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DillyTree says...

More "pacifying the natives" talk from Royal Caribbean.

Please don't insult us -- instead poitn to a current RC interest in which the money and economic benefits are actually staying in teh Bahamas and benefitting the Bahamian people that goes beyond a few menail jobs and trinkets.

Talk is cheap. Show us the proof.

DillyTree says...

Blaming the drop in subscribers on steaming services is absurd. Cable Bahamas needs to look at its own house before throwign rocks.

Their services are getting worse and worse -- channels disappearing, useless channels beeing substituted (if at all), and increasing Spanish commercial and channels. Lousy service, followed by increasing prices. I'm also a shareholder and have not received ANY diveidents in well over 10 years now while CB continues to cry poor, yet cannnot offer basic service.

If there werw other options and competition, I'd be long gone, Cable Bahamas. Time to up your game instead of whining.

DillyTree says...

Rarely do I agree with Hanna Martin, but in this case, she's absolutely right. Our government (yes, BOTH parties) are always making noises that it's Bahamians first, but when it comes to cruise ships, big hotels and big money, the Bahamian people are forgotten. Again and again. Honour the deal with the Bahamian, and let RCI find another place to destroy.

The cruise lines bring little to the Bahamas -- our people are left the scraps of cleaning up on the private islands when the crowds have done for the day. Let's empower and support our own people for a change!

DillyTree says...

LOL! This is tit for tat -- BTC blocks Aliv calls and now REV is doing the same. Why all the crying?

Biggest issue is that we have no competitiveness in the country -- same old mediocre service by noth companies for which we pay a fortune. Open up the market and let it have free reign -- maybe better call quality and less of those Spanish programs. URCA, if you want to do something, this is probably where to start instead of mediating petty childish squabbles.

DillyTree says...

And thsi, boys and girls, is why digital banking is a disaster! Yet the government and the banks all try to drive us online rather than the brick and mortar branches.

Don't kid yourselves, the banks are making money, or they wouldn't be here. But I hold the government responsible -- they need to hold a hard line. If you want a license to do business in the Bahamas, you open and operate a branch when and where we tell you to. That we have out islands with NO banks is a travesty in this day and age. And, no, the damn Sand Dollar isn't the answer.

DillyTree says...

The US liquidator in Delaware needs to get in line. The principal lived in the Bahamas with a Bahamas registered business. Bahamian investors needs to be made whole first. Then the US can have him and whatever is left over.

DillyTree says...

If the Royal Family and the monarchy are so terrible, why doesn't Harry and Maghan give back their titles instead of trademarking them and desperately trying to stay relevant by using the titles? Don't they have anything else to offer? Of course not, ergo the pathetic moaning.

At some point, I hope King Charles strips them of all titles and they are, as they wish, ordinary folks having to make a living on their own. So sick of them in the news!

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DillyTree says...

As the owner of several generations of rescue pit bulls, I can tell you it's not the dog -- it's the owner. Good dog, bad owner.

Pit bulls are badly maligned and the myth of their savagery is legendary, but the ignorance and stupidity persists because of equally ignorant and stupid owners who take the very best of a dog and turn it into something awful. The dog's owner should be held fully accountable in this case -- financially, socially and any way that gets the message across. There's no reasons for this tragedy to be repeated time and time again. It's the innocent bystanders and the dogs that suffer. Make this owner fully accountable!!

On ‘Owner of dogs should be prosecuted’

Posted 2 February 2022, 2:44 p.m. Suggest removal

DillyTree says...

Fred Mitchell is way past his "sell by" date. Time for him to retire gracefully and pursue his own "activities". Remember, this is the same man who went all over the world at the taxpayer's expense with a large entourage of fellows, and all he came up with was a few thosand sacks of fertiliser -- nowhere near the amount of manure Mitchell himself procuces.

His own racial prejudice fuels his agenda -- so this striking at the colonial past is his MO. Does he still think "Roots" should be played on ZNS at election time? The shortsightedness and blind prejudice fails to register the fallacy of leaving the strength and support of the COmmonwealth. The Bahamas cannot stand alone -- and becoming a piddly replublic will only sacrifice our larger bargaining position for economic and security that we get through belonging to the Commonwealth. Please think about that -- especially with the Chinese on our doorstep. Don't let your biases destroy us further.

On ‘We’ll be a republic - eventually’

Posted 2 December 2021, 9:39 a.m. Suggest removal

DillyTree says...

Pintard called for unity -- so let's see some bi-partisan work in government instead of just being oppositional. Leader of the Opposition does not mean that his sole job is to oppose the other party, as seems to have been the case for previous adminsitrations!

We are all Bahamians -- so we have to work together to figure it out. The Bahamas faces many challenges, so we need all good minds to work together to get us out of this mess. So, Pintard is free to hold their feet to the fire, but he also needs to work with them to find solutions.

As the Speaker of the House recently pointed out, this is the people's house and there's no room for behaving like unruly children. Respect! (I paraphrase, but you get the point)