By the way, would someone please tell me how Vacation in Place is going to help the local economy? You can’t leave the hotel to go to a local restaurant or bar or straw market. The only people that might be ok with this is Atlantis and Bahamar! Now they have their tourists locked down forced to spend megabucks for a meal instead of supporting the locals! It is difficult for me to believe our elected officials are this dumb. Just think, if they would have spent the money on instant testing from the start everything would be normal!

Getting a Covid test with 2-3 days for results, then applying for a health visa which could take another 2-3 days-so now we are up to 4-6 days which means you really can’t make it by boat with a 5 day old test. Let alone have time to book a commercial airline ticket-or hardly enough time to go by private airplane. Then quarantine! Good luck with all that! Bye bye tourists-and supposedly they only accounted for 1% of new Covid.

This speech is an insult to the victims of Dorian. This government is great with speeches and does nothing. He says he is going to communicate better. Well, I guess since there is hardly any communication yet, it wouldn't be hard to improve it. We locals in Abaco couldn't exist with the NGOs providing food and water. No police presence yet they have plenty of police to stop people walking in Nassau. The reconstruction authority and NEMA are a joke. We can only pray for a miracle to happen.

The PM, Health Department, BahamasAir, Police, BPL, hospital, health services, Water and Sewer-it's all falling apart-everything the government lays its hands on is screwed up. There is absolutley no planning, no preparation, no fiscal guidance-I guess it is just easier to say that the entire government is inept. And, there is definitely no communication- none-except by the PM who can do a 180 in a day. And, put so many different rules in place and then change them 3 days later so absolutely no one knows what is happening. Wait a minute-maybe that is the plan-keep everyone in the dark. My sister in the US tells me she gets a text on her phone if power goes out about when it is going to be restored. People-this is the year 2020. It isn't supposed to be that tough. Instead of the government worry about selling Our Lucaya, or building a new port in Grand Bahama maybe they could just concentrate on the infrastructure, actually have a hurricane plan and a NEMA that actually does something. Did I mention that "Brave" Davis left the country because the health system is so bad. Maybe he ought to try fixing it!!

One has to really wonder what happened to the tens of million if not hundreds of millions given to the government after Dorian?? Water just on now in parts of Abaco, still no electricity in some parts of Abaco. The fact is the the NEMA is a waste. There was no emergency response after Dorian. If not for the NGO there wouldn’t even be drinking water in parts. No police protection. Can there possibly be someone who could actually take charge? It is an amazing way to be totally befuddled and act like you are actually running a government. We need to be grooming a new government-pronto!

Hopetown is not the only lawless place. Treasure Cay is exactly the same. It's a criminal free for all with no police presence. Supposedly police from Nassau are there, but in 5 weeks there I saw one police car. There is no phone number for police and like it was said, even if they do get some robber reported they are back on the street in hours. Why the police aren't out patrolling around is amazing? People are trying to rebuild and applicances, tv's and furniture are all fair game for the robbers. They are even stealing the generators, air compressors that their fellow Bahamians are using for construction. I even heard of a fiberglass shower being ripoped out of a house. How are the second homeowners ever going to return into a lawless state?

Maybe the government could “mobilize all available resources” to get Abaco power with crews that don’t suffer “mental fatigue”. They were able to clean Shanty Towns in record time. But they can’t pitch in to haul Dorian debris. The Shanty Towns get more recognition than the hard working people trying to rebuild and save their lives!

Instant tests are the only answer. I don’t think a family of 4 is going to want to shell out $100 each for the test on top of the 50% or so taxes and fees on their room. But, if the gov pays the $100 they will more than make up for it in tourist income, less handouts, and more good will.

He didn’t say he was a good accountant. You are spot on with these numbers. Like a lot of politicians he manipulated these numbers to fit his theory. He forgot to mention that the Bahamas death rate is almost 10% from Covid-one of the highest in the world! Just wait for hurricane season to see what happens. Oh, wait a minute, they still have supplies in Nassau that were donated for Abaco recovery- maybe they can use those.

With Bahamar, Sandals and I am sure Atlantis very soon, not opening until November, and no cruise ships until November, how much money is the Bahamas going to have to borrow (if they can even borrow it) to stave off bankruptcy? $3 or 4 billion. The 1 to 1 peg to the dollar will be gone-causing a disaster. Their only answer is to invest in instant testing and open the doors. In some countries, everyone who arrives has to self quarantine for 24 hours until test results are in. Their is a workable solution.