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Power Outage in Abaco - PM Ingraham has stern words for BEC

22 July, 2010
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Remarks by Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham during the afternoon sitting of debate on the National Drug Prescription Programme in The House of Assembly

THE PRIME MINISTER: What is happening with the electricity supply in Abaco is inexcusable. There are no valid reasons why the power supply in Abaco for the last several days has been off.
I am not an engineer. I am the Prime Minister of The Bahamas though.

Some people will pay for that neglect in Abaco.

Our first priority is to get the power on. And then decisions will be made as to who was responsible for this grossly negligent act on the island of Abaco to permit engines to run out of fuel oil. Everybody knows that an engine And to have to hire a plane to fly oil to Abaco to put in the engines and to cause the people of Abaco to suffer as they have, is something for which somebody or some people must be responsible.

When we find out, which is not long from now, they will be dealt with.

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Roy Eriksson on 24 July, 2010
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My familiy and I are scheduled to arrive on Abaco on 8/7/10. This would be our first visit there. We plan to relax and tour the island for a week and enjoy its natural beauty. But if this power situation is not remedied immediately we will cancel our trip and we may not return for a long time. Others, I'm sure, will act similarly. Ecotourisom is an important, sustainable revenue source for the for the island that should be handled with care.
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james tollefson on 26 July, 2010
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i would think being an "ecotourist" you would relish the challenge ... not run away from it... perhaps you are a "resort ecotourist" ... the Bahamas are beautiful - electrified or not ...
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Roy Eriksson on 30 July, 2010
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Electricity means running water, sewage and non-spoiled food--some basic elements of civilization. While I am happy to rough it and have many times, this is not what I sold my wife and daughters. You can make the Bahamas a third world country, or by employing some basic business sense you can attract the type of tourists who are conscientious about the environment and are happy to to bring a sustainable source of revenue to the Islands. But dismissing the issue and calling your (potentially future) good customers "resort tourists" strikes me as both smug and naive.
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