That attitude did not start with the PLP. They simply may have perfected it. Bahamian history is not taught in the Bahamas.
Let some one who knows, explain to you what is the five pound vote note was. Or how a low flying plane dropped some pound notes. I know you are older than me.
Renardo Curry did not step down. He was defeated by Minister Darren Henfield in the 2017 general election.
James Albury is simply a poor MP. His performance both in and out of parliament has been dismal. H e basically disappeared to many of his constituents after hurricane Dorian.
As expected. He could not hope to secure a nomination with those allegations hanging over his head. The FNM has a somewhat higher standard than the PLP.
He was a poor minister of finance. The campaign general of a current sitting senior FNM cabinet minister said that. In Canada, Australia or the UK, the media would already done a series of investigative expose on him.
I supported Jeff Lloyd in the last general election. I believe that he had the ideas and vision to move education in this country. However his performance as minister has been dismal and poor.
In fact, an FNM supporter said that in her opinion, the previous minister was better than him. The person said working under both men, Jerome Fitzgerald was simply better than him in his performance as the minister of education.
The revenue enhancement unit was set up to go after individuals and companies for outstanding taxes. They collected ninety million dollars in a six month period after hurricane Matthew according to Moody's the rating agency. In fact, Moody's questioned why was that unit disbanded by the FNM government.
The editor is either unaware or bias in it's support of this government. The financial secretary Wilson and his technical team gave presentations to Peter Tunquest about the programs they were running to collect outstanding revenues and modernize the tax administration. Those programs were cancelled and the contractual staff sent home in 2017. What the auditor general 's report is revealing is the cascading effect of those poor decisions.
Somebody outside the Bahamas spoke to me yesterday and just expressed shock. How could a government raise the vat tax, a regressive tax and make no real attempt to collect all this outstanding taxes. The person said to me Bahamians simply don't understand much. The person said to me ,all of those programs are going to be restarted .The person also said that the international lending agencies including the IMF will insist that it to be done.
Marlon Johnson is simply incompetent. One of his actions was to to disband the revenue enhancement unit.
He sent home all the contractual workers from that unit. He gave some vague answers when he was questioned about it by a Nassau Guardian reporter. He and Peter Turnquest stopped all the projects started by financial secretary Wilson. All of those projects need to be restarted.
Tyler Technologies was originally engaged by Simon Wilson. Their contract was terminated by the incoming FNM government. When dumb and dumber, Peter Turnquest and Marlon Johnson realized that their tax rate would not yield what they expected, they were re engaged.
They were engaged at a higher price to pay the staff who worked along with them in the initial phase of the project. Turnquest and Johnson has made a lot of bone-headed decisions. Despite their denigration of Wilson, all of the projects started by Wilson, they need to carry out. Like a person outside of the Bahamas with a PHD said to me, Wilson knew what he was doing.
Mr,Hartnell, please stop just printing reports and press statements. Ask some hard questions some time.
The country is nearing a fiscal cliff. Standing very close to the abyss.
Who ever wins the government after 2022 has to come up with a sensible fiscal plan. The IMF has already stated how this deficit and growing debt has to be dealt with.
As for Johnson ,the acting financial secretary ,he is in over his head. A big time FNM supporter told me that. Also an investment banker aboard said the same thing to me.
I am not surprised at all by the IMF recommendation. There has been some discussions over the years about the Bahamas system of taxation. It also tIed in to the Bahamas attempting to join the WTO.
There was an attempt to go after tax evaders with the revenue enhancement unit. It collected ninety million dollars in back taxes after hurricane Matthew. It was disbanded by Marlon johnson and Peter Turnquest. It was one of their idiotic decisions. In fact all Marlon Johnson is doing now is restarting the programs he and Peter Turnquest cancelled ,that were started by Simon Wilson. Somebody outside the Bahamas with a real PHD told me that.
The executive orders signed by President Biden should have been signed by President Trump a year ago. They would have reduced the spread of the virus and tempered this deadly pandemic in the US. Trump was incompetent, reckless and dangerous as president.
BONEFISH says...
That attitude did not start with the PLP. They simply may have perfected it. Bahamian history is not taught in the Bahamas.
Let some one who knows, explain to you what is the five pound vote note was. Or how a low flying plane dropped some pound notes. I know you are older than me.
On As MP Turnquest heads to exit door, PM arrives in Grand Bahama
Posted 9 February 2021, 10:10 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Renardo Curry did not step down. He was defeated by Minister Darren Henfield in the 2017 general election.
James Albury is simply a poor MP. His performance both in and out of parliament has been dismal. H e basically disappeared to many of his constituents after hurricane Dorian.
On Abaco MP: I’m stepping back at next election
Posted 9 February 2021, 7:17 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
As expected. He could not hope to secure a nomination with those allegations hanging over his head. The FNM has a somewhat higher standard than the PLP.
He was a poor minister of finance. The campaign general of a current sitting senior FNM cabinet minister said that. In Canada, Australia or the UK, the media would already done a series of investigative expose on him.
On DUMPED: Turnquest dropped from election list and others will follow
Posted 8 February 2021, 6:26 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
I supported Jeff Lloyd in the last general election. I believe that he had the ideas and vision to move education in this country. However his performance as minister has been dismal and poor.
In fact, an FNM supporter said that in her opinion, the previous minister was better than him. The person said working under both men, Jerome Fitzgerald was simply better than him in his performance as the minister of education.
On Lloyd: Up to voters if I am re-elected
Posted 7 February 2021, 3:01 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The revenue enhancement unit was set up to go after individuals and companies for outstanding taxes. They collected ninety million dollars in a six month period after hurricane Matthew according to Moody's the rating agency. In fact, Moody's questioned why was that unit disbanded by the FNM government.
The editor is either unaware or bias in it's support of this government. The financial secretary Wilson and his technical team gave presentations to Peter Tunquest about the programs they were running to collect outstanding revenues and modernize the tax administration. Those programs were cancelled and the contractual staff sent home in 2017. What the auditor general 's report is revealing is the cascading effect of those poor decisions.
Somebody outside the Bahamas spoke to me yesterday and just expressed shock. How could a government raise the vat tax, a regressive tax and make no real attempt to collect all this outstanding taxes. The person said to me Bahamians simply don't understand much. The person said to me ,all of those programs are going to be restarted .The person also said that the international lending agencies including the IMF will insist that it to be done.
On EDITORIAL: Public purse empty - but look at the unpaid taxes
Posted 7 February 2021, 2:56 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Marlon Johnson is simply incompetent. One of his actions was to to disband the revenue enhancement unit.
He sent home all the contractual workers from that unit. He gave some vague answers
when he was questioned about it by a Nassau Guardian reporter. He and Peter Turnquest stopped all the projects started by financial secretary Wilson. All of those projects need to be restarted.
On Property tax woe ‘a colossal mess’
Posted 5 February 2021, 4:18 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Tyler Technologies was originally engaged by Simon Wilson. Their contract was terminated by the incoming FNM government. When dumb and dumber, Peter Turnquest and Marlon Johnson realized that their tax rate would not yield what they expected, they were re engaged.
They were engaged at a higher price to pay the staff who worked along with them in the initial phase of the project. Turnquest and Johnson has made a lot of bone-headed decisions. Despite their denigration of Wilson, all of the projects started by Wilson, they need to carry out. Like a person outside of the Bahamas with a PHD said to me, Wilson knew what he was doing.
Mr,Hartnell, please stop just printing reports and press statements. Ask some hard questions some time.
On Arrears hit $600m as 40% of property tax bills don’t reach
Posted 4 February 2021, 5:58 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The country is nearing a fiscal cliff. Standing very close to the abyss.
Who ever wins the government after 2022 has to come up with a sensible fiscal plan. The IMF has already stated how this deficit and growing debt has to be dealt with.
As for Johnson ,the acting financial secretary ,he is in over his head. A big time FNM supporter told me that. Also an investment banker aboard said the same thing to me.
On Gross govt borrowing leaps four-fold to $2bn
Posted 1 February 2021, 6:10 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
I am not surprised at all by the IMF recommendation. There has been some discussions over the years about the Bahamas system of taxation. It also tIed in to the Bahamas attempting to join the WTO.
There was an attempt to go after tax evaders with the revenue enhancement unit. It collected ninety million dollars in back taxes after hurricane Matthew. It was disbanded by Marlon johnson and Peter Turnquest. It was one of their idiotic decisions. In fact all Marlon Johnson is doing now is restarting the programs he and Peter Turnquest cancelled ,that were started by Simon Wilson. Somebody outside the Bahamas with a real PHD told me that.
On Govt ‘discussing’ income tax reform
Posted 30 January 2021, 6:25 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The executive orders signed by President Biden should have been signed by President Trump a year ago. They would have reduced the spread of the virus and tempered this deadly pandemic in the US. Trump was incompetent, reckless and dangerous as president.
On BIDEN DELIVERS CRIPPLING BLOW: New President unveils quarantine rule which will devastate tourism
Posted 22 January 2021, 6:22 p.m. Suggest removal