I really don’t see what the problem is. You re-zone those lands as not for building because of flood potential as a public safety measure. Which means no one can legally build anything. If they cannot apply for a building permit, they cannot build to code. Let them then sue for damages if they claim property rights. They will get a judgement in the year 3000.

Property rights? On illegal abusive dwellings built without any permission on land they do not own? Is this man nuts?

English is not your mother tongue, is it? You don't need to have faith in Italian Courts as no court was involved, nor did I mention one. Also, before you start prattling about things you know nothing about, some more facts for you: the first University in the world was in Italy (Bologna). Medicine (and hence pathology) started there. And the Mafia is in Sicily, not in Piedmont (Turin). They are about as different as Massachusetts and Mississippi.
You can have about 1000 times more faith in the honesty of an Italian institution than a Bahamian one. And that is probably an understatement.

First of all, some facts. Italy is visited by 60 million tourists per year. 10 times as many as visit the Bahamas. Of those, roughly 35% are estimated to be non-Caucasian. It has a system of Law which is 2,500 years old. It is a founding member of the EU, which means that you can take the Italian Government to court in a supra-national jurisdiction, if there was the remotest evidence of "cover up".

So, to answer your question: they are not protecting anyone.

It's just you being paranoid. Through ignorance.

Giving away? Are you implying that money was not paid? And that the sellers were not willing and were somehow coerced into selling?

This "foreigner" crap really has to stop. Bahamians are only too happy to go to Miami and buy property there but when someone else comes here and legally buys something, it is "giving away the country". What a sad bunch of xenophobic rock dwellers.

Things will get better when BPL workers do an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, BPL management becomes competent, political parties stop using BPL to employ their supporters and when Bahamians start paying their bills on time and in full, without stealing electricity.

IE: never.

This article and the subsequent comments are a microcosm of everything that is wrong with the Bahamas.
First you have a "journalist" writing a headline of such stupidity. What a mother, 5,000 miles away from an event that tragically killed her son, "believes" in her heart-break moments is of course totally subjective, completely irrelevant and can bear no relation to reality. While we should all sympathise with her grief, we should be aware that no sense can come out of her mouth at this moment. So, why report it? Complete lack of professional standards. As in everything else that happens in the Bahamas. Everyone is a self-appointed something: the preacher is a bishop, the hack who can't write two sentences in English is a journalist. Bahamian professional standards in a nutshell.

Then you get to see the comments and they are such inane bullshit that they show the state of mind of the population. A collection of sub standard IQs prone to conspiracy theories with about as much logic to them as a 3 year old could muster.
Only logical advice a father could give his sons is to run away from here as quickly and early as possible. An early death in the Po is preferable to a life here.

"a number of Eastern Road homeowners have recognised the lifestyle upgrade that condominiums can provide". Not to mention that they are unlikely to be woken up by a gun being shoved in their mouths.

I love estate agent euphemisms. Very creative.

Fantastic opportunity to do what should have been done 100 years ago: run a cable from Miami and forget all about BPL.

The Minister is being disingenuous. Everyone who has ever flown into LPIA has seen the hoard of NFS employees awaiting every flight by doing what Bahamians do best: sitting in a corner, skiving. I have photos of 6-7 of them sitting under the mobile ramp to get out of the sun and moving slower than sloths. Who has NOT waited for their bags for over 1/2 hour? What "investment" do you need to unload bags? A new pair of gloves?

The "problem" is obvious to anyone who flies: at MIA 2 ground handlers do the job of 8 at LPIA and in 1/4 of the time.