Comrades! The PLP as a political force is structured for even greater failure once the same people in the news come convention time - are elected to lead the party.
It's highly doubtful that much will improve the lots of either of the two considered main political parties on the scene today - sufficiently enough walk into the 2022 General Election with a solid block of voters. Both parties are in serious trouble with the youth electorate.

Well done Minister. These gravy trains have to stop for overpaid under performing individuals/

The yapping little white-haired poodle failed to inform us of the following:

1) The individual(s) who authorized and will be held responsible and accountable for the exorbitant salaries and bonuses the Gaming Board was paying its executives and other employees;

2) The total cost of terminating the Gaming Board executives and paying them out of their hefty contracts; and

3) The much lower range of salaries and bonuses that the Minnis-led government proposes to pay to the new replacement executives.

It seems the entire Cabinet has forgotten Minnis's often repeated election campaign promise that his government would set the gold standard in transparency. Well, by very deliberately **not** informing us of the three key things identified above by me, the yapping little white-haired poodle has failed to provide the "sunshine" we were promised over and over again by Minnis!

Comrades! Indeed, why not release what the new pool red shirts gaming board executives will earn? Why should the public's purse - replace old Twiddle thumbs with new Twiddle thumbs?
Disclosure how much has it done cost the public's purse to send people home - accompanied by severance packages and lifetime pensions and benefits - including BahamaCARE health benefits?

Why do these politicians yap so f'in much in parliament? All they do is tell f'in stories. WHERE IS THE LEGISLATION FOR FUCK'S SAKE???? Get on with it or get the fuck out!!!

This reply is to Mudda, Tal and Sickened, all three: What perfectly stupid comments.

1. Whatever the cost of termination, that is a cost left to us by the corrupt people who ran this totally dysfunctional institution before the current Minister had a chance to clean it up. What is the option you suggest? Don't fire these corrupt individuals and keep spending over $1,000,000 per year?
2. Why is it we always get to hear from you three that any level of corruption that is uncovered is irrelevant because you then make naked, unsupported allegations that the new government will be just as corrupt as your party was? No evidence. No facts. Just this pathetic excuse. Please we are tired of hearing it.
3. The legislation is coming but getting rid of a bunch of corrupt practices, all of which were illegal under laws already passed by Parliaments long past is every bit if not more important than passing new legislation.

@Tarzan. You are right on point! I couldn't have said it as eloquently.

None other than the very corrupt Obie Wilchcombe was the Minister Responsible for Gaming

And Wilchcombe's hanadsomely rewarded cohorts at the Gaming Board, all appointed by Christie, included the following:

Board Members (Directors):

* Ms Terah Rahming - Chairman - Joined 2012 - Is a CPA working for Weiser Asset Management Limited, a small boutique firm.

* Mr Myles Laroda

* Ms Ginger Moxey - Joined 2014 - Previously a VP of The Grand Bahama Port Authority

Secretary and Deputy Secretary:

* Mr Verdant R Scott - Secretary - Appointed 2013 - Previously a police officer in our RBPF.

* Ms Bridgette M Outten - Deputy Secretary - Appointed 2013 - An attorney.

Kenyatta Gibson and Marie Ferreira have since been appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman, respectively, of the Gaming Board. And wouldn't we like to know how much these two are being paid compared to their predecessors?!

Kenyatta Gibson of all people as Chairman of the Gaming Board!!!

Minnis definitely needs to have his head examined - he has made way too many most disappointing appointments that will neither serve him nor the people well.

There are no casinos worth keeping open today ......... and the webshops are still on thin ice ....... If the government is propping up the casinos to keep them open ..... how can these appointed stooges, take the Peoples' money without guilt?????? ...... Shut it down!!!!!!!! and let the Ministry of Finance or Trade & Investment to manage this tiny unproductive Department

Tourism Minister Dionisio D‘Aguilar is on the right track with his focus to increasing GDP by targeting a larger % of cruise passenger spend and encouraging Bahamians to get into the shore excursion business.

D‘Aguilar confirmed Aruba's(?) cruise passenger spend is more than $400.00 above that of the Bahamas!

What he should also do to is assist potential local investors to identify available opportunities in the resort shore excursion business, and there is no need to reinvent the wheel to do so. Simply study what Aruba and other high yielding resort spend destinations are offering and duplicate those businesses in the Bahamas.

Example, Aruba offers no less than 13 live dinner shows. The Bahamas has none!

https://www.visitaruba.com/things-to-do…

Looking back to when the Bahamas was a "real" sun fun resort destination and what we offered then, would be the first step, while simultaneously looking at Aruba and other's resort activities, for instance, is the simplest solution to finding our way bay to relevance as a sun fun resort destination.

The Bahamas has a LOT of work to do to regain a solid position in the resort destination business after decades of failed leadership and neglect in the tourism sector. The good news is, we have done it before, *already have the passenger volume,* and we have an absolutely awesome opportunity to "cherry pick" shore excursions that have proven most successful from competing regional destinations and implementing them here.

If the gaming boards total budget for payroll was roughly a million a year and these few people were getting upwards of $800,000 of it ? Sure did pay to be a PLP crony versus every other poor sucker thinking they getting a decent cut of the pie

If the gaming boards total budget for payroll was roughly a million a year and these few people were getting $800,000 of it ? Sure did pay to be a PLP crony versus every other poor sucker thinking they getting a decent cut of the pie

Do the 4 present casinos produce any gross revenue to the Treasury at this time??????