As appalling as the lack of emergency care as described in this case is, and needs to be addressed, so is the lack of preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of these types of accidents. If this is a beach area frequented by beachgoers for swimming and snorkelling then boaters shouldn’t be allowed near the area, especially if they are boating fast enough to cause injuries. Additionally, thought should be given to a roped-off area where swimmers can safely be cordoned off from boaters.

This stuff is not ‘rocket science’. How many times do we have to have injuries on our waters before we become stricter in our regulations and enforcement efforts? Incidents like these put a stain on the entire Bahamian experiment.

Yes; this seems to be the case.🤦🏽‍♂️

The innocent suffering from guilty pleasures of the rich🤨

They need to fix this because this is a new10% tax, combined with existing tariffs that Bahamians will endure because very little enters the Bahamas except through the currently dysfunctional system of our much larger neighbour.

Jet ski operators have had this problem for quite some time (decades). Clearly efforts to clean it up have not been successful or have lapsed(?).

In any event it begs for further and ongoing scrutiny if they are going to be allowed continued operation.

Congratulations Dr. Minnis. As a member of the opposition you are courageously doing your job! Keep is going until the sun shines on this and other activities of our government.

Hint, the LNG contract also smells a bit ‘fishy’ since few benefit while many more could have. We have now come to accept that the political connected primarily benefit from these investments (aka the Port Deal), however under that FMN administration, at least ‘the people’ were offered shares and the government got a significant share…the PLP administrations seem to do this a bit differently…please stop stealing from us🥴

No disrespect to Mr. Pindling or any future Bahamian hero, however we don’t need another holiday in this country 🤦🏽‍♂️

Pileit, you are so right! The level of legal double-speak in this ruling is so confusing that it reeks of corporate privilege…The final ruling (and payout) of the “Privy Council” will determine their legitimacy. That fact that this lady’s property was damaged and devalued is unquestioned. An unfavourable ruling will do damage to us all🤨

No.

The response to “eliminate VAT” whenever a crisis mounts shows a complete misunderstanding of how VAT is supposed to work.

Instead of eliminating VAT in the hope of aiding ’needy families’, (or with the intent of scoring political points) government should identify them and provide financial assistance for whatever is required (usually food products and basic essentials). A government should issue those identified a ‘credit card’ approved only to purchase those essential items from local providers. The idea was somewhat utilised when VAT was initiated and has now seemed to have fallen away.

Additionally if government continue to insist on having a “bread basket” list of foodstuff, it should consist of a mix of healthy food items, rich in vegetables and fruits, some of which can be sourced locally, including the seafood and other healthy ‘meats’. That way “local farmers and producers” can benefit.

Yes: Good for the government.
No: bad for ‘the people’; government employees who are forced to bank at a single institution. How can they negotiate more favourable loan deals?. Not all banks are non-Bahamian, Fidelity is not a “foreign bank”.

The attitude “let dat rest” means we accept this type of behaviour without consequences. Not a intelligent way to run anything, especially a country 🤦🏽‍♂️

I’m in Agreement with issues raised in this article.

Another pressing concern is our need to know the results of investigations as to how BOB got themselves into financial difficulties in the first place? And, if as alleged, political ‘friends of government officials’ were in defaul, whatever happened to resolved these arrears?