joeblow 6 years, 2 months ago on INSIGHT: We come here for the real thing, not a plastic, vomitous Disney recreation
INSIGHT: We come here for the real thing, not a plastic, vomitous Disney recreation
It takes a non Bahamian to say what the government of the Bahamas should be saying! So sad!
professionalbahamian 6 years, 2 months ago on INSIGHT: We come here for the real thing, not a plastic, vomitous Disney recreation
INSIGHT: We come here for the real thing, not a plastic, vomitous Disney recreation
Thank you Mr. Carson!
We can only hope our Government will listen - The more they borrow the more desperate they become for large misplaced foreign investment projects.
The real genius would be someone who could figure out a way out of the viscous cycle: (overspend, borrow, overspend, borrow...bend the standards, forget vision, and allow for whatever investment walks through the door?)
Soapstop 6 years, 2 months ago on High school activists take on Disney over Lighthouse Point
High school activists take on Disney over Lighthouse Point
Exactly the point. Developments such as Princess Cays went ahead. Many didn’t feel it would add much to the economy. I think all concerned individuals agree some development must happen to improve the economy of south Eleuthera. Has Princess Cays helped much? Forbidding looking gates and warnings from the cruise line company about safety and little to see keeps the money inside the compound. How many full time jobs has Princess Cays provided? How many Bahamians work at Castaway Cays? Both developments give us insight as to how LHP will play up. The past holds keys to the future. Ignore the evidence at The Bahamas and the inhabitants of south Eleuthera’s peril
Soapstop 6 years, 2 months ago on High school activists take on Disney over Lighthouse Point
High school activists take on Disney over Lighthouse Point
One Eleuthera has a plan that provides the jobs. They have met with government before and got no assistance. They have made offers going back years on this land. They are neither a Johnny-come-lately to this area, nor are they under the control of “rich white fol”. Their board is made up of nearly all Bahamians that have no funding restrictions. There are no “yellow funds” that have a particular purpose other than to promote Bahamian authorship in their future, including employment, education, and entrepreneurship for the future health of Eleutherans.
kristelsea 6 years, 2 months ago on High school activists take on Disney over Lighthouse Point
High school activists take on Disney over Lighthouse Point
One Eleuthera is offering jobs. Just as many jobs. I live in South Eleuthera and understand the overall benefit One Eleuthera's Shared Vision will offer to many more Bahamians than anything Disney offers. I work in the tour industry and see the sneaky tactics of cruise lines. Here my words, if Disney is allowed to go ahead with their plans, you will regret it 5 years down the road. All promises made will appear different in reality... Disney has a top of the line Public Relations department and can sell ice to an Eskimo. But they will get away with a lot of BS due to "technicalities" and it will simply be too late. Thank god for the rich people who are supporting One Eleuthera or OE would never have been able to come up with the money to offer on LHP. Isn't Disney just another rich white man telling the Bahamians what to do with their land? Why not let Bahamians uplift Bahamians?
BahamaPundit 6 years ago on Minnis still promises quarterly briefings 'when time is right'
Minnis still promises quarterly briefings 'when time is right'
When the time is right. So, that's his new slogan: It's the people's time, when the time is right.
hrysippus 6 years ago on Minnis still promises quarterly briefings 'when time is right'
Minnis still promises quarterly briefings 'when time is right'
Hubert Minnis is such a comedian. I can't help laughing at his jokes, "when the time right" indeed, hah, hah, hah.
Clamshell 3 years, 2 months ago on $52m Bahamas boost from single cruise line
$52m Bahamas boost from single cruise line
This story, in calculating in-port spending, assumes that all 5,000 passengers will disembark; farther down, there’s a story that says only 20% disembark. Uh … hello, editors? Read your own paper much?
tribanon 2 years, 3 months ago on Environment specialists sign up to roles at Lighthouse Point
Environment specialists sign up to roles at Lighthouse Point
This is a classic example of how the corrupt cruise ship industry goes about silencing the voices of opposition to their environmentally destructive business practices.
Here we see the Disney Cruise Line enterprise disemboweling and disarming The Bahamas National Trust of key personnel responsible for monitoring and overseeing vital conservation and preservation policies aimed at protecting our environment and natural heritage from the very likes of DCL.
DCL will now use Bradley Watson and Pachancia Knowles, both former science officers with The Bahamas National Trust, to dampen and or silence the Bahamian voices of others at their former employer and elsewhere who are extremely concerned about the very damaging impact of the cruise ship industry on our pristine environment.
These behemoth filthy floating hotels are destroying our coral reefs, dumping shiit and bilge contaminants in our territorial waters whenever they feel they can get away with it, poisoning our beaches and creating toxic landfill areas, not to mention all of the air pollution from their smoke stacks.
And here we see two Bahamians more interested in pocketing the big bucks DCL will be paying them, then they are in helping The Bahamas National Trust protect and preserve our natural heritage. They have joined the enemy of our environment.....truly disgraceful on their part to say the very least.
None of us should be wishing these two well in their new self-enriching endeavours with DCL.
ThisIsOurs 2 years, 3 months ago on Environment specialists sign up to roles at Lighthouse Point
Environment specialists sign up to roles at Lighthouse Point
Maybe they threw in a few of those I love Disney tshirts. Who could say no that that?
concerned799 2 years, 3 months ago on Environment specialists sign up to roles at Lighthouse Point
Environment specialists sign up to roles at Lighthouse Point
Anyone who knows anything about reefs could tell you the reefs at Lighthouse Beach will be all but destroyed in 1-2 years once Disney begins full operations. Disney should save itself the money, as you don't need any specialists to watch over a reef that is no longer alive for all intents and purposes.
birdiestrachan 6 years, 2 months ago on INSIGHT: We come here for the real thing, not a plastic, vomitous Disney recreation
INSIGHT: We come here for the real thing, not a plastic, vomitous Disney recreation
Eleuthera is a beautiful Island. The Government must be careful not to sell the Bahamas for a cold bowl of porridge. Future generations will hold them in contempt.
They should learn from Our Lucaya it should be a good example