We can have the best shutdown in the world and that still won't matter in ten days. Our economy is tied to tourists. If their country has the virus we will always get it again.Or is the Chamber saying we should close everything until the virus is gone in the US, in which case dont worry about reopening

It would also be in the best interest of Bahamains if the AG stopped losing so many court cases. I'd imagine the only way for this to happen would be for this AG to step down as there has been loss after loss on his watch. So we all know that won't happen as there will need to be some negotiation for when Carnival, Norwegian and all the other cruise lines want their own personal beaches in Nassau.

Of course they will give them the land over a Bahamian. Minnis is like all the other governments we have had. Talk the right talk about doing stuff for Bahamians and being tough on foreigners and then doing what ever the foreigner wants as soon as they ask.

Then ban Alcohol, fast food, sodas, smoking cigarettes, being fat and many other things as these all cause issues. But no the mighty weed is the one to worry about.

Umm if the company pays for it, by extension this means the consumers will pay for it. There isn't a magical tree that will pay for it. Same as one day we are all going to have to pay for the constant ineptitude of our governments.

Government needs to decide what message it wants to put out. On the one hand you have them desperate for FDI which will naturally lead to work permits. On the other they say they want to get rid of work permits. So which one is it. I know one thing, in the financial industry whilst the black listing hurts, off the cuff statements from Government members on immigration will do more to let a potential investor decide Cayman, BVI or others are a better choice then anything else. The Government needs to all be on the same page and then go with it, and realize things they say to local people and local press make its way onto the internet and therefore the world.
On the issue with cooks, if there are no work permits issued, then raid those restaurants and deport those who are working without the correct work permits AND throw the employer into jail until a large fine has been paid. if you don't do that ain't nothing going to change.

Minnis is using 1 of the 3 items all Governments use when things are going bad for them. This time it is the foreigner, other times it is whitey and others the gays. This is just trying to drum up support for him. Remember it wasn't long ago he told all illegals to leave by the end of December ( i think 2017 or 18). What happened in January? Nothing. I expect nothing will happen again here.

It appears from some comments that it is OK what Nygard is accused of doing if you believe someone who doesn't like him is doing bad as well. If what he is accused of doing is true then there should be no support for him. As a note it is not this FNM Government doing this but the US so its not Bahamian Politics.

But if they lose $100k then after a while they close and where would you shop? We used to be able to shop at City market but they made losses so thats now gone. There has to be a balance, people are in business to make a profit. But as always if you want feel free to open a company and make a loss. let me know how it goes in a couple years time

Actually he did mention some of the few good stuff that they have done. It appears that the landfill is being fixed, which is more then was done during the whole time PLP were in power, this will benefit the people of Tall Pines probably more then most areas. In addition if the new power plant does what it is meant to and we get a summer of hardly any power cuts they will be able to point to that, which is yet again more then what the PLP did. We all know there is a lot of bad with this Government but anyone from the past Government is not going to be able to do any good.