When are the banks going to level the playing field for Bahamians? Customers that serviced loans and mortgages on time all their lives suddenly find themselves unable to get further credit after a certain age unless one wanted a luxury automobile.
This is an unfair discriminatory practice not allowed in the U.S. or Canada, but banks penalize Bahamians regardless of their credit history is good!
When is the Central Bank going to force banks to treat Bahamians with the same respect as they treat their Candian customers?
Darrin Woods is another lost soul way out of his depth trying to make sense of the tourism industry with absolutely no hands on experience at the wholesale travel level!
Contrary to Mr. Woods's statement "It seems like the deck is being stacked against us right now". Every competing destination in the region has the exact same obstacles and play by the same rules.
The Bahamas saw a steady decrease in tourism compared to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, Haiti, Barbados, and virtually all other regional competing resort destinations due to successive governments' "firsthand" ignorance of tourism, coupled with a pigheaded inability to listen to front line industry professionals with decades of hands-on experience.
Successive governments were repeatedly warned loudly for decades that our tourism product was losing its appeal with the loss of every native show, night club, duty-free shopping, Bay Street is a disgrace, the inner city over the hill is filthy, jet ski operators and other front line vendors are among some of the most unpolished individuals the country has to offer, etc, etc. ect,.
After 5 decades of Ministers of tourism, **NOT ONE** can identify an initiative implemented by them that improved the tourism product and visitor experience!
A simple 1975 to 2020 comparison of tourism development between Nassau, Ft. Lauderdale, and Key West shows the frightening remarkable level of ineptitude of successive governments.
Last week the Candian government reported despite COVID-19 recommendations of essential travel only, large numbers of Candians continue overflying the Bahamas to destinations of Jamaica, Mexico, The Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Ironically, all these destinations offer deep cultural experiences and offer relaxed prohibition laws on marijuana use.
The politicians refused to listen, sat on their hands, stood in Parliament talking bullshyt, cracking jokes, legislating for their own personal gain, and allowed the tourism product to go to hell. Now we find ourselves standing around pointing fingers and making excuses about why we have such dismal tourism arrivals.
Agreed. Purposely no definitive reference to what and where these surpluses are derived. This government also has a knack for saying what seems popular, then doing the opposite as is the case with coconut vendors that were promised coolers, umbrellas, etc' which never materialized, and no explanation given. We are supposedly too stupid to remember.
Regardless of the electorate decisively voting the dancing clown out the last election after 5 years of unbridled, highly insulting stupidity, they continue to think we are stupid and forgetful.
Keep the Dominicans out at all cost! They didn't care about overfishing their own waters out and will care even less about our laws protecting our fisheries!
Let them take their Bahamian wives to the Dominican Republic and take care of them!
I shudder to imagine law enforcements response had this been an insurrection by people of color!
No heads and bodies were bashed with batons, no vehicles driven into the rioters, no rubber bullets fired, and not one violent, armed, protester beaten by cops in alleyways.
If the Bahamas had a sovereign wealth fund for its natural resources like other countries, the government wouldn't be scrapping and begging to assist Bahamians during this pandemic.
Only a handful of families benefit from our natural resources, while the rest of the population is suffering and stuck on stupid supporting them.
Before the usual group or morons start downing Bahamians for the uptick in crime, let's be clear that the increase in crime during COVID is not unique to the Bahamas!
Across the great U.S. crime has increased over 52%. In New York City, the number of people shot so far this year skyrocketed by 103%, with 1,855 victims in 2020 compared to the 914 year over year as of Dec. 27, statistics show. The number of shooting incidents also jumped from 769 last year to 1,518 so far in 2020 – a 97.4% spike. Chicago "the murder capital of America" was always off the charts also saw a 56% crime increase.
Higher unemployment due to COVID translated to higher crime rates. Realistically, crime should be expected to get even worse until the economy rebounds and more people can go back to earning a living.
AGAIN, "experts" in the Bahamas is attempting to reinvent the wheel!
Do a web search and you will discover suicides have increased globally during 2020, especially in Japan. We need to stop bullshiting ourselves as if only Bahamians are affected. Ignore the "experts," they are obviously nothing more than bullshitters!!
SP says...
When are the banks going to level the playing field for Bahamians? Customers that serviced loans and mortgages on time all their lives suddenly find themselves unable to get further credit after a certain age unless one wanted a luxury automobile.
This is an unfair discriminatory practice not allowed in the U.S. or Canada, but banks penalize Bahamians regardless of their credit history is good!
When is the Central Bank going to force banks to treat Bahamians with the same respect as they treat their Candian customers?
On Credit bureau to hit 30% of borrowers
Posted 18 January 2021, 9:14 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Darrin Woods is another lost soul way out of his depth trying to make sense of the tourism industry with absolutely no hands on experience at the wholesale travel level!
Contrary to Mr. Woods's statement "It seems like the deck is being stacked against us right now". Every competing destination in the region has the exact same obstacles and play by the same rules.
The Bahamas saw a steady decrease in tourism compared to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, Haiti, Barbados, and virtually all other regional competing resort destinations due to successive governments' "firsthand" ignorance of tourism, coupled with a pigheaded inability to listen to front line industry professionals with decades of hands-on experience.
Successive governments were repeatedly warned loudly for decades that our tourism product was losing its appeal with the loss of every native show, night club, duty-free shopping, Bay Street is a disgrace, the inner city over the hill is filthy, jet ski operators and other front line vendors are among some of the most unpolished individuals the country has to offer, etc, etc. ect,.
After 5 decades of Ministers of tourism, **NOT ONE** can identify an initiative implemented by them that improved the tourism product and visitor experience!
A simple 1975 to 2020 comparison of tourism development between Nassau, Ft. Lauderdale, and Key West shows the frightening remarkable level of ineptitude of successive governments.
Last week the Candian government reported despite COVID-19 recommendations of essential travel only, large numbers of Candians continue overflying the Bahamas to destinations of Jamaica, Mexico, The Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Ironically, all these destinations offer deep cultural experiences and offer relaxed prohibition laws on marijuana use.
The politicians refused to listen, sat on their hands, stood in Parliament talking bullshyt, cracking jokes, legislating for their own personal gain, and allowed the tourism product to go to hell. Now we find ourselves standing around pointing fingers and making excuses about why we have such dismal tourism arrivals.
On 'Deck now stacked against' Bahamian tourism's rebound
Posted 18 January 2021, 8:55 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Agreed. Purposely no definitive reference to what and where these surpluses are derived. This government also has a knack for saying what seems popular, then doing the opposite as is the case with coconut vendors that were promised coolers, umbrellas, etc' which never materialized, and no explanation given. We are supposedly too stupid to remember.
Regardless of the electorate decisively voting the dancing clown out the last election after 5 years of unbridled, highly insulting stupidity, they continue to think we are stupid and forgetful.
2022 soon come!!
On ‘We’ll create a fund to benefit our nation’
Posted 15 January 2021, 7:15 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Keep the Dominicans out at all cost! They didn't care about overfishing their own waters out and will care even less about our laws protecting our fisheries!
Let them take their Bahamian wives to the Dominican Republic and take care of them!
On Foreign fisherman bar in legal battle
Posted 12 January 2021, 3:01 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Couldn't agree more! Mitchel is grandstanding. Ignore him as usual.
On PLP Chairman calls for government to condemn violence in U.S.
Posted 8 January 2021, 3:49 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
I shudder to imagine law enforcements response had this been an insurrection by people of color!
No heads and bodies were bashed with batons, no vehicles driven into the rioters, no rubber bullets fired, and not one violent, armed, protester beaten by cops in alleyways.
Undeniable example of American white privilege!
On INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election
Posted 6 January 2021, 8:46 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
If the Bahamas had a sovereign wealth fund for its natural resources like other countries, the government wouldn't be scrapping and begging to assist Bahamians during this pandemic.
Only a handful of families benefit from our natural resources, while the rest of the population is suffering and stuck on stupid supporting them.
On Atlantis returns some staff to furlough status
Posted 4 January 2021, 2:43 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Before the usual group or morons start downing Bahamians for the uptick in crime, let's be clear that the increase in crime during COVID is not unique to the Bahamas!
Across the great U.S. crime has increased over 52%. In New York City, the number of people shot so far this year skyrocketed by 103%, with 1,855 victims in 2020 compared to the 914 year over year as of Dec. 27, statistics show. The number of shooting incidents also jumped from 769 last year to 1,518 so far in 2020 – a 97.4% spike. Chicago "the murder capital of America" was always off the charts also saw a 56% crime increase.
Higher unemployment due to COVID translated to higher crime rates. Realistically, crime should be expected to get even worse until the economy rebounds and more people can go back to earning a living.
On Stapledon School employee found dead in classroom
Posted 2 January 2021, 9:36 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
As serious as COVID is, it is a mystery why the government refuses to publish the supplement cocktail thats proven to prevent one catching the virus!
On ZNS worker dies after COVID battle
Posted 1 January 2021, 10:10 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
AGAIN, "experts" in the Bahamas is attempting to reinvent the wheel!
Do a web search and you will discover suicides have increased globally during 2020, especially in Japan. We need to stop bullshiting ourselves as if only Bahamians are affected. Ignore the "experts," they are obviously nothing more than bullshitters!!
On Second suspected suicide probed
Posted 30 December 2020, 8:31 p.m. Suggest removal