“This failing Progressive Liberal Party Government continues to try to deflect its missteps by talking about what the former Free National Movement Government did not do.  For the most part, the facts are always clouded.  The most recent example is a statement by Tourism Minister and West End & Bimini Member of Parliament, Obie Wilchcombe, published in Tuesday’s FREEPORT NEWS related to outstanding severance pay for the Treasure Bay Casino workers who were let go on December 4th of this year.  Wilchcombe, rather than see to it that these workers are paid, states that when the Isles of Capri Casino closed years ago during the FNM administration, workers were not paid severance.  Nothing can be further from the truth.  And the Minister knows better.  

“The closure of Isles of Capri was executed in an orderly fashion.  The relevant government ministers at the time, Finance, Tourism and Labour, all met with the then employees, relayed their transition options and the FNM government saw to it that severance pay was a priority item.  The workers were in fact paid.  Time is running out on Wilchcombe and his uncaring and inept PLP government.  

“For four long and miserable years, all Grand Bahama residents have been offered are empty promises from a do nothing government.  The former Treasure Bay Casino employees do not need the minister's song and dance, they simply demand their severance pay packages which they are entitled to by law.  The frustration and suffering seem endless under this Christie-led Government.  We need change.  The Free National Movement represents that change.  We will stop at nothing to see to it that the former Treasure Bay Casino workers are paid.”