This man is stuck in the 20th Century. With very few exceptions people from different countries can invest in other countries utilities etc. The Bahamas, whose development is falling behind its competitors, is one of the few countries who babies their citizens and protects them from the real world.
This protectionism is part of the reason so many of our locally owned businesses are not competitive, they don't have to be because the Investment policy and the immigration policy protects them.
Next time, Mr. Demeritte, when you put in a bid remember to do as the foreigners would do.
As for this talk of a Bahamian bastion, get over it a grow up. Compete like a man.
Unlike Mr. Carney at the Bank of England, Mr. Rolle has not been proactive in any way.
The Rating Agencies all stated their displeasure over the handling of Bank of Bahamas. Mr. Rolle is the 'regulator' of the banks and has does nothing about BOB.
Mr. Rolle has been silent about the effect that a downgrade is going to have over the next few months.
He has yet to tell us how the US Dollar reserves are made up, even though many have questioned the quality of these so called reserves.
No the man just sits there and waits for his pay check.
John Rolle saw what the Bank of England did and copied them. He has no idea why they did it other than they said that they were doing it to boost the economy to counter the effect of Brexit.
But the situations are totally different.
I too believe that he was doing as his political masters have told him.
"Peter Turnquest, Free National Movement (FNM) deputy leader, said yesterday that his party plans to press the issue."
Plans???? The FNM is no better than the PLP. Plans??? That is only because, like Christie, they were asked and, like Christie, they plan (i.e. at sometime in the future, the very long future, after we are all dead) "to press the issue".
You have had all year to be pressing the issue. The fnm=plp=fnm=plp
The Government is abusing the law but not giving, what should be a standard approval.
The law was not designed to prevent this type of march but armed and reckless ones.
The last march showed that the real marchers were peaceful though I would not put it past this government (PLP) to insert some trouble makers this time.
Economist says...
Your correct it was about a vaccine being used that had been banned in the US for the last 15 years.
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Why anyone would want to the "rudderless" MV FNM is beyond me.
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Good response.
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No this has a huge significance for all parents with young children. They all are get vaccinated.
The lesson here is to make sure they don't get out dated vaccines and, especially, not a bunch together.
Otherwise the poor will lose their babies.
So this story has great significance, especially to the poor.
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Economist says...
This man is stuck in the 20th Century. With very few exceptions people from different countries can invest in other countries utilities etc. The Bahamas, whose development is falling behind its competitors, is one of the few countries who babies their citizens and protects them from the real world.
This protectionism is part of the reason so many of our locally owned businesses are not competitive, they don't have to be because the Investment policy and the immigration policy protects them.
Next time, Mr. Demeritte, when you put in a bid remember to do as the foreigners would do.
As for this talk of a Bahamian bastion, get over it a grow up. Compete like a man.
On ‘Last bastion of defence’ for Bahamian ownership
Posted 4 January 2017, 7:24 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
Unlike Mr. Carney at the Bank of England, Mr. Rolle has not been proactive in any way.
The Rating Agencies all stated their displeasure over the handling of Bank of Bahamas. Mr. Rolle is the 'regulator' of the banks and has does nothing about BOB.
Mr. Rolle has been silent about the effect that a downgrade is going to have over the next few months.
He has yet to tell us how the US Dollar reserves are made up, even though many have questioned the quality of these so called reserves.
No the man just sits there and waits for his pay check.
On Govt and Central Bank in rate cut ‘panic attack’
Posted 31 December 2016, 2:50 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
John Rolle saw what the Bank of England did and copied them. He has no idea why they did it other than they said that they were doing it to boost the economy to counter the effect of Brexit.
But the situations are totally different.
I too believe that he was doing as his political masters have told him.
On Govt and Central Bank in rate cut ‘panic attack’
Posted 30 December 2016, 10:03 p.m. Suggest removal
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"Peter Turnquest, Free National Movement (FNM) deputy leader, said yesterday that his party plans to press the issue."
Plans???? The FNM is no better than the PLP. Plans??? That is only because, like Christie, they were asked and, like Christie, they plan (i.e. at sometime in the future, the very long future, after we are all dead) "to press the issue".
You have had all year to be pressing the issue. The fnm=plp=fnm=plp
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Economist says...
Good letter.
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Posted 29 December 2016, 9:34 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
The Government is abusing the law but not giving, what should be a standard approval.
The law was not designed to prevent this type of march but armed and reckless ones.
The last march showed that the real marchers were peaceful though I would not put it past this government (PLP) to insert some trouble makers this time.
On 'We will march without permission'
Posted 29 December 2016, 9:32 p.m. Suggest removal