The Jet Ski is supposed to be registered and have a registration number on it that can be read from a distance.

The Port Department only needs one person at Goodman's Bay Beach to ensure that the Jet Ski is properly licensed with the Port Department.

If it turns out that the Jet Ski driver is not authorized the Port Department can still go after the registered owner.

It is ridiculous to say you are going to help the Visitor to recognize authentic operators.

It is up to us to do the policing not the visitor.

Where is the breakdown between the public and private schools?

What kind of education is the government really providing?

Don't see the tail number, BUT BA uses its oldest equipment on the Bahamas flights. Most of these aircraft are in their late 20s (27-29 years old).
Barbados gets the new Airbus 350-1000 aircraft. But then Barbados is a premium multi-day vacation destination whereas we have turned The Bahamas into a bottom of the barrel Cruise line cheap package destination and a mega hotel weekend place.
In other words, our tourist product is way below Barbados. The upscale quality aircraft chosen for Barbados speaks volumes.

Check out their earlier crash in Bimini in June, 2024.

Do they have to have several more incidents and a deadly crash (like Flamingo) before The Bahamas regulators do something about their license to fly to The Bahamas?

This is their second incident in Bimini.

Really! Is that the best that the GB Chamber Chief can say? "Patience"!
No analysis of what has happened? What about time frames? Do the time frames for approvals need to be speeded up? Why are people now supposed to sit and negotiate?
Did Devco act properly? How long ago did this process start? How long has the developer been in discussions with Devco? Is Devco holding things?

Not a single constructive comment.

Just a lot of nothing from the GB Chamber. Sad.

**Those in** **maintenance** should be on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the crash investigation. Someone signed off that the plane was safe to fly.

Where is the accountability? Who in Civil Aviation was in charge of the oversight of this airline? That person should be fired for dereliction of duty.

The GBPA Licensees are equally responsible for the economic problems of the Port Area.

They have failed to get together to provide a vision of their own for the way forward. They are all too afraid of their own shadows to speak individually or as a group.

For a moment, it looked like the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce had found its voice with statements by its President Dillon Knowles on various topics.

The new president appears to be a wimp like the others, other than Knowles, for the last 10 years.

Yup, the GBPA Licensees are just as responsible as the Government and the GBPA for the economic problems in Freeport. No vision.

The "old guard" like Bannister need to shut up and keep out of things.

Time for the "under 40s" to take over the party. The Country needs a young and energetic, fresh ideas party like it had in 1967. The Old Guard need to go, all of them.

We need a fresh, vibrant approach to our economy. Creation of new business opportunities, Much greater Foreign Direct Investment in areas that will provide a much broader and sustainable economy.

Every government since the early fifties, has run on the Stafford Sands model. The one he created over 70 years ago.

Times have changed and so should the FNM.

Good riddance to bad rubbish!

Minnis had, probably the best Minister of Finance (Peter Turnquest), who reported regularly to Parliament and the people as to the finances of The Bahamas. He even published reports that we citizens were able to review, and helped get rid of him.

There have been two Hubert prime ministers; Ingraham, the best prime minister we have had, and Minnis, the worst prime minister we have ever had.