When a high ranking official is put on administrative leave the action suggests some wrong doing, if not corruption. And, of course, there have always being talks of the ‘untouchables’ on the customs list that import goods and do not follow the normal channel to have their goods cleared. They are hardly ever examined and the general talk is even if an officer attempts to carry out his duties, his efforts are thwarted with a simple phone call or text. As one officer explained it, ‘The problems are many. Containers come in with goods valuing hundreds of thousands of dollars.Then you have an officer making just a small fraction of the duty that is to be collected on these containers. So when the opportunity presents itself, what will most officers do?’ And some believe the problem is even greater than that levy of officers. Organized corruption by ‘the higher ups.’ One importer of a certain product says he is the agent/distributor for certain brands of products. But more than half the product in the market does not come through his company. In face he doesn’t know many of the people and businesses that sell the products And in most instances their prices are below what he and his legitimate customers prices are. So how do you fix the problem. It may be nothing to do with the current shake up in customs that some believe is politically motivated.

Firstly, many small and medium businesses were already not realizing a profit. They were operating in the red. And to suggest that these businesses try to absorb some of the new inflation costs will definitely cause the ship to sink. Of course those businesses that are profitable can allow their profits to shrink somewhat to absorb the inflation costs or some of it.
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Just before the war broke out some US companies indicated that some goods that were held up in the shipping blockade had finally made it to store shelves. And because these goods were so late or out-if/season, they were being discounted by up to 70 percent. These include holiday goods and decorations, toys, winter clothing, household furnishings and electronics. So consumers who have the cash to spare may consider shopping early for these goods to help ward off price increases that definitely will be created by the war. Once gas and electricity goes up, the prices of everything else will increase

‘’ A 51-year-old man was rescued by the United States Coast Guard on Monday after he was bitten by a shark while fishing aboard a vessel near Bimini.’
If they were near Bimini, most likely they were in tThe Bahamas. But regardless , thankfully he was rescued and is expected to recover

The other part of this story is The Bahamad, or the world for that matter, has never been this open of have Covid restrictions so relaxed with this low numbers since the pandemic began And some may say it is too early to celebrate but it is reasonable assurance that life returning to normal is possible. That there’s light at the end of the tunnel. And as Boris Johnson days after removing the remaining Covid restrictions, regardless of what happens in the future, “the world has to live with Covid .”

So there is a beer fest planned for a local establishment this weekend. Is the health and wellness minister aware of this or has it been approved? Or will it be one of these events that happens under ther radar? Not in the least suggesting the minister rush to approving such events, especially those that involve the importation of a number of foreign participants, but the guidelines seem to be muddled. But O the same minister is still pushing vaccines when some of the vaccine manufacturers are pondering the discontinuation of vaccines production. Firstly no one wants them anymore. And secondly everyone, with some intelligence that is, agrees that NONE of the vaccines currently in production are effective against any of the Covid variants currently active.

So apparently, according to tThe Tribune’s headline, the fisherman bit the shark first.

You should’ve seen this coming after The Tribune’s news story last weekend that claimed The a Bahamad was the leading country for rape. But the story had no data to support this claim. It was mostly opinionated. The opinion of one person. And it is majorly females who don’t agree with the marital rape laws for The Bahamas. Because 95% of the female spouses will never have to claim rape. It is that small percentage who want to use marital rape as an exculpatory clause.

Basically what they are doing is taking a domestic issue that is between man and wife and should be resolved within the marriage wows and making it into a criminal matter. A man will then go to jail for rape allegations. But what about the female spouse who enters a marriage not intending to fulfill her wifely duties? Is the law gonna give her more power for her to be dysfunctional or even contrary in a marriage and not submit to her husband? So what recourse is going to be given to a man who has a non/submissive wife. Fortunately many politicians , past and present fall into this catergory and will be the first to feel when the hammer falls. You is be sitting up in Fox Hell prison whilst someone else, not necessarily the same sex as you be enjoying the fruits of your marriage. And not necessarily in a submissive way. Pass the law dammit.

And dozens of Bahamian families who chose to stay at major hotel properties over the holidays caught Covid. Basically entire families came down with the virus and had to be quarantined. Some family members had to be hospitalized.

Sometimes you really have to wonder what people like Sandy Sands is get their gender hormones from. Notice how lopsided his argument is. That the staff pay for their tests but not the guests. Firstly, the tests are being taken to frequently for staff and this escalates the costs with no tangible benefits. Iig Covid doesn’t show up in a test until 3-5 days after a person contracts the virus the frequency of testing can be refused. Secondly it is the guess that be walking around without masks so it is on them to protect themselves. Thirdly is is the workers who usually contract the virus from the guests, so why should they have to PAY for working in a harzardous work environment ? AND if ALL guests are supposed to be vaccinated and IF the vaccines are supposedly so effective then why should workers be treated like lepers when the basically pose no risk to the guests?

boris johnson says there will be no more mask wearing mandates, no more forced vaccinations requirement, no more mandatory isolations for persons who test positive for Covid, among other things. Many of these people will become guests at Bah Mayr and other properties in The Bahamad. Why then should employees bear the cost of being tested when the risk is not of their own making? They already following the safety protocols