If the reef is severely damaged it may take decades to grow back. In a country with well-functioning legal and judicial systems such as our Neighbour to the north, this damage would have resulted in very very high fines for the freight boat operator.

Obediah feels he must protest , while living high on the hog like all the rest, . Free Luch and dinner every day, ... While our taxes pay for his holiday, . . Luxury hotel and first-class seat, . . . And every meal at least two meat, ... . . While his ministry caters to the poor, , ,,, ,, Minsters most care about getting more.... . .. ..sigh.

Phill up has decided on the NIB. But what Phil up decided we will have to wait and see. Maybe the Shameless one should be put back in charge, But he already got his, he is living rich and large. .. NIB can't buy no more ambulances now that Christie gone, ... Sixty four thousand dollar salaries sounds like a lot of fun, . . 'Cept that money is our pensions, Which many will not get, Better buy a number, probably a safer bet,
sigh...

It is hard to believe but in other counties the power companies manage to continue supplying electricity even during thunderstorms. It can only be some sort of magic that they have access to. So does BPL have any Obeah men on the payroll, and if not, why not??

We don't need Brandon cos we got lightning, works every time.

The plp politician P.G.Christie will be written down in the history of the country as being the cabinet minister who caused and presided over the shameful annahilation of Mr. Levy's Hatchet Bay farm and the most shameful referendum to legalize gambling, leading to the finncial ruin of so many and the gross enrichment of a handful. His legacy can never be changed.

The non existant problem does actually exist; not for the cititizens but for the State, The State wants to get 12& tax on each and every transaction and that is not happening at the moment. When all transaction are digital the State can better monitor them and collect more tax from the people and the business owners. Selling your car to your cousin? The State will want 12% of that price.

There has been obvious and egregious fiscal mismanagement in every administration since a majority rule government got into power, The elephant in the economy's dining room is the tens of thousands who are employed by the state, is it really 40% of the total workforce? . State employed workers do not create wealth in an economy, they only absorb the wealth created by the private sector. A better alternative, less bureaucrats needed, to income tax, is estate tax, what used to be called death duties. Simply put 35% of everyone's estate is remitted to government upon death. If this ever happens then I predict many more visits by wealthy elected politicians to Cayman and the Turks; that both are offshore tax havens used by rich people to minimize taxes will purely coincidental.

It is a sad indicment of the caliber of our country's politicians that many of the electorate will wonder if these purported threats are real or just yet another trick to distract from the dire and immediate challenges that face the continued existance of the country as a viable entity.

Most of the 8 billion tourists who visit this country do not arrive by air, they come on cruise ships. I am happy to be corrected by I believe each of these visitors pays the government a tax to visit our land. The cruise ship passengers contribute tens of billions of dollars to the government revenue stream. Are those who so easily oppose the cruise ship lines visiting the Bahamas prepared to pay billions of dollars more in taxes? If the cruise ships stopped coming, then the Bahamian economy would be in very serious trouble. The crown land on Colonial beach on Paradise Island may be the most valuable piece of undeveloped crown land in the country. This explains the contested interest in gaining control by different entities perhaps.