The 50 Year Battle For Economic Growth In The Bahamas ...By Bahamians. The policies and structure of the past system of oppression have not dismantled the oppressive economic and ugly political structures of the past that divided Bahamians into (have and have nots) to the pleasure of a few. The secrecy of our government is still the nemesis in the darkroom of political corruption that enriches some. The politics of state victimization and petty disregard of anything Bahamian is still the old enemy of The Common Good. As a result, the people lose faith in our democracy while others sit quietly waiting to celebrate our failures and collapse. http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2021…
"The faces may have changed, but the policies and structure of the past system of oppression have not dismantled the oppressive economic and ugly political structures of the past that divided Bahamians into (have and have nots). The secrecy of how we are governed is still the nemesis in the darkroom of political corruption. The politics of state victimization and petty disregard of anything Bahamian is still the old enemy of The Common Good. As a result, the people are losing faith in our democracy."
With Out An Official Response From The Minnis Administration, And After Months of Uncertainty and Much Frustration. BASIC, However, Understands That The Proposal To Update The Vehicle Inspection Services in The Bahamas Would Not Be Accepted.
As A Result, The Team At BASIC and Our International Partners, Sadly and Regrettably, Have To Announce Our Effort In The Bahamas Is Officially Abandoned.
To The 100s Of Bahamians Who Submitted Their Employment Information, We Appreciate Your Effort and Interest In Wanting to Be a Part Of This Cost Saving and Life-Saving Improvement Safety Effort in The Bahamas; for Bahamians.
There is nothing in the rules and procedures that cover today's modern motor vehicles for safety efficiency. The vehicle safety testing that follows the International Road Safety Testing Standards (that the Bahamas is a signatory) for safety efficiency are non-existing; even the manual vehicle stopping distance test is null void and failed to be carried out. There are still existing "headlamp" (and not headlights) testing, a wall-mounted plywood piece on the wall installed in 1954. Furthermore, the ONLY reference to safety in your rules and procedures is "Reflector" there was the addition of the word roadworthiness, and there in itself, is a contradiction by definition and current operation. ...so many of us are keepers of Petty Grudges riding down on the backs of Bahamians, stagnating progress or are accomplices to some other selfish if not duplicitous agenda.
A properly functioning brake or turning signal serves no one's interest but the lives saved when these simple safety instruments function properly and are maintained, as they should. A 45 - 55 dollar annual safety check of these motor machinery "would be minimal" in comparison to the now high rate of medical care.
As a country, we need to study, seriously and act upon the "self-hate" and defeatist assumption we have for each other, or when "it's a Bahamian" is mentioned or anything to move our country forward, it becomes a thing dejected; something is very wrong with this behaviour. The top aquaculture producing countries (Vietnam, Thailand and China) have the much more devastating annual typhoons, and they pack up, batter down and have survived each year, bounce back and carry on; why not do the same for the Bahamas?
Why are we losing these opportunities? Why is the stagnation in our growth - from 1967 to now, the number of game houses and the striping company is the extent of the black Bahamian Industrial Growth.
Would you please ask yourself who long can we survive on a $21,000
The Bahamas Exports $1.316 billion (2017 est.), but Imports $9.097 billion (2017 est.) seafood products included.
Fisheries is an over 200 Billion Dollar Industry, and The Bahamas has one thing that our nearest next competitor don't have - our proximity to the world largest seafood market @ 133 Billion Dollars; In 2016, U.S. fisheries supported 1.7 million jobs and contributed $212 billion in sales.
The size of a project that employs 10 - 20,000 persons is the size intended to run that industry and should not be an object of anyone subjective opinion. A BahaMah, Kerzner or Sandles are not told that they should downsize because that industry needs 5,000 employees (to clean, greet, feed, entertain and manage and provide safety for its guess) or asked to split the work into phases and prove each phase before expanding.
One commercial size aquaculture site that is providing a complete culture cycle “from the egg to the plate” and its many areas of expertise (hatchery, nursery, grow-out, feeding, cleaning, testing, monitoring, harvesting, sizing, gutting, washing, checking, packing, boxing, labelling, order fulfilment, cold storage, processing, shipping logistics - administration, security and management) will consider 20,000 employees small in comparison to the market demand.
The three critical advantages the Bahamas have over the nearest competitor in the seafood industry are:
Proximity Proximity Proximity
Not to mention the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), Sustainability and Food Safety. Environmental challenges in the gulf and fishing restrictions everywhere else make the Bahamas ideal for this development.
The global demand is for fresh (Fresh, Never Frozen) seafood, which the Bahamas (and the Caribbean) can fulfil, ideally.
When the IDB is telling The Bahamas (it must implement several policy reforms to develop its “blue economy”), it’s not referring to “Split the work into phases and prove each phase before expanding”.
The question to ask this administration “why not give full support to build this industry” or who are the politicians are protecting, or is it the dark face of our nemesis; the “White Guy” who must come into building the industry because Bahamians are still victims of the culture of the ugly grudge of self-hate that has marginalised us to where we are now.
IslandWarrior says...
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On Bahamas ‘not doing enough’ to fight corruption perception
Posted 4 August 2021, 6:54 p.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
The 50 Year Battle For Economic Growth In The Bahamas ...By Bahamians. The policies and structure of the past system of oppression have not dismantled the oppressive economic and ugly political structures of the past that divided Bahamians into (have and have nots) to the pleasure of a few.
The secrecy of our government is still the nemesis in the darkroom of political corruption that enriches some. The politics of state victimization and petty disregard of anything Bahamian is still the old enemy of The Common Good.
As a result, the people lose faith in our democracy while others sit quietly waiting to celebrate our failures and collapse.
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2021…
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2021…
On Bahamas ‘not doing enough’ to fight corruption perception
Posted 4 August 2021, 6:50 p.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
"Some Say Paranoid, and I Say Victim" The Bahamian Political Tragedy and A System In Need of Change.
On Bahamas ‘not doing enough’ to fight corruption perception
Posted 4 August 2021, 6:37 p.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
"The faces may have changed, but the policies and structure of the past system of oppression have not dismantled the oppressive economic and ugly political structures of the past that divided Bahamians into (have and have nots). The secrecy of how we are governed is still the nemesis in the darkroom of political corruption. The politics of state victimization and petty disregard of anything Bahamian is still the old enemy of The Common Good. As a result, the people are losing faith in our democracy."
On Don’t like Parliament? Try Speaker’s version
Posted 4 August 2021, 8:31 a.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
With Out An Official Response From The Minnis Administration, And After Months of Uncertainty and Much Frustration. BASIC, However, Understands That The Proposal To Update The Vehicle Inspection Services in The Bahamas Would Not Be Accepted.
As A Result, The Team At BASIC and Our International Partners, Sadly and Regrettably, Have To Announce Our Effort In The Bahamas Is Officially Abandoned.
To The 100s Of Bahamians Who Submitted Their Employment Information, We Appreciate Your Effort and Interest In Wanting to Be a Part Of This Cost Saving and Life-Saving Improvement Safety Effort in The Bahamas; for Bahamians.
Again, We Are Thankful For Your Support.
BASIC
On DANIEL FERGUSON: Procurement e-portal not being maximised
Posted 1 August 2021, 11:47 p.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
There is nothing in the rules and procedures that cover today's modern motor vehicles for safety efficiency. The vehicle safety testing that follows the International Road Safety Testing Standards (that the Bahamas is a signatory) for safety efficiency are non-existing; even the manual vehicle stopping distance test is null void and failed to be carried out. There are still existing "headlamp" (and not headlights) testing, a wall-mounted plywood piece on the wall installed in 1954. Furthermore, the ONLY reference to safety in your rules and procedures is "Reflector" there was the addition of the word roadworthiness, and there in itself, is a contradiction by definition and current operation. ...so many of us are keepers of Petty Grudges riding down on the backs of Bahamians, stagnating progress or are accomplices to some other selfish if not duplicitous agenda.
On INSIGHT: Why hasn’t this project which could transform our country been put on the fast track Dr Minnis planned?
Posted 26 July 2021, 11:31 a.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
A properly functioning brake or turning signal serves no one's interest but the lives saved when these simple safety instruments function properly and are maintained, as they should. A 45 - 55 dollar annual safety check of these motor machinery "would be minimal" in comparison to the now high rate of medical care.
On INSIGHT: Why hasn’t this project which could transform our country been put on the fast track Dr Minnis planned?
Posted 25 July 2021, 11:51 a.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
As a country, we need to study, seriously and act upon the "self-hate" and defeatist assumption we have for each other, or when "it's a Bahamian" is mentioned or anything to move our country forward, it becomes a thing dejected; something is very wrong with this behaviour. The top aquaculture producing countries (Vietnam, Thailand and China) have the much more devastating annual typhoons, and they pack up, batter down and have survived each year, bounce back and carry on; why not do the same for the Bahamas?
Why are we losing these opportunities? Why is the stagnation in our growth - from 1967 to now, the number of game houses and the striping company is the extent of the black Bahamian Industrial Growth.
Would you please ask yourself who long can we survive on a $21,000
The Bahamas Exports $1.316 billion (2017 est.), but Imports $9.097 billion (2017 est.) seafood products included.
Fisheries is an over 200 Billion Dollar Industry, and The Bahamas has one thing that our nearest next competitor don't have - our proximity to the world largest seafood market @ 133 Billion Dollars; In 2016, U.S. fisheries supported 1.7 million jobs and contributed $212 billion in sales.
https://www.fishwatch.gov/sustainable-s…
"I just don't get it."
On Policy reforms need for $200m IDB guarantee
Posted 23 July 2021, 5:22 p.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
Failure by the Attorney General’s Office, again! and this would be failure number what? It sounds like someone should be fired for incompetence.
On AG loses $1.63m freeze over Mafia-linked Italian
Posted 22 July 2021, 3:03 p.m. Suggest removal
IslandWarrior says...
The size of a project that employs 10 - 20,000 persons is the size intended to run that industry and should not be an object of anyone subjective opinion. A BahaMah, Kerzner or Sandles are not told that they should downsize because that industry needs 5,000 employees (to clean, greet, feed, entertain and manage and provide safety for its guess) or asked to split the work into phases and prove each phase before expanding.
One commercial size aquaculture site that is providing a complete culture cycle “from the egg to the plate” and its many areas of expertise (hatchery, nursery, grow-out, feeding, cleaning, testing, monitoring, harvesting, sizing, gutting, washing, checking, packing, boxing, labelling, order fulfilment, cold storage, processing, shipping logistics - administration, security and management) will consider 20,000 employees small in comparison to the market demand.
The three critical advantages the Bahamas have over the nearest competitor in the seafood industry are:
Proximity
Proximity
Proximity
Not to mention the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), Sustainability and Food Safety. Environmental challenges in the gulf and fishing restrictions everywhere else make the Bahamas ideal for this development.
The global demand is for fresh (Fresh, Never Frozen) seafood, which the Bahamas (and the Caribbean) can fulfil, ideally.
When the IDB is telling The Bahamas (it must implement several policy reforms to develop its “blue economy”), it’s not referring to “Split the work into phases and prove each phase before expanding”.
The question to ask this administration “why not give full support to build this industry” or who are the politicians are protecting, or is it the dark face of our nemesis; the “White Guy” who must come into building the industry because Bahamians are still victims of the culture of the ugly grudge of self-hate that has marginalised us to where we are now.
On Policy reforms need for $200m IDB guarantee
Posted 21 July 2021, 10:47 p.m. Suggest removal