If there is an unauthorized structure on Government Crown Land that was leased out for farming
irregardless of who built it tear it down!! Do your JOB and enforce the law and be done with it. Everyone else has to obey the LAW.

seriously!!!!. What on earth do these people discuss at Cabinet Meetings. Did not the Finance Minister address the Cabinet Members with the governments empirical data on the Web shops $500 million income per year, the recommended new tax structure, the anticipated response from the Web shop cartel and how they would use employment layoff against the governments decisions. The PM and his Cabinet must realize that every decision that is made by the government is a potential trial and like any good lawyer all of the cabinet ministers must be prepared for defend it at all times. Apparently this Cabinet minister was absent on the day of presentation or was present but not allowed to ask questions or make statement on how it would affect his ministry. These statement of begging the destructive Web shop Cartel for favors for his ministry, shows a lack of cohesiveness within the Governments current Cabinet.

The PM got caught up with the Oban foreign Pirates and now the local potcake ( if you don't slap and beat them up and treat them like dogs, they think you don't love them) to negotiate a lease of property now owned by the Bahamian people to be leases back to the Bahamian people so that his BOB delinquent Loans can be paid off is unreal and can only happen in the Bahamas. These properties need to be sold forthwith and a Judgment filed against him for all deficiency balances realized from the Sales. Further the Government should revoke all current licenses he may have and bar him from obtaining any further licenses to do business in the Bahamas until the Judgment is paid back in full.

All Bahamians need to be mindful of making any retirement financial plans based on receiving y monthly pension income from national insurance , and consider their monthly contributions as an employment tax to the government.
Together with many Bahamians, I have personal experience of after contributing to NIB from its inception in 1974 at retirement age having my monthly NIB retirement pension taken away by the papa ingraham (fnm) government in 2011 due to lack of FUNDS due to the gross mismanagement and corruption at the national insurance board. With the NIB funds being used as a cash cow for BOB and other mismanaged and corrupt government agencies, another 2011 can and will unfortunately happen again.

The Bahamas is a small country and should make it mandatory that at least 50 percent of High school graduates who are 18 and older, and are not registered at an academic institution to further their education register with the RBPD or Defense force for a minimum of three years of serve to the country .This service will be a prerequisite for future government employment. This will ensure that our ARM forced are physically fit and teach of young people the laws,protecting our country and being true Bahamian citizens.

If the webshop elite seven don't care about the " poor , needy desperate Bahamians who give them 90 cents out of every dollar wagered at their dens of false hope and addiction of failure, why would they care about the minimum wage employees who they have to pay to suck money from their patrons. None, None of them care about Bahamians Period. Close them down and implement a national lottery for the betterment of all Bahamians.

The Bahamas Government should rescind the Licenses and close all the webshops and establish National Lottery. The large profits from Bahamian Gamblers should be used for the betterment of Bahamian People by funding , education, ( where the government has to feed, educate our children) HEALTH ( where Government has to provide health and social services for the children and elderly senior citizens) and real pension income for the senior citizens ( who have paved the way and made sacrifices for a better Bahamas). The Big webshop bosses are sitting back and looking down on the fools including politicians that they can buy and control with money, suckered from the poor despite people who give them 90 cents out of every dollar that is waged. The government need to stand strong and govern the betterment of ALL Bahamians.

I would be surprised if the real accurate financial reports from the Webshops reflect the Bahamian Gaming public receiving more that 10 percent of their wagers back in winnings. 90 cents of every dollar goes in the webshop boys pockets.
If the webshops cartel take legal action against the government, Government should suspend and rescind the Licenses and suspend all webshop activity until a legal decision has been rendered. Patrons of the webshop play by their rules or are removed from their premises.

To preserve the integrity and honesty of the title, no previous or current government member should NEVER be bestowed the title.

Mr. Laing in essence is saying that we, the Bahamian People are unintelligent and stupid.
Perhaps he need to be reminded that the PLP ( the opposition party) won the 2012 elections by a landslide victory of 30 seats to 8 seats for the FNM despite his telling us that "papa doc" oh, "papa ingraham" government created paradise for The Bahamian People. I guess, we just liked "YELLOW" better the "RED".
Being a Member of the 2007-2012 "papa whoever" Government and a protégé of the leader would certainly not be proud of taking away the NIB pension of Individuals who had contributed to the pension programme since it inception in 1974.because of the gross mismanagement and corruption of the pension fund. Many senior citizens like myself are paying the consequences today in trying to survive. Maybe he will be better off in is senior citizen days because of being member of the previous FNM government.