Every few years we have to amend finance laws and sign agreements to avoid these blacklist. The developed countries keep finding ways to ensure we as developing country continue to struggle while they laugh all the way to the Banks !

Simple comrade ...."IPBS's development functions remain in the Bahamas" ....but :Mr Raine said he was forced to establish a Cayman Islands-based company to own IPBS' software, and handle all sales and licensing functions".......its like you can grow bananas in cat island and sell them in nassau

There are Bahamians around the world who have expressed an interest to the government in returning home and starting businesses in most of the areas listed above. Some of them work in silicone valley with companies like google and facebook and were at the recently concluded grand Bahama technology summit.In the other areas we have young bright university students studying in those areas presently thus the futuristic aspect of this bill .

Allowing cruise lines to buy and operate from their own private islands is like starting a isolated beach party to get away from the natives, harassment, crime, filth in nassau, and drug peddlers. Now that the cruise ship operators have tasted that party.... aint no stopping that now.....if they try to stop it in the Bahamas, they will go some other place !

The one year learning curve is too steep. Some employees may be very tech savy with all the latest certifications in their areas of specialization but in the real world where technological changes happen rapidly, and changes to software updates,dealing with the implementation and maintaining of security issues, configuration changes,working with nano technologies and emerging trends, and other areas proposed in this bill requires a much longer learning curve deadline for knowledge transfer.!.

The visionary intentions of the Commercial Enterprises Bill beyond the intellectual pay grade of archaic union leaders !!.

**THE Government has been forced to reaffirm the 75 per cent limit on civil service salary deductions, after being “inundated” with demands for the policy’s relaxation.**

This has been a problem for decades, because we have become a materialistic society, running after our wants instead of our needs.Trying to please the proverbial Jones's have made us slaves to the institutions we work for. This has resulted in many people having sleepless nights. high blood pressure and a host of other diseases including cancer. Not taking home enough disposable income to buy the necessities of life like healthy food is also the cause of many issues in family life. Sadly the banks are feasting on consumers with their predatory lending practices.by being concerned with only their bottom line. All of the commercial banks routinely set up kiosk loan desk at all of the government corporations and hotels to entice employees into consumer loans. Personal financial education is very much needed starting in the school curriculum, but then again we have become too americanized as a society and we do what ever we see the americans do ! .

And put an end to quasi government corporation contracts where senior executives and political cronies make a salary of $125,000 per year, plus $25,000 in annual allowances, and simultaneously serve as the government selection to private companies boards where they are paid up to $30,000 as a board member thus taking home easily $170,000 every year. !

Well Well look a here,... "Feasting while the country suffers" ...Sir Lynden was the Bahamas "Moses" but these two were no "Joshua".....their best efforts as PM has left generations unborn with Seven Billion in depth !

get with the times birdie ...mother nature and her alone is responsible is responsible for the break water problem "