Yes, and add to it the 9% in BTC shares Ingraham planned to offer the public if re-elected. Swept under the rug and abandoned by the PLP.

PLP administrations have done nothing to expand the shareholder base in this country, and this rigged plan they left to only offer shares in Aliv to select elite and not the average Bahamian should be abandoned. And the thinly veiled intimidation by Mr. Bowe should be ignored. These shares are very valuable and he knows it and that is why he has been pushing this rigged plan as well. Most financial opportunities in this country are reserved for an elite club and the average man is not in it. If this is offered as an IPO to the general public the offer will be oversubscribed so there is no rush, no fear of missing out. The FNM should abandon this rigged plan for the few and practice what they preach and empower Bahamians.

What are you talking about? Cable Bahamas did a great deal to increase the wealth of the small retail investor, it debuted with an IPO price of $1.00 and a little over 20 years later it topped out at a split adjusted price of $25 per share, that is over a 100% return every year not even factoring in dividends. The price has fallen tremendously since then but many small investors ( myself included) made a fortune off of cable. These shares should be offered in an IPO filled from the bottom up to ensure the greatest distribution of shares. This is one of the few ways for the small investor in this country to share in wealth generation. The legacy of the FNM through the port and cable IPO has been to empower Bahamians, they should do it again, rather than enriching the select few.

Is it too much to ask to have competent captains, well trained? I would suggest recruiting a few captains from Spanish Wells. Once went on a pitch black night with a Spanish Wells captain from Spanish Wells to Harbour Island on an emergency trip to pick up a sick person. He navigated the devil’s backbone while traveling 40 mph flawlessly. I believe he could have almost done it blindfolded. It was amazing. We have captains of our RBDF boats that can not navigate a dredged Harbour in broad daylight!

I like Jeff Lloyd but he is tone deaf on this issue. This government like the last is traveling too much. We want a full accounting of the travel costs of every trip paid for by taxpayer dollars. Who is going first class and who is going coach? Why are we paying for all these spouses? If I am paying for it I have a right to see the costs. The FNM ignores this issue at their own peril, it makes them look like hypocrites and like we voted out the last government we can easily vote them out. We demand transparency and accountability, which the FNM promised but so far have failed to deliver.

Terrible reporting. Did not even post the record breaking winning time. It was 22.09 seconds.

We absolutely need a fast food tax, one of at least 15%. It will deter some from eating such unhealthy food, and it will help cover the cost of the increase in healthcare to treat persons who are obese in part beacause they frequent these establishments. Why should my taxes be increased to pay for NHI while Mr. Tsavoussis gets rich. He should be ashamed of himself making such an argument, I hope he sleeps well at night knowing that he sells a toxic product that is leading many of our citizens to an early grave. He has a moral responsibility to help pay for the terrible healthcare problems he is causing and getting rich from.

Slap on the wrist, the punishment should have been more severe so as to serve as a greater deterrent to this happening again.

Is Mr. Miller blind to so many conflicts of interest? Let’s see he just happened to obtain a $28 million dollar loan from a bank predominantly owned by the government, one where govt officials can dictate who is granted loans and on what terms. Why did he not obtain a loan from a privately owned bank? Then he is granted a huge lease from the government while he is a member of the same government. Then he is moved from one cushy government chairmanship to another all the while having corporations that are losing millions of dollars pay for his lunch and heavens knows what else. What a parasite. We need to privatize as many govt corporations as possible and those we do not should be managed independently from government influence. We need legislation to ban all members of parliament and their families from any government contract or lease. No wonder Mr. Miller loved being in government so much, he was a parasite to the Bahamian taxpayer. This lease needs to be canceled immediately and let Mr. Miller challenge it in court. A broke country like The Bahamas can not afford such cronyism any more.

We have been plagued as country with a never ending succession of Gutless leaders, FNM and PLP alike. Perhaps nothing has held us back more in our development. Any person with common sense knows the solution to this vexing problem: regulaize in an expedited fashion those that qualify and deport the rest, with massive fines for any employers of illegal aliens. It is the common sense fair thing to do, no one should be in limbo all these years. Sadly I have an almost zero hope in it being done. It seems we can not address, much less solve any serious problem in this country.