So, by my simple "back of the envelope" calculations, if you are jogging along to quickly deliver a coconut to a customer (who already has their gin) - and it's after curfew - you could potentially face a fine of $3,100 ?

Sounds like you are trying to encourage frivolous disregard for the law my friend. The sale of coconuts and related products without proper licensing and outside of proper times and places specific thereto is an extremely serious offense which should be met by both a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and a term of imprisonment of no less than ten years. Let us all pray for justice in our land :-)

Mr. Cash has many good points. Another point is that restaurants in the U.S. (and I assume here too once we put in place some more silly rules) - are being forced to "social distance" and only so many people are allowed inside at a time.

That puts a clamp on whatever demand even exists. Knowing that there is a decreased demand, it is silly to artificially reduce it.

The virus is over. 90% of people are probably already infected - got infected long time, had a sneeze and were done with it.

It's like we spoke to the virus and said "Don't worry Mr. Corona sir, you don't have to kill us - we will do that for you ourselves. Rest easy."

Also, somebody in government, and also the G.B. Chamber needs to actively solicit the U.S. State Department to ensure that Sec Pompeo and others are well aware of Freeport's proven potential in industry. They should also solicit the companies themselves and to include their "competitors" (if any remain) in the U.S.

As companies abandon Hong Kong and China like rats from a sinking ship, and while other companies already at home in the U.S. realize the manufacturing potential that exists to replace the import of communist products - there may great opportunities for new companies to locate in Freeport.

Tiger ??????? and after starving to death should their gravestone read "Here lies John Doe, an upstanding (now flat lying) citizen, who did not challenge the system."

The sale of coconut water is a very vexing and troubling issue in this society. Some historians believe that Columbus smuggled several barrels of the stuff back to Spain on two of his voyages. The incendiary matter is that often times it is mixed with gin. Police are out there dealing with all sorts of silly things like armed robbery, rape, murder, drive-by shootings, drug smuggling, etc. and using that as cover (excuse) to ignore the coconut water phenomenon. I applaud those officers who finally stood up, and took a stand. If everyone can come together, we can not only fight coconut water - but the very coconuts themselves and indeed the trees from which they emanate. A contract should given by government for the removal of all coconut trees throughout this Bahamas.

Protests cannot happen here because we have no jails for the protesters to be put in.

Slandering and an attempt via social media to bring down fellow Bahamians causing posters no harm. Black crab syndrome at its finest.

We dont need outside enemies. We destroy our own on our own.

This is great news. I'm not being "jokey" - i'm serious this time. It is very seldom that there is occasion to say anything good about any government of any Party both here and abroad.

In this case we must ALL be grateful and proud of the work of NIB in helping Bahamians. We often times in this country prove to be our own worst enemy - but this article has made me very proud to see people "stepping up" and doing what needs to be done. With this "helping Bahamians" approach, we may survive.

I don't mind private lands - esp those already characterized as high end and already existing - being sold and changing hands. Each time that happens we not only earn a tax on the sale, but we get someone who comes and lives here for a time a participates in the economy - instead of a deadbeat owner who simply has a "key holder" here to an empty unused property. We just need to be careful that China don't buy up everything here like they are doing in Africa and South America and Canada.

Where i have a problem is when Crown Land is given/leased to foreign investors for peanuts along with incentives, while ordinary Bahamians who want a small 1/4 acre parcel of Crown Land on which to build a "pre-approved plan" low-cost home to just be able to survive and raise their children and have money to afford to raise them well, are told "NO" - you go and take a mortgage from the bank and pay interest.