Someone explain to me how it "helps Bahamians" to cut off all the Bahamian contractors from payment for the services they rendered. It is quite clear they are never going to get paid, not even for their out of pocket expenditures, much less their lost profits. That is directly attributable to the government's refusal to permit the project recourse to the U.S. Court system which has a "workout" provision missing from the Bahamian Bankruptcy procedures. Why? Because if the matter were to have been adjudicated in a U.S. Court all the payables and receivables would have been scrutinized and the corrupt dealings between the Chinese contractor and "friends of government" would have been exposed. This was not about protecting Bahamians, it was about covering up corruption.

A lucid, well written, compelling piece. Congratulations to The Tribune.

Simply pathetic.

Welcome to the post racial world.

Frankly this is very simple. There is a large contingent in this country that does not want women to have equal rights with men. This is particularly strong with regard to non Bahamian spouses receiving the right to work, or even citizenship. Instead of addressing this problem by eliminating the automatic rights for wives of Bahamian men, the proposal would provide equal rights to the husbands of Bahamian women. All this dust up about transgenders and same sex marriage is nothing but cover for this sexist concern. The Constitutional provision will fail, and the Bahamas will be put in the company of those retro-African nations all over a false issue.

Seriously what difference does it make. These "investigations" in the hands of the police never go anywhere. There is a big announcement and laughable protestations from police authorities about "justice being blind" and then nothing! Never anything. There were recently allegations of a murder for hire plot and months later, the intended victims, who claim to know the source of the funding, have not even been interviewed by the police. This is all part of a giant, smelly, corrupt fantasy, that the Bahamas are operating under the rule of law.

The "Birdie" comment is perfect nonsense. The only "political motive" of Save the Bays, and by the way the only political motive demonstrated in the hacked e-mail and financial material, is to try to get the sitting government to enforce the well established law of the land with respect to the environment. The issue their efforts have raised, is whether this country is a lawless, fiefdom controlled by wealthy foreign special interests and the politicians they are willing to pad, or a country ruled by one law, applied equally to all. "Birdie's" comments sound to me like the same old, deflect, confuse, ignore, do anything but answer clear and serious charges.

There is only one solution that will work in a democracy. Elect a government that will uphold the rule of law. In the final analysis, in a democracy you get the government you deserve. Of what benefit will be new laws compelling disclosure, when a lawless government is elected to office? The police and the AG will not enforce those laws any more than will the police and/or the AG enforce the laws on the books now. If the Courts attempt to intervene this government has made it quite clear, it is even willing to hold the independent judiciary in contempt. This leadership of this government has demonstrated through several election cycles, that any law will be ignored if doing so is in its political or economic self interest. Welcome to just deserts Bahamas!

What's wrong with you all? Don't you understand? This is all about separation of powers and Parliamentary Privilege. This has nothing to do with corrupt politicians serially breaking the law and lining their pockets with the people's money, or selling the country to rich Fins from Canada. It's only about high minded political issues like separation of powers. Just listen to Mr. Fitzgerald and our esteemed Foreign Minister spin, spin, spin. Not a word about how someone illegally taped the phones and mail of public spirited citizens. It's all about their "privilege" - Privilege, don't you get it. They are privileged to do and say what they want - To pillage and steal what they want. Bahamian citizens are supplicants who need to mind their "P's" for privilege and "Q's" quiet, and honor these politician's high minded Constitutional concerns. Oh, and by the way, screw the idea of an independent Judiciary, and a free press, the only institutions standing between this sorry mess and total anarchy.

What Bahamian workers?