Welcome to The Bahamas where unfortunately making sure there are no bad stories about tourists is more important then justice. This man will join a long line of those aggrieved at our justice system. As a note there are two sides to every story so he may not be as innocent as this article portrays, but there should at least have been a case where all the details came out and a judge makes a decision. I remember that video and his foot was only barely hanging on.

Of course its not a priority, you are in Government now. When you are in opposition it is a priority. Same with all the others. One of the reasons i refuse to call any politician honorable as there is nothing honorable about them

Can we at least have some sort of masterplan for all these developments. I assume that if this goes ahead then all those homes there can do the same. If so what happens with the traffic etc. I see that this one has 54 spaces, is that actually enough for 42 boat slip and 12 hotel condos plus staff? If not what is the plan for where they can park? Will it be like Goldwynn and they can park at Montague and in the road basically? I understand that developments must happen (and this one maybe just fine in regards to parking etc) but we also must think how it will look in 10-20 years rather then just that one development.

Does the Government understand how VAT is meant to work? It is not a tax on a business . Based on the above this now does become a tax on the business. It is becoming more apparent that those advising Government do not fully understand the tax.

Lol typical Goverment, instead of going after the person who hasn't paid they go after everyone else. Always better to be the person that doesn't pay excpet for shingles .

Hold on, I thought the issue was the operators who were operating illegally with no license to do so. I am fairly sure there are already laws and penalties in place to deal with them. This is a typical response of seeing a problem and then pretending it is fixed because we brought in more laws. When we had laws on the books already that would deal with the issue, but as always they are not enforced.

They have no intention of paying these vendors until after the election. Then they can have a few years of large losses (whoever it maybe) and then stop paying again. Until the vendors all take Government to court nothing will change.

So i have now read that there was a surplus in 2000/2001. If that is the case can the Tribune at least point that out.

Think it through Tetelestai, if your argument is that the other party increased it by 60% you have no leg to stand on if you were the one to bring it in. Doesn't matter what the other person may have done. you were the one to do it. Therefore you are both as bad (or good if you want to see it that way) as each other.

you dont understand VAT, none of the changes affected the hotel, fast food or bakeries as they can claim it all back. the only effect would be the extra work to keep track