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Economist says...

A very good article. Look at the pictures of the people who die before the age of 65 they are mostly fat or obese.

Don't worry about Punky. Punky must be fat and has not read the recent report.

http://www.dw.com/en/study-obesity-cuts…

On INSIGHT: Why can’t I talk about weight?

Posted 15 October 2017, 11:27 a.m. Suggest removal

Economist says...

Be it the Privy Council or the CCJ, you are going to have outsiders making decisions in "our justice system.

This is a good thing as small countries with populations as small as ours cannot afford to have it's own final court, both financially and for good independent thought on our system.

Even the UK Courts are still going to be required to look to the European Court in certain matters, even after brexit.

Sovereignty has its limitations.

Economist says...

There is talk of corrupt civil servants and the necessity to move customs officers around. Files at immigration can't be located and people are forced to make new applications or they are told that they never made one, but use a little grease and somehow the file is located.

The IMF is correct and it must be done or the civil service will be the economic ruin of us all.

Economist says...

The Bahamas Government knows this. The PLP government knew it.
However, it is the FNM Government will have to take actions to reduce the civil service.

On ‘Cut civil service wage bill by $70M‘

Posted 10 October 2017, 8:38 p.m. Suggest removal

Economist says...

This comes as no surprise.

Economist says...

This man is such an idiot.

Economist says...

"What if we taught children to think critically? Can we teach them to stop and think before acting? To acknowledge their emotions and recognize what they feel in any given moment may not be the most important thing? Could it be useful to teach them self-control?"

Right on the money!

Good article.

Economist says...

We need to put all our focus on good air arrivals. Don't give the cruise ships any incentives. They just use us.

Economist says...

It will be at its normal $30 million loss. Sell the aircraft and shut the airline down. We don't need it.

Economist says...

No deadlines, no jobs on the horizon for his members and he is confident? Not to mention that shops and others are closing in Port Lucaya. People are losing their jobs.

This is one "jokie" union leader.