Like I want to know if the problem was between Bah Mar Izmirilin and the China Bank and him and the China construction company, why has this man put on boxing and throwing blows on Perry Christie and the Christie government. And why is Christie throwing blows back and what is going to happen to the billion dollars concessions belonging to the Bahamian people with not not red cent of equity in this stalled project
Maybe if everyone stops acting like school children and also put petty politics aside and deal with this extremely serious national issue then the country would not be in the predicament it is in today. I went to national insurance the other day and waited THREE hours to see the person who helped me. He said no one else wanted to do my case because they didn't want to do the paper work. Went to Business License and after my third trip had to sit and wait four hours for someone to come in and sign the document (at least so I was told). A family member went to the emergency room at 11 in the morning with an injury he got while doing landscape work. Didn't get back home until 3 a m the next morning. Carnival people waited how long to be paid and the report is not ready yet. The fastest thing ever happened under this government in recent times is the payments to Bah Mar employees.
I don't buy your statement in the least. Government has been undermined to feel they have to give up 1/3 of the value of a project to get the investor here. Florida is already overdeveloped. The Bahamas is the next stop. Cuba may be opening up but it will still be a few years before it gains investor confidence.
If you only spend a weekend in the Northern Bahamas and see how many American boats come over and take tons of fish out our waters and return to the U.S. Not even paying for a hotel night. Tuna fish weighing over 100 pounds. She'll fish you name it.
Government must not allow the Bah Mar debacle to push this country down the road to Greece. (With no financial resolution in sight). It must sure up other projects and other sectors of the economy to ensure the country does not slip into a recession.
Can someone please answer while I get drunk: How could a government give (give) away $1 billion resources to a foreign group and retain no equity stake in Bah Mar whilst almost 1/3 of its citizens are at or below the poverty line and another 1/3 are struggling to meet the bare necessities of life...how and why?
There are talks that more than one person may be close to nervous breakdown over this Bah Mar matter one has millions of dollars in investments waiting for the project to open. You can guess who one of the others are.
Bah Mar got over 1,000 acres of prime Cable Beach real estate for free. Average price per acre is around $1 million. Beach front is even more. Yet the government had to pay for road re-routing that benefits the resort mostly. Why was the resort not done in phases? Why did Izmirilin not have his own quantity surveyor/engineer on site to ensure compliance and work standard? Where is the missing $1 billion? Some are suggesting that the owner siphoned his money out when he saw the project was in trouble. Some say the project was just poorly managed. Who i(besides the Bahamian people) is the victim in this Bah Mar saga? Who is the culprit?
John says...
Like I want to know if the problem was between Bah Mar Izmirilin and the China Bank and him and the China construction company, why has this man put on boxing and throwing blows on Perry Christie and the Christie government. And why is Christie throwing blows back and what is going to happen to the billion dollars concessions belonging to the Bahamian people with not not red cent of equity in this stalled project
On As Baha Mar hangs in the balance, political leaders argue over meeting time
Posted 7 July 2015, 9:46 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Maybe if everyone stops acting like school children and also put petty politics aside and deal with this extremely serious national issue then the country would not be in the predicament it is in today. I went to national insurance the other day and waited THREE hours to see the person who helped me. He said no one else wanted to do my case because they didn't want to do the paper work. Went to Business License and after my third trip had to sit and wait four hours for someone to come in and sign the document (at least so I was told). A family member went to the emergency room at 11 in the morning with an injury he got while doing landscape work. Didn't get back home until 3 a m the next morning. Carnival people waited how long to be paid and the report is not ready yet. The fastest thing ever happened under this government in recent times is the payments to Bah Mar employees.
On As Baha Mar hangs in the balance, political leaders argue over meeting time
Posted 7 July 2015, 5:50 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
I don't buy your statement in the least. Government has been undermined to feel they have to give up 1/3 of the value of a project to get the investor here. Florida is already overdeveloped. The Bahamas is the next stop. Cuba may be opening up but it will still be a few years before it gains investor confidence.
On Baha Mar granted adjournment to July 20 for bankruptcy hearing
Posted 7 July 2015, 12:37 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
If you only spend a weekend in the Northern Bahamas and see how many American boats come over and take tons of fish out our waters and return to the U.S. Not even paying for a hotel night. Tuna fish weighing over 100 pounds. She'll fish you name it.
On American men arrested over fishing haul
Posted 7 July 2015, 12:26 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Is the Bahamas on the road to Greece? Let us hope not or at least change course.
On Economic ‘breathing room squeezed daily’
Posted 7 July 2015, 12:22 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Government must not allow the Bah Mar debacle to push this country down the road to Greece. (With no financial resolution in sight). It must sure up other projects and other sectors of the economy to ensure the country does not slip into a recession.
On Baha Mar granted adjournment to July 20 for bankruptcy hearing
Posted 7 July 2015, 12:03 p.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Hubert in graham also needs to answer this question
On Why no Baha Mar equity for $1bn in concessions?
Posted 7 July 2015, 11:59 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Can someone please answer while I get drunk: How could a government give (give) away $1 billion resources to a foreign group and retain no equity stake in Bah Mar whilst almost 1/3 of its citizens are at or below the poverty line and another 1/3 are struggling to meet the bare necessities of life...how and why?
On Baha Mar deal details revealed
Posted 7 July 2015, 11:57 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
There are talks that more than one person may be close to nervous breakdown over this Bah Mar matter one has millions of dollars in investments waiting for the project to open. You can guess who one of the others are.
On Baha Mar deal details revealed
Posted 7 July 2015, 7:07 a.m. Suggest removal
John says...
Bah Mar got over 1,000 acres of prime Cable Beach real estate for free. Average price per acre is around $1 million. Beach front is even more. Yet the government had to pay for road re-routing that benefits the resort mostly. Why was the resort not done in phases? Why did Izmirilin not have his own quantity surveyor/engineer on site to ensure compliance and work standard? Where is the missing $1 billion? Some are suggesting that the owner siphoned his money out when he saw the project was in trouble. Some say the project was just poorly managed. Who i(besides the Bahamian people) is the victim in this Bah Mar saga? Who is the culprit?
On Baha Mar deal details revealed
Posted 7 July 2015, 3:46 a.m. Suggest removal