this minister can say as many reassuring things as he likes but the simple facts are this country has almost 400.000 people living within its borders. It is simply impossible to grow enough food to feed this number of people given the cost of electricity and the annual rainfall without doubling or tripling the cost of our food. We cannot compete in any way with the cost of production generated by US farms of tens of thousands of acres.

It was a good ride while it lasted but the country has now run out of fiscal rope. After 47 years of the government borrowing millions of dollars every year and then also using nib to purchase its own debt, time is now up and the day of reckoning is upon us, financial reckoning that is. Everything has now changed and our lives will never be as they once were. The fiscal hurricane is bearing down as a category 5 and we have no time left to build or install even one shutter.

What a silly bunch of comments from unemployed people who have most probably attempted little during their lives and achieved even less. The envy is apparent.

hey Mussatakesic; not me, what ever money I earned it was earned the hard way through small business ownership employing people. You only ever had a gubmint job, eh?

The PLP are a party that has always relied on borrowing money to pay the salaries and unfunded pensions of the many thousands upon thousands of state employed workers. This is mostly why the country is almost eight billion dollars in debt today and teeters on the edge of a financial precipice. A silly set of ideas from this politician who I sincerely hope never gains a position of power.

Was import duty paid and the proper customs forms submitted on this?

How can this happen if this vehicle was travelling within the speed limit? In a country with a more sophisticated police force the driver's cell phone would be confiscated and the speed that he was travelling at would then be determined. I am glad that no one was hurt though.

AA sensible suggestion for the government to consider from the head of the country's oldest real estate company. A lot of negative comments showing here probably from people who have attempted little in their lives and achieved even less. People have forgotten, or simply so not know, how the plp party brought almost all real estate sales and development to a stop in the 2980's with the badly thought out immovable Property Act. It was not until the FNM repealed this act and freed up real estate sales that the moribund Bahamian economy started to recover. Most people just do not realize how crucially important the real estate sector is to our economy.

Emergency Powers must be used with great discretion and for a limited time. Having power is intoxicating and addictive. Almost Every measure that the cabinet have imposed so far appears to be well justified but we are all treading new ground into an unknown future. It is easier to enact laws than to get rid of them. This is why it is still illegal to ride a bicycle on our roads if it has not first been licensed and inspected by the Road Traffic Department. That law has not been rescinded yet, has it? Let us all look forward to the time when we will be able to once again travel freely about our country. And as an aside; this virus is not just going to ever disappear, it is here to stay. At some point our population will need to gain immunity either through exposure or through vaccination unless we plan never to leave our homes again.

This corona virus pandemic is a health challenge not seen for over 100 years. No one yet has the answer as to how best to deal with this situation. Different governments are implementing differing strategies; Sweden and The Netherlands at one end with China and India at the other with regards to the use of social isolation. Our government is making decisions as best they no how. Although I disagreed with the prevention of Jimmy's Wines from setting up a home delivery service I must nevertheless congratulate the cabinet on their response. Nothing they could have done would have drawn no criticism from someone. My hope is that they remain flexible in their thinking so that policies can be changed as more information becomes available as to the best way to prevent unnecessary loss of life while seeking to prevent the destruction of our already fragile economy.