I don't like the idea of a Vat hike any more than anyone else but bear in mihd that in the UK it is 20%. That said never heard the critics complain when the PLP had a continious hiring spree, exorbitant contracts given without bids, a 7 million + hole in Palmetto Pojnt for a hospital that the country coild never afford and on and on. Face facts this country is deep in debt and painful medicine now may if the revenue is properly spent reap benefits down the road. Times are tough yes but try living in Greece or Italy where national debt is beyond belief. In the UK May 29th was the first day of the calender year where the ciitizen worked for himself . In other words the average citizen worked to pay taxes for for almost 5 months. One final point despite Mr know it all Davies the PLP would have had to do the same or reserve rooms for the IMF.

What is it about Davies and Fred and all the other ex PLP MP's that they have the laughable gall to talk about extra taxes when they are totally responsible for the terrible financial state of the economy. What worries me is that the FNM will need to do some drastic pruning financially and whilst that is necessary it will open the gates to the uneducated who want instant gratification and will vote PLP in the next election. Like all maladies medical or financial you can only put off treatment for so long and failing that the IMF will dictate PLP or FNM.

The whole system is screwed from PMH to family island clinics. Promotions based on who you know, corrupt practices like selling Goverment medication privately, pathetic man management
And more. Good nurses are demoralised .

Why are we paying these incompetent managers? Fuel hedging or buying in advance (the airlines do it) makes so much sense when the price of oil was so low and even an imbecile would see that it had to rise in the future but " were working on it". Yes but you have missed a golden opportunity.

As in education promotion often has nothing to do with reliability, hard work, going the extra mile but rather who you know, or who knows you. On one family island a classroom teacher who openly used the F word on her class,would storm out and refuse to teach them,never held any post such as senior or master teacher,senior mistress suddenly becomes a Vice Principal. And now is in school every day unlike when she had to teach.you guessed it she was related to a Educator in a prominant position.

Speak up my arse. Most Principals are wanabe dictators who immediately forget what it was like in the classroom and have only one way - their way.

I don't understand the female silence. When asked what is wrong or what did I do the answer is an abrubt and stern "nothing" ??????????

Committees ,committees, and more committees. Action not talk.

Is anyone suprised. Bills arrive two months late, without informing the customer cell phone package goes from $19.99 to $29.99 and them $59.99. They sell phones but who is the marketing genius that makes sure that they don't sell phone holsters/cases for all these phones.
BTC got to comfortable and is now paying the price. As for landlines sometimes they work and sometimes they don't.

My God, Fred it was your bunch of incompetent, misguided, corrupt individuals who hired anything that could walk and breathe just to get votes. Try the 12 month workers, who in at least one clinic do absolutely nothing but play on their phones, have disgusting attitudes, come late and leave early and are interested in only one thing-their pay check. And this is just one ministry. Go away Fred you are toxic and financially comfortable I am sure so why do you care about cleaning house.