This is a clear message from the "numbers boys" to the current government. Think about it.

What a terrifying admission that some people are above the Law and that the Police and Judiciary are powerless in the face of political pressure not to investigate or prosecute. And he says it so matter-of-fact, as if it had always been the normal state of affairs. Anyone reading this will inexorably come to the conclusion that the Bahamas is a banana republic. And they would be right.

I have absolutely no doubt that the “contract award followed the usual procedures.”. We all know those procedures under the PLP: 20% kickback.

Sadly the Brits will not come back even if we got on our collective knees and begged them. We screwed up our "independence" and now we have no idea what to do.
Well, when in a hole, first thing you do is to stop digging. No more debt. Balance the budget.

Well, let us see. Ask him to account for every employee, get every pay slip. Get every bill he incurred. Get him to detail the work he did with evidentiary proof. Get every employee to sign an affidavit confirming it, under penalty of perjury and jail time. Do a full forensic audit.
If he is telling the truth, apologize to him. If not, seize all his goods and property until you recover every penny of difference and shove him in jail for 20 years.
Simple. Not a lot to think about, Mr. Minnis. If you are serious, that is what you will do. Else you are just another politician full of it. Up to you, Mr. Minnis. You the PM now. You decide. No one else.

I suppose it is not necessarily racist. But it could be so interpreted. On the other hand it is an extraordinary thing to put in writing to a Minister. Calling the population that you draw your workforce from "untrained, rude and lazy" should not have the desired effect of ingratiating yourself with a Government whose help you are seeking. Or am I just too old fashioned? I would not dream of putting that in a letter or statement as I could see no upside from saying it, however true it might be.

“As local manufacturers we have to take on high electricity costs, high fuel costs, NIB, Business License, ***a very large pool of low-skilled, untrained, rude and lazy workers***, and minimal access to capital along with high duty on company vehicles."
I could be facetious and make some racist comment, but I will refrain myself. What an extraordinary thing to put in writing, though.

You are so right. One of those foreigners might decide to put one of the islands in a suitcase and take it home with him. You never know with them! They are foreigners after all. They might have super-human powers.

The man missed his vocation. He should have been a stand up comic. Every time he opens his mouth, I piss myself laughing.

Absolutely right about what the story should be about.
In my mind, there are only 2 ways we can proceed.
One is to nationalise the web shops. This basically would mean 1000s more civil servants and a poor service for the gambler. This would probably result in new underground web shops.
The second alternative is to force the web shops to place a very high % of their profits into a form of Venture Capital fund which would invest in Bahamian businesses. The money can still be theirs, but then they would have a direct interest in the success of the country.