"In June, a Royal Navy vessel was called in to help pump out water from severely flooded areas in Exuma."

Why does the Tribune continue to call the RBDF vessel HMBS Lawrence Major a royal navy vessel.
Come on check the facts, you are showing disrespect for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force which sent the Lawrence Major to Exuma in june loaded with pumps form their emergency warehouse stocks. Something they are mandated to do in times of emergency.

CFAL has todate still not issued a finalized NAV for the Cruise Port shares in the Bahamas Investment fund.SMT This entire article justifies the urgency for clarity in the true value in the cruise port shares since the financial year end, being March 31 has long since passed.

Both the GBPA and the Governments past and present should be equally blamed for the state of Freeport today. Freeport lying just of the coast of florida USA should never have fallen behind newly developed cities such as Dubai, Hong Kong. Its decay speaks to the lack of vision by the children and grand children of it founders and equally all Government's since 2000. Pindling bend or break speech was the start of the decline. While i agree with the content of his speach for the benefit of the native Bahamians who could not reside in freeport after dark, The sad state of the city today is a reflection of the principles playing the blame game and not positioning the city to take advantage of being located right next to the greatest economy in the history of mankind. The only elements of the USA economy they seem to benefit from are the destructive rejected aspects that florida refuses to allow on its shore, such as rock mining, and Oil storage, Thank god Oban it history.

We all Know its the **"All for me baby family "** who are the Lawyers for FTX that is no secret

PLP grand standing and conferring citizenship at a Haitian funeral is nothing but show boating and pandering to the illegal political base. Mr Bell knows there is a place for conferring citizenship according to the immigration act so why break the rules. No wonder the flood gates are open and foreigners think the Bahamas is a Banana republic, just look at the PLP lawyer who accepted the 1 million to fast track FTX business license and arrival to the Bahamas. i see many court cases in the making soon

*“a weekend getaway into Morgan’s Bluff”, leaving Nassau on Friday with an average 80-100 passengers and between 15-30 vehicles. He added that it allows Androsians to “return home at an affordable cost and get back to Nassau fresh for Monday morning” and work.*

Great Service, but coming back to Nassau on Monday after a weekend of parting in Andros does not equate to being "fresh for Monday morning and work" but more like tired and ready to go slump and sleep on the man job.

The HMBS Lawrence Major is a Royal Bahamas Defence force ship and not a Royal Navy Vessel ......who proof reads these articles.

Since the war began, the Biden administration and the U.S. Congress have directed more than $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, which includes humanitarian, financial, and military support, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research institute.19 May 2023

Why does Haiti only worth measly millions and Ukraine has worth hundreds of billions since the war started last year .....Is it because Haiti does not have Russia on its door steps.....What am i missing ?

The PLP plans for the Royal Victoria Gardens is to be reserved for the new parliament building.