As hard as this will be for persons who grew up on these remote and mostly abandoned Islands today, turning them into National Parks is nonetheless worthy of consideration.

Wow, the obvious concern had to be that the Structure could not withstand a Cat 4 or 5 Hurricane, hence evacuating Hotel for Guest Safety reason, which begs the Questions: 1) Was the Hotel "designed" to withstand such winds? and, more importantly, 2) Was the Hotel "built" to withstand such winds? If the Answers are "Yes" to both, then Management acted irresponsibly and should be Fired, but if the Answers are "No" to either, the Management acted responsibly and should actually be Praised, albeit the implications for The Bahamas and this Property are far worse.

Time for "investigative" Journalism, as this was not a Decision made without substantial reasoning.

Ask Jeff Lloyd and any Long Islander who was schooled in the 1960s about Teachers such as Hugh Cottis ... these are the sort of Teachers required, who are remembered, revered and praised long after they are gone, but whose Students went on to hold all number of positions of importance, both public and provate, in our newly independent Country.

Very well articulated Summary of "how we got here" and the "real" Culprits responsible, who should be held accountable. Indeed, what they have done is far more damaging in many ways to the corruption investigations currently underway, particularly when one bears in mind such corruption to a large extent is a indirect consequence of their actions, to wit: nothing short of "Traitors", certainly not worthy of Queen's Honors, but rather more appropriately should have their Citizenships revoked for betraying and destroying a fledgling Country.

One must "painfully" accept, with such a Landslide Mandate to effect wholesale fundamental change, not very impressive so far. Addressing corruption is both necessary and laudable, but job creation through inward investment is far more impressive, as indeed without same, you are merely fostering the environment that created the need for corruption in the first place, as if everyone was doing well, there would be no need to "skim from the till". Regrettably, the opposite is occurring with reductions in the Public Sector's Work Force and Budgets, which again are both necessary and laudable, but the same must be off-set by "new" Private Sector jobs, otherwise you are making people even more desperate to survive in an environment which is already primed for corruption as a means of getting by.

You are actually the one missing the point, W&S payment occurred nearly 2 years prior and irrespective of "most favored status", which in itself should have been challenged or at least, "questioned", this BPL payment occurred "immediately" prior to a General Election, making the timing completely unacceptable and most likely fraudulent, yet signed off on by a complicit Board "without question" who are accordingly also accountable for such malfeasance. Hope you now get the point.

The point is Messrs. Beneby and Hermans did not resign and were thereby complicit in fraud, which begs the question as to how they run RBC and Family Guardian?!? Andrews is in a slightly different position, as Nassau Glass is his personal Comany, whereas Beneby and Hermans are responsible for making decisions concerning "other" peoples money, hence the "supposedly" enhanced fiduciary duties.

This appears to be fraud to which the Board appears complicit, in which RBC and Family Guardian are obliged for the sake of Customer and Investor confidence to fire both Messrs. Beneby and Hermans forthwith as their respective Heads!

.... and, as we have now all seen on Social Media, response time may well depend on whether or not our highly trained literate sophisticated concerned Officers are too preoccupied drinking and driving to consider responding to Crime in progress. As with every other Government Ministry, Department, Corporation, Agency or Office, 80% should be fired tomorrow if there is to be any hope of returning to a normal functioning Society.

Maybe, but we are talking about Self Protection where the State has failed. When someone breaks in your House to Burgle or Rape you or accosts you on the Street to Rob or Rape you or rear ends your Car to Rob or Rape you, would you rather be able to: A) Say Hello to my "little" Friend Punk; or B) Grovel in Misery in the hope of your Life being spared for the sake of your Children, only to have them later in Tears identify your Body in a Pool of Blood?!? Time to get real Bahamas!