It is possible .......... if we vote the PLP out in 2017

If Loretta couldn't do it what makes you think you can ?

I do not know your knowledge of the reality on the ground in Long Island ...... but LBT was never about the ordinary Long Islander ........ she used us like she has used every person along the way from the mortuary to the grave-yard .......... we got beaten with the PLPs stick that was meant for LBT since 2012 ............ This young man will not treat Long Island as a colony of Nassau like Loretta, Jimmy Knowles and the others before them

Good political talk, but thats about it.. airports alone do not miraculously lead to great tourist arrivals. You need much more... Facts are that south of Exuma, there has not been a single successful touristic resort of any magnitude ever. They put a big airport in north Cat Island decades ago, the place is still as run down and delapidated as ever. Lets look at Abaco, a big airport in Treasure Cay built decades ago.. you could lay down on the runway most days and never get run over by an airplane... Big airport in Governors Harbour courtesy of the USA and Club Med closed. Perhaps some boutique resorts might have a chance in LI, but thats about it and that does not merit a major airport. What they need is better connections and frequency from Nassau to suit arriving and departing US flights so the journey time is less than going to Europe or across the Pacific. They struggle to keep flights into Freeport using heavy subsidies from the MOT for heaven's sake. Better to spend a few dollars trying to revive a farming economy and perhaps bolstering the fishing industry somehow, much more potentially viable and realistic options in my view.

Good observation ....... why are the southern ends of EVERY Bahamian Family Island unable to thrive and sustain a stable economy?????? ....... I want to hear a politician explain that this election cycle ...... Long Island had a solar salt plant 40 years ago, but that failed and now that (south) half of the island is DEAD ............. Adrian Gibson please offer some vision for that

South Abaco is doing quite well, thanks.

Sandy Point???? ............. Or where there is hotel development??????

On a lighter note .................. We wish to congratulate the TWO high schools on Long Island for some of the BEST results in the 2016 BJC and BGCSE ........... now it is time for Long Islanders to invest in ALL of the schools that have helped to educate them and have made them some of the most educated and productive citizens of this country ......... please send the schools some financial assistance as the government provides NO money and little resources for the day to day upkeep of ALL of the schools on the island ........... What a crying shame

One of those schools is NGM Major in Buckley consistently one of the most outstanding public schools in this country. There is a serious problem that the govt needs to address immediately. There are students there on a government assistance meal program, where they are provided with lunch paid for by the government. Well the govt is now late in paying the food vendor and they are no longer providing the meals. The school has now taken upon themselves to cook a meal for those children each day. This is ridiculous and shameful, the govt needs to see that this is corrected immediately! How can students study when they are hungry? Please see to it that these vendors are paid and our children provided for.