The key persons in both the FNM and PLP parties are aware of this .The average Bahamian is blissfully unaware of this.

That is why both parties have different ways to deal with it.Both parties raise taxes. It is going to take something that is in short supply with the political class in the Bahamas. Management, ingenuity and foresight.

Crooked Island is where my mother is descended.The island has suffered a decline in it's population from the sixties. A number of settlements in that island no longer exist.

Most bahamians seem to be unaware of the that the Bahamas is an archipelago of islands. I always that Bahamians don't live in the Bahamas, they live in New Providence and Freeport.That lop-sided disbursement of the population poses tremendous challenges to the country's development. Every inhabited island in this country has infrastructure issues.

An adjustment or revision to these fees will have to be made at mid-year budget.Tax policy is complex and not cut and dry as most bahamians believe.

This increased push to collect taxes is due to the international lending pressures. The Bahamas government is going to increasingly find it difficult to borrow to fund it's deficits.

Those persons who disrupted Ms. Burrows announcement should be reprimanded by Mrs.Coleby-Davis. She should also apologize to Ms.Burrows. She should issue a statement to the media to that effect.

Prime Minister Davis also should condemn those actions. He should issue a statement to the media for that effect.

The Bahamas is largely an immature country politically. It's politics like many aspects of it's development is backward. That was the written opinion of political scientist many years ago.

@This is Ours. These are not Wilson's tax policies. These are the tax policies of PM Davis and the PLP cabinet. He is merely executing them as a civil servant along with the Ministry of Finance team. Adjustments to some of these taxes will be made at the mid - year budget review.

Both of the two major political parties are trying to do the same thing. That is reduce the deficit and do Fiscal consolidation. They differ on the method. Kwasi THompson ,minister of state for Finance explained what is happening if this deficit is not dealt with.Both governments are well aware of the debt that is coming due in 2025.

The economic system under which the Bahamas operates has been becoming under competitive pressure.This system was not created by the PLP. This economic method was created in the 1950 by Sir Stafford Sands.Before him ,it was Sir Harold Christie.
This economy is having all things of problems with globalization. OECD has declared war on the Bahamas's financial services. Constant threats of black lists and sanctions on the industry. Also other caribbean countries have increasingly turned to tourism for their jobs and foreign exchange earnings.

The Bahamas as a country is way behind in innovation in some sectors compared to other caribbean countries. Renewable energy.agri-industries, light -manufacturing and some cultural productions. A well-known person said ,when living in Barbados, they were ahead of the Bahamas in those areas.

The Bahamas as a country has too many monopolies and vested interests. They stifle innovation and block competition.

This project was going to approve by which ever party is in power. Whether it was the PLP or FNM. Most bahamians are blissfully unaware of certain aspects of the tourism industry.

Dionsio D'Aguilar said this when he was tourism minister. The big jump in tourism arrivals to the Bahamas since 1990 was through cruise arrivals. More visitors come to the Bahamas on cruise ships than by air. The cruise lines going forward will increasing exert their influence in this economy.

This is rape.This adult male should be on remand at BDOC.

This is not a real country like people always say. This man should already been arrested. The child should been allowed to have a abortion by physician.These ministers and MPs have no idea of what they are doing. The things they fumble around and brag about doing, is done for years in the real world by local government officials.

A nice and fitting gesture to this gentleman. It is good that he will be remembered for his contribution to that island's development in this way.

Whenever Bahamians leave this country and go next door to Florida, they see all sorts of named buildings. Local government is a big part of governance in the real world.The reason it's development here is stifled because it will take away the power and control of politicians. It would force them to do something they don't want to do and are unable to do. That is to become real legislators

This is an attempt by the former DPM Bannister to defend his legacy. It was prompted by the interview given by Debbie Deal in a previous Tribune edition.She plainly spoke about the problems with the Wartsila generator installations.Those problems are going to cost the Bahamian people. It is the same mess and foolishness done by the PLP. I am so disappointed in Desmond Bannister. I always will lead to believe that one of the best ministers in that cabinet.

Congratulations.Proud of you. A descendant of the settlements of Browns and True Blue, Crooked Island.