Yup. Hutcheson pulled out. BlackRock bought controlling stake in the port.

From Reuters today:
"*The in-principle agreement to offload its 80% stake in 43 ports across 23 countries came after weeks of Trump alleging, without evidence, that China “is operating” the Panamanian shipping route; he also threatened that the U.S. “is taking it back”*

So correction. It looks like Hutcheson. *tried* to offload its controlling stake, but after pushback in Beijing, the sale is now up in the air

This does not negate the fact that they tried to sell and could still possible close or that we dont have near the leverage China does. Just remember with 800 dead, Tourism was willing to sacrifice all of our lives telling us COVID spread and tourist travel was unrelated.

Exactly. He also demanded the Panama Canal be returned

"*He explained that some residents light small fires to produce coal*"

Ot seems like some authority on Abaco should be actively monitoring for small fires. Someone who cant be bribed.

Sending out drones everyday, coducting reconnaissance and arresting the persons responsible for these fires. If they are on work permits, the permit should be revoked because they will do it again. We are steadily working to achieve the 2030 **deforestation** objective in our strategy to be just like Haiti. And the govt is fully onboard because, somebody is making money. And once money is being made, well, we have to make compromises right?

No resident should be burning anything for coal in dry season or windy days, minimum. Isnt there a law against burning garbage in the backyard? You would assume that also applies to cutting down and burning the forest.

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You be the first one crying. You must also support the mantra of "*a little pain*". I hope you did not rush to buy 3 dollar eggs and left them for some less fortunate who has no more space for "*pain*"

Btw, we've already had our Trump wannabe. Did you support the lockdowns? Did you support the push for Oban? In the past decade, we've only had just a taste of what life under an autocrat would look like. People who grew up under the Pindling era also saw the ramifications of a leader who weaponized the arms of govt against citizens.

Keep watch of the people who support this chaos. Dont vote for or support their appointment to anything. Remember Musk is also "smart"

You dont know the meaning of DEI. You're just repeating a narrative from a racist who thinks black people Hispanics and women are inferior and the only possible way any could excel or be at the head of any institution is through some form of social promotion.

DEI is the reverse of what you intimate, it's why is this police investigations department dominated by low skilled white men when you have a harvard educated black man with a PhD in criminology and 25years of exemplary service solving cases relegated to the copy room? Is it because he's black?

The goal is to ensure that qualified people arent robbed of opportunities because of discrimination...

What does having the head of CDU on tape asking for a bribe to make a criminal case disappear have to do with race?

"*just because the one doing the most abuse says another country is doing it does not make it so,*"

Well... **it is so**. How many years did illegal gambling flourish seemingly protected by high ranking politicians and police.

Do we or do we not have the Head of Police Criminal Investigations on tape asking for a bribe to make a robbery case disappear, hinting at examples of other criminal cases he's made disappear

Do we or do we not have the Head of the Police Airport division on video with whom he believed to be Colombian narco dealers asking for 2 million dollars for **police** to **assist** with the movement of cocaine through the bahamas.

Its widely whispered that govt housing contracts was pay to play. The person in charge would demand a 5000 kickback off any contractor awarded a contract. And if it was this out in the open, so much money involved, it would be hard to believe that even more senior persons did not know and did not put a stop to it immediately or allow it to continue and demand their share. Is only fair after all, its *my* govt.

Surprisingly to date only one man Fred Ramsey was ever convicted of bribery, and ironically its because the US held the irrefutable evidence of his crime. Left to our internal controls, anything goes and *he's a good man. He help plenty people*

**We have more than enough evidence that plenty financial funny business going on**

She's not looking at VAT as revenue. She's saying removing the VAT makes the price of an imported product more attractive than a locally grown product. (Though I'm not certain of the rationale since VAT is removed from local products as well)

Unfortunately it's the wrong fight. Nobody should be fighting to make healthy food (assuming most farm grown will fall into that category) more expensive.

She does go on to say though that the govt should be looking for more ways to lower the cost of inputs for local farmers and that is the right approach. Subsidies to farmers is also an option but I doubt we have the capacity or the markets to do it. In the chaos created by Donald Trump in cancelling "evil" USAID for example, it was highlighted that some farmers' entire crop is grown just for the USAID program, up to 380million (not certain if that's a US total figure or a figure for a single state, but the point is it's a huge number, missed by Elon Musk chaos). The farmers fill a need somewhere in the world and the govt assesses the goodwill earned as worth the subsidy.

Pre Dorian and COVID it was said that 1% growth is growth and people talking about *growing the economy* didnt know what they were talking about. Because how? And that's the question, with multiple answers all built on the elimination of corrupt *high ranking politician*s. Growth is our only way out.

"*The ground started shaking, and when I talk about shaking, I mean literally. I was so scared.*"

I wonder if this will help space tourism?