What is the point of increasing fees on a Maritime industry that is already shrinking and struggling. The point of a maritime registry is to have account of the vessels that are loyal and native to the state(Therefore they can be held accountable and ensure safety standard). Where is this money going, The only valid explanation would be for the maintenance of our Maritime infrastructure (which is highly unlikely to be receiving any money).

This policy like mentioned is self destructive.

Yep, its almost like we have a cabinet and senate full of politicians for absolute no reason. Like what the hell is the deputy doing.

I yearn to see the day when we have a government that will focus on decreasing the cost of the average Bahamian rather than trying to shrink the deficit. Cause there is no point in all this taxation if the populace still gets inefficient services and can't afford anything.

We should have gone for solar a decade ago, but we are always too slow, and idiotic. I shouldn't even say we, our politicians in their comfort are too slow to the table and aren't interested in the needed reforms. Now we are paying an arm and a leg for fuel with no ongoing alternative to relieve us from the cost of a resource that we're ultra-dependant on but don't produce !!!

Shell is the last group we need to be in debt too; as far as I think, they are worse than China.

It's always people in departments resigning for Ministry decisions. Will we ever see a cabinet member with the integrity to admit their error/malpractice?

This way of thinking is precisely why Bay St. became an empty husk in the first place. Bay St(downtown Nassau) was historically a very residential with many shop owners living above their keep or a couple of blocks away.

The city was designed for horses, bikes, and residential traffic. When the residents who once lived in the downtown area moved out (west or east), the businesses that served these residents also moved as well.

We were able to replace some of these stores with tourist shops and financial, and Maritime offices but it's clear today we don't have the demand for Nassau to be an office-only city. Moreover, the city was designed to be lived and that is the only way to get enough demand for business.

The Cruise Industry has always under preformed revenue and function-wise. They are ultra dependent on us and are the largest source of pollution yet earn this country less than stopover tourism.

Because the system of this economy is broken. The sad thing is because of lacking any income or wealth tax, the ordinary people will get less and less afforded from what is collected in revenue.

Its good that the government understands the need for pedestrianization in a old city built before cars, for function and charm. However, what they need to realize is that people don't shop downtown because there is no demand and its inconvenient. Trying to force tourist to fix the problem will not help anything as historically and quit consequentially Nassau was mainly served by locals for locals.

There needs to be encouragement in retrofitting buildings downtown into residential units, to the restore the demand in the area for goods. London's Canary Wharf is a good example of this city renewal. Hopefully, will the government understand that tourism won't fix the problem.

The more oil in the water the merrier. To think that Saunder's youst to be respectable.

Lots of guns being randomly found in bushes. You have to wonder how many are out there. Who is keeping the stockpile supplied.