foreigners , we are talking about an organized group who came to abuse the system in our Country and full their pockets !!! Be Real !!

last time I checked, Izzy and the Chinese were willing to give the Bahamians 2200 jobs, and the government decided to f*** it up. Atlantis pays the bills for many Bahamians. Speaking of which, as a foreigner it is very tough to fill your pockets with doing business in the Bahamas, as you cant make money off the local population really, so you compete with the international markets to attract tourists or foreign money to invest. With the costs, the corruption, the bureaucracy in this country almost impossible to make a good living. the pockets that get filled are the ones of the politicians.

B. Rufa is dragging down CB Owners and Fred Smith is saying hilarious stories , it seems that they want Coral Beach going bankrupt.... who is the force behind ? Is Mario Donato waiting in the bush? This story is not what Rufa and his lawyer are saying in the media

Comrade Banker you certainly know better. At no time in history have the Canadian government, or any other government anywhere in world, ever issued anything remotely close amounting to a warning to Canadians about buying homes on any of Bahamaland islands, including Grand Bahama, where it in any way, form or fashion related to potential immigration matters from the government Bahamaland.
Your claim is an "outasight" bold-faced red shirt lie and you damn-well know it.
Comrade Banker, I challenge you to produce evidence whereby such a statement had ever been issued on behalf of the Canadian government?
Comrade Banker, it is you, not the Canadian government, advocating for the ‘Exodus’ of foreigners from our Bahamaland.

@TalRussel.....l here ya go. Read the article not just the headline

"....... the Canadian government issued an investment advisory on Bahamian real estate transactions, warning that any disputes “could be prolonged and costly to resolve”.

http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/oct…

Comrade Becks this is not a story about real estate but about a man in this country that the government immigration department feels it has just cause to remove him off the island.
Comrade Banker knows exactly the why and what he posted and so do you.
I can show you an exact kind immigration letter executed under the signature of the late premier "Pop" Symonette - a get and keep your ass out Bahamaland, immigration order.
It happens under all political parties administrations, as it should - and it has nothing to do with a foreigner owning property in Bahamaland, now does it?

well ignorance and denial wont really sell a single piece of real estate, particularly not if you have to beg Fred to give you a homeowners residence card.

And I quote:

http://www.caribbean360.com/business/ca…

*Under the “Laws and Customs” section of the Bahamas Travel Report on the Canadian government’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade website:*

*“Canadians interested in purchasing property or making other investments should seek legal advice from appropriate professionals in Canada and in the Bahamas before making commitments. Disputes arising from such activities could be prolonged and costly to resolve.”*

*This paragraph is causing grave concern to the Bahamian government and private sector players alike as they worry that the country is being characterised as a risky place to do business.*

I'm not a PLP. I don't make sh*t up nor do I lie like the PLP.

The Ocean Cay people complained to the Canadian government and the foreign affairs website, in typical diplomatic language, issued a warning, and poor Fweddie got his knickers in knots.

I also saw the warning reprinted from Industry Canada in a Canadian business magazine in an article on buying land for business ventures and subsidiaries, and I will try to find it and scan it.

What you are saying has nothing to do with the Rufa's case and the Owners at CB , let's go back to the subject B.Rufa and the Owners at CB .

Rufa and his rogues at Coral Beach are running a dynasty and don't want their empire to be closed. Enough is enough. Rufa is the one who was charged with working illegally and this is not the first time. He was caught working before at the old CIBC Bank building on Queen's Highway. The truth is going to be told and Rufa and all his crew of 'Merry men' will be exposed for exactly who they are. Speak the truth a d shame the devil. If you can not abide by the laws of any country then the door swings both ways, in and out. Why fight to remain in a country where you've been caught two times broking the law? What's the 'real' reason behind all of this hulla baloo?

And so should Bruno and the Board of Directors at Coral Beach. We know the truth who should really resign and it's not the Government.

Yep, banker, Tal is kinda correct on this one. You should provides links to support what you are saying. But in my mind I know it has to be the truth, because everyone and his uncle shunning the Bahamas these days. Seems people kinda get anti Bahamas when this lot is in power.

Numerous warnings about property ownership, corruption, and investment in the Bahamas on the Government of Canada website.

http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/eng/srch-rch…

Noting they call the Central Bank of the Bahamas a rogue privately run institution! Who'd a thunk?

B Rufa is not an investor he bought a unit at CB with his partner Sandra Georgio for 80K , That's it . It's time that all those "Investors at CB" understand the Bahamian Laws ! Like Sandra keep saying at CB , quote : -" If you don't like it here at CB , GO !!". Now it's time for her to GO , if she doesn't like the Government . Those Visitors cannot dictate their laws in the Country like they do at CB . Miss Nancy Salvisburg , if you don't like it ... you can Go too , instead of giving orders to employees , this is called working !!!!! You suppose to give orders to the GM not doing her job !!

I don't have a horse in the race ......... but no foreigner should be allowed to ill-treat Bahamians in their own country with impunity ...... If Rufa fits that description, then he should understand that in a tangible way

He was caught years ago working illegally but was not charged (under FNM). To thanks the Government he did it again and was caught again, how many times the Country will allowed him to disregard the Laws

Mr Smith said -“In addition, Coral Beach Management Company itself, in staff and services spends directly over $1 million annually.....But ... this has nothing to do with B.Rufa doing good for CB ... CBM will have to spend this money anyway in expenses ... In fact Rufa is spending money from the Owners for himself . He should resign until this matter is over

I think it is disingenuous and you know it for any one you red bloggers to bring up Comrade Minister Freddy's name and the Canadians online post as if they are one and the same.
Why make this about Freddy who has zero ministerial responsibility real estate transactions?

"Qc Fears Freeport 2nd Home ‘Exodus’" . you got to be joking.. QC must be overdue for a trip to Tibet. Nobody will leave Coral Beach over Bruno Rufa's departure. Good Riddance....

The out spoken QC in my view does not mean the Bahamas and its people well, He is always making trouble for the Bahamas and trying to cast us in a bad light. Now remember Sir Lynden had a removable tax law, on Bahamian land. As far as I am concerned The Bahamas has sold enough of its land. Leave some for Bahamians yet unborn. The QC has his share and he could not care less about the rest.

Contrary to the QC Fears, people are lining up to purchase at Coral Beach. They are just waiting for the permanent departure of Bruno Rufa and his thugs.

This has nothing to do with racist or xenophobic, This is all about one person, Bruno Rufa, who has squandered his welcome in the Bahamas.

Comrades here it is 2016, and still Freeport is like the three-steps dance. All three steps backwards by those who wish hold steadfast to the 1960’s oligarchy of Wallace Groves & Stafford Sands misguided Hawksbill Act creation.
Bahamalander’s have and will always open our nation’s doors to the many individuals and corporations, not intent on the social re-engineering of our Bahamaland.
Truth is, we Bahamalander’s, wish only to return back to our roots, and neither black nor
white but under a united colours of the rainbow Bahamaland.
Truth is, the much promised Wallace Groves/Stafford Sands Hawksbill Rainbow, has failed far too often, and under all three major governing political parties - to share the beauty of her majestic colors - with all Bahamalander's.
A Grand Bahama guided by the future, not as spectators to the three-steps dance played by the Hawksbill Act's orchestrators.

http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2016…

The ironic bit, is that we could have made a silk purse out of a sow's ear if Freeport had been managed correctly. I see the major success that the Caymans have with Cayman Enterprise City, and the huge investment and jobs in diverse knowledge industries, and then compare it to the "dead" city of Freeport.

It can be saved. They need to throw out Devco and the Port Authority. Then they need to give out free business licences, free residency permits and office space to anyone who wants to come in to start a knowledge-based business.

They need to throw out the profit-motive and private ownership of lands covered by the Hawksbill Treaty, and they need to government and the beneficial owners to stop treating it like a cash cow and treat it like an economic garden, where you provide a suitable environment, plant businesses and reap jobs, revenue, whole new economic sectors and a vibrant community.

Comrade Banker I challenge the Port Authority or the Ministry of Tourism to produce any evidence where there has been a serious and consistent marketing effort to promote Freeport to the world's tourism and business markets at anytime during the past 20 plus years?
It is a fu@@ing disgrace that Freeports economy was engineered and has remained to this very day in 2016, for the financial benefit of a family-owned privately owned corporation.
Even worst is we have a chosen few of our own people who are now treating Freeport's economy as it was engineered as their own damn little island city.
Who knows, maybe it will take a "people's economic revolution" to step forward and do what three governing political parties have been unwilling to do.
The PLP Cabinet can take their apportionment of a Minster for Freeport, over the $2 bridge to perform as the featured act at Atlantis's Joker's Wild Comedy Club.