Disgusted is right, and in most first world countries when people are caught out they bow out because there would be criminal ramifications. The Bahamas is not even third world so that is your answer. The Prime Minister is in fact above the law because he appoints the attorney general who would be the person to have him charged. And herself of course.

.....both men said they would not challenge Mr Christie.... They can't swim in vomit if it goes sour, obviously !!!

It would make an interesting study to know how many of the mortgage defaulters play numbers and how many are actual hardship ( job loss ) cases. Absent any polling stats the Banks and Mortgage Companies probably could contribute this data on a gross basis.

It is really quite amazing, that fifty some plus years after the Cubans had to leave Cuba, in the wake of the Castro's revolution, Bahamians who are able, may well have to abandon their homes and businesses, to seek a living elsewhere. Those with only a Fred Mitchell passport will probably just have to stay.

The Government does not even have the sense to realize that it has a major stake, not only in this once huge market but in the Bahamas economy as a whole. That their priorities could be so clouded by other and personal considerations, that they could not see the wisdom in supporting the Baha Mar developer is astounding. And they wonder why S & P downgraded our Sovereign Credit Rating. Oh dear. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread !

Maybe they going to put Ishmael Lightbourne in one of these when FCIB move him out.

Now,now now EasternGate: She don't stay away, she lives there and comes here now and then. You heard about electricity right. From the plug in your house you get AC current and from your car battery you get DC current. Some people like AC and DC in their romances.

The Bahamas has been facing a bleak future for a long time. It is a massive brain drain where our young people do not wish to come home. I have personal experience with three such Bahamians (former employees) ( 2 white and 1 black) who have opted for life in Canada, even with the extremely high level of taxation. Taxation of course is only one aspect of quality of life, and the rampant crime, and violent crime, here does not offer anything to anyone who can do better than stay here. Singapore is only eight years ahead of us being independent but probably one hundred years ahead of us in terms of quality of life and business opportunities. They punish all crime in Singapore and crooked politicians are thrown to the dogs. This should happen here.

It is really high time that the Chinese depart these shores and go home to help the Communist Party with all of its woes.

I would say that the former Bank Manager and Credit Committee Members should be criminally charged with gross negligence and conflict of interest. We have to start digging into this stuff. Mortgages are recorded. There must be a way to find out who the borrower and lender is and that will either smell good or bad. As public information I would imagine it could be published.