Why the need to send nine people? Could not two (a cameraman and journalist) suffice? Seems a HUGE waste of taxpayer dollars!

We need more innovative thinking outside the box on taxes, particularly on generating new revenue from non Bahamian sources. For example the previous FNM administration generated $35 million a year from new overflight fees. This fiscal year the current administration will generate an extra $35 million from increased departure tax on cruise visitors, many millions in taxing private cruise island sales and services (vat) for the first time, $150mill plus from new 15% minimum tax on large corporations in the Bahamas. Don’t just take the lazy way out and increase vat on Bahamians, we need more new foreign revenue streams so vat can be lowered! If the govt can find just an additional $30mill this way, vat on all food can be lowered to ZERO, with no negative impact on the budget.

There is already a cap on the interest rates charged by commercial banks for consumer loans in the Bahamas. The cap albeit very high has been in place for many years.

Agreed. Fire, liquidate, and take funds that would have been squandered on bananasair and subsidize essential inter-island routes.

To call an entity that has 25% Bahamian ownership and over 1000 Bahamians as shareholders as not Bahamian is ignorance at its height. Monday morning when BISX opens at 10a.m. buy all the shares of Commonwealth Brewery you want and learn the reality of how Bahamian it is. Is Mr. Robinson offering shares to the general Bahamian public, or is Bahamian Brewery for that matter? The answer is no. So should the Bahamian public pay a higher price to enrich one man or save money and benefit over 1000 Bahamians? This sense, and demand for entitlement is ridiculous and greedy.

Commonwealth Brewery is a Bahamian entity, it is 25% owned by Bahamians . NIB is a particularly large shareholder too.

What a sense of entitlement these retailers have. God forbid the customer gets a lower price, Mr. Robinson. Commonwealth Brewery has every right to reduce its prices and maximize sales and shareholder value, so what if you have lower sales for a week or two out of the year.

We need a general election. The Bahamian people no longer have confidence in this government or the police force.

All is talk until we see police officers prosecuted and imprisoned for their crimes in the Bahamas, instead of as usual being swept under the rug. Same for the politicians, many of whom are constantly looking for shingles.

I don’t know. Wayne seems to be sweating a lot and his eyes are red.