Add to this the fact that the Chinese apparently want to be made whole and not accept a haircut on the sale price it makes a deal even more unlikely. This resort may never open as hard as that is to believe.

I thank you for your comments and articles, which while difficult and depressing to read as a Bahamian who only wishes the best for this country, serve as a wake up call to the cold, hard, sad reality we face. The only saving grace is it appears almost certain that bahamar will not be open before elections next year and that will be the nail in the coffin for this corrupt, incompetent Christie administration.

Apology accepted. Now please go and pay your fine. When will we hear from the Chief Justice or is he above the law? And not a word from our police commissioner, will he also not enforce the law?

Goodluck even trying to travel to cat island now ;)

Mitchell is simply a pathetic bully, attacking a grieving mother is the lowest of the low. He has no class or empathy simply an ego bigger than Donald trump. I offer my condolences to this grieving mother and my apologies for our uncaring government who failed to ensure her son had even the most basic medical care.

Fred Mitchell is a complete disgrace, to attack a grieving Bahamian mother is the lowest of the low. It is why he is wholly ill suited to be our foreign minister, he is so " thin skinned" only concerned with his own ego rather than the welfare of our citizens. The truth is our foreign ministry failed this young man and did not see that he received adequate medical care, on one occasion because it was too far to drive to visit him in prison. He did not need to die, but minister Mitchell does not care about poor black men, every other week he is in Beverley Hills hosting a dinner for Sidney Poitier, when he should be working to improve and even save the lives of Bahamians. He is simply pathetic.

Dear birdie who the cap fits let them wear it. I hope Loretta Butler Turner is charged, same for the Chief Justice. No one should be above the law. This has nothing to do with party, so why do you reduce everything in this country to party affiliation? As for my affiliation, you as usual are incorrect, I never voted for Mrs. butler Turner, and this only makes me less inclined to in the future.

Absolutely shameful. The police should determine the minister the car is assigned to and book them for the appropriate offense. But of course we are a lawless country, with leaders with no shame and little integrity. The police commissioner will do nothing. Lack of accountability and lawlessness are the root of many of our problems. Hence nothing will be done.

Where is Fred Mitchell when you really need him? He is issuing a trivial, meaningless press release every other day but on this issue is strangely silent. Why has he not named Mr. nygard as a national security threat and had him deported? Must have 5 million reasons not to.

I applaud these Bahamians, something has to be done to guarantee that our right to beach access is protected. Here in Long Island at Cape Santa Maria beach, which is one of the most beautiful in the world, beach access is being denied to Bahamians despite there being numerous public access rights. Local govt paid thousands to buy signs designating the access ways but because of influence of foreign homeowners will not install them. So Bahamians do not know where they can go and have no access. These signs need to be installed and Bahamians right of access enforced!

Apparently you do not understand what happens when you assume! Especially when you assume that our parliamentarians are competent or that our attorney general' s office is as well. They are patently not, and this is not an assumption, it is borne out by history and the facts. Such as violating basic human rights by incarcerating persons for years, as long as 9 years in the case of a Japanese citizen and in the present case three years.

Of course parliament can pass laws that are unconstitutional, to think otherwise is naive and erroneous. Fred Smith has his faults, hyperbole and flamboyance along them, but no one in this county is currently more important to the preservation of our democratic rights than he his. And I am very grateful that he acts as a check against our incompetent govts, FNM and PLP. Our courts too have their faults but have been an invaluable check against unjust govts in this country who lack transparency and crave power beyond their office. Under the last FNM govt they resisted mandatory sentencing etc. So be very careful who you chose to govern you and a little paranoia as regards their competence is very healthy!