@ This is ours. Real property tax rates did not go up. There was a tax assessments and registrations of commercial and private dwellings. A lot of commercial properties that were not registered have been added to the tax tolls. This is part of a scheme to modernize the tax systems of the Bahamas.

Property tax is on owner-occupied homes valued over $ 250,000 on the island of New Providence. It is also levied on homes valued over that amount owned by foreigners in the family island.

This project done by Tyler Technologies was done to modernize the property tax system and widen it's base. Quite a number of homes and commercial properties that were nor previously registered on the tax rolls were captured by this exercise. Also quite a number of properties were revalued. There was no raising of the property rates just valuations.

I see all things of unfounded comments. Some of those comments expose what a former College of the Bahamas lecturer's said to me about the Bahamas.. Also a former official in the Ingraham''s administration basically said the same thing to me.

This Dubai fiasco expose what a mess up country the Bahamas is.

This project was at the onset driven by Michael Diggiss, Tony Joudi and other persons. This was intended to showcase the Bahamas at this expo besides tourism. The son of a late senior FNM cabinet minister said this. When the government changed in May 2017,the incoming FNM government was luke warm in it's support. This is when everything started to fall apart.

The PLP when they returned to power did nothing to support the Bahamas participation in this expo. They simply want to go on this trip. Many persons selected to go on this trip should not have gone.. There are more deserving persons who should have gone on this trip. However persons were selected to participate in this event on the usual Bahamian criteria's .

This is a perfect example of why some other countries in the caribbean have either caught up with the Bahamas or surpass the Bahamas in some areas. That is the view of both a PLP politician as well as a former FNM ambassador to Caricom.

The big resignation won't come to the Bahamas in my opinion for some time.

1. The Bahamas has a very inflexible job market. Finding appropriate work for certain qualifications is very difficult.
2. The Bahamas does not have the social welfare system like the United States. The cost of living is extremely high. You have persons on this island living from pay check to pay check. So persons can not afford to stop working.

As a result ,you have a lot of frustrated and unhappy people in this country. That is one of the factors that cause people to stay aboard after finishing their education aboard. Like some PLP politicians were told some time ago in the US by a young bahamian, the Bahamas is not an attractive country to to return to ,after you finish your education.

The minister is completely wrong. He has prejudice a matter that has to be reviewed by the coroner. Those comments are now in the public domain. As a senior attorney practicing previously, he should know better.

Rest in peace Sir Sidney. Trailblazer, icon and civil rights activist. To hear persons like Oprah Winifrey, Tyler Perry, Halle Berry and even President Biden speak of him after his passing was astounding. It showed how many lives were impacted by him.

The Bahamas by in large has done a poor job in highlighting the achievements of bahamians in the diaspora. The Bahamas is way behind in this regard in comparison to other caribbean countries.

Mr. Hartnell is telling part of the story. Tyler Technologies contract was terminated by the Minnis administration in 2017. That project along side other projects like the revenue enhancement unit was abruptly terminated. Like a former contractual worker said to me in 2018, there projects are needed and have to be restarted. They were abruptly restarted by the Minnis administration after their poorly thought out tax policies stated to fail. To this day, Marlon Johnson can't answer the questions posed to him by a former senior FNM cabinet minister about that vat tax increase.

These projects serve several purposes. One ,the modernization of the revenue administration system in the Bahamas. Two, to widen the tax base. Three, increase the yield of the present tax system.

People who know how these projects were conceived and planned, know the real story behind them

The problems with the education system in the Bahamas precedes Minister Lloyd. These problems have festered for over three decades. Inept and incompetent bureaucrats coupled with corruption have paid a major part in this mess. Added to that, a society and people who don't value education of any sort.

Simply a next example of the incompetence and ineptitude in this country. This is a daily occurrence of life in this country.

The police's premise of this incidence being a robbery doesn't add up. There is something else deeper to this matter .Like some one said previously, a lot of things are covered up in this country.