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John says...

The fact that the service at Royal bank has been less than royalty over the past few years and with strong and tough competition fro Commonwealth and Fidelity Banks RBC finds itself like a fish that has grown too big for a small pool. And it’s effor to downsize may be fatal.

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Posted 4 December 2017, 4:14 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

And a facilitator

On UPDATED: Two die in police shootout

Posted 4 December 2017, 4:05 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

You would have to be no less than a dumb ass if you think I get any gratification from persons losin their lives from the bullet of a criminal or the police. If you were following the story, the shotgun the police recovered may have been licensed and associated with the victim’s job where he was a manager. And if you were following the news even more, you would know the murders came to a halt after a gang leader/ drug dealer found himself the target of a murder ‘hit’ and fled the country. He was still hunted down and killed. This murderer have been responsible for dozens of murders in the country by authorizing hits on young men. He may also have had ties with a notorious agency of another. And if any of you who seek to criticize can take your blinders off and see the murders ( most of them) were driven by forces external to Bahamians. One person flees the country and the murders stop. He is then killed in another country and the murders are still at zero. He was only the trigger man.

On UPDATED: Two die in police shootout

Posted 4 December 2017, 4:03 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

RBC has hundreds of millions sitting in its banks that it is not paying interest on. Clients refuse to remove these deposits because they believe their money is safe with Royal. And with the exception of soft loans and loans with at least 100% collateral it is not loaning money not taking any risk. Don't need to because its client's money is virtually free. It has reduced its staff to a skeleton. Taken most of its back room services to Trinidad. RBC has closed its credit card center and, again these services are being facilitated in Trinidad. And now with its forced strategy to get clients to use ATM's it is proposing to reduce its staff even more and may either close more branches or shutter portions to create smaller branches with less overhead. Then what will happen if after all this RBC does not return to profitablity? Will it pack its bag and leave The Bahamas? Some persons have already complained that the bank closed their accounts with Hundreds of Thousands of dollars still on them. And it did it without notice. Does this give Bahamians who have deposits at RBC the jitters or even a feeling of uncertainty?

John says...

So who else wasn’t surprised with the dying CIA agents confessions that he poisoned and killed Bob Marley? Everyone knew that Bob didn’t die of natural causes and everyone knows the US government played a part in his death. And there are things that are going to be revealed in the near future that will shock the world. That man of perdition soon will be revealed.

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Posted 2 December 2017, 10:21 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

Police have shot and killed four males in less than two weeks. These killings should be throughly investigated if only to recommend there needs to be some retraining of police officers. FOUR killings by police in such a short is really unacceptable. Let’s hope the police haven’t suddenly become trigger happy.

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Posted 2 December 2017, 10:13 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

With the amount of exploitation going on in this country, no bahamian should be paying property tax on any home dwelling on which he/she resides. NONE! Think about it: When you purchase the property you pay government tax on the purchase of the property. When you build government gets average of 35% customs duties on all the materials you put into your home, plus 7.5% vat tax!> Then they get 7.5% VAT on all the labor that goes into constructing the home So why should a bahamian still have to pay tax on his home? And go and see who they gat running the Department of Inland revenue..Like Bob Marley says, "we gatta chase dem crazy bald heads outta da land!"

John says...

Bahamians, we must take back control of our country and our resources from aragonite to salt to water to power generation. People who we take for friends and well advisors have the intention of seeing Bahamians live in misery, and in sickness and in poverty, while the rape our land of all its resources. Call it modern day slavery. Just look what is happening: poor people are dying with so much medical bills they are leaving their children in debt for decades. And persons who have worked all their lives to accumulate a little something is now watching it be frittered away with unusual taxes and the high cost of living. They too, cannot leave their will to their children debt free. The children will have to sell off most of what is passed down to them, again to pay off debts or just walk away from it. To a life of poverty. This is by design. That is why the young men are angry. They want to work, they want to be peaceful and productive citizens. But the country is being flooded with drugs and alcohol and guns. They get them angry and turn them against each other. They are making it near impossible for young men to survive in this country. They pay maids in Freeport $3.00 to clean rooms that rent out for hundreds of dollars a night...whose country is this anyway. The riches of the wicked is being stores up fior the righteous.

John says...

The Americans came here and tried (almost successfully ) to shut down every single farm in the country. They discouraged Bahamians from fishing and we are now at the point that we are 100% depending on their food supply and energy. And what is it causing us? Bahamians are dropping down like flies. They have become predators and are killing one another. Is America really our big brother? Are they looking out for us or is America our most dangerous and lethal enemy? A wolf dressed in sheeps clothing. ‘ My sheep know my voice...’

On Software developer: Tax woe drove us to Cayman

Posted 1 December 2017, 10:43 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

Poor tiger woods. For those who know the true story. Poor Black folk