I wonder what's going to happen to these PLP 'leaders' if they manage to swindle almost a billion dollars from some Armenians. That's not the kind of money you walk away from.

Tal, the only way I can tell your and Birdie's comments apart now are due to you using comrade to start you posts.

Franklyn, $3.5B is not a hard number that everything must add up to. Don't be obtuse.

It's not about teams Tal, why do you have to always be looking back - "Oh well he said, oh well she said, oh but he did this or that"

Just because someone did something stupid yesterday does not excuse you doing something stupid today.

And honestly, I want you to know I'm do hope you continue with your enthusiasm towards making this a better place, and instill it in all of your friends. We need far more young people involved in the future of this country.

Ah, the ignorance of youth. Soon your eyes will be open to what really went down, a back room deal between our elected officials and the Chinese government.

I just hope you can maintain your enthusiasm as you grow older.

Well Franklyn, I feel for your loss. I think with what Christie pulled last night you are truly out of all the money you were owed.

The information you submitted regarding the case in Delaware is to pay critical supplier during the Chapter 11 proceeding, it does not mean that those are the only people who can now claim a debt against them. You would have just had to wait till they exited on the other side. Now there is no exit, and the money you are owed is about as good as gone.

I very much hope I am wrong and you get paid though. It's certainly not fair for the people who actually built the place to be the ones who are left holding the bag.

No doubt Tal, the project was mismanaged by Izmirlian, but that will be nothing compared to how mismanaged it's about to get.

Oh, thank god the government is taking over. With such an outstanding track record (BEC, Bahamas Air, Hotels Corporation, BAMSI, paying down the national debt, balancing budgets, web shops, crime) we're sure to have this project done in no time. And I'm sure that it won't cost the taxpayers any money at all, since the government is great a running businesses and the amount required to finish the project it seems is only about 65% of our government budget. And this will for sure keep any sort of funny payments and corruption from happening. It's just so comforting knowing that we have so many people in the government with enough knowledge and expertise to take a $3.5B company through liquidation.

Really though, I think the one thing worse than the Chinese Bank taking control of the project is our own government doing so.

The Chinese Bank would be foreclosing on Baha Mar right now if the Chapter 11 hadn't been filed. Do you really think that the Chinese Bank would be paying you a cent? Your best bet for getting paid your money is with Baha Mar coming out the other side of Chapter 11.

Entering Chapter 11 does not mean that they no longer owe any money. It just means that the debtors can't ask for the money right now. They just have to wait till it exits from Chapter 11, and then they can ask for their money.