This is progress. Thank you Dr. Sands! Don't let the opposition arguments deter you. A Brilliant acquisition.'noli illigitemi carborundum'!

Please hold back Ladies and Gents - he was only led to do what his party enables and encourages their reps to do. Whoa and please cruise lightly because what you beleive you see will seriously bite you up the arse because it might require further investigation.

This is a wonderful idea and the most worthwhile scenario for our Port. Keep the creeps and 'vendors' under control and we will have a First Mark destination spot to welcome visitors to my country

Mr. Allen makes a further point as to why the WTO is a bad fit for the Bahamas. We can only avoid the pitfalls by understanding where they lie and not be led down a path of disadvantage.

Paid vacation?

Hear hear!

Cruise ships are evil advantage taking entities whose greed,corruption and influence benefits none but themselves.. One Bahamian company which I worked with went under because of their terrible practices. They would keep over 50% of a day ticket price, make unreasonable demands and when told to change their practice of doing this - they outright said that they could and would shut us down in retribution by telling passengers not to use our facility, and they did. They did not care about anything but themselves. The Cruise directors are nasty and not to be trusted - but they are also in it for themselves.. Bad bad juju all around.

Just initiate a National Lottery as a competitive alternative to these gaming dens.

don anthony is right on target, and the airline should be dropped and allow private concerns fill the needs of the travelling public.

It would be helpful if at the beginning of the piece that a full explanation of what these letters mean, then there would be a point of reference. As fiu, ftra and MLAT etc have no meaning whatsoever. I usually ascribe my own meanings and they usually cannot be put into print.