why are these government schmucks always taking the side of the foreign investors? Now is a good time to put down the foot. RWB is stuck with their investment, they cant walk away. So good moment to walk into RWB's offices and tell them what the Bahamian people need before RWB is allowed to change its business plan and gets permission to start the flights. More local jobs, local pilots, build a school in Bimini for the local kids, provide transport capacity for goods to be brought in to Bimini for the local population. Build a good hurricane shelter, contribute to the hurricane alert system in the Bahamas etc etc. But NO, Obie, is defending the catastrophic turn of RWB, after they screwed up the marine life for nothing and nothing again, and of course he is defending the PLP Governments past actions.... laughable, not electable-anymore Obie.

Don't get angry, but rather look at this as a teachable moment for you and the Nation (to learn about the current weather in Memphis).

who is not that is in proximity of the inner circle these days?

good

its time to make him an OBE as well.

not sure this is newsworthy. What it shows though is that Mr.Cercone and Ms Pinder are true entrepreneurs - Bahamian style.

its because of leaders such as Mr. Roberts, this country has gone down the toilet (or "shit hole" to translate for Mr.Roberts).

so here is the bottom line: I bet good old Rupert has not gone over the hill, rather he has to pay for some private insurance coverage for some or all of his employees. I bet, he made the calculation and cant wait to offload the cost to the government (bear in mind the 3% payroll tax is 50/50 employees/employer), so I bet he saves good money. If there were not enough warning signs, THIS is the ultimate warning sign that each and everybody will try to offload to the Government assuming NHI is the new box of Pandora, where "everbody wins". The Government will eat the losses (ultimately US the People), the employees will have a bad coverage (no catastrophic cover for now, no international coverage for travels to U.S. or overseas), and will be shunned by every medical practitioner, as they will prefer cash payors or persons covered by private insurance.

only one way to deal with that: put experienced foreigners in charge of the various regulators and grant them immunity from Mitchell's immigration wolf pack. This way there is no cozy fuzzy networks that take advantage of one of their own being in charge of this or that. The point is, the Bahamas has almost all regulations required in place, the execution and implementation is however weak to non-existent (BOB, Clico), inconsistent, sometimes motivated by financial racism and corruption. Reality is that the good talent with the necessary ethos is absorbed by the private sector (this should not allow you to draw the conclusion that public servants may not be honest or have no talent). Reality is that the talent pool in the Bahamas is simply too small to fill all the positions.

I suggest that the Pharmacies just stop selling to NIB. If this adds up then ok, if not then eat the losses.