What sad look sadness amazement on the face comrade minister tourism Dionisio James?
It's not likes this is Dionisio James's very first experience as crown minister run into direct contact economic havoc left behind be cleaned up after hurricane done pass .... Dionisio James - hurricane Dorian is the 'third' hurricane season have touched down colony of out islands under watch governing PM Minnis, yes, no .... is it your sincere wish, not visit the Minnis administrations 'record hurricane failures' to deliver on hurricane promises ....

The silly expression on his face says: "This ain't my problem.....I can't fix this!" But he needs to immediately get off of his duff and get the loud and clear message out there to our major tourist markets in North America that Nassau, Eleuthera, the Exumas, etc. were not seriously impacted by Hurricane Dorian and will be open for giving tourists the greatest vacation of their lives during this coming season.

Nearly 20% of our tourist product (and a good chunk of our GDP) has just been crushed by Dorian's devastating impacts on Grand Bahama and Abaco. That means D'Aguilar needs to get out there and do his job as Minister of Tourism, now more than ever, and the sooner the better. He can start immediately by wiping that goofy look of despair off of his face!

I don't believe you could expect the minister of tourism to walk around saying hope we dont have a hurricane, hope we dont have a hurricane...that would dampen enthusiasm for the islands. But the *tourism is hot!!* comment never sat well with me because it came with an acknowledgement from the minister that we were benefitting from the devastation in Dominica and the ABC islands...I believe he said something to the effect that it's unfortunate but that's the way it is (not verbatim but the general gist)...i dont like bringing religion into general topics but when the people asked Jesus about a human tragedy and why it happened to a certain group of people, Jesus' response was, worry about your own soul. Maybe our response to Dominica should have been laser focus on what do we do if hit by 160mph. I think that question is even more relevant today for every other bahamian island. Because its evident it's not impossible and it could happen in the blink of an eye. Not many people can afford to *attempt* to construct for 180mph

I think you're right.
This is not the new normal.
It is only going to get worse.
Few can afford to build to the next level required.
We should have seen that last year.
Praying is good in last ditch hopes, but cannot replace reason and planning, as it has here for so many years.
We will have to get serious about what is in store for us here in The Bahamas. We truly need leaders who are up to date in their thinking and vision. We don't have them yet and it seems we get rid of the honest people here as quickly as we can.

In light of what is going on in the northern Bahamas, it is quite insensitive to even comment on tourism projections!

Meanwhile all major TV stations and other forms of media are effectively bombarding North Americans with reports that the Bahamas may be no place to vacation for years to come. That message needs to be immediately and vigorously refuted by spelling out the fact we have many other islands for vacationers that were not impacted by Hurricane Dorian. If we don't do this, other tourist destinations in the Caribbean region will soon be eating our lunch for years to come.

Hi Bloggers

I noticed that ppl are not blogging as much as they were a couple of years ago. Years ago idiotic comments from politicians such as those above would have been severely criticized by at least a dozen comments. Now only 3?

I suspect everyone is disillusioned and feels that their comments are falling on deaf ears. Or maybe ppl just don't have any electricity or internet.

My 2 cents:

1. No planes are flying in or out of Nassau Airport. Check out flightaware.com and punch in NAS.

2. Yes, Mr. D'Agular, the world believes the Bahamas is devastated and they are not coming to Nassau either (at the moment). But did you ever consider that BPL is destroying our tourist product? Did you ever consider that ppl will not come to Nassau due to online comments about the electricity?

3. Mr. D'Agular is anyone taking a step back and questioning the viability of the Grand Lucayan Hotel due to the increasing impact of climate change on Grand Bahama? Scientist have stated that the warming oceans will create even greater "super hurricanes" with speeds of 200 mph and flooding approaching 50 feet.

https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/…

4. Minnis, why rebuild Freeport or Grand Bahama when in another 20 years we will experience flooding and winds of biblical proportions? Why are we not relocating communities to higher ground or other islands rather than rebuilding in low lying areas...again and again?

All valid points.

Thanks Zakary. My only regret is that I did not sell my home in Nassau and just leave. Sitting here I feel like a sitting duck for the next "super hurricane" to hit Nassau in the next 20 years.

We all know it will happen. But all we can say is that thank God it did not hit Nassau. Well at somepoint Nassau's luck will run out. Its just a matter of time.

Your estimate of 20 years is way too generous my friend. 10 years at most.

Mr. Comrade House Speaker, yes, Google is indeed a powerful tool.... 'everybody'
can understand that, yes, no ....- So said the even now looking more Google complexes Comrade Dionisio James,Tourism Minister - June 2019 - But wait there's more. Didn't the colony's prime minister, not just yesterday- issue plea for the populaces, not to take to Tweeter but wait for Erica and Acee's official 'red' government's spin-room to have first crack at writing their own official version on hurricane Dorian .... You just can't make this up ....