Well, I hope that they charge all the Bahamian looters that threw trash and packing over the side of the barge as they looted will be charged the same amount of fine. Funny how they ignore that even though drones and photos show the tremendous amount of garbage on the reef from the thieves. That is very destructive to the reef too.

what a shame for we Bahamians. To have this on the international news with prominent people saying it is ok to steal is not going to help tourism. Indeed, all the Bahamian talk about the damage to the reef by the barge, and yet the looters were throwing waste into the water like crazy. No one has addressed that. We are a religious people-at least we claim to be. What happened to "thou shalt not steal"? I am so ashamed of my people that took part in this and hopefully the RBDF can solve this and punish the people who took what wasn't theirs.

That shipped wasn’t abandoned more than a car that is broken down by the side of the road is abandoned. There is no possible way to condone this behavior. The divers trying to see what was wrong were blocked by the thieves. This is what the backbone of the Bahamas is like. Yes, during Dorian there is a reality for need for food. However, seeing native Bahamians stealing furniture and other household goods is out and out looting. The Bahamian pride is long gone. They have pictures of every boat name and they should post them.

The politicians and clergy say it's ok to steal what isn't yours if no one is there to prevent you. Kind of like after Dorian for years when it was a free for all. I am really ashamed of my fellow Bahamians for this kind of attitude.

Anybody who is holding their breath for TC to be developed is going to pass out. Big numbers keep getting thrown about. The fact is TC pays a lot of taxes and gets pretty much nothing in return. Any idea that someone could buy TC, pour 50-100 million dollars into it and actually make money while dodging hurricanes where the government provides almost no assistance is in a dreamworld.

Lower flight fares? All these PPP’S that pop up are crucifying the fares to the islands. Plus the huge duty and VAT. Considering on Abaco it’s about $26 for a burger plus 20% gratuity(5.20)=31.20 plus 3.20 vat =basically $35 for a burger. Add on a couple of goombay smashes for $20($15+3+2) and you have a lunch bill of $110. Hard to believe! You can go to Almost anyplace in Florida and cut that by 1/2 to 2/3. We are killing ourselves. The next little disruption in the US and we’ll go dark!

For this government to commemorate Dorian when they did almost nothing for the people of Abaco. A lot of the donations never reached Abaco. They charged people to evacuate. If it wasn’t for the NGO’s and our neighbors to the west we were screwed. This is a real slap in the face.

Wow-another deal almost done like the $1.8 billion Treasure Cay purchase that supposedly was done a year ago and still no sign of any start and don’t have all permits. Strange that Bluff House buyer has all permits. If I could have just 10 cents on the dollar for every bogus deal announced I could retire!

What about Abaco? Our power is out every day? In the year 2025 it is hard to believe that a country like the Bahamas can’t have sustainable electricity. Maybe they need to get the Chinese over to solve it!!

Our government is a disaster. It’s impossible for them to put out any announcement without immediately adding 2 or 3 amendments because they didn’t think it through. The people of the Bahamas are going to pay the price. And, next Hurricane, we are going to need all our American boater friends to help out because are government does sh*t for us after a hurricane.