Let's not forget the role also played in these enormous losses incurred at the Bahamian taxpayers expense by each member of BOB's board of directors, especially its Chairman, namely Richard Demeritte. How do these directors explain their lack of knowledge of, or failure to detect, the inordinately high concentration of loans and advances granted by BOB to politically-connected persons, including their families and businesses? There is no reasonable explanation, and the same applies to Perry Christie, Wendy Craigg, Hilliary Deveaux and Keith Davies. All of these individuals need to be held to account to the Bahamian people for the mega millions in losses attributable to BOB's apparent corrupt lending practices involving political friends and business cronies of Perry Christie.

The much more correct translation: The cunning politically-connected thieves robbed our bank with the assistance of certain individuals and with the knowledge of others who had a duty to intervene and prevent the thievery. If you're one of the many Bahamian taxpayers who pays national insurance contributions, VAT, duty, real property tax, stamp and excise taxes, business license fees and any other taxes and fees levied by our Christie-led government, then you (like me) have been robbed by all of those politically-connected thieves who decided to steal by borrowing funds from BOB that they either knew they could not repay or never had any intention of repaying. The shenanigans here occurred under the watch of Perry Christie as our Minister of Finance (who is also our PM), Wendy Craigg as the Governor of The Central Bank which is the chief regulator of banks operating in and from within the Bahamas, Paul McWeeney as the the managing director and CEO of BOB and Richard Demeritte as Chairman of BOB and the other members of BOB's board of directors.

Not sure you are correct on the contract terms as described by you, but the main thrust of your position is certainly correct, i.e. Baha Mar are seeking to recover costs from the Bahamian people that they are not entitled to recover. LBT of course knows this to be the case and should not be playing cheap politics when so much is at stake.

Not too long ago Ireland became the first country to constitutionally protect same-sex marriage which is quite amazing considering this predominantly Catholic country's staunch position against gay and lesbian rights only two decades ago. Some say the Irish passed their recent constitutional amendment embracing same-sex marriage as a terrible backlash to (or means of getting even with) the Roman Catholic Church for the many thousands of Irish children who suffered molestation at the hands of deviant priests with the full knowledge and protection of Vatican officials over many decades.

He's waiting on the PM to tell him which political friends and business cronies the government has decided to cut cheques to for very generous undeserved amounts. Just more VAT money being used to buy votes rather than pay down our national debt!

The point of no return for our country was reached in the mid to late 1970s, when Pindling realized it was much easier for him to remain in power with an expanded "dumbed down" electorate. By this time, even the more easily manipulated and misguided youth within certain of our private schools, like Queen's College, were busy painting highly qualified and devoted foreign educators as "white" detractors from the ability of Bahamians to develop their own cultural values and identity. Back then, Pindling fully recognized the importance of recruiting senior students within the private schools, like Sean McWeeney, to support his "dumbing down" policy by agitating for the rapid and pre-mature Bahamianization of the teaching profession at all levels. Shortly thereafter came the willingness of Loftus Roker to act on Pindling's "dumbing down" policy by pulling the work permits of many foreign teachers overnight. This was soon followed by a series of sweeping social policies introduced by Pindling that effectively opened the doors of our country to a massive influx of uneducated and unskilled illegal immigrants (mainly Haitians) who could easily be persuaded to swear allegiance to the PLP in exchange for the grant of Bahamian citizenship and their vote for the PLP candidate. The rest is history and we are where we are today.....well beyond the point of no return. You only have to observe the average type of politician our "dumbed down" electorate now votes for to appreciate where Pindling's "dumbing down" and "welcoming of illegal immigrant" policies, as continued by Ingraham and Christie, have taken us. My advice to those older indigenous Bahamians who will still be in the Bahamas a decade or so from now: Do your best to learn to speak Creole and pray you do not become a victim of the senseless crimes perpetrated daily by many of the "dumbed down" who now live all around us!

No matter how hard he may try to subsequently portray in a different light his outright untruthful statement made while standing on the floor of the house of assembly, Nottage had a clear duty as an experienced politician not to misinform or mislead the Bahamian people. He obviously failed quite deliberately to exercise that duty and thankfully was called out on the matter by the opposition and main stream media. Nottage may indeed be an 'ole dowdy fart, but he knew full well that he was not speaking truthfully when he claimed the murder rate or count in 2015 to date is less than it was at this same time in 2011.

Richard Lightbourn's haunting and taunting of Fitzgerald in this matter has at least revealed that Fitzgerald has a serious character flaw. By making reference to the John Mosko matter, Fitzgerald readily admits his belief in "tit for tat" even in those instances where both the "tit" and "tat" constitute clear examples of wanton misconduct tantamount to illegal acts unbecoming of the Office of the Attorney-General. Lightbourn has successfully forced Fitzgerald to reveal his true colours which are not a pretty sight. But we also know this from the role that Fitzgerald willingly played at the behest of Allyson Maynard-Gibson in another matter: The Rubis cover up! Like an unrelenting blood hound sniffing and tracking the awful scent of a wrongdoer, Lightbourn has sensed that Fitzgerald is very much prone to misconduct and wrongdoing.

Dr. Munnings might tell you that Franky Wilson is charging him a small fortune each time he has to refill his small private airplane with aviation fuel, hence his inability to charge less for a colonoscopy.

BINGO!