This is nonsense. No doubt the minister of transport should immediately close road traffic until further notice and allow expired vehicle inspections and expired driver's licenses to be used until things clear up.

This is what is happening elsewhere in the world.

SP sounds right on this one- and facts rule

Bulk inbound shipping is basically a monopoly (ORG should publish a little study on who owns what and what the shipping cost or options are to bring a container in, insurance companies are basically a monopoly (try to find a home/other insurer where you can get optional pricing that might lower your premium significantly and who are they underwritten by), inbound fuel is taxed heavily (shouldn't it be public knowledge what percentage of the cost of a gallon of fuel/ gasoline goes to the special private group/s (25%?), what amount goes to government(25%) (for road repair ETC lol?) - so that would bring fuel down to what $2.30 per gallon and power down to? Per KWH?. Ask the hotel industry what impact the all inclusive hotels have on the economy - "anyone ever heard a tourist on the plane leaving say - "oh we had a great time - didn't even need to leave the hotel property since everything was included (m l ?a)" - some won't even let tour operators use their driveway if they don't use tour agents on property (s n ?d l s)." Cruise ship passengers also - ?
Not to talk about food wholesalers or retailers - but you get the idea
Automatic gratuity at restaurants - absolutely nuts - how will one see improvement in service or attitude with that?

Of course what came first - our inability to offer hotel rooms or the all inclusive debacle- and where did the money go back in the day anyways right?

Capitalism at work without support for competition - wow

Also remember whe Australia said VAT should be across the board -no exceptions - why not publish which resorts or others don't have to pay VAT or import duties and why?

With all due respect Mr. AG, Mr.PM, Mr DPM, and related oversight committees, don't your children also have to live their lives here, enter the work force, buy food, rent a place to live, in the hopes of a life? You have to actively chip away at these old bad decisions.

Wow - Government please stay out of the private sector and stop making socialist decisions ... wouldn't health insurance and the cost of food be equally as important and yet he Government still charges VAT on those without effective pricing oversight - few can afford private health insurance - gov has to have their hand in every "income stream" lol so they can spend/ borrow whatever comes to their mind.

Hate to tell you but a lot of VAT is just being paid by the small vendor or service provider - they are just paying it effectively by reducing their sale price (which again sucking money out of the private sector).

So please don't give false information to the public.

Apparently the food there now leaves something to be desired ....?

Not so smart to be prideful as the minister responsible - Just objectively do your job - without threatening our investor/ guest please! In writing and promptly only to start if needed. Publish the communications.
Remember the government is all powerful ! -adding taxation and spending taxpayer money at will without asking first- such a luxury doesn't exist in the private sector nor within the households of the Bahamian worker (about to lose their jobs or not)

Again education is key... close to 50 years on and still focused on divide and conquer - how has that bitterness worked out for everyone?

Change the names of offensive holidays- an easy first little fix.

Also give women equal rights- come on its 2020 and 1/2 the population is oppressed right there- white, black, whatever- can't pass citizenship on to their children on their own!!!- can that be blamed on the colonialist lol? Sheer stupidity to discourage that half of the population off the starting line!

Connecting tourism today to colonialism is absolutely crazy stupid, and has expired- one must face the reality of the resources locally available and maximize them for the benefit of Bahamians - sustainably! #1 resource= The people.

Think what would happen if the 1) government , 2) each citizen made choices based on improving the quality of life for their fellow Bahamian- without stealing/wasting taxpayers money and time or further pushing the country into debt!

How ironic this article should be published now- people can't deny this is a racially divisive holiday - first step in the process is to rename this holiday- or keep talking without results.

Education is key!

How about a way for people to get out of the water -Ladders permanently installed at proper intervals?

Aboslute robbery!
Please let us know which former BEC/ BPL executive was punished for their stupidity and teefin! Not one!
Time to go off Grid - imagine a company that steals, lies, loses money, becomes disfunctional, charges nassau clients for outisland services and fuel losses, and then hey their skills include charging nassuvians additional fees for an fing loan to cover it all! Wow! Shame on you BPL and every person who stole from it. Come on Mr PM and Mr AG do something about this injustice please.

How about the Bahamas buy proper insurance to cover a $1B to $2B catastrophe type event, just like homeowners insurance required on a mortgaged home! Limit the expenditures to demographics and tax revenue- let private insurance deal with the rest.
- not partial crappy coverage - given the number of hurricanes that have hit there is no doubt the policy will be utilized. ( Betsy, David, ?,?,andrew, Erin, ,Floyd ,Francis, Gene, Matthew, Joaquin,??, Dorian, just to name a few). Add it up and buy insurance!
Otherwise we will always be making one step forward, upward & two steps backward, downward. Just imagine a second hit before November 15th - we are wasting our taxpayer time just paying for oversized government it seems!