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Dawes says...

and God ain't pleased with the PLP who have done nothing except help bankrupt this country. He is really displeased at the die hard supporters of both PLP and FNM who will blindly follow their party no matter the damage they are doing to The Bahamas.

Dawes says...

But then Government would need to ensure that if that car crashed into someone they would have to pay it 100%, immediately. 3rd party is their so you can't affect others, insurance is so high as most people can't drive. Every day i see a crash.

Dawes says...

Thankyou whogothere, fully agree. We are about to enter uncharted waters in Bahamas with all the layoffs coming, and the idea of staying closed until this is over seems to still be the mantra of the day for some, with the belief that when we re-open everything will go right back to how it was.

Dawes says...

And many more will follow. In a few years we will be able to look back and see which option we feel was the right one, but as of now the economic impact is starting to snowball as more companies realize this will not be over soon, and many owners are running out of money with no options left to take.

On Island hoteliers fear they may not recover

Posted 21 July 2020, 11:59 a.m. Suggest removal

Dawes says...

Its not bold. Its trying to hide from the virus. Effectively we are going to shut every time there is a spike. So then there is no point in opening. Just shut it all down. I am sure we will all be ok. Or you could try to have the police enforce the social distancing laws. if a restaurant is found to not be doing what they should close that one down. If people are at the beach in large groups arrest and fine them. What he has done is the easy way out, in the hope that in a couple of weeks he can re-open and there will be no more spread. Chances of that are very low.

Dawes says...

Just isolate yourself. Come out in a couple years when it may be over.

Dawes says...

Hmm so the tourists that have come over since we re-opened have not helped our economy ? Thats surprising. Are they not spending any money? Go to Exuma it is packed with Tourists, same with eleuthera. There are some in Nassau as well, how are they here if they are not contributing to our economy?

Dawes says...

Someone wealthy enough to weather the coming economic storm. lucky you

Dawes says...

Sure, but not opening means they definitely can't come.

Dawes says...

I agree for once with the writer. We are in a hard place. We put all out eggs in the tourism basket and now are paying the price. Yes it would be great to do something else economically, but that will take a while to do for out economy (and what would this be, manufacturing won't really work as it will always be cheaper to buy from outside, and farming sounds great but I am fairly sure most do not want to be out in the hot sun all day). So do we keep shut until the vaccine/cure or virus disappears or run the risk and try and get the economy going again. I know with the current rates of death and who it is hitting i would choose to open. But others may say don't, we could move all of them to an island and then isolate them until this is all over, whilst the rest of us work and try to make the money needed to fund their isolation.