its amazing to me that they need to have the IDB do this. Anyone wiht 2 eyes can drive any roads in the Bahamas and see this.

Let me do this for some bus money instead:
Get proper school busing
regulate bus drivers
make roads safe with signage and lighting
enforce traffic laws
have a proper road safety and education program.
build proper sidewalks and lanes

Done.

an even more expensive when much of the top reasons people are in the hospital can be mitigated. from clean water, to healthy diets, preventative care, more exercise etc.

the Electricity Act of which created BEC as a corporation to supply power.
The Electricity Act of 2015 created BPL as a subsidiary of BEC transferring assets, duties and management to BPL.
The Electricity Act of 2024 continued this arrangement.

So what is BEC? The parent company of BPL.

The Road Traffic act provides for regulations to be made.
http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/cms/images/l…

Such regulations include many provisions on road traffic
https://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/cms/images/…

including

22. (1) The person driving, riding or in charge of
any vehicle in any public place or street shall —

(h) upon the approach of any fire engine or any ap- paratus used in connection with the extinguishing
of fires or any ambulance or any police vehicle, or
any Bahamas Electricity Corporation emergency
vehicle fitted with sirens, pull in to the left or near
side of the road and remain stationary until
such vehicle has passed. The approach of a fire
engine, an ambulance or a police vehicle or any
Bahamas Electricity Corporation emergency
vehicle will be signalled by the ringing of the
bell or the sounding of the siren carried thereon

> “You know, this affordable housing thing hurts us on one side, but benefits the country on another side, because it's created Airbnb business and entrepreneurial opportunities. So we have to find the balance going forward. Some of these problems are good problems to have. We just have to find a way to work our way through them,” said Mr Sands.

There is no good problem to have where your residents cant find affordable housing. Policies have to benefit the many at the expense of the few.

What he is saying is the classic mentality of the many tourism developments. The costs are worth whatever benefits come even if it makes people net worse overall.

We are in a housing crises and our leaders are oblivious to the fact. Why do need this guy to be the voice of any reason is beyond me.

> He said he avoids presenting occupancy figures for the out islands because “that would be a bit depressing,” arguing that room nights and room revenue are more meaningful measures.

so you are speaking at Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association’s 73rd Annual General Meeting and dont want to present occupancy?
If you focus soley on room revenue what you are saying...as long as the prices go up even if occupancy goes down and potentially less people are employed its ok.

no mention if the boating changes affected anything either?

are we at all serious?

least no one can say the Bahamas is selfish.

This is why the best avoid politics.

no its that im trying to understand if the event was in Aquinas or Goodman's bay. The tribune has me lost.

what?

> The China-Bahamas Kite Festival was held on the field at **Aquinas College on Gladstone Road** on November 29, 2025. Photo: Chinese Embassy

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> The festival, held in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, **brought scores of families to Goodman’s Bay for a day of kite-flyin**g, Bahamian and Chinese cultural performances, food, and children’s activities on Saturday.
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