We have a consumer protection agency? Is this agency working to help Bahamians as well?

It's interesting the article is about how this negatively impacts the tourism product but no one bothered to check with the AG's office to see.what criminal charges should be brought and where the police are in investigating this crime. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe fraud ain't a crime. Lol. This lil country! And we wonder why we're looked at as a banana republic.

Why are we only hearing every so often about a tourism deal? Even if it is above board and adds to the nix we are still not diversifying our economy. When a recession hits, is tourism something that will not be impacted? No. If our tourism numbers dwindle because we can't compete with other destinations at a later date, will it matter how many resorts we have open? We need to co.e up with new ideas. Even looking at tourism (forgetting about diversification for a second), our tourism product is deficient. What are we really giving visitors? Are we showing them a great picture of our history? No. Are we giving them a good slice of our culture? No. A Junkanoo rush out at a hotel, isn't a great display of our culture or the two parades on Bay Street per year. We have nice beaches, but so do many other countries around the world.

Let's step outside of our little box for a second and realize we need to diversify our economy by starting new industries and with the tourism product that we have we need to bring it up to par with other countries around the world. We deliver a "D" product but expect to charge "A" prices.

While it is difficult to shed a tear for a career hardened criminal, some police officers are overly aggressive and have no respect for most people they encounter. To a previous commenters point, the courts need to do their jobs. It can't be possible ALL of these guys on bail met some minimum standard to be out. It can't be. It appears pretty much everyone gets bail and while they are out they do the same crimes they are on bail for. Simple solution, fix the court system and officers accountable.

More time is better, however, it doesn't solve the issue. The government providing assistance isn't necessarily the answer either. A lot of us in this country were babysat by aunts, neighbours, grandparents, etc. The answer may lay in the village raising the child. Of course, there are issues with the village.

Childcare, particularly for infants, will be a challenge for most even those with the resources to afford care. A conversation on this topic needs to happen, but the proposal here are ideas not necessarily the best solutions.

The Securities Commission may have done the right thing with regards to the collapse of FTX, but did they do their job in regulating FTX while they were operating? Should the Central Bank have a say in this as well? We hear funds were moved and there was a run by clients and FTX collapsed as a result. Wouldn't this be something the Central Bank should speak to?

Were the right people in place at FTX? Did they have a Money Laundering Reporting Officer? Did they have a CPA handling their books? Did they have qualified bankers/finance people working for them? These are very basic things needed to run a legitimate financial institution. If you're doing trades, you need someone or a team to handle settlements. Did the Securities Commission and Central Bank ask the right questions? Did they go in and do an examination of FTX? Based on what is said in the press, they didn't as it seems a high school student would have picked up some of the issues brought to light.

Do we continue to pretend mistakes were not made here?

This is wild to say the least. How do you get into a crisis in hours that forces a sale? Also, why was there such a huge run (withdrawals)?

Bahamians like a lot of folks around the globe practice discrimination and try to justify it. We do have an immigration problem but an immigrant is still a person. They are still entitled to fair treatment. Even being illegal they still have rights as human beings. As a Bahamian I am sometimes ashamed at our attitude towards our brothers and sisters from Haiti. People are people. Nationality doesn't make you less than human.

If we want to say we're a Christian nation we need to put Christ back in Christian.

The police usually take a nonchalant attitude towards reports of dogs chasing people or being extra aggressive. The questions are usually "were you bitten"? If the answer is then it's like what do you want us to do? It could be a Rottweiler, a Pitbull, they just don't care.

Someone was mauled. They're encouraging people to.reguster their dogs. Seriously? Is that the answer? Can we let per owners know that they will be held responsible for their pets? Unbelievable!

More investments sounds good. But, Mike needs to ensure the current properties are being properly maintained first. I guess he wants to.increase the number of annoyed tenants.

Sounds so philanthropic! Some of those probably need to.be fed because they lost all their money gambling (feeding their addiction) at Island Luck.

How about minimizing the destruction of families by gambling. That may more useful a plate of food.