Those countries have told their people the criteria for when lockdowns come and when they will end. Over here we are at the whim of one man who appears to make things up just before he speaks. Who knows maybe he flips a coin to make his decisions. In addition many of his decisions are not based on any facts on the ground but on how he must feel (why is Abaco still closed like Nassau, when other areas are worse). Finally the most important thing is this man has done nothing over the last 7 months except hope it away, so we will have lock down after lockdown, whilst in Europe they are opening all the extra hospital beds they will need.

The informal one is one not registered. It does not matter the size if the company is not registered and therefore (supposedly) paying all they are meant to and complying with the law they are at a disadvantage then someone just doing as they want.

Can you show the information on who pays the most taxes. You have said the poor pay more and i am interested to see what % that is. Thanks

If Bannister wants to get people on his side he can release the details on what is owed and what is in the Contract. Then the people can decide if he is right. As it is i would guess that he is wrong and just using foreigner as a get out for his own incompetence.

So if the entire Cabinet and all other MPs who came into contact with Bannister are on quarantine does this mean they are unable to have the meeting in Parliament to discuss extending the emergency orders? In which case does this means they will cease to exists at the end of the month?

What is the point of the ERC if Government can decide not to implement certain ideas. Surely if there is the an economic case for it then it should occur. As soon as Government starts to reject ones it is based on politics, which is exactly why we are in this position.

All they appeared to have done is take all the ideas of the last 20 years that have never been acted upon and put them into one document. This document in turn will not be acted on except to be able to form a new committee for each idea which of course will be filled with the same old people who have not done anything to help this country. Then all that will happen is they will make plenty money and there will be no change. I am becoming more sure that we will have to collapse completely before we can rebuild better as our politicians have neither the brains or the will to do it themselves.

Is that not an option as these mortgages are from ordinary Bahamians, whereas when the loans where from the high and mighty at BOB this option was on the table straight away and used as quickly as possible?

So if i choose not to obey the competent authority nothing will happen to me? Asking for a friend. This is indicative of how useless we are as a nation. My only hope is that it brings the inevitable collapse a bit quicker as it doesn't matter who is in power all rules will be broken as and when certain connected people see fit. Then once we have collapsed hopefully we can build a better Bahamas.

IF the bond offering was oversubscribed, it means the rates that were tied to the offering were too generous. Acceptance of this rate shows how bad things are and the Governments desperation for outside funds.