I don't know who the advisers to these people were, but irrespective of that, the people paid $12,000.00 to sleep in a tent. And the ministry of tourism was aware of this. Where did the tents come from? What about showers and sanitation? Wifi and tv? Who was contracted to serve hundreds of people this "gourmet" food. One thing is for certain, the Bahamas received excellent coverage for this screw up, and the lead statement to some of these reports on international news stations is "They say it's better in the Bahamas, but is it"? People who expect to make millions of dollars off of events staged in the Bahamas should be made to pay a hefty contingency deposit to the government to cover situations like this, that seem to occur more often than not. JA RULE.

And what's printed here is nothing like what McFarland released in his video. He intimidated that the Bahamas dropped the ball, he couldn't believe the island was so backward and they had to do all kinds of work they didn't expect.

He's not saying anything that's not true somewhere in the 242. Right time to put the attention on it too. Not like MOT gave all of '16's crazy carnival's proceeds to those few thousand affected after Joaquin.

(not sure where the $1 comes in if 2018 is free, but it's the thought that counts)

Hey, if it's in one of the Bahamian towns in Miami, what a fusion! Exuma Regatta at Fyre '18 everyone LOL.

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Ok. Get organized now ppl. There's not always a second chance. You've been asking where was tax money designated for relief. This time we'll have electricity to observe.

Cue the Promoters.
Get the relief logistics ready, get a trustworthy company with experience.
Check the list of infrastructure repairs that were needed, like the fish farm in long island and docs.
If the money comes , we'll already know exactly where it's going.
Ensure that give outs are not political.
You have 1 year to do transparency right.

Or , if we're not going to build, put it in a trust fund for mass migration should the tides continue to rise from global warming.

2018 in the US, we too backward. The tone in the video is a lot different from this statement in the article. TheMOT dropped the ball before the event and the PR battle after, they trusted McFarland to handle everything both times

"Intimated" not "intimidated" lol

Not tent, it's called "glamping". Get into it and we could make $12,000 a stay. haha.

Did MOT- Ministry Of Tourism forget that Regatta was scheduled the same weekend?
MOTS - More Of The Same

McFarland's statement is complete and utter bullshlt. He makes it sound as if he and JaRule were innocent victims of circumstance. No. They are arrogant, clueless, incompetent jerks. Their complete stupidity caused this fiasco. Any other attempt at an explanation is a lie.

I worked an event stateside where Bill Clinton was a guest. These 23 yr old kids put it on for hip brand owners and entrepreneurs rich enough that wanted to be around them. We were still putting up the set and food when guest arrived at the hotel. Today those kids have real estate in the Aspens. O, they did a Bahamas event flawlessly too.

Government should take the Lions share of the blame... Due diligence was not done on the event organizers. This could have been easily prevented. Too bad no one cares or has foresight enough to see these basic things.

Well , a event production directory is only basic shit, along with rental partners, that thing no one gets called logistics, ect. I mean, gov doesn't even post to their job site, so what was expected again? I had already begun working on it all btw, too late to cop.

Comrades at da Tribune, follow the story by chasing down....What's missing from the
public description of the story....What is the government officials connection to the missing parts? Who got, or was promised - what? Who owns the island and if rented out - for how much money?

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For once @TalRussell you are asking the pertinent questions! This whole thing was an embarrassment to us and while it was free publicity it wasn't quite free or positive. Who signed off on this? How much money went under the table that caused the organisers to be unable to pay the talent? Who thought to schedule something on the same weekend as regatta? There are too many questions and not enough answers...

Really?

Donate to the who? .............. the ones who robbed Haiti?

Ay, when Fyre gets big Ja, you owe us a festival for the fame. But in the meantime , thanks for being there during our hard time after Matthew ; )

Hey Nottage, the police book events. No way foreign security could be as prepared. What happened to a life line? O yeh.. they weren't going to be fooled with overtime again.

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Comrades! Finally, something so badly disorganized that you can't even blame on the Chinese.....And, the Chinese were never accused by their guests of paying for tourism luxury but showing up to what is now being described around the world by the festival goers as , “refugee-like tent conditions” on an island of the Bahamaland - that setback the pockets festival goers from $1,500, $12,000 to $200,000.
Let's just say what the guests arrived to see was not even remotely close to what was promoted in the festival promoters slick and beautiful promotional video that sold the
ultimate on a Bahamland island festival experience to those willing to shell out thousands of dollars.

Comrades! Some higher-ups locally, had to have signed-off on this mess now being aired and printed around the globe.....and the public needs them be named - so they can have their fair chance go public to explain what in the hell happened to broughts abou this global embarrassment on da island of Norman's Cay?

Festival ‘FRAUD’! Fyre Fest Goers "Claim"?

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Mc Farland and Ja Rule were in the Exumas months before hustling existing boutique resorts for accommodations etc. Most people told them they were crazy.
My question: Did those USAID Disaster relief tents come from NEMA storage?
Follow the $$, you'll find who "waived" red tape or "facilitated" this fiasco.
Grand Bahama couldn't handle 12,000 tourists right now!

ALL DONE TO THE DISCREDIT OF THE REPUTATION OF THE BAHAMAS AND OUR MARKETABILITY AS A CREDIBLE TOURIST DESTINATION.

SCAMMERS CONTINUE TO USE OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO THE DEMISE OF OUR COUNTRY...

then, to avoid full responsibility and culpability... they offer a verbal apology. Depending on who your family, friends or lovers is, if it was a Bahamian, they go before the courts.

RETURN THE PEOPLE'S MONEYS TO THEM!!!

A GOOD NAME IS TO BE CHOSEN RATHER THAN SILVER AND GOLD.

If someone holds a brothel in your rental, you, as landlord, are responsible. These idiots at MOT need to quit ducking responsibility and heads should roll. The biggest loser in this mess will be the Bahamas, hands down.