Whenever you hear a politician say "public private partnership" (PPP) you should think of it as code for elitist politicians and their select few private sector business cronies getting in bed together (conspiring) to strip away from the Bahamian people a potentially very profitable national asset at the expense of the country's taxpayers. LMAO

Youse gats dat right.....what a tragedy......pore Bahamiams gets taxed VAT ......AMD INCREASED VAT TAXES......to pay for the squandering...contracts costing way above the prices.....inefficiencies....whichin errypne knows ...the pore ordinary Bahamian...suffers more from the VAT....as it affects significantly more of his small minimum wage budget an unemployed......BUT thsn those wid ...cash to invest reaps da benefits of these....govt investments...ironic...

Why do we have 28 Family Island Government-owned airports?????? ......... Each island needs one airport ...... why do some islands have three, four and five airports???????? ......... Why does Eleuthera have THREE international airports, while Long Island has NONE??????

Same thing with schools, clinics, docks, etc ........... Too much wastage, cost, and redundancy.

On Eleuthera, the airport at Rock Sound is propped up purely for political purposes. It would be less than an hour’s drive for those people to fly out of Governor’s Harbour. Even in the U.S., most people have a drive longer than that — often *far* longer — to get to an airport. The resorts in the south that once supported Rock Sound airport have long since died. Pure politics.

People who are led by those without vision will ultimately perish. Each island only needs a single government-controlled airport. There are some States in the U.S,, like Delaware, that does not have an International Airport, and rely on neighboring airports for international lift. We could save a lot of money here by adopting a common-sense approach to prioritizing and coordinating a more centralized inter-island air travel.

Well ............. why do we see NO changes in how Government operates??? ........... despite rising national debt, personal debt, VAT and surcharges???

PPP (Peoples Public Purse} represents unity between comrade private ownership and the governing Imperial reds and private individuals...... Just one big happy corporate welfare funded by PeoplesPublicPurse, hardly ever made available to those lacking bloodlines ( or fronting) select group merchant and legal practitioners families..... some going back days when the Bay Street Boys claimed have left the spoils of 'over-the-hill' to the blacks - whilst they went about monopolising the entire rest commercial operations across colony islands,

Will DD address the real logistical problems with the large number of airports of this country??????? .......... It cannot remain status quo with DD who is a businessman and progressive thinker......... SMH

For most airports they should enter into deals with the private sector to build the building to a set standard and that way the person will get the restaurant and bar at the building for 20 years rent free. Most airports don't need excessively large buildings outside of Nassau, Freeport and Marsh harbour. So a building with the restaurant and bar, check in desk, sitting area, bathrooms and security clearance should be enough.

What do you think they are building in Exuma for $35million?????? .......... All they need is a big prefab tin building ......... But no, we will get something "fancy" like LPIA ......... We will be paying for LPIA for the next 30 years.