Total lack of investment when times were good. Politicians had the mentality of spend and borrow today ,screw tomorrow.. The total infastructure is old and needs replacing but all availablr monies havebbeen squandered.

Can't blame VAT on this.

Living on a Family Island I was always told there are two certainties in life, DEATH and TAXES.
However on a F. Island there are actually 5. death, taxes, no water, erratic electricity and regular cable bahamas failures.

Scruffy houses inside and out, not paying utilities but wow we haveva shiny expensive car parked outside.

And yet many believe that the PLP who created most of this mess would return to power and everything would be roses.

Typical Bahamian attitude." make as much money as possible whatever the cost in the short term rather than volume by reducing taxes.

Many things still are, the people, the beaches but such wastage .The hurtful thing is that much of the debt having to be repaid is for equipment, schemes, projects , seminars, consultants that have long ceased to exist or fallen into disrepair.

Loretta, you have emerged from the darkness. Jumped on the bandwagon but do you have any solutions.

You have to laugh with these sin taxes. Alcohol signs everywhere "duty free" but cheaper in the USA. Kalik home grown beer cheaper in The USA and almost cheaper to put rum on your cornflakes than milk. Add to that the duty waiver on building materials. So many wealthy foreigners bringing in building materials duty free and well able to afford duty. Oh how about the Cuban teachers bringing in boxes of Cohiba cigars -selling to local bars-no duty paid ??They sell them for $150 a box and the bar sell each one for $15-$20. Cubans and bar owners $$$ 2-government revenue $0.

Yes but did Christie have the balls to fire anyone---Fitzgerald for starters.?