Just change our name from The Bahamas to Cruise Inc. We all know they are going to get it., they always do. We never look after the people here, just these large corporations.
I am sure Mr. Woods understands that if Atlantis does not get as many cruise ship day passes they will then not need as many staff to handle those that come. So if a day comes when that happens he will be OK with it. As a note i do know that there will be people employed at RCI, just pointing out there will probably end of being less at Atlantis, which Mr. Woods seems ok with.
“Most property taxes are owned by foreign-owned properties because you know Bahamians have a wide level exemption, so this is probably driven mostly by non-Bahamian-owned properties,” he said.
So basically this is just a guess as he has no idea, but it sounds good to say it won't affect Bahamians .
The east bay street ones are ones where someone (assume MOW) has dug them up and then left it for a week. How this is allowed is beyond me. It can't be that hard to dig up, fix what you need to and repair, all in one day, two at most. But we accept mediocre service so thats all we get.
This is not good. Inland Revenue should not be able to do this without a court order. Once that has happened then take the items away. As it is, if inland revenue is wrong they should be liable to cover the loss of business as well as reputational damage. We are now in the busy part of our tourism season, it seems there will be a number of disgruntled guests without golf carts this week.
The letter writer assumes a lot. To say if we had income tax there would be no debt and little poverty is strange. Pretty much every country that has income tax has both of these, so why would we be any different. What rate does the writer propose the income tax to be. And what effect would that rate have on the number of persons paying? As a note i am not saying we shouldn't have income tax, i just feel before it is introduced we need to look at the full effect and also what the rate would be.
Dawes says...
No population would still have increased, by 23,592. Its just migration increased the population by 24,261 so was a little bit more.
On Migration a major contributor to increase in population according to census report
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Dawes says...
Umm i think we can all guess as to why they approved it. Same as why they approve multi-unit apartments with one parking space per two units.
On City’s ‘turned the tide’ without Central Bank
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Dawes says...
Just change our name from The Bahamas to Cruise Inc. We all know they are going to get it., they always do. We never look after the people here, just these large corporations.
On Royal Caribbean: 60% of guests won't visit PI
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Dawes says...
So what happened to the employer? Nothing i bet, so nothing will change
On Work permit violations found on work site
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Dawes says...
I am sure Mr. Woods understands that if Atlantis does not get as many cruise ship day passes they will then not need as many staff to handle those that come. So if a day comes when that happens he will be OK with it. As a note i do know that there will be people employed at RCI, just pointing out there will probably end of being less at Atlantis, which Mr. Woods seems ok with.
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Dawes says...
“Most property taxes are owned by foreign-owned properties because you know Bahamians have a wide level exemption, so this is probably driven mostly by non-Bahamian-owned properties,” he said.
So basically this is just a guess as he has no idea, but it sounds good to say it won't affect Bahamians .
On ‘Hundreds of millions of tax dollars’ owed to govt
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Dawes says...
The east bay street ones are ones where someone (assume MOW) has dug them up and then left it for a week. How this is allowed is beyond me. It can't be that hard to dig up, fix what you need to and repair, all in one day, two at most. But we accept mediocre service so thats all we get.
On Fix my street
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Dawes says...
This is not good. Inland Revenue should not be able to do this without a court order. Once that has happened then take the items away. As it is, if inland revenue is wrong they should be liable to cover the loss of business as well as reputational damage. We are now in the busy part of our tourism season, it seems there will be a number of disgruntled guests without golf carts this week.
On Briland delinquency targeted in tax raids
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Dawes says...
Umm that is the exact opposite of what has been implied by the PM and DPM. So which is it?
On ‘There’s been no final decision’ on RCI PI Project
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Dawes says...
The letter writer assumes a lot. To say if we had income tax there would be no debt and little poverty is strange. Pretty much every country that has income tax has both of these, so why would we be any different. What rate does the writer propose the income tax to be. And what effect would that rate have on the number of persons paying? As a note i am not saying we shouldn't have income tax, i just feel before it is introduced we need to look at the full effect and also what the rate would be.
On Economist is wrong - again
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