This government and all previous governments could care less about clean energy and specifically going solar. I live in a southern family Island and the red tape to install a grid tie system is ridiculous. Then we are severely restricted in the size system we can have. The best that I can hope for is a 4KW system because of assine rules. I want to install a system large enough to cover my entire energy needs. BPC has these rules in place to prevent this, so they would rather have a barge bring in dirty oil with the possibility of an accident rather than let me power my home entirely off of clean energy. Any excess power generated and put back into the grid only credits the homeowner with the fuel charge amount. All of this is to subsidize a corrupt, inefficient government owned power company. If the govt is serious this needs to change tomorrow.
I am sick and tired of paying taxes for these pleasure trips. This corporation loses tens of millions of dollars a year,every year. Stop wasting our damn money. Funny ( sad) how when the PLP wastes money on travel it is corrupt and wrong but when the FNM does the same damn thing they criticize it is just fine and dandy for you FNM partisans. This is a big reason this country is in the shit it is in. I like Adrian Gibson a lot, but I will tell him to his face it is wrong. Same way the NIB office in Long Island just happens to be moving to a building he owns. It is wrong, it is corrupt, a terrible conflict of interest. He will be lambasted for this too, this is a new day even some FNMs now put country and right before party. Very disappointed in him, expected much better.
Stop making excuses for this profligate waste of taxpayer dollars, if it was wrong for the PLP then it is wrong for the FNM. Read, research the internet, call on the phone or limit the entourage size. We are borrowing money for these trips!
I am a fan of Adrian Gibson but these traveling entourages at our expense have to stop. The Prime Minister had a 15 member entourage going to caricom, should have been at most 5 people. The optics are terrible and the FNM are doing the same thing they criticized the PLP for, what hypocrites! We are in a serious fiscal crisis why in hell are we wasting money we do not have to pay for all these deadbeats to travel? Mr. Gibson stop these stupid photo ops, you want tax payers to be happy fire half of these people, and stop pissing us off wasting money on these pleasure trips for deadbeats.
Absolutely disgraceful behavior, Mr. Lockhart looked like he was under the influence from a far more potent drug than marijuana or alcohol. Indicative of a corrupt person using their influence to demean persons they feel are inferior to them because of their position. He should be thoroughly ashamed of himself and simply apologize.
The officer on the other hand handled himself admirably. If Mr. Lockhart had a shred of decency or class he would contact this officer and those involved and apologize.
It truly shows what he thinks of Bahamians. He is not quite so stupid as to act this way going through u.s. airport security.
Yes we needed to increase government revenue but we also needed to reduce government expenditure. The reality is we have too much government expense, we have more government than we can afford. Where are the cuts in expenditure? This is why it is paradoxically better if we did turn to the IMF. They would have loaned funds much cheaper than we can get in financial markets but with the caveat that government reduced the size of the civil service and sell/ offload Loss making government corporations. Yes we needed increased taxes but the FNM did the easy lazy move, they failed to govern by not reducing govt spending. It is unconscionable that government expenditure on salaries increased 40% in 6 years! cut expenditure.
Sorry to hear about the loss of jobs, but glad to hear more webshops locations are closing. They are a non- productive blight on our society. Hopefully most will close on Long Island, they have been bleeding this island dry.
DonAnthony says...
This government and all previous governments could care less about clean energy and specifically going solar. I live in a southern family Island and the red tape to install a grid tie system is ridiculous. Then we are severely restricted in the size system we can have. The best that I can hope for is a 4KW system because of assine rules. I want to install a system large enough to cover my entire energy needs. BPC has these rules in place to prevent this, so they would rather have a barge bring in dirty oil with the possibility of an accident rather than let me power my home entirely off of clean energy. Any excess power generated and put back into the grid only credits the homeowner with the fuel charge amount. All of this is to subsidize a corrupt, inefficient government owned power company. If the govt is serious this needs to change tomorrow.
On DIANE PHILLIPS: We’d better hope it’s not already too late
Posted 9 August 2018, 4:44 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
No. We are broke, only when our debt is completely paid off. Stop thinking of ways to waste our hard earned taxpayer dollars.
On Speaker wants new parliament at PO site
Posted 26 July 2018, 5:09 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
I agree 100%. Maybe the first thing you have ever written that I can wholeheartedly endorse.
On Minister 'not wavering' on fast food taxation
Posted 24 July 2018, 3:40 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Truth hurts doesn’t it. Right is right and wrong is wrong regardless of party.
On Water Corp in visit to UK counterparts
Posted 12 July 2018, 9:49 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
I am sick and tired of paying taxes for these pleasure trips. This corporation loses tens of millions of dollars a year,every year. Stop wasting our damn money. Funny ( sad) how when the PLP wastes money on travel it is corrupt and wrong but when the FNM does the same damn thing they criticize it is just fine and dandy for you FNM partisans. This is a big reason this country is in the shit it is in. I like Adrian Gibson a lot, but I will tell him to his face it is wrong. Same way the NIB office in Long Island just happens to be moving to a building he owns. It is wrong, it is corrupt, a terrible conflict of interest. He will be lambasted for this too, this is a new day even some FNMs now put country and right before party. Very disappointed in him, expected much better.
On Water Corp in visit to UK counterparts
Posted 12 July 2018, 7:53 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Stop making excuses for this profligate waste of taxpayer dollars, if it was wrong for the PLP then it is wrong for the FNM. Read, research the internet, call on the phone or limit the entourage size. We are borrowing money for these trips!
On Water Corp in visit to UK counterparts
Posted 12 July 2018, 6:39 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
I am a fan of Adrian Gibson but these traveling entourages at our expense have to stop. The Prime Minister had a 15 member entourage going to caricom, should have been at most 5 people. The optics are terrible and the FNM are doing the same thing they criticized the PLP for, what hypocrites! We are in a serious fiscal crisis why in hell are we wasting money we do not have to pay for all these deadbeats to travel? Mr. Gibson stop these stupid photo ops, you want tax payers to be happy fire half of these people, and stop pissing us off wasting money on these pleasure trips for deadbeats.
On Water Corp in visit to UK counterparts
Posted 12 July 2018, 5:42 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Absolutely disgraceful behavior, Mr. Lockhart looked like he was under the influence from a far more potent drug than marijuana or alcohol. Indicative of a corrupt person using their influence to demean persons they feel are inferior to them because of their position. He should be thoroughly ashamed of himself and simply apologize.
The officer on the other hand handled himself admirably. If Mr. Lockhart had a shred of decency or class he would contact this officer and those involved and apologize.
It truly shows what he thinks of Bahamians. He is not quite so stupid as to act this way going through u.s. airport security.
On Lawyer upset over viral video of argument at Exuma airport
Posted 9 July 2018, 7:45 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Yes we needed to increase government revenue but we also needed to reduce government expenditure. The reality is we have too much government expense, we have more government than we can afford. Where are the cuts in expenditure? This is why it is paradoxically better if we did turn to the IMF. They would have loaned funds much cheaper than we can get in financial markets but with the caveat that government reduced the size of the civil service and sell/ offload Loss making government corporations. Yes we needed increased taxes but the FNM did the easy lazy move, they failed to govern by not reducing govt spending. It is unconscionable that government expenditure on salaries increased 40% in 6 years! cut expenditure.
On EDITORIAL: No one likes VAT – but would they prefer the IMF?
Posted 28 June 2018, 6:30 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Sorry to hear about the loss of jobs, but glad to hear more webshops locations are closing. They are a non- productive blight on our society. Hopefully most will close on Long Island, they have been bleeding this island dry.
On 50 jobs go as web shops shut own after tax hike approved
Posted 20 June 2018, 9:49 a.m. Suggest removal