Since the government receives soo much taxes on them selling a fallacy dream to the destitute population of winning loss money back from the number houses makes it okay, then Drug trafficking, Prostitution, Human trafficking, Money Laundering and Smuggling weapons should be regularized and just think of all the tax money they will bring in to spend and the business people becoming law makers.

Why can't we just start to fix and improve the basic necessities to provide all of our citizens with a decent life. Goes to show the life gap between the few wealthy and the masses of poor honest citizens. Just maybe bringing in robots to fix all the ills in our small Island nation could be an improvement.

Like the Slot machines and Number Houses spin machines, no conscience at all for us poor masses. Farmers always say, if you plant potatoes, don't expect to grow tomatoes!!! My, My

Are the large Hotels, Baha Mar, Atlantis and others being reimbursed by BPL for their cost of them having to used their own generators? and while we are at it, are they
paying the same electricity rates as the residents?

Land used in the commission of a crime and should be incarcerated and property confiscated unless,
of course Illegal shanty towns are regulated!!!!

The Illegal Number Houses had millions of dollars of illegal assets that was not confiscated by the Bahamian authorities. illegal seed money is always illegal seed money!!!!

Appears to be the "Backdoor" to entering the retail food business, all non-taxable with more to come. What Pappa say?
" illegal seed money is allways illegal seed money".

Halkitis forgot again!!

We hype occupancy rates, additionally tell us what the overnight visitor spend and how much is put into our local economy and how much is sent out of the country, meaningful information!. The occupancy rates numbers mean, nothing, zero, if only 5 % to 10% of what is spent remain in the Bahamas!

Maybe Minister Bell could tell him who is issuing the" Cease and Desist " instructions for the Foreigners them. He received the instructions for them 53 invisible Chinese Workers at the British colonial Hotel and to deliver them Voters Citizenship certificates at the Church Service!