This is also encouraging data in regards to social distancing measures

https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-saphie…

Encouraging data when people social distance: -

https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-saphie…

If you look at the data thus far in the US, some states have proportionally very few cases. Look at the real data not some of the media reports, in that what are the % of cases in certain states? Then look at the data on what % of people who have the virus actually have serious illness rather than just mild, few or no symptoms.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/u…

If we look at states that are not hot spots like NY, CA - and take Texas, with a population of 28.3 million. According to the aforementioned link, they have 974 cases, which is 0.0034%. And remember that is just cases, not deaths - and remember a significant % of cases may have no symptoms or very few. It will be very interesting to see if Texas and other states get to e.g. 0.1% infection rate, which would be a 30 fold increase for Texas. 0.1% in Nassau (assuming population of 270,000) would be 270 infections. 0.01% would be 27 infections. And the current infection rate in Texas applied to Nassau would be 9.3 cases.

Think about it... If hygiene measure and social distancing works, this may well be far from apocalyptic. Then think about that in regards to Tourism here? There are options... Open up in a few weeks to those with a negative test, or an antibody test showing they beat it and are no longer infectious?

Of course, it could be much, much higher percentages already have it, but no symptoms or already beat it. The herd immunity angle...

Closing till May 15? Maybe sound, but surely move in smaller increments would be better for the Bahamian economy while not jeopardizing health, and allow decisions to be made on the emergence of better and increasingly up to date data.

There are many different scenarios that can unfold here. Some of them are far better than others, and it is creating the positive ones that we should be focused upon. Getting the test kits that allow Bahamians to see who has already had it and recovered would be a very good thing to do, as if as some suspect many of us have already had it and not had symptoms or only very mild symptoms - well, that could be a very positive game changer. That could drive policy in a far more business oriented way with little risk to human health, if the results are positive enough. Also the Prime Minister and Government deserves genuine praise for closing traffic from China and Italy so early. That may have saved countless lives. Lastly, government opening up key new sectors of the economy to offset the unemployment would be welcome - and there are ways to do that in agriculture particularly that can maintain ample social distancing. Good luck to every one!

Thank you Neil for reporting the news, albeit dreadful news. How you managed this on the very same day the hurricane struck. Someone give Mr. Hartnell a knighthood!

May Mr. Roberts and every one affected be safe and get things back up and running soon!

All thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected.

Economist makes a valid point.

I believe there was a conspiracy to injure Sarkis by certain groups so that they could gain control. And now as of August 2016 they have largely succeeded.

This is a very important article by Mr. Neil Hartnell, and is it to be deeply applauded by any one who values the rule of law and human rights.

For what the article is really saying is if you stand up for your rights, and more importantly merely stand up for your rights to due process, you risk being (and in this case you will be) significantly discriminated against in a manner that is fundamentally abusive and an affront to due process.

I regret the need to say this, but if one looks at what the Chinese have done to Tibet, this is potentially a very worrying moment in Bahamian history.

It is only those who make decisions based on important values that protect everyone, even when such decisions will hurt them financially, that can be trusted to any position of power in civil society.

This action by CCA fundamentally supports and corroborates many of the complaints made by Bahamian investor Sarkis regarding dirty tricks by CCA et al.

This action places a moral responsibility on the current Bahamian Government to intervene and request due process be upheld by CCA in regards to this firing, otherwise it risks the appearance - or reality - of corruption run amok.

The Bahamas is - and needs to be - better than that.

Sad times

I dont think he's the only one. Young Dywan Rodgers is blazing a trail in that Spicer case, standing up for truth and justice...

And now Damian Gomez QC is speaking up too.

We minorities in the Bahamas deserve as fair a treatment and as equal rights. I thank the good Lord for honourable men like Fred Smith QC, Dywan Rodgers and Damian Gomez QC.

We need more lawyers who do the right thing!!!

Bogart is to be applauded. So right....

In the Spicer case he not only had a 3 wheeled car forced upon him by the bank, and that his family ran along behind tirelessly holding up the corner missing wheel, but Spicer did make many thousands of dollars of payments for the "car" each month to the bank, but only for the bank to refuse to reply to any of the correspondence before then seeking to seize everything Spicer owned...

Result: family ruined, retirement ruined, businesses ruined, members of the family's health ruined and the FCIB bank's response?

According to what appears to be the affidavit evidence as reported - just lie to the Supreme Court and hope to bully your way out of it!!!

Well,, one thing for sure the first caribbean loan adverts are true - get a FCIB Loan and change your life...

They just fail to disclose what kind of catastrophic and cataclysmic change they have in mind....