This is a very dangerous piece of legislation. It will scare Bahamians and foreign investors alike. Such powers in the hands of people who do not manage properly will be abused.
Stop the bill.

Don't worry. The Abaconians will rebuild in Abaco and once they get a taste of crime in Nassau they will leave soon enough.

Ms Thaysen said they used rough cut cypress, which is not only strong, but repels termites. They were also able to import it duty-free because it is rough cut cypress,

duty free; must have saved a good sum of money. No concrete foundation and no expensive concrete blocks.........maybe cheaper than we think.

GB Power is owned by Emera, a Canadian company. Emera provided GB Power with the necessary resources to do the job and GB Power, together with the additional personal and equipment did a very good job.

Emera has brought foreign professionalism to Grand Bahama Power and it shows in the speed with which they, and the other Freeport Industrial companies, got everything working.

We should sell, may be just give, BPL to Emera.

KPT's hard, and largely unpopular, efforts to get our finances under control are paying off.

The rating agencies reward countries that have more fiscal reporting. We now get quarterly reports tabled in Parliament.

KPT is also seen as one who has started to make those in government and the civil service accountable for the money they get.

I agree with geostorm, "keep us on track" KPT.

Grand Bahama Utility Company has teamed with other Freeport businesses to accelerate the return of critical fresh-water services to the island following Hurricane Dorian.

#It is partnering with Grand Bahama Shipyard, Bahama Rock, Bahama Industrial Technologies (BIT) and other businesses after the category five storm inflicted heavy damage upon its critical systems.

Yet again, **GB Utility one once again unprepared for a hurricane**. They know that the fields can be flooded, it has happened before. Ok, so this time it was 12 feet instead of 4 feet of flood water. So when will they install more water tanks to be able to supply the city for a couple of days that they know they won't be able to pump?

"Senator Forbes-Smith said local officials have asked the US Coast Guard and the United Nations' Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, to help by providing experts in logistics, warehouse management and distribution.

#"We believe this will greatly improve the NEMA-GB operation and the process of receiving and distributing aid on our island even more efficiently," she said."

Good job Senator Forbes-Smith. You are doing the right thing by bringing in experts to assist. Our NEMA have shown themselves to be unable to handle this alone.

GB Power's owner (Emera) has, once again, pulled the rabbit out of the hat. They have proven to be an excellent investor who have delivered a professional approach to the supply of power on Grand Bahama.

Nassau would do well to have Emera own and operate BPL.

We could learn from the Florida Keys which has a building code that has taken into account both wind and surge. Their code is much more stringent than ours. It also looks at, foundations, walls, doors, including garage doors, windows and roofing systems.

They also make contractors pass exams on the type of construction they will be doing. This includes roofing systems. There is many a Bahamian contractor who does roofs but miss matches materials with the result that the roof fails.

This is not rocket science. Many of the solutions are easily available to us.

Suggest you start with the Bahamas Defence Force as they are supposed to protect our boarder. They have let over 30,000 illegals through so far.

Immigration is swamped because the Bahamas Defence Force sits back and lets the illegals in.