True and getting worse under the continued Pindling/Christie/Ingraham/Minnis & Co. regime.

This man and his government are already finished. Call the election and get it over with. The People have already spoken. Ya can' make dat up eida! Crabs comin' back to drive da final nail into da Bahamian coffin.

Go figure! It's now old hat but it never ceases to amaze! The funny thing is, they are all so full of themselves (and other things)!

"The People" are already talking about putting the PLP back in. If a viable alternative does not present itself soon, it will happen.

"tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar defended the administration's hiring of former National Insurance Board Director Algernon Cargill yesterday, saying the government needs an expert who can help spearhead key aviation initiatives."

Aside from the normal corruption concerns, do either of the gentlemen in the story's opening paragraph have experience in spearheading tourism or aviation initiatives? Has this so called Minister of Aviation and Tourism ever heard of the Department of Civil Aviation?
These politicians always seem to want to pair Aviation with another Department. It would make sense to have a stand alone aviation department, and this would not necessitate the hiring of new personnel, rather the pulling of them from a bloated Aviation and Tourism Department.

Have businesses with gross incomes of either $500,000 or $1,000,000 at various times not had to produce audited financials to accompany the business licence application, which process includes year end bank statements? This is not a new idea. There are hundreds of concerns not blessed with sales exceeding $10 million per annum.
The thing most operators feel is that the licence fee should be based on net, rather than gross income, simple. Some years ago, the business licence applicant was permitted to deduct certain pertinent costs from the gross income, which was deducted from the total sales but this practice was discontinued.
Any added regulations coupled with the high rate of tax on imported items as outlined by John above will only cause further hardship on Bahamian businesses, many of which are barely surviving as it is. Basically, this Government is following the global trend to kill off small and medium sized business and keep all profits in hands of the 1%.

Only nine of you this time, what happen KP? We are such global players these days LOL!!
If you could find the right excuse you would probably lead a delegation to the Arctic!

This Government has no idea what drastic negative effects this bloody VAT, coupled with numbers houses on every corner and in between, is having on business in this country. Either they don't know or don't care, probably both. Had Customs Duty and the gambling houses been eliminated with the introduction of Value Added Tax, the economy would be, if not thriving, at least limping along and likely improving. As it is, people are finding it exceedingly difficult to pay rent, mortgages, utility bills, school fees, medical expenses, put gas in the vehicle and put food on the table. There is a strong rumour floating around about yet another VAT increase next year. this fnm government needs to wake up and buck up, now!!

Rank corruption, through and through. What an abject mess we are in with no good alternatives in sight. Almost all of the optimism for a recovery for our contrary has drained away. Many are saying they will note vote again. Where will that leave us? It goes from bad to worse.

Useless, corrupt PLP's, of course.