Also, what is the Pm supposed to do? Tell them they can't do there renovations? Make them pay the workers to stay home? Or nothing at all because he can't actually do anything. The hotel is following all of the required steps while trying to invest in this country and still they get harassed.

Is this serious?

“Our concern is if you’re talking about a renovation, extending your product, doing extensions to the property, how does that then translate into job losses for Bahamians?”

That part of the hotel is closed during renovation, so there are no guest staying in that wing and therefore no one is needed to clean those rooms or attend to those guest. Are they supposed to pay those people to not do work? Those jobs will return once the renovations are complete. This whole thing with the union is an exercise in futility. This may even result in more jobs once the renovations are complete, but they are too short sighted to see that and work with the hotel. So now, the union is wasting their own time, trying to waste the governments time, and showing outside investors how short sighted and difficult the are to work with.

BAMSI is a fantastic idea. The underhanded dealing with all of the associated contracts is the problem. Contracts given without a proper tender process, lime tree purchased for inflated sums, contractors not being required to insure their work, lying about all of this to the rest of the government and the Bahamian people.

The reason Minnis is living in a "I caught you" moment is because every time we turn around, the current government is caught doing something new.

No one is trying to restrict access to the beach, in fact they are adding beach access even though there is a huge park with public parking and access to the beach just a few hundred yards away.

How are they trying to steal Goodmans Bay? They are taking a piece of land that is already private and already has buildings on it and they are going to use that land to build something that will bring money into the country, create jobs, and add to the economy.

What is wrong with taking an already developed piece of land and making it have a much better impact on the economy? The reason we want to keep developing is because it creates more jobs and brings in money. Not just in the construction, but with ongoing maintenance, all the hotel workers, the taxi drivers, local excursion companies, nearby restaurants. If the Bahamas does not continue to grow and develop, we will be left in the dust.

It so obvious where the corruption stems from and leads to. I can't seem to understand why people are not seeing this. Just follow the money and it's obvious why the vast majority of government actions are against the best interests of Bahamians. It leads straight to corruption.

Hahaha, this has got to be one of the funniest comments ever on the Tribune, "But corrupt NO"!

They openly admit to their corruption. It's not a matter of debate. The debate should be what the people want to do about it.

The fact that they are a partner makes it weird. Your original post about them using it to leverage position is interesting and does make a lot of sense.

It's pretty common in construction to slow down or even stop when the money does. CCA was working overtime to meet the deadline, but the money stopped, so the go back to working regular hours. They also can't be blaming the missed opening on a slow down of work for one month. They have now been working for almost an entire extra month and are still nowhere close to being finished. They weren't working at double or triple speed, so the date would have been missed either way.