one of the very first low hanging fruits we should capitalize on is unnecessary expat workers. Foreigners holding jobs that Bahamians can do was the focus of conversation a few short weeks ago. With unemployment now heading north of 20%, a stalled economy, and significantly reduction in hard currency due the fall of tourism, we simply can no longer afford the accompanying multifaceted economlc drain on the local economy caused by expat workers.
It was revealed that over 20,000 expats were in the country occupying employment that Bahamians should have. If these jobs were made available to Bahamians, a profound immediate, badly needed stimulus to the economy would result, as these people spend monies locally compared to expats that spend as little as possible to survive, and repatriate the majority of earnings to home countries either to support families or invest in homes and businesses back home.
Robert Meyers needs to identify these "other governments which have communicated what they can see and know timelines to recovery from the covid19 pandemic.
What government has told citizens "when they're getting back to work, as well as how much they're going to spend and how much they're going to save to deal with their situation"?
President Trump is the sole individual that was ignorant enough to state that he wanted to see churches full for Easter on April 12th while covid19 has nowhere near peaked in America today April 8th.
Not one country on the planet regardless of financial status has even remotely attempted to predict any recovery whatsoever, but Robert expects the Bahamas government to do what nobody else could.
PM Minnis is in uncharted waters doing the best he can and has already said he needs help brainstorming a new direction for the country. What we all should be doing is trying to think of suggestions to put forward to the government of how to utilize proven best practices on how to make the country more self-sufficient so we are less dependant on foreigners for survival.
Jamaica and the Dominican Republic might be worthwhile case studies as both countries have done commendable jobs of moving towards more self-sufficiency, especially in food production and owning bigger shares of their tourism product.
This is not the time for whining. We all need to put our collective heads together and HELP the Prime Minister stir the country to the best recovery possible that benefits the most of our people the fastest. The more people we leave behind, the more crime and other social ills we create for ourselves to deal with in the short and long terms!
If whatever criteria Dr. Sands used to come to his stated assertion is real to him, now is the time to begin dialogue with Cuba for medical assistance. We will have no other choice as the US and UK will soon be more overwhelmed than their own medical capacity and Cuba is known to have an abundance of medical personnel.
New infections from the 1st two weeks of people not wearing masks in foodstores alone might be substantially more than our medical system can handle. We might start seeing the fallout from this in the next 7 days.
Better to be over prepared well in advance than under prepared & running around like a headless chicken looking for last minute solutions to a life or death situation.
I cannot understand how ANY fastfood place is allowed to operate when clearly it is impossible for them to maintain even 3 feet apart. 6 feet is totally out of the question!
This is a disaster just waiting to happen as the staff are more than likely from larger families and will find it difficult to isolate at home. Hopefully government has taken this into consideration and made proper arrangements.
Secondly, fastfood joints produces a heck of a lot of road traffic, AND is the perfect environment for infected lndividuals to pass on the virus through handling everybody's food.
Trump controls the CDC and what they can tell Americans, and he has screwed up royally so far. After telling us "not to worry", "It's a Democrat hoax" "It'll go away like magic" "It's just another flu", "It'll go away when it warms up" NO WAY am I just relying on Trump and the CDC!
Any D average 9 year old Bahamian can come up with research disagreeing with Trump and the CDC.
PM Minnis is obviously not infallible. Quarterbacking from the outside looking in, his possible missteps some now blame him for looks avoidable. However, we are not privileged to know what criteria led Dr. Minnis to make such drastic decisions.
He admitted that his measures would be painful, but necessary to save lives.
At least Dr. Minnis is doing as best he could in uncharted waters to deal with the pandemic head-on from an aggressive mitigation point of view.
Regardless of his reasoning, I would much rather be here dealing with Dr. Minnis than in the U.S. dealing with President Trump in this situation!
With all their "specialist" and scientific knowledge, lack of action has already plunged the US into the epicenter of the world. They will be totally overwhelmed in 3 to 4 weeks in the worst self-inflicted war in their history.
@ThisIsOurs......You continue to be fooled by a class of men in suits calling themselves "leaders" who have always lied to and mislead the entire world.
Just ask yourself one simple question. If masks are vitally important PPE to protect "healthy" doctors and other health professionals, why wouldn't they protect everybody else just as well?
Anyone with even elementary deduction and reasoning skills can figure this out.
In any event, you and anyone else with your thinking can carry on smartly listening to these clowns, and let's see what the end result will be for you in about 18 days from now. Good luck!
SP says...
Making masks mandatory was a badly needed step, however, in addition to that, it is only fair they also identify where one could purchase them from.
On TACKLING THE COVID-19 CRISIS: What ideas do you have?
Posted 8 April 2020, 10:16 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
one of the very first low hanging fruits we should capitalize on is unnecessary expat workers. Foreigners holding jobs that Bahamians can do was the focus of conversation a few short weeks ago. With unemployment now heading north of 20%, a stalled economy, and significantly reduction in hard currency due the fall of tourism, we simply can no longer afford the accompanying multifaceted economlc drain on the local economy caused by expat workers.
It was revealed that over 20,000 expats were in the country occupying employment that Bahamians should have. If these jobs were made available to Bahamians, a profound immediate, badly needed stimulus to the economy would result, as these people spend monies locally compared to expats that spend as little as possible to survive, and repatriate the majority of earnings to home countries either to support families or invest in homes and businesses back home.
On What's the 'game plan' for economic revival?
Posted 8 April 2020, 10:02 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
As the saying goes "mouth can say anything"!
Robert Meyers needs to identify these "other governments which have communicated what they can see and know timelines to recovery from the covid19 pandemic.
What government has told citizens "when they're getting back to work, as well as how much they're going to spend and how much they're going to save to deal with their situation"?
President Trump is the sole individual that was ignorant enough to state that he wanted to see churches full for Easter on April 12th while covid19 has nowhere near peaked in America today April 8th.
Not one country on the planet regardless of financial status has even remotely attempted to predict any recovery whatsoever, but Robert expects the Bahamas government to do what nobody else could.
PM Minnis is in uncharted waters doing the best he can and has already said he needs help brainstorming a new direction for the country. What we all should be doing is trying to think of suggestions to put forward to the government of how to utilize proven best practices on how to make the country more self-sufficient so we are less dependant on foreigners for survival.
Jamaica and the Dominican Republic might be worthwhile case studies as both countries have done commendable jobs of moving towards more self-sufficiency, especially in food production and owning bigger shares of their tourism product.
This is not the time for whining. We all need to put our collective heads together and HELP the Prime Minister stir the country to the best recovery possible that benefits the most of our people the fastest. The more people we leave behind, the more crime and other social ills we create for ourselves to deal with in the short and long terms!
On What's the 'game plan' for economic revival?
Posted 8 April 2020, 4:38 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
If whatever criteria Dr. Sands used to come to his stated assertion is real to him, now is the time to begin dialogue with Cuba for medical assistance. We will have no other choice as the US and UK will soon be more overwhelmed than their own medical capacity and Cuba is known to have an abundance of medical personnel.
New infections from the 1st two weeks of people not wearing masks in foodstores alone might be substantially more than our medical system can handle. We might start seeing the fallout from this in the next 7 days.
Better to be over prepared well in advance than under prepared & running around like a headless chicken looking for last minute solutions to a life or death situation.
On UPDATED: If we carry on like this, we will not cope
Posted 7 April 2020, 5:59 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Fastfood places have got to be the second largest "super spreaders" after food stores!
On Wendy's confirms COVID-19 case
Posted 7 April 2020, 5:06 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
I cannot understand how ANY fastfood place is allowed to operate when clearly it is impossible for them to maintain even 3 feet apart. 6 feet is totally out of the question!
This is a disaster just waiting to happen as the staff are more than likely from larger families and will find it difficult to isolate at home. Hopefully government has taken this into consideration and made proper arrangements.
Secondly, fastfood joints produces a heck of a lot of road traffic, AND is the perfect environment for infected lndividuals to pass on the virus through handling everybody's food.
On Wendy's confirms COVID-19 case
Posted 7 April 2020, 4:54 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Carry on smartly!
On Medical masks only for frontline staff
Posted 7 April 2020, 2:33 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Trump controls the CDC and what they can tell Americans, and he has screwed up royally so far. After telling us "not to worry", "It's a Democrat hoax" "It'll go away like magic" "It's just another flu", "It'll go away when it warms up" NO WAY am I just relying on Trump and the CDC!
Any D average 9 year old Bahamian can come up with research disagreeing with Trump and the CDC.
https://www.livescience.com/cloth-masks…
On Medical masks only for frontline staff
Posted 7 April 2020, 12:10 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
PM Minnis is obviously not infallible. Quarterbacking from the outside looking in, his possible missteps some now blame him for looks avoidable. However, we are not privileged to know what criteria led Dr. Minnis to make such drastic decisions.
He admitted that his measures would be painful, but necessary to save lives.
At least Dr. Minnis is doing as best he could in uncharted waters to deal with the pandemic head-on from an aggressive mitigation point of view.
Regardless of his reasoning, I would much rather be here dealing with Dr. Minnis than in the U.S. dealing with President Trump in this situation!
With all their "specialist" and scientific knowledge, lack of action has already plunged the US into the epicenter of the world. They will be totally overwhelmed in 3 to 4 weeks in the
worst self-inflicted war in their history.
Carry on Dr. Minnis!!
On UPDATED: Complete shutdown of all services from 8pm Friday until 5am Monday
Posted 4 April 2020, 10:25 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
@ThisIsOurs......You continue to be fooled by a class of men in suits calling themselves "leaders" who have always lied to and mislead the entire world.
Just ask yourself one simple question. If masks are vitally important PPE to protect "healthy" doctors and other health professionals, why wouldn't they protect everybody else just as well?
Anyone with even elementary deduction and reasoning skills can figure this out.
In any event, you and anyone else with your thinking can carry on smartly listening to these clowns, and let's see what the end result will be for you in about 18 days from now. Good luck!
On We don't have any face masks left, say pharmacies
Posted 3 April 2020, 10:13 a.m. Suggest removal