Let's put things into context.
We don't pay our own Bahamian health care workers enough to stay in The Bahamas.
Nor, do we treat our health care workers with respect and decency.
Therefore, we must look around outside for foreigners to work here.
Nothing passes through the PLP without someone getting their palms greased.
Still with me?
The idea that ANY of those in top PLP positions are not on the take, is a joke.
They are merely covering up their nasty deeds, again, only because what they are doing has come to light.
Their are no innocents in this present PLP administration.
"You are the company you keep."
The average hard working Bahamian is not being represented, they are being screwed.
Nothing can change so long as any of these jokers remain in office.

******Gov’t allocates $2.5M to National Sports Endowment******

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg announced the funding during his Budget Communication. “For far too long, the facilities under the National Sports Authority have suffered from neglect,” Mr Bowleg said. “This government is changing that.”

Yes Mr. Bowleg, just like the National Sports Authority, The People of The Bahamas have also suffered from neglect. For years and years.

This government has allocated no money to stopping corruption, improving honest communication, or to provide the public with an inkling of transparency into government activity in this country. Does one have to wonder why?

While our oversized do-nothing ministers fly around the world on the taxpayers dime, they make a complete mockery of the Bahamian people.
For God's sake, we are a country of 340,000. A small-sized city anywhere else in the world. We are heavily in debt. A majority of our people are working poor. And, the world's economy looks very shaky. But, these geniuses are flying around the world. For what? What special knowledge, training or manners do any of these clowns have to impress the world?
Bahamian officials, including the PM should stay home and do the work they were elected to do. Ask yourself what has improved since the last election.
If like most Bahamians you can say nothing, why would we vote these people back in?
I get tired of watching these jokers continue to gain mounds of flesh, mounds of money and a pension on top of that, all for talking trash, lying and fleecing the people.
A sad situation that does not reflect well on the Bahamian people.

What you could do best for your country birdie, is to simply stay quiet.
I was told, "better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool, than open your mouth and prove it.
Seems you like proving it better than most.

What trend suggests otherwise?

Lastman,

Thanks for sharing your valid concerns.
Unfortunately, what you say is the same on many other islands, as well.
Which speaks volumes to the present political failures.
And yes, there is no other way to describe it. Failure.

The development of the Family Islands has a similar tale.
These guys don't really care about The People.
They care about the deal, and what they can get out of it.
The Davis couple just didn't give their Bahamian representative enough of an incentive.
The Chinese know how to do business in The Bahamas. The bribes are simple and straightforward. The price is relatively cheap.
Our representatives have never seen to it that individuals in the Family Islands are given the same opportunities that the big projects, the ones that seriously grease the reps palms, are going to get. Hence, the Anchor Projects and no bid contracts to family and friends.
You know, just like the Mooring Project, that nobody is allowed to talk about now.

With all due respect, my guess is that many of these people would hire Bahamians, if......
There is a major project going on on one Family Island and almost all the workers are foreign. The contractor is from here and knows his people. They don't want to work. Sorry, but our Bahamian work ethic has gone to shit. Period. Most every Bahamian I know prefers to hire the foreigners. At least they'll work. I have to be honest here. We have as many home grown bad apples as about any place on earth. Fact. We Bahamians wrote the laws. Why can't we enforce them?

Mr. Dames says,
“I have no confidence in any commission formed by the current government,” Mr Dames said. “They’re all a smokescreen.”
So, let's take this as true, for arguments sake. And, I confess, I fully agree.
Now, what could this smokescreen be covering up?
If anything at all, it should be a reason to ban them from office.
Unless, of course, they are skilled at confusing people and getting guilty people to be judged innocent.
Then what? Is this not what we have at present?
It almost seems as if they could be stealing millions, and nobody can say a thing.
If I didn't know better, I would say each and every one of them is in on it.
Poor, poor Bahamian people.
Our country stolen away from us by our own people, who we voted in, pay their salaries and continue to make excuses for, for the small crumbs that fall off their oversized plates..

Exactly right! Always someone else's fault.
It almost seems as if there are no adults in the room in this administration.

I wonder how many in this picture above can swim, or do snorkel our Bahamian reefs?
Is this about more than money?
The article doesn't seem to stress anything else.
As reported in The Tribune, "Builders Vision also partially underwrote the Bahamian government’s recent $300m debt-for-nature refinancing with a $79m “collateralised guarantee”..Please Tribune reporter Neil Hartnell, didn't you also ask exactly what is the "collateral" pledged? Should be a simple answer, yes? What did our "leaders" offer up as collateral. Certainly something that they did not own.
$300,000,000 debt-for-nature swap? in a country of 340,000 people?
Good thing Bahamians continue to trash education as we watch those who we voted in totally screw The People.
While there is nothing more important to this country than our God-given natural resources, it is astounding to watch how we treat these resources as a nation.
Clearly, there is little to no concern whatsoever on a national level, either by our people or by the clowns in government.
That we continue to populate our Fisheries and other environmental agencies with political ass-kissers, instead of demanding master's degrees in every appointment, only hastens our deliberate race to the bottom and a continuation of our stellar record of undeniable failure.
This is just another scheme (scam), which will do nothing for our people or our country.
Just wait and see.