Fully agree. All we hear is someone is not paying what is owed and the Government will go after them,. Then a couple of years later the same thing. Name and shame these companies and then make them pay.

Then it is a freebie. The idea of student loans should be to enable a person to get a better paying job after they have gone to college. If it has failed then there is no point going after it. The hope being the vast majority do earn more and pay back.

Just tell everyone that if they have not come to an agreement to pay the loan off going forward starting September 1st and then on the first of each month, you will publish a list of those who owe and what. You will find that the shame will cause a large number to come in to pay. Although of note if not already done, there should be a policy that the loan is not repayable until the person is earning over a set figure (say double minimum wage or triple etc).

I just pointed out that tourists are considered a trade. Now what you decided to take from that is up to you.

The PLP i am sure would have been given a recommendation by Bahamasair. Maybe they should check there to see the issues. Also wouldn't it be better to take out a new loan at 5% and pay off that old loan with the high interest rate. I reckon they could probably even get a loan at less then 5%

As a note foreign tourists staying here is considered a trade. As such we do trade a lot.

Wow two young promising Bahamians have died and we still turn it political and homosexual. There are a lot of sad individuals here. Condolences to the family and friends of these two, I hope and pray that the Italian police are able to give you the answers needed.

So who would you have making these decisions?

But you are starting to see a turnaround. Which means some good is happening. now the question is if they keep going the correct way or do the normal and open the floodgates as election coming. Yeas the turnaround is not as fast as we would all like, but at least things are going in the right direction.

This mess wasn't created in a year or two but over the past 40 years of economic mismanagement. In particularly the last 15-20 years. Which means it will take a while to fix. Whilst they are not doing a great job, they are doing some good stuff. I am not exactly sure what people want from Government. If they cut their expenses they will be slammed for being heartless and putting Bahamians out of work. If they increase their revenue the same.