there is nothing special about a bahamas hotel compared to similar properties south of here.. we have an operating cost problem due inflated wages and benefits and utilities... bahamar pricing brings competition to the market and forces employers to become more efficient.. visitors spend money on more than just the room, so if lower prices increase numbers, whatz the problem? nobody complains about increasing cruise arrivals, and they contribute almost nothing...

i doubt the corruption in Freeport is any worse than what happens in Nassau or anywhere else in the Bahamas for that matter, wherever a vessel or inbound bahamian first touches bahamian soil... as for Birdie, its because we bahamians dont assert our rights and speak up, that the god-like aura and attitude of politicians exist today and we had the likes of Gibson, Fitzgerald, PVC Bowe, etc., etc., and we can't forget Ramsey either of course.

at $50 per night, more likely to be a place for those secret liaisons....

so is this the new PLP platform.. to incite social disorder and in so doing maybe increase tourist arrivals?

i think its a bad idea and doomed for failure.. if it goes ahead, i hope its private money otherwise public debt will just spiral more out of control..

i dont think Greenslade has political interests, but based on comments from Dames well before the election about the RBPF, i'm not surprised if Greenslade is shown the door.. the book does say there is a time and a season for everything i suppose...

every man for himself my friend.. bahamians are starting to get the message.. nobody is going to save you.. dont look for a lifeboat, learn to swim...

so typical of everything gov't owns or touches... why is it everything has to become a disaster before they act..

being predominantly a socialist state since '73, i understand the fear factor Evans speaks off. The Union, as a last remnant of socialism, is loathe to gasp its last breathe. no need for fear, be confident in your ability and when one door closes, another will open. its socialists policies of successive bahamian governments that have us so many billion in debt now and struggling to recover... a far from certain outcome.

well law or not, i won't be surprised that non-compliant politicians face no action. hope the same law that lets them off will apply to the civil servants too. same ole story in this country, plenty laws and no enforcement.. and we wonder why the place has gone to hell...