Obvioisly you and your ilk been suckjng asses and at the feeding trough....and for decades refuse to admit failures...failures...failures....and still want whichever people in government to solve the illegal problem...for decades..!!!! .

If any govt been failing to solve the problem for decades...then you must also be the stupidest person along with ilk for decades.....Talkkng making excuses ...excuses excuses excuses ..decades of excuses....is why the country is corrupt failing to protect sovereignity in control of land...they take in command..!!!!!....must make you general in cesspool of incompetitance If the intruders, tresspassers, breaking the laws of breaking back the areas....then get Loftus Roker to be in charge and team of canine unit..!!!!! Nation of laws must be enforced..would not have shantytowns in the first place....!!!!!!!

..."...you have to build up not inland"

You have the piece in the survival. Venice is going under, Jakarta is looking for new Capitsl.The Dutch is and has been decades underwater, they have excavated areas, built up other areas, created land and used combinations of barriers and flood zones to survive and much better than other Europe. The critical part is to survive as a nation all functions to have all survive.

Studies, developments need to start now and the Bahamas problem is monumential in that there is the huge task of doing studies and development times the many islands each replicating plan for survival of the longest.

While many bloggers are unlikely to be around in 50-100 years, we owe our descendants like chillrens now in school we see everyday and their chillren the best chance.

In 30 years time by 2050 ocean levels expected to rise 19 inches. Bahamas is one of the prone 80 % Bahamas affected. Further aspect of Antartic glacier and Greeland ice shiels still yet to add to the flooding. ANDROS residents admit to seeing rising levels and Govt alrrady committed to seawalls Stafford Creek and othet areas. Children in present an future Govt Schools will have to be dealing with rising levels affecting their lives. Even the present University of the Bahamas in Freeport chosen to rebuild on better location.

Looks like scraping bald the earth. How much was the BID...???? ..HOWmuch was the scope of the details of scaping. ????...How much contamants excavated...??...So where did they dispose all the contaminants....did they just throw it in another hole...??? Looks like a dust bowl just waiting to put blown dust all over ...affecting everyone breathing, and eating dust...even dust running into ocean. How much foresight was put into scraping the contaminayed area bare clean wid layer clearly exposed...!!!!...who has asthma..breathing ....???

How much money was the BID advertised publictly for Contrators to do the clean up and scope of the clean up..??? Was the ground waters tested for pollution..affecting nearby water pumped from wells .??? Was the grounds examined for waste oil pollutants, chemicals, destroyed medicines...???. Was the soil comtaminated by lead paints particles...???. When the sun dries up the top layers soil and wind spreads dirt all over nearby areas with population....who is responsible...???...How was the open cesspits, sinkholes treated ...????.Who responsible for the people, businesses, equipments, chillrens, babies elderly affected by blowing dirt affecting host illnesses...? Is dis another dust bowl disaster....is all this now loose dirt going into ocean affecting reefs ecology....?????

.....and for decades afterwards...the individual's name stared from the brass plaque on wall with opening building officials names of the old Road Traffic Building in Oakesfield, as public goes up first flight of stairs sees brass plaque on wall.... and continuously reminded.

why rest of all other done heavily taxed...taxpayers from other islands have to ......make sacrifices to pay for this clean up...?????

This illegal shsntytown inferior construction all mashed up and published all over the world....turning Bahamas into beggary nation......because of Govts slackness ...incompetitence...WOrld wanting to know why gross illegal incompetitrnce flourished an noone responsible...!!!!!! an now sticking the cleanup costs to the people lawabiding following legal building code laws....!!!!

put lien on the land or eminrnt domain...seize it.... and put it up for auction and repay legal lawabiding Taxpayers COSTS.plus interest..!!!!!!......then again that is unlikely because there are cronies, cohorts likely wanting to have it go back to the Haitians and wanting their families who can vote.

all these..... deals, .....contracts, .....agreements with the foreign investors......foreign investment.......some critical to the survival of the nation........always clouded by conflicts.....!!!!!!???

these conflicts...many downright embarassment ...an costly...to the people......must be investigated......and the bahamian ...culprits thrown into jail.....!!!!!!

Just the other day nation finding out about bidder with questions on bidding process buying Baha Mar, conflict with Bahamian people having Sales Contract on Lucayan Hotel people stuck paying previous owners employees top settlements,....Documentation with party over Garbage dump,....Mother korean ship fish processing company boats already here,....previous Cable Beach owner ducking out outstanding bills,....Ginn legal issues,..CLICO, Foreign Supermarkets just leavin an workers looking for their pension money, ...Bank allowed to leave and govt has to gurrantee deposits,...Banks merging and aint paid STAmp Duties an its legal...some hotel complex with chinese years ago east Grand Bahama,....Electricity Company people dispute over putting up electricity GB, Cable company dispute over going into areas not profitable,..Private owners GB Airport delays hardships to people...Military boats bribery invrstigation foreign govt,.....Company getting all the beaches in southern island,.....PMH $18 millor computer, present Nygard claims,...on an on an on....

There has only been two Political Parties running for decades and it is way past time invrstigations done.....and people go to jail for embarassing living daylights outta Bahamian people.!!!!!!!........but then again no Bahamian politican cohorts, cronies was responsible...!!!!!

Absolutely first credible air of confidence after visit by US Embassy Bowers and US ship Commander Devine and crew.They brings with remarks, activities, fresh positive uptick anyone their level has done for last 5 years to Grand Bahamians. Kudos to Bowers and Commander Devine and crew. Relationslip between US base well pointed out on GB map needs closer ties and more visits welcomed. Thank you.

Income Tax has long been overdue.

iincome tax is not only lt taxing....... but income tax ....credits, exemptions...deferrals....ils also use to offer incentives to create desired ...immeDiate nation building....actions by way of tax exemptions ....tax credits....deferrals....
In administering there is the creation of employmentsfor the many Auditors to Audit the Evadors, Cheats.....and jobs to defend the Tax Cheats.

TAXES ....to individuals...companies....businesses....can have tax credits...stop allplying taxes various amounts.....if businesses employ jobs ....in manufacturing....agriculture....technology....etcetc....can have growth and diverfication expansion in.......various islands......repopulate the desired family islands.....lessen and reverse depopulation of family islands....people go back to islands for opportunities...jobs...other businesses start....necessary govt spending to govern islands services gain economies....!!!!!!

Anyway, no income tax and TAXES ...Accompanying..credits etc. to develop Nation will ever be done .....because for decades as the rich get richer and its the political cohorts get richer...families friends lovers...continue with the..... government of the rich, ...by the rich and.... for the rich...wastages, massive overruns in contract prices....massine propping up of govt agencies so political cohorts can get job...enforce victinazations run the corrupt ship.....Fact is proof in the biggest increasinf gap between the rich and poor...regressive VAT extracting mostest off backs of the poor.....ridiculous price gouging food prices.etc.....couple beat up peaches almost $3...orange juice, milk $6.....ridiculous here compared to 50 miles away in Miami...just over the Bahamian maritime borderline jus off beach in Walkers, Westend, Bimini....and dont bother asking why the Nation is the sixth most expensive in da world...!!!!!