I saw the police came and put some people out of their apartment for non payment of rent. Court ordered eviction The evicted tenants just took their clothes and left everything else in the yard where it was put. They just didn't have anywhere to take their furniture. Eventually people came through the night and toted off most of the stuff. The rain came and destroyed what was left. So now a family must start ove with only the clothes on their backs. Electricity is still a luxury for many.

Based on current statistics, at least another 40 persons will be killed before December 31, 2017. Most of these victims will be male and most of them will be between the ages of 17 and 25. These are cold, hard facts. The new government has not put any policy change or any new policing strategy or social programs in place that will stop these killings or even slow them down. In a discussion the other day someone said that killing use to be a last resort. Something that was done when the killers felt they had no other options. Today they say killing is one of the first options used for conflict resolution. And the murders today are being committed by young people. Once a person kills and becomes a murderer the desire to kill dwells within him. Meaning it is easier to kill a second or even a third time. Then there is the desire for revenge. So even when a killer is arrested and thrown in jail no one in his family or even no one he interacted with is safe. The desire for vengeance becomes strong and it is jnot just tit for tat but sometimes more than one life is taken for payback. So what are we going to do about murder in this little small country before there is no soul left alive

*all of you who have a problem with vat or income tax .......... what are your solutions for the government to raise fair taxes from the citizens????? or maybe all of you are rich and love the status quo????????*

We pay vat, property taxes, national insurance tax, business license tax, business pay garbage collection fees, and every other good or service the government offers comes with a price. All the utilities are overpriced and of low quality. Crime, especially murder is rampant and getting worse. When your government want additional taxes then raise the bar for its performance. And you stand in a line for over an hour at RBC just to pick up a renewed credit card.

What Bahamians need to know is why they have to be burdened with more taxes when their quality of life is deteriorating.

The reason the country's finances are in dire straits is because there was a dual financial economy for too long. There were those Bahamians who tried to pay a fair share of taxes and there was those who paid none. Then there were those companies (yes mostly foreign) that got huge tax breaks and other concessions and still failed to pay the little that was required of them. Many left the country owing millions to the government, to workers and to other enterprises. The banks have too many Bahamians by their necks where they are highly leveraged with little or no cash income. And so they are losing asstfor which they have paid the bank for many years. Advice to any property owner. If you have cash and still owe the bank, try paying off your loan. Especially if they are paying you zero interest on your deposit. It means the bank is getting its interest on your loan plus the interest they should be paying you on your deposit. St one point Donald Trump was saying he was not worried about the US national debt. He said when it got out of hand he would declare the US bankrupt and ask its biggest creditors to forgive the debt. That works for companies but can it work for a country?

If any government was to introduce any additional form of tax in this coin the interim there would be a mass uprising of the people who are already overburdened with taxes. Many presently have no form of income because either they are unemployed or they operate businesses that have been unprofitable for a very long time. Many are watching their hard assets being frittered away while they try to survive, to keep the lights on and food on the table. Others are being forced to cough money for outstanding taxes while the government seems to offer no concessions to help keep businesses afloat.

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Basically what is happening is rather than growing the economy and creating new B. bwealth, the country is recycling the same set of money. And each time it passes through the government's hands there is reason for them to grab more of the money. The economy is declining.what happens next. Will they start seizing people's property or throwing them in jail because of their inability to pay taxes in tough times. Can't you see the financial wolf in sheeps clothing? So while the are making Bahamians financially weaker and poorer, foreigners come in with hard cash and buy up the country, not unlike they are doing in inner cities across the US and in other countries around the world.

If there is any good side to hurricane Irma the Bahamas is set for one of the greatest winter tourist seasons ever. With a good portion of Florida and the Caribbean recovering The Bahamas must not let this opportunity pass. Then loan our defense force and BPL and BTC technicians to assist

On the final two days before hurricane hit Florida it costs $3,000.00 (yes Three Thousand Dollars) minimum to get a flight from Florida to anywhere in the continental United States. Hotel rooms in states bordering Florida went from $70.00 a night to $700.00 a night and more. Since harvey hit Houston gas prices are inreasing daily. And in the last two weeks of August each year and the second two weeks in December each year, Bahamasair tickets (and all other airlines serving that route to Miami and Ft Lauderdale increase from $240.00 to up to $700.00. Can someone please tell me what is price gourging?

can i fill out an application, please.pleeze?

TARGET is hiring 100,000 new employees for the holidays. This figure is up 40% over last year. When other retailers and companies like Federal Express, UPS and Armazon complete their holiday hiring a, the US unemployment rate will be at its lowest level in 20 years. Why can't the Bahamas get their unemployment figures moving down.