Sorry to say, the Political Class will maintain the Numbing & Dumbing of the Populous until the Journalist & Media Class relentlesly demand answers! That is provided there is a difference in the two, which evidently there is none based on the unanswered issues.

Here we go again, reinventing the wheel to suit our special interests. Instead of following Common Sense, that rarest of our intelligence character.
Why can't we learn from what trials and pains others have experienced in their learning process? I.e.: should we follow the loose building codes of North & Central Florida, whom for years Until Recently, have evaded hurricanes. Or follow South Florida Building Code with our historically similar weather experience? Or neither, let's put-our-heads-in-the-sand while reinventing the wheel, looking busy.
The consequences of this disparity is increased damage and high insurance cost For All.
(In implementation of new rules there must be a reasonable "grandfathering" period for adjustment.)

our waste is the problem. You cannot blame, a hungry shark anymore than you can blame a hungry stray dog from eating food scraps thrown on the street. Someone will be bitten. Street, dock, cannal or bay it's the same.
Fish scraps like food scraps are a good source of fertilizer for our limestone Islands, we spend a lot of money on imported commercial fertilizers when there is a readily available source.
Composting is a viable business model once the logistics are in place. Government pushing agriculture would be a natural customer.

But who would be collecting from the docks and restaurants? Not glamourous enough!! Easier to blame others for our lazy arse throwing trash on the street or off the dock.

stop accepting mediocre service or actions... This is an attorneys response to minimal requirements for operations. A boat sank in rough waters in an shallow bay. Why did they leave the dock in those wind conditions with a full load ? Why was there water intrusion into it's hull? Was it a burst hose, a cracked weld, an object hit? A woman invested in a pleasure trip, only to have died before her family. Could better trained professional crew instead of panicked individuals have lessened the situation? Did they know how to swim or be familiar with working on the water? I Doubt it, by the reports. bahamas stop accepting mediocracy. it's a reflection on us.

It's referred to as keeping the public ignorance high via poor education, poor reporting, poor services... if you don't expect much, you will accept mediocre service and be happy by the convenient distractions. Educated elite get educated overseas and stay overseas; while those who pay for it, continue to pay & accept mediocrity. The dumbing of The Bahamas at work...

Competition always has a darker side. As the human population increases the demands on local marine resources, i.e.: shortage of fish to eat, add to that poor management of human behaviors, multiple feeding-experience like cleaning statiions, feeding-dive excursions where an easy snack becomes routine = competition. Ask hungry humans to behave civil at a free-food give away... good luck. Even the gentil swimming-with-pigs experience can get aggressive due to competition (corporate & nature). Like all animals, us including, competition for sex & food becomes foremost.
If you are to cull shark population, you must do same for the human population; they were here first!

Let's see how seriously the authorities take this example of arrogance & stupidity. More dirt under the rug... it's getting rather lumpy.

Wonder why we are looked at as a 3rd World country? Laws for convenience, but whose convenience?

The citizenry cares not who or how their park is repaired or maintained, just that it actually happpens. Politics is a means to get govt action out of those who ignore you during most of their term... so be it!
What are the others offering? step up!

Once again MPs have no idea of what they are regulating. The only advantage that The Bahamas has over their competitors is Proximity to US, yet all of the attributes from this advantage are eliminated by Cost! Transportation should be cheaper based on milage, its not... Today's world transport network allow items to be delivered to Jamaica's 580 miles from Miami than Nassau's 180.
Government should be concentrating on developing a world class transportation network whiting their country, thus improving commerce for all it's people, instead of only those with means. Paralyzing duties & excruciating beaurocracy is a common centuries old tool for limiting the prospects of the majority by a select few, who can afford/avoid such. ( where are their financials?)
The Upper Middle Class $200-500 per day overnighting/week visitor is the future, not the cruise ship volumes spending $16-20 per day. Governments get a rushing-high quoting the cruiseship industry volumes, while their people feel empty & hungry.
The Wealthy are more concerned with convenience and value than cost, are you providing such? No Problem, they will find Where...