We need to focus on encouraging the high end cruiselines and discourage the garbage Carnival cruises. Carnival's passengers never have spent any money in any event. What money they have Carnival sucks up on the ship.
Bay Street once had high end shops and nice restaurants until the cheap cruise line passenger masses scared off the money spending hotel tourists.
Bermuda has been much more selective when it comes to cruise lines. We could learn something from Bermuda.
People often suggest that the business should train the incoming employee (i.e. math and english). This is rediculous.
Firstly, businesses are not schools and should not be expected to be such.
Secondly, the businesses pay tax to the government, part of which is supposed to go the education system so that students learn math and english.
Thirdly, parents must take their share of the blame as they are clearly not taking their responsiblities seriously. Raising children is not easy and they require a considerable amount of parenting, including being forced to finish home work and having to review subjects, with their parents, before exams to insure that they know enough to pass the exam.
Universitie with a greater diversity in the faculty are rated higher. You don't think that Harvard, Yale, Oxford etc could not find people in thier own country?
If UB is to become anything it needs to deversify its faculty.
To make matters worse, the Bahamas Government already has all this information. They have it between VAT and the Company Registry.
They were just too stupid to to know that they had it and could have satisfied the OECD without making Bahamian owned and locally operated (No foreign tax liability that the OECD is interested in) companies go to all this trouble.
This is the result of incompetent civil servants doing the negotiations for The Bahamas.
Sky's lawyers probably obtained an 'interim injunction'. This is usually done done by one side when the time is very short and they have trouble serving the other side. If granted, the injuction is only for a day or two so as to allow the otherside to be served and reply and have a chance to argue why the injunction should not be removed or that it should be lifted.
That what looks to have happened reading this article.
That won't scare any investors away.
Our immigrationDepartment policies and operation is what scares foreign investment away.
The facts speak for themselves. The question is how we even the playing field? The report does not discuss the reason for the inequity in the system. What steps do we need to take? Is it the type of jobs that these women have? Is it that they are taking care of children without the assistance of the fathers? I can think of a number of women who refuse to let the baby daddy have any relationship with the child after he and she break up thus putting pressure on themselves and denying the child support that it would otherwise get.
Economist says...
We need to focus on encouraging the high end cruiselines and discourage the garbage Carnival cruises. Carnival's passengers never have spent any money in any event. What money they have Carnival sucks up on the ship.
Bay Street once had high end shops and nice restaurants until the cheap cruise line passenger masses scared off the money spending hotel tourists.
Bermuda has been much more selective when it comes to cruise lines. We could learn something from Bermuda.
On Carnival chief: Nassau needs more than port
Posted 25 February 2021, 5:11 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
My bad!
On UNFIT TO HIRE: AID boss says lack of English and Maths is harming job applicants
Posted 11 February 2021, 1:40 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
The drilling took place. Where are the pictures of all the polution that the oil opponents were screaming about?
Seems that BPC's drilling method has been proved to be safe after all.
On Oil opponents demand ‘permanent drilling ban’
Posted 10 February 2021, 12:32 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
People often suggest that the business should train the incoming employee (i.e. math and english). This is rediculous.
Firstly, businesses are not schools and should not be expected to be such.
Secondly, the businesses pay tax to the government, part of which is supposed to go the education system so that students learn math and english.
Thirdly, parents must take their share of the blame as they are clearly not taking their responsiblities seriously. Raising children is not easy and they require a considerable amount of parenting, including being forced to finish home work and having to review subjects, with their parents, before exams to insure that they know enough to pass the exam.
On UNFIT TO HIRE: AID boss says lack of English and Maths is harming job applicants
Posted 10 February 2021, 12:24 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
Universitie with a greater diversity in the faculty are rated higher. You don't think that Harvard, Yale, Oxford etc could not find people in thier own country?
If UB is to become anything it needs to deversify its faculty.
The Bahamas is becoming a nation of xenaphobics.
On ‘How did Iraqi professor get senior U.B. role?’
Posted 13 January 2021, 1:40 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
To make matters worse, the Bahamas Government already has all this information. They have it between VAT and the Company Registry.
They were just too stupid to to know that they had it and could have satisfied the OECD without making Bahamian owned and locally operated (No foreign tax liability that the OECD is interested in) companies go to all this trouble.
This is the result of incompetent civil servants doing the negotiations for The Bahamas.
On Compliance 'onslaught' on substance demands
Posted 1 January 2021, 1:32 a.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
Sky's lawyers probably obtained an 'interim injunction'. This is usually done done by one side when the time is very short and they have trouble serving the other side. If granted, the injuction is only for a day or two so as to allow the otherside to be served and reply and have a chance to argue why the injunction should not be removed or that it should be lifted.
That what looks to have happened reading this article.
That won't scare any investors away.
Our immigrationDepartment policies and operation is what scares foreign investment away.
On 'They'll do anything to harm my name' – Ex-Sky chief hits out at airline's former financier
Posted 30 December 2020, 3:13 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
No I do not. Nor do I deny the mis-treatment, for centuries, of native people in their respective countries.
On Five new COVID-19 deaths
Posted 23 December 2020, 2:59 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
The facts speak for themselves. The question is how we even the playing field? The report does not discuss the reason for the inequity in the system.
What steps do we need to take?
Is it the type of jobs that these women have? Is it that they are taking care of children without the assistance of the fathers? I can think of a number of women who refuse to let the baby daddy have any relationship with the child after he and she break up thus putting pressure on themselves and denying the child support that it would otherwise get.
On Bahamian single women take brunt of COVID-19
Posted 23 December 2020, 2:54 p.m. Suggest removal
Economist says...
You are correct. Just like they lie about the world being round and you know that it is flat.
Are you using QAnon as a source of infomation?
On Five new COVID-19 deaths
Posted 22 December 2020, 9:53 p.m. Suggest removal