To Naughtydread, you statement "Why would any government in their right mind spend millions of dollars to try and fix a desolate rock in the middle of the ocean that produces 0 for our GDP....." This is an interesting statement made by a fellow Bahamian to a fellow Bahamian's need. It only takes one building to be a clinic & school for small populated islands, it can even be the government/post office.
Wonder why people in the US & other international givers did not take that same 'desolate rocks in the middle of the ocean' perspective with GB & Abaco? Why not? Because they are practicing the morals as Human Beings taught by their respective religions. When your neighbor is in need, help them out as you can.
Your comment only reinforces the 'land-crabs in a bucket' analogy. Or possibly They Value what-we-have more than We?

So how many Nassau'vians are going to give up their air conditioners to go to work in Abacos' restorations? Living in on-site tents, community kitchens & bath houses?
The Haitian/Bahamian born community would provide this manpower in exchange for registration/temporary work permits, provided there is a means to legitimate residency status in their adopted land.
The government must consider all available resources & recourse, national & international, to rebuild Dorian's devastation.
You must lead to the Objective, not igniting old political fires for political gain.

... and the country wants to encourage Foreign Investments? As my Mother berated me while a teenager 'Clean up Your Room first! Then clean up the World' An effective US phone service campaign, is based on Not Accepting 'Good Enough'.
It should be our mantra for the next 10 years. It is is most difficult to seek professionalism when all you can see is mediocrity for miles, from who you know, not what..
Can't Cook without any Heat.

Stoped in International Waters, intended destination? It's from where they started from prior to being caught. If it was Cuba, they go back to Cuba. If Mexico, they go back to Mexico. If DR, they go back to DR. The operator of the vessel is always retained, irrelevant of nationality.

Slavery is a horrible consequence of tribal conflict since before men started walking upright.
Animal behaviorist have observed the same activities in many lesser mammalian groups raiding their neighboring populations for food, space & propagation.
The world history indicates that no race has been free of slavery in some form. African, Irish, Roman, Greek etc. Whites on Blacks, Whites on Browns, Whites on fellow Whites, Whites on Yellows, Whites on Reds; Yellows on Whites, fellow Yellows, Blacks, Browns & Reds; Blacks on fellow Blacks, Whites, Browns, Yellows & Reds. And all other combinations of people taken advantage of.
Someone mentioned the Arabs started the practice, I doubt that it was so simple; someone had to capture the captive & benefit from the exchange to the seller, the distributor & end user. Not much different to the commerce of any ill-gotten product. The savagery & brutality of the process is where the crime is and should never be repeated.

Reparation is a convenient destabilizing topic pushed by many manipulating political types, same as the Race Card. Reparations in the form of funds should have a time limit. If the damaging event occurred recently as 50yrs OK go for it. Should our family be at fault for the actions of our great-great-great grandfathers? Should we acknowledge the tragedy & wrong? definitely yes. Learn from the wrong? definitely yes.

Reparation must be paid by Equality & Opportunity; not by Capital, nor political benefiting tribal separation.
Irrelevant of how much melanin in one's skin!!!

While we look at ancestry, let's also look at today's popular culture & entertainment, including the realistic video game phenomenon that promotes violent solutions to any & every problem.
Where is Marshal Dillon in today's rendition of the Wild West, where lives are valueless?.

You Initiate A Fight... You OUT NOW & sent to Reform school tomorrow. boy or girl... simple.

Today motion sensing cameras with week-long dvr must be installed in school areas to ensure the safety of our children. A necessary tool for administrators, insurance & safety purposes.

Where are the monitors, teachers, administrators, parents who are too busy to recognize their responsibilities?
There should be digital signatures for time, date, location & camera/phone used on the video.

Yes, Hall Monitors were a reality in my days... need to bring them back, though some were known for too much enthusiasm. But no deaths.

Make it a habit to release & publish in big letters the names of these intermediaries taking bribes to expedite the proper paperwork. Embarras them & their families. To stop corruption, continue name release as policy & pay a reasonable wage based on the actual cost of living. Otherwise, this third world standard of operations will continue, irrelevant of nationality.

Cruise ship have the innate ability to hypnotize government personnel with their 'potential passenger numbers' & potential economic impact. Where is it? If a third of those cattle-boat-visitor numbers stayed for 2 overnights, the economy & tourist product would be greatly increased. (air flight in, taxi airport to hotel, 5-6 meals & bar, 2-hotel nights, excursion or two, shops, taxi hotel to airport, airport tax, air flight out).

Considering how cheap the cruise clientele are (cheap cruise begets cheap client) & particularly how easily their sheer numbers can overwhelm any reasonable service staff at any shop or restaurant; it amazes me that this demeaning practice is tolerated by the locals! An issue in all cruise ship visited ports in the Caribbean. Be Proud of your tourist product!

Then there is the issues of refuse, water discharges, engine/generator exhaust while sitting around the pool at the British Colonial. Wind most always is from the east.