One notable area brimming with opportunities for investment lies in the demand for additional housing and accommodations

Ms Miaoulis is correct, there is a severe shortage of affordable housing for Bahamians. The govt is doing everything in it's power to assist foreign investors but what incentives are offered to Bahamian investors to invest in the housing market?

While the rampant pace of development continues, what is the govt doing to ensure that a Haitian with a gardeners work permit isn't running a property management business?

Foreign land owners are allowed to build their own homes; I would imagine this policy was put in place to encourage development decades ago when things were a lot slower, and allowing an individual the opportunity to own their dream cottage in The Bahamas. Nowadays you have people buying land, building a house (often with little to no Bahamian labour) and immediately putting it on the market.

There is an environmental price to pay for all this development as well, please see recent letter to the editor from Fred Gottlieb in the Nassau Guardian. It would appear to me that the govt is solely focused on one side of the equation, bringing in investment but they are completely ignoring the other side, what is happening to these island and their inhabitants? What are the real impacts of all this development?

There's a lot that can be said on this subject but I honestly feel it's falling on deaf ears as administration after administration continues to do the same thing and that is operate in secrecy and not give local boards any real decision making power on local affairs.

It's hard to attract quality employees when you don't offer a quality salary

The Bahamian police are out of control, they’ve been out of control for decades and it’s not going to change anytime soon. Until there is real accountability in the police force and the central government the chaos will continue. Yawn.

Just like the government....zero accountability. What about the officer in Bimini who beat the children....in APRIL.....zero accountability and endless "investigations"

the red shirts and the yellow, they play games with everything and they take us as fools - yes, no? no, no no, just yes

same old story - zero accountability

Honestly I think we need to go back to basics first. I'm fairly certain I have read that a number of students "graduate" but are essentially illiterate. Teach reading, writing and arithmetic only, until 6th grade or so, so the kids are extremely proficient in these subjects, and then you can introduce them to a broader curriculum. And teach them how to grow food. That's an essential life skill as well.

100%. Every elected official (past and present) who hasn't spoken out publicly on this subject ought to be ashamed of themselves. (shout out to MP Petty who has given his views) So so long overdue that we correct all this and treat Bahamian women with the respect they deserve. And fathers, teach your sons that "bros before ho's" is completely wrong and that sheet needs to stop right now.

and what exactly did his party do for Abaco (and GB) in the aftermath of the storm? Couple a sightseeing tours and not much else.

We need strong Bahamians, persons of strong character who can uphold moral principles, act ethically, and display honesty, and compassion in all endeavours.

This is who we need in Parliament. We need transparency and accountability. Currently we don't have that. I'm looking at you Phillip.