ThisIsOurs 6 years, 7 months ago on Dames 'disgusted' by 'inmate' videos
Dames 'disgusted' by 'inmate' videos
You need two new prisons. One an educational facility for low risk and the other medium maximum security campus. I'd suggest you build one before considering a new parliament building.
watcher 8 years, 5 months ago on Forgiving power debt not a new idea - Miller
Forgiving power debt not a new idea - Miller
Miller really should keep his thoughts to himself. Every utterance is just further proof of what an idiot he is. I've always paid my electricity bills on time.......should I now expect a refund, which would only be fair, to match the amount that delinquent accounts will get as a "write off"? Surely we're all in this together?
TalRussell 8 years, 4 months ago on US advisory on crime ‘wrong’
US advisory on crime ‘wrong’
Comrades even if the minister is correct that crime has decreased by 29% and he's not just blowing smoke for political smokescreens to exploit the approaching 2017 General, declining statistics have not brought about a receding in the increasing levels of the fear residents residing Nassau wide are feeling whether it's daytime or nighttime outside. Fear of crime may be a different crime animal but its as real and not only can it restrict a peoples freedom to move about their Nassau Town - it will destroy one's mental state.
Minister at least be willing to acknowledge that hundreds millions dollars have been lost by business operators who cater to after dark customers?
Minister, are you aware that a growing number of nighttime church services and church functions are being canceled out of not wanting to place their members at risk of coming into contact with the criminal thugs willing to rob and murder them?
Minister the out of paychecks statistics can only increase if business owners are not hiring after dark workers.
Well_mudda_take_sic 8 years, 4 months ago on Maintenance failure one reason for power cuts
Maintenance failure one reason for power cuts
Brave Davis and Perry Christie are trying to deflect to BPL and Pamela Hill blame for equipment maintenance failures that have occurred over many years and long before BPL and Ms Hill came into the picture. We all know our past PLP and FNM governments and our current corrupt Christie-led PLP government have never bothered to maintain any of our country's capital assets, whether they be government owned buildings built at inflated prices to allow for kickbacks and/or the unjust enrichment of crony contractors or turbine generators and other electrical generating equipment purchased or leased at grossly inflated prices for the same reasons. Make no bones about it, Davis and Christie are the real culprits behind our power outages and dump fires to come.
Well_mudda_take_sic 8 years, 4 months ago on Maintenance failure one reason for power cuts
Maintenance failure one reason for power cuts
Pamela Hill needs to come clean with the Bahamian people by disclosing to us the total amount currently owed to BPL by the Bahamas government and its various departments and agencies. Rumors abound that the total amount of the government's unpaid electricity bills exceeds the staggering sum of $100 million! Perry Christie and Brave Davis are well aware of this but have done nothing to pay the government's past due electricity bills, which money BEC desperately needed and now BPL desperately needs to pay for urgently required maintenance and repairs to power generating equipment. Perry Christie and Brave Davis have together brought our country to its knees through their failure to ensure our electrical power generating needs were properly forecast and met. Can you imagine what our power outages would be like if the Baha Mar development were now fully operational and on the grid?!!! Notice how you don't hear Christie or Davis saying a darn thing about that!
observer2 8 years, 4 months ago on Devaluation issue ‘of when, not if’
Devaluation issue ‘of when, not if’
The reason you're not hearing the correct solutions from the politicians is because they truly believe they are running the country correctly.
So when Fred says there is no Bahamian brain drain. You must believe him.
If Fred says there is a good living in the Bahamas for Bahamians then you must believe him.
When Christie says the PLP will fall apart if he doesn't run after 40 years in Parliament please believe him.
As Minnis/Butler runs the FNM into the ground don't be surprised when the PLP wins again.
The average Bahamian with a D average doesn't read these blogs and doesn't really know that a devaluation is on the way. As long as they have their bars, fish fry, church and a trip to Miami I assume they are happy with the way things are?
Honestman 8 years, 4 months ago on PM insists resolution to the Baha Mar saga is ‘imminent’
PM insists resolution to the Baha Mar saga is ‘imminent’
Mr Christie said: “I think we are closer to a resolution than we’ve ever been before.
Well if there is in fact to be a resolution then that statement would obviously be true. It would be true whether the resolution is five months away or five years away! Typical Christie speak.
DillyTree 8 years, 4 months ago on THE BIG QUESTION: Kickstarting the economy
THE BIG QUESTION: Kickstarting the economy
Easy -- make it easy for small business to flourish with less red tape and BS. Instead of wasting money on Carnival or other silly programs, why not use that as a startup fund for innovative entrepreneurs to encourage new ideas and developments. We need to diversify, as the golden eggs of tourism and offshore banking are fading fast.
And for God's sake, we need a better education system so that our Bahamian workers can compete on a world stage. They are way too complacent and feel entitled to a job, which in many cases, they are not qualified for. We've gotten lazy and have no idea what good service and initiative are.
And last, but not least, reduce the civil service to 1/2 of what it is now. It's bloated with people who aren't interested in doing their jobs (passport office, anyone?) and again, for many who aren't qualified to do the work in the first place. Clean up public service, and the money saved in salaries, waste and theft could be use to jumpstart the economy.
Honestman 8 years, 4 months ago on THE BIG QUESTION: Kickstarting the economy
THE BIG QUESTION: Kickstarting the economy
There is NOTHING that can be done whilst the PLP is in power.
If we had a responsible government in place then you would:
- Place an immediate embargo on all non-essential government spending.
- Reduce the bloated civil service.
- Reduce duty on motor vehicles.
- Enforce the collection of outstanding property taxes.
- Improve the efficiency of the VAT office by paying refunds on time.
Over the longer term you would:
- Prioritize greater spending on education.
- Introduce and enforce a proper Freedom of Information Act.
- Prosecute all MP's who fail to meet financial disclosure requirements.
- Place an embargo on any further investment by China in The Bahamas.
- Make it easier for investors (local and foreign) to do business in The Bahamas.
- Develop our eco-tourism product and ban all further large developments.
- Finally, hold a commission of enquiry over the PLP's blatant mis-management of the country's assets during this administration.
- After the enquiry is finished, tell the world, and specifically international investors, that The Bahamas has been cleansed of rodent politicians that have eaten away at our national assets and our value system.
ThisIsOurs 8 years, 3 months ago on UPDATED: Gibson blasts Sandals as 600 lose their jobs
UPDATED: Gibson blasts Sandals as 600 lose their jobs
I don't understand why Mr Gibson is blaming anyone. He's the minister of labour, the person responsible for ensuring the labour laws are sufficient to protect Bahamians. This signing to receive severance and waiving rights to litigation seems pretty standard to me, I've gone through two of these mass separations over my career, I don't know where he's been.
That said, I don't know what would have been different. 600 persons would still be out of a job. You can't get mad at a business for failing financially or for trying to reduce costs, you're the one who agreed to increased business license fees, VAT and now NHI. Those things have consequences on the bottom line.
These union leaders who have no qualifications other than a loud mouth, are leading employees down the wrong path.
We really need competent people in these leadership posts, their behinds will always be exposed when crises pop up. Imagine the PM asking for complicated labour relations advice from someone who doesn't even know that he can't use NIB registration numbers to calculate job creation numbers. Teachable moment, smt.
John 8 years, 2 months ago on Tropical wave 'not as wet and windy as originally predicted'
Tropical wave 'not as wet and windy as originally predicted'
You shoulda watch the Whether Channel this morning. Those guys seem to be mad because the system dissipated. It was like a comedy suspense. They kept checkin to see if the inner wall would reappear and even after the hurricane aircraft suspended its flight they were saying "a whole lot of new conditions would have to happen for the system to redevelop. Finally they admitted that when the wave passes over Florida, most residents won't even know it
ohdrap4 8 years, 2 months ago on Beverly Wallace-Whitfield bound and robbed
Beverly Wallace-Whitfield bound and robbed
build a shelter for the dogs and take care of them, they will stop running after you. pot cakes are very loyal.
sheeprunner12 8 years, 1 month ago on Hurricane Matthew rages in the southern Caribbean
Hurricane Matthew rages in the southern Caribbean
We trust NEMA, OPM & the Met Office will be ready this time around ......... they have a week to prepare (not 2 days like last year - Joaquin)
BahamaPundit 8 years, 1 month ago on Govt considers a hurricane tax
Govt considers a hurricane tax
What happened to all the VAT funds?
Well_mudda_take_sic 8 years, 1 month ago on Met office relocated after employee slips on rain water
Met office relocated after employee slips on rain water
Only a complete ding bat like Glenys Hanna Martin would have the Met Office housed in a building on low lying land prone to serious flooding. My God, how much more mismanagement and squandering of resources must the Bahamian people be made to suffer from as a result of the gross incompetence of this woman?!!
Well_mudda_take_sic 8 years, 1 month ago on Govt considers a hurricane tax
Govt considers a hurricane tax
IF CHRISTIE WANTS TO TAX SOMEONE FOR HIS CORRUPT GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO FUND AND MAINTAIN A GOVERNMENT SELF-INSURED HURRICANE RELIEF FUND, THEN THE BAHAMIAN PEOPLE SUGGEST HE PLACE A SPECIAL 20% TAX ON THE ANNUAL GROSS REVENUES OF HIS GAMING WEB SHOP FRIENDS FOR EACH OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS. ANY DAY NOW WE EXPECT THE LIKES OF CRAIG FLOWERS AND SEBAS BASTIAN TO ANNOUNCE TOKEN DONATIONS OF A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE RELIEF EFFORT WHEN THEY CAN AFFORD, AND RIGHTFULLY SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE MANY MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY TAKE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES EACH AND EVERY YEAR!
viewersmatters 8 years, 1 month ago on Cabinet says no to tax on alcohol
Cabinet says no to tax on alcohol
Here is the best suggestion all and every sitting Government in and out of Parliament who have over 500000 thousand dollars in their bank account rather it's in the Bahamas or outside the Bahamas should be made to put 15% into a hurricane trust fund. All government members inside and outside Parliament annual income including their personal businesses should be automatically tax 7.5% of every dollar. And final solution stop damn wasting public funds not because you greedy hugs didn't work and earn public money mean that you all wasteful dishonest and care less people have the right to do as you wish with public funds!!!!
sheeprunner12 8 years, 1 month ago on Govt considers a hurricane tax
Govt considers a hurricane tax
Bahamians ...................This is what happens when you have had a corrupt, ill-disciplined government for 50 years ............. We either change our system of government NOW or we are heading down the road of fellow Caribbean, African and Central/South American failed countries .................. our "miracle bubble" has burst and is quickly losing fiscal 'air' and is about to fart and spurt off into economic failure
Porcupine 6 years, 9 months ago on UPDATED: Full disclosure – Inside story on the men behind $5bn refinery deal
UPDATED: Full disclosure – Inside story on the men behind $5bn refinery deal
Who would choose an ambassador with Mr. Keigers history of legal issues? Wouldn't that ambassador strain the company's credibility and taint what should be an objective due diligence exercise? Here's what I gather after carefully reading the Bahamian news for the last decade. There is not a person in government, including the Prime Minister who can be trusted or taken at their word. There is a good editorial in today's Guardian reminding readers of what Minnis and D'Agular said only months ago. Which is exactly opposite to what they are saying now. There is not a business person in The Bahamas who can be taken at their word, if they stand to make a few bucks changing their tune. The short memory and lack of critical analysis (reading) which permeates our culture allows for the charlatans to take over and control this country's fate. We continue to swallow hook, line, and sinker the rubbish which comes out of these people's mouths. There is not a politician or a business person in The Bahamas that I trust. Is my skepticism in getting the truth from these people misplaced? The Bahamian people deserve better. But, the Bahamian people must educate themselves and demand better. Presently, we are failing miserably at this task.