There are Bahamians who can do these jobs; it's just that the government would rather hire immigrants at a lower wage and who have less freedom to speak up for their rights. Bahamians are slowly becoming extinct. How can we accept our government spending our/country's wealth on foreign labour, while I know many nurses and medical staff who left the Bahamas to work in the USA and Canada because the jobs here are not adequate.

Think about it. A tourist without a boat generates economic benefits to Bahamians by:
- renting a vehicle or taxi to get around
- paying for a hotel room or similar (the company selling hotel rooms has to pay to build the hotels and infrastructure (roads, electricity, water, sewage)
- eat at restaurants or buy groceries
- Pay Bahamian businesses for entertainment (jetskis, boat tours, fishing, diving, etc.)

The cruise ship and boat owners:
- load up on fuel, groceries, and supplies in other countries
- entertain themselves for the most part on their boats and sail themselves around
- pay next to nothing on permanent infrastructure that benefits Bahamians

Where does all the sewage and garbage from these boats go? We need to wake up. The trickle-down benefits and economic activity of tourism and benefits to Bahamians are undermined by the boats and cruise ships. Instead of investing long-term into the country (infrastructure, hotels, etc), the tourist and foreign companies load as much supplies as possible in other countries and keep most of the economic activities in their boats. Then sail away when things don't go their way.

Ya'll surprised? This has been going on for decades. Do we have the will to do anything about it? PLP and FNM they're both the same community of people.

Unfortunately when sh*t hits the fan. They use all the money and connections they made to escape. The poor people face the effects alone. Then once the disaster is clear the leeches come back to profit off of the aid and recovery meant for the poor. The young people really need to band together to secure their future. This old generation manages things selfishly like the world should come to an end once they die.

He doesn't need this role to do good things. Instead, contribute as a private citizen and former PM.

What about all these boats (cruise ships, yachts, sailboats) floating in our waters not spending money on hotels/businesses while dumping garbage and sewage in our waters? Stock up on supplies in other countries then come over and pay nearly nothing to float around, catch fish, and enjoy a life the locals can't afford as the Bahamians lose access to do business with the tourists. How much fuel spills, oil, and grease come off of these boats? There are bigger impacts than this rocket that no one is talking about.

Oh no, here we go again. Do people realize that the country has been led by the same age group for the last 33 years? The same old people born in the mid-1940s - early 1950's. The same old business as usual.

Just another distraction, let the legal system sort this out. The people should focus on the things that maximally improve the everyday lives of the most Bahamians and hold the government accountable.

This area needs to be privatized and held to normal business standards (health, safety, building codes, fire protection, and safety).