Even if the Bahamas strikes oil, the press it receives will diminish our tourist product, let alone if there is an out of control well or oil spill. The idea of pristine beaches and oil producing nation don't go together. The FNM is betting the farm on this oil mission -- what an idiotic risk to take. Like playing paintgun in the Louvre.

Mr Potter reiterated that the company’s activities will be “transformational”

Yes. It will turn out beautiful aqua waters into a black oil pit.

This doesn't look good at all.

This country has been completely betrayed by the FNM. I am simply shocked at how little people are protesting what the FNM are doing to this country. They've hardly kept a single campaign promise, yet the newspapers go so easy on them. They're borrowing this country into bankruptcy with zero creativity, yet hardly anyone is calling them out.

It is a sad day when this man makes more sense than the prime minister. The Bahamas did many things wrong in its response to Dorian. The biggest mistake, in my view, was the decision not to include the two former prime ministers in the process of seeking donations from the global community in the very early stages of recovery. The government waited too long to seek donations. The relatively small amount of donations received, compared to the cost of rebuilding is testament to this.

This is infuriating. The majority of caribbean nation's have freedom of information laws, while we have complete secrecy. Reports like this set the Bahamas back, because until a problem is acknowledged it can't be fixed.

Such a biased editorial. It is clear as day that the bait and switch pulled by the FNM of advertising a town meeting and providing a rally was completely unacceptable, whatever color the shirt. Please stop insulting our intelligence; not only Mr. Davis was critical of this recent FNM ploy, everyone was! The election is too far away to start campaigning and right after a hugely destructive hurricane that requires national unity and coming together to rebuild and heal from. My only guess is there may have been corrupt purposes in starting campaigning so early, in order to allow "bribes" to be "legally" classified as campaign contributions. The FNM sees the writing is on the wall for the Bahamian economy (12% VAT is unsustainable and global warming may make the Bahamas uninhabitable), and they are preparing their golden parachutes and exit strategies.

The only likely reason the FNM held this campaign rally so early before election (2 whole years) is so Government MPs can receive payments/campaign donations from the US company Shell in the BPL deal (or China etc.) and they wouldn't be called bribes, when in fact they are just bribes. Very slick.

This sounds like a mirror image of the PLP's Bluewaters sham deal. Instead of BTC it's BPL. FNM cronies will end up owning 95% of BPL. The public will be offered 5%.

I need a billion dollars for a 600 ft yacht and skyscraper in Manhatten. What's your point?