Disgusting treatment but no more than we have come to expect from this administration.

Sorry but the thought of Comrade Christie serving yet another term sends an even bigger chill down my spine.

The building will NOT be finished this year - anyone with a grain of sense can see that. Even when it is completed, getting it up an running is going to be a herculean task after all the bad publicity. Let's not even talk about a date when it starts to make money!!

The PLP by its treatment of Mr. Izmirlian has scared off all major foreign investors for the foreseeable future. For Christie and his party it is all about staying in power at any cost. The Country can go to "hell in a hand basket" so long as the PLP faithful retain their place at the table and there gorge themselves on the bread of the Nation. In their lust for power they have foolishly gone for the short term fix in the hopes that it gets them over the finishing line in 2017. In doing so they have done great harm to the country and we may all end up paying a heavy price in the years to come. THAT will be Christie's legacy.

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(Mr D’Aguilar) he obviously has no clue and is obviously out of the loop regarding any of the inner workings or negotiations between Baha Mar and the other parties.

But you are clearly "in the loop". Do you have anything to substantiate your opinions?

The big unanswered question is whether or not this was the Chinese government's plan all along? Or perhaps China joined the project not caring whether it succeeded or not? If it succeeded fine - if not, China would acquire the property by default. Regardless, the reality is that the Chinese State (in whatever form) now owns the Hilton, The Pointe and Cable Beach. It effectively has a stranglehold on the Bahamian economy. Cynics will say that China has bought the Bahamian vote at the United Nations for a loss of a few billion dollars - pocket money to China. Or perhaps the cynics are wrong? Perhaps the Chinese bank will sell out to other hotel groups and cede away ownership and control of the project? Time will tell. For the time being, we should be deeply suspicious of China's motives and deeply critical of the government's handling of this entire fiasco.

"NHI will be phased in over a five-year period, the government has said."

This government has a shelf life of only 18 months and so it cannot speak for the next administration.

This article was spot on now that it has been confirmed that the Chinese bank has in fact pulled the project into receivership. The big unanswered question is whether or not this was the Chinese government's plan all along? Or perhaps China joined the project not caring whether it succeeded or not? If it succeeded fine - if not, China would acquire the property by default. Regardless, the reality is that the Chinese State (in whatever form) now owns the Hilton, The Pointe and Cable Beach. It effectively has a stranglehold on the Bahamian economy. Cynics will say that China has bought the Bahamian vote at the United Nations for a loss of a few billion dollars - pocket money to China. Or perhaps the cynics are wrong?Perhaps the Chinese bank will sell out to other hotel groups and cede away ownership and control of the project as the article suggests? Time will tell. For the time being, we should be deeply suspicious of China's motives and deeply critical of the government's handling of this entire fiasco.

You might well be correct. China can afford to lose a few billion dollars on the project in order to create a stranglehold on the Bahamian economy. From the Chinese perspective they have just purchased another vote at the United Nations.