It would hardly be decent—or necessary—for me to accuse the New Day Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government of deliberately misleading the Bahamian people about the Grand Lucayan Resort. One does not need to allege bad faith when sheer ineptitude, incompetence, and administrative laziness provide a far more reasonable explanation.

The reality is painfully clear to the workers on Grand Bahama who are now pleading with the government to simply be honest with them—to tell them the truth so they can make life-altering decisions about seeking other employment. As reported by The Nassau Guardian in “Worries grow on Grand Lucayan,” the so-called “turning point” deal announced with great fanfare in May has produced exactly nothing. No construction. No redevelopment activity. No economic revival. What it has produced instead is delayed pay checks, reduced workweeks, and a fully shuttered resort.

Employees deemed “essential” are now working two days a week to maintain a property where nothing is happening, while payroll delays have become routine. The Chief Financial Officer’s apologetic emails, citing “circumstances beyond our control,” have become the most tangible output of a government that promised transparency and accountability but has delivered silence and excuses instead.

This is not an isolated incident. It is a pattern.

The Grand Lucayan deal is now the second major agreement inherited from the former Free National Movement (FNM) government that the Davis-led PLP cancelled, only to leave the public in the dark about what—if anything—replaced it. The first was the ongoing renovation and upgrade of the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), for which funding was already in place. That money was actually sent back by the PLP government, only for the same administration to later cry foul over crumbling healthcare infrastructure while borrowing anew for a specialty hospital that does not even address core emergency services. To this day, the Critical Care Block at PMH remains incomplete under PLP stewardship.

Now, the people of Grand Bahama are once again left in limbo, and the wider Bahamian public is expected to accept press releases and photo-ops as substitutes for progress. Deals are announced. Heads of agreement are signed. Promises are made. And then—nothing happens.

This is governance by illusion, where announcements are mistaken for action and accountability is perpetually “forthcoming.” The failure is not accidental. It is systemic. The Progressive Liberal Party fails for one reason only: it is their nature.

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