Added to this is the critical part.commonly known...4. Par value of Bahamian dollar with US is the Bahamian having to keep US reserves kept to maintain stable interuse.
5. Addid is the Bahamian use of US currency to transact merchants purchases of US goods etc.
6. Banking customer transactions medical, school fees etcetc...

Isn't it time that the Commonwealth of the Bahamas declare emmergency measures have trained units mobilized inspecting areas. Declaring National Emmergency. Shutting down areas commonly frequented like Gambling houses some hundreds of them in urban areas....... Sharing supplies that urban impoverished areas can use, going onto shantytowns bilingual information etc. Its the peoples time to now render assistance znd not 2 weeks before election.

The capitalist system has businesses and shareholders looking for maximum returns on their shares. These businesses are geared for getting the best to survive and grow and be successful. Its their nature......On the other side is the govt and governing of a political party... as representatives of the best interests for the people for decades..every five years.

dilemna is on the other side are a few dominant political parties geared for their political party success...each party for their own stamp for their selfish interests....Seems these parties only use the government as a tool or vehicle to get the best interests for the party...to the points that each will untie contracts of the other...making delays of previous...not attending to critical concerns of the people...reducing importance of critical concerns...not implementing legistation to slow their curruption....not doing most anything unless it is for the benefit of what seems to be syndicates like all for me baby instead of servants servants of the people.....well being of the people and every 5 years people.

Imagime nation never made provisions for reliable BEC to gradually replace engines until it falls apart,...look at banks operating like oligopoly, look at some 4,000 mortgage accounts defaults crippling industry,...look at illegal shantytown death traps inhuman conditions...look at keepikg Bahamasair losing money and buying new defective jet to lose even more money,...look at up to yesterday looking at helping desperate hurting Freeport and their Bank BoB have booklets of Freeport houses land for Repossession inserted in newspapers to show helping people and previous weel having booklet of helping people fix standpipes,...wives now getting to get paid to go on trips ....look at the national sport being Cricket but somehow spending going to some 50 Million for Baseball stadium,..look at the perpetual failing Education system,....just go on and on and on........

Yes and no. Yes it may be legally permitted to go into the port of Flag it is flying. And No if the country is inadequate and more of a danger of the country'citizens. Commonsense would be for it to arrange to be in a country best able to handle all now and possible likelihood of best solutions to all.

If this vessel was flagged with a liberian flag would anyone recommend that these thousands of passengers go to a Port in Liberia ...?????

Time that the British authorities step up to the plate to assist. Mabye bring up an aircraft carrier...with medical lab...mabye bring over a best British medical team along with chosen or Bahamian volunteer Doctors and Medical personnel and helicopter them to the ship...this is not a time of bickering in legal wranglings and instructions in a commonsense situation .

Thisisours putting together some informative suggestions with cautions. Good points raised particularly on strict procedures to prevent it with screenings. Businesses screenings employees now opens up issues needing expanding...........because ....employees living paycheck to paycheck is always determined to showup not missing time off not being paid and the usual dealing with sick slip Doctor documentation and NIB and tightly run businesses that no relief staff to handle extra workload person off leaves behind. There must be financial relief and comfort provided to businesses ...there must be financial relief to thousands of workers not paid hours, days ? Salespeople bankers not meeting Business stated targets to get commissions...contracts terms.....not being paid incurring additional extraordinary expenses stockpiling food medical supplies, assistance to families unemployed, destitute, ......not receiving paid and being off and having loans, lightbills being cut off, banks repossessinging homes, ...cars, furnitures (lol on furnitures repos).....credit ratings Central Bank establishing.... etcetc....Critical point raised persons unable to have long term supplies and strict protocols in place for theft. Good points Thisisours

The Bahamas has to be thinking all the moves to the end of the chess game as every other nation does. Present politicians seem to be just babies at the politics and running a nation which seems just for the benefit for whichever political party wins to govern the nation for mere 5 years. Nation suffers as new party shelves previous nation plans by previous party and starts new plans to have their party's imprint for selfish political party promotion....and it repeats and repeats. There must emerge a party whether new or existing to offer people a sight at end of tunnel because all for some past 25 plus years whichever party is in, it then gets tossed out every 5 years and never learns.

Sometime around 1954 to 1957 the British under Operation Ozone according to Tribune article Insight on British secret biological warfare experiments was conducted on island some 60 miles south of Nassau.

Somewhere in this new COVID - 19 Govt should enlist all nations and offer an isolated Cay and have World Medical Centre with scientists, researchers to work. There are many other illnesses needing cures. Many researched materials using bad gene replacing good ones attached to hiv minus its harmfull effect to penetrate ill person for confirmed cure. There are many good uses to have the Bahamas in the forefront as a world leading Medical Centre.

The senior govt officials today may have never been through the densely populated areas or been able to see out of the very darkly tinted car windows when and if the Govt Minister plated vehicle with chaffeur cuts through areas over the hill. These senior officials just seem to not know the realities of the densely populated areas south of Shirley St. houses so close that grammie can just raise her voice and ask the neighbour anything and other neighbour on porch can hail them. Then Minister can be excused if he living out west in big houses and big yards cant see his neighbour house which explains his low figures.

Excellent work Porcupine, keep up the good comments. What needs to happen is for the govt Regulator of these Financial entities, the central bank of the Bahamas shut down the NIB and have an independent team investigate what is going on from businesses dealings now coming out severely affecting them, NIB investments in Bank of the Bahamas, rental generating investments etc.etc

Extremely baffling the politically appointed head of the NIB has not been aware of the complaints after all this time. Porcupine as you went for the core issue on Head of NIB not telling the truth ....then opens other issues.

As a head of every billion dollar run business the Head is made aware of likely future challenges and has contingensies, other options to immediately take effect not to adversely affect Bahamians and then respond to newspapers complaints in articles. Other complaint was on some delay on giving recipient funds because having to go over contributions much later. Other issue was on some fraud. Other issue was on some increase in NIB contributions.

As the NIB containing the massive amounts of nation's peoples contributions, the NIB should be also publictly, in addition to the durability or shortage of plastic cards, give an account of the NIB investments of peoples funds in Bank of the Bahamas, upkeep of buildings owned and rented out, and other assets invested.