> “This is not going to be an overnight
> fix but this is the kind of challenge
> that the government has to take on
> immediately and so I will be making a
> report to Cabinet on Tuesday (on) what
> I’ve seen and obviously, this will
> require a multidisciplinary and
> multi-agency action to get right to
> the bottom of what is happening.”

Seriously? People build illegal and you need a report? What you need to do is get a bulldozer and take down every illegal house built without a permit. This is pure lawlessness.

> “So those are buildings that’s being
> abused. You saw the power lines and
> you saw water lines. There are many
> challenges that have been created in
> this community…You look at some of the
> buildings, you see the sophistication
> of the buildings that’s going on. It’s
> highly sophisticated on the buildings,
> you have solar panels on the roof.

How in the world people build without legal building permits and get power and water? Something smells here.

> Mr François said if the government was
> to break down the newly erected
> structures and evict shanty town
> dwellers, the move would not come
> without residents putting up a fight.
>
> “I’m not stopping the government from
> collecting illegal (migrants) but if
> you try break a home in the back here,
> it’s going to be a problem because a
> lot of them people is Haitian
> Bahamians and Bahamians. I talking raw
> pure Bahamians,” he said.
>
> “…The illegals ain’t gone have nothing
> to say but people like me who have
> passport and a lot of people who got
> passport who voted for Minnis, yeah it
> gone be a problem because we voted for
> you.”

This right here is why the government needs to take swift action. And it had nothing to do with votes. People cannot disobey the law, act lawlessly, build illegally, and then threaten the government just because you voted for them.

Their is just one incumbent who definitely needs to be FNM list not to be given a nomination - that's Minnis.

Clearly with Minnis doing this he is trying to purge the party of any opposition to him. it shows he does not understand what is leadership.

Great leaders never surround themselves with yes people. They always ensure that they have people around who disagree with them to help them become that much better.

Amazing how these companies can go years not paying customs. But citizens ordering online can't receive a package unless they pay customs.

This slackness needs to stop

> “There are some aspects of our
> organisation that are being dragged
> in. I think if any of those
> allegations are true, it speaks more
> deeply to more systemic issues in this
> country that is across the board...
> within the system and politically.

How the heck can you open your mouth to take an issues only your party is associated with and try to pull the whole country into it? Seriously?

So pray tell what did it?

> *“So, obviously as that gets rolled out quicker and they get up to about
> two million a day in the next four to
> five to six months, the United States
> should by-and-large have vaccinated a
> lot of their population which bodes
> well for tourism because people will
> consider to travel again.*

Are we seriously living on an assumption that just because people in the US get vaccines they will travel? Why are we sitting back and doing nothing. What may look like a catastrophic situation for us is actually an opportunity to create new industries. It seems that we are gonna waste this storm sitting down and hoping for tourist handouts to start again.

*“I stand up and I say I ain’t getting in no one business. So when they did get him out the car, it still looked like they was punching him. They drag him across the road.*

This is the sad statement of community being lost in our country.

Name the FNMs and pull out the videos of the cozy relationship they had with Nygard like the PLP and I am sure it would be blasted all over the Tribune.

It is hard to blame people for simply reporting the facts.

*The government is in negotiations with the Hutchison Group and the Grand Bahama Port Authority to acquire ownership of the airport, which sustained severe damage during Hurricane Dorian.*

*“We believe we are in the final stages, and we hope for a turnover and resolution very shortly,” Mr Thompson said recently.*

Does Hutchinson however believe the negotiations are in the final stages?

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*Despite the challenges facing Grand Bahama, Mr Thompson reported that the island is ranked 21 among the best destinations in the Caribbean to visit.*

Would really like to know the source of this information. But then again if you count the number of islands actually in the Caribbean, it does not take a genius to see where that 21 falls.

*“You’ve got a reduced passenger load and also, we’re charging for the first bag on international travel. With respect to that, that’s just extra money…It’s not a competitive disadvantage to Bahamasair, We’re charging $25 for the first bag and the next lowest as I am aware of is $35 so we’re below the market on that and that’s adding to the revenue and then we’re looking at various cost containment, cost controlled factors.”*

Sorry, you are not below the market, as Southwest airlines charges $0 for bags.

*“The salary cost though is still too high for Bahamasair. The industry average is around 24 percent. We’re around 32 percent and so we would like to get a little lower in terms of that but we don’t plan to have any mass layoffs or furloughs because that’s not productive.”*

Clearly the airline is overstaffed then.

*He also said: “What we are looking at is an early retirement programme. We had a voluntary programme prior to the pandemic that was suspended and we’re going to look at that again. Bahamasair has around 140 persons, 55 years and older, and so we will see how many of them (would take advantage of that).*

What's with the belief that people over 55 need to retire? Then as Chairman he should lead the way, cause I'm sure he is over 55. Biden is over 70. In fact studies show that people are more productive past 60.