There is a need for a massive civic and Bahamian history education campaign here. Bahamians don't understand or know about their system of governance,how it functions and their system of taxation. Nobody here seems to know what is in the constitution except for lawyers and some politicians. Most people just simply repeat political and religious propaganda That is seen every day in the social media posts and the calls to talk radio.
The situation could have been handled better by the police. They need to be more professional with better training to deal with demonstrators. However Bain is simply a populist demagogue.
Tyler Technologies was contacted to modernize the real property tax system. Their work was set back when the Minnis administration terminated their contract. Of course ,the Minnis administration had to restart the project and re-engage Tyler Technologies. The reason you don't have a proper land registry in this country is the resistance of certain elements of the Bar Association
Both major political parties play the cynical game with the public. When in opposition they call for transparency. When they are in government, they are very secretive.
This is the same theatrical performance the PLP Is also put on. Like the commentator Flying Fish said,this is not the Westminster system of government,we have in the Bahamas. You can watch the Canadian and British parliaments question times and you will see the difference. Bahamians love power and control and don't understand governance and management.
This report is simply stating what has been known by certain persons in this country. The Bahamas has had problems with it's education system for decades. The Bahamas has had unsatisfactory results from it's education system for years. There are problems in this system from primary to tertiary level of education.
The IDB did a report years ago stating that many young men on the island of New Providence were not graduating from high school.A relative of mine told me what a prominent person told him.The Bahamian secondary school system is inferior and behind both the Barbadian and St.Lucian secondary school system.
Add to that ,there is a huge brain drain from this country. A young person told a PLP politician this at a meeting at St.Thomas university in Florida.The Bahamas is not an attractive country to return, to live and work .I know a lady who's son went to university in Canada.She told me ,he has not returned to the Bahamas.Since he graduated about eight years, he has lived and work in Canada.
Congratulations to Shaunae and her husband Maicel.The child will be an Estonian citizen at birth.The citizenship laws relating to Bahamian women who have foreign spouses should have been changed decades ago.
@ This is Ours. This current political system is the Westminister system,which we got from the British. It is the same system they are currently using in the United Kingdom.
The main modes of taxation in this country are consumption based, customs duties and vat The burden of taxation in this country falls disproportionately on the backs of the people who are least able to pay. That is what a person who has a bit of understanding of economics told me. The Bahamas has a major political management and governance problems. However this system has to change so people pay taxes based on their ability to pay.It is simply common sense and sound economic principles
A bahamian living aboard made this comment about the press in the bahamas. You have stenographers and not reporters in the Bahamas.That comment was made on an online forum. A next comment was here in the Bahamas,you have mainly newsreaders and they were not good at that. There is little investigative or analytical journalism in the Bahamas.
I no longer watch or listen to ZNS for news. ZNS is mainly a propaganda tool for the party in power.. Many journalists pass through various newsrooms to more lucrative positions. This PLP government has hired numerous journalists as part of their public relations machine.
I cringe at some of the comments of a certain radio host. i say to myself, this man could not have been a member of parliament in this country
The press in the Bahamas seems to have lost the script. They by in large don't play their role in this society.
BONEFISH says...
There is a need for a massive civic and Bahamian history education campaign here. Bahamians don't understand or know about their system of governance,how it functions and their system of taxation. Nobody here seems to know what is in the constitution except for lawyers and some politicians. Most people just simply repeat political and religious propaganda That is seen every day in the social media posts and the calls to talk radio.
On FRONT PORCH: Constitution matters and questions
Posted 18 February 2023, 8:45 a.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The situation could have been handled better by the police. They need to be more professional with better training to deal with demonstrators. However Bain is simply a populist demagogue.
On ARRESTS AT CARICOM: Lincoln Bain detained during Baha Mar protest, Tribune reporter’s phone taken by police officer
Posted 15 February 2023, 9 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Tyler Technologies was contacted to modernize the real property tax system. Their work was set back when the Minnis administration terminated their contract. Of course ,the Minnis administration had to restart the project and re-engage Tyler Technologies. The reason you don't have a proper land registry in this country is the resistance of certain elements of the Bar Association
On Why can’t Finance collect property tax?
Posted 14 February 2023, 6:50 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Both major political parties play the cynical game with the public. When in opposition they call for transparency. When they are in government, they are very secretive.
This is the same theatrical performance the PLP Is also put on. Like the commentator Flying Fish said,this is not the Westminster system of government,we have in the Bahamas. You can watch the Canadian and British parliaments question times and you will see the difference. Bahamians love power and control and don't understand governance and management.
On HOUSE HALTED BY FNM PROTEST: Speaker suspends business as MPs chant ‘answer the questions'
Posted 9 February 2023, 10:05 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
This report is simply stating what has been known by certain persons in this country. The Bahamas has had problems with it's education system for decades. The Bahamas has had unsatisfactory results from it's education system for years. There are problems in this system from primary to tertiary level of education.
The IDB did a report years ago stating that many young men on the island of New Providence were not graduating from high school.A relative of mine told me what a prominent person told him.The Bahamian secondary school system is inferior and behind both the Barbadian and St.Lucian secondary school system.
Add to that ,there is a huge brain drain from this country. A young person told a PLP politician this at a meeting at St.Thomas university in Florida.The Bahamas is not an attractive country to return, to live and work .I know a lady who's son went to university in Canada.She told me ,he has not returned to the Bahamas.Since he graduated about eight years, he has lived and work in Canada.
On ‘Worryingly low’ graduation’s blow to high-value economy
Posted 8 February 2023, 8:01 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Congratulations to Shaunae and her husband Maicel.The child will be an Estonian citizen at birth.The citizenship laws relating to Bahamian women who have foreign spouses should have been changed decades ago.
On Shaunae Miller-Uibo announces she is expecting first child
Posted 5 February 2023, 4:55 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
@ This is Ours. This current political system is the Westminister system,which we got from the British. It is the same system they are currently using in the United Kingdom.
On Stop ‘squeezing blood from stone’ on taxation
Posted 5 February 2023, 4:31 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
@ This is Ours.The financial secretary doe not have that power.You don't know what you are talking about
On Death threats made against the Prime Minister
Posted 5 February 2023, 11:31 a.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The main modes of taxation in this country are consumption based, customs duties and vat The burden of taxation in this country falls disproportionately on the backs of the people who are least able to pay. That is what a person who has a bit of understanding of economics told me. The Bahamas has a major political management and governance problems. However this system has to change so people pay taxes based on their ability to pay.It is simply common sense and sound economic principles
On Stop ‘squeezing blood from stone’ on taxation
Posted 4 February 2023, 8:39 a.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
A bahamian living aboard made this comment about the press in the bahamas. You have stenographers and not reporters in the Bahamas.That comment was made on an online forum. A next comment was here in the Bahamas,you have mainly newsreaders and they were not good at that. There is little investigative or analytical journalism in the Bahamas.
I no longer watch or listen to ZNS for news. ZNS is mainly a propaganda tool for the party in power.. Many journalists pass through various newsrooms to more lucrative positions. This PLP government has hired numerous journalists as part of their public relations machine.
I cringe at some of the comments of a certain radio host. i say to myself, this man could not have been a member of parliament in this country
The press in the Bahamas seems to have lost the script. They by in large don't play their role in this society.
On FRONT PORCH: Responsibilities, rights and obligations of a free press
Posted 2 February 2023, 8:45 p.m. Suggest removal