U.S. spring break students, European tourists everywhere, and now this infected cruise ship being allowed to land here is the beginning of the end for the Bahamas!
Dr. Sands is the only individual in the world with the ability to make such colossal conclusive predictions about a totally new, unknown virus while having absolutely no experience, no substantial testing, or any other scientific data!
Politicians becoming instant know-it-all geniuses on election day is the norm in the Bahamas. However, as Italy discovered, the Covid19 virus does not allow for "do-overs" and "corrections" to political missteps.
The negative short term financial impact the Bahamas would suffer by canceling cruise ship entries for 30 to 45 days is a minuscule drop in the bucket to the long term financial losses if the U.S., Canada, and others declare the Bahamas a Coronavirus tourist destination risk.
We MUST be proactive NOW or we will suffer dire consequences later!
The government should follow the U.S. lead and suspend travel between the Bahamas and Europe (including Uk) For 30 Days.
Not doing so is a fatal mistake that will cost many lives and unnecessary suffering for any number of people!
We are a silly country when it comes to doing sensible things and a stupid country when it comes to nonsense.
The Bahamas was all in, front and center to join the U.S. war on drugs, incarcerating and ruining our peoples' lives, but we cannot seem to "undo" stupid and legalize ganja even after the U.S. has changed course.
“While the threat of the virus reaching our waters is **effectively being managed,** we will continue to exercise an abundance of caution to ensure that we mitigate this growing risk.”
Wakey, wakey, Mr. Turnquest. The virus is already here but either not been identified because of infected individuals not yet being tested or just it is still in the incubation stage.
It is unreasonable to think with as many visitors we have had from China, and Italy alone since January 15th that we are virus-free today.
By mid to end of March we will have a "basic" idea of how many cases exist in the Bahamas.
At this rate, Bahamians will never own or have any control over our number one industry or any industry at all!
RCCL has the right to buy and develop any amount of private Paradise Island properties as they please. However, crown land should have been reserved for Bahamian entrepreneurs ONLY!
This is actually the perfect opportunity and point in time for the government to introduce precedence for Bahamian and foreign partnership development initiatives.
Mr. Smith and Royal Caribbean can easily meet in the middle and become co-partners of the disputed crown land, thereby setting a solid foundation for future Bahamian/foreign touristic developments.
How will Bahamians ever become serious stakeholders in our number one industry if we continue the practice of blocking them out and giving away prime land for touristic project developments without Bahamian participation to mega-wealthy foreign entities?
**finally**...John Pinder is addressing this "non-essential" ex-pat work permit issue that negatively affects the country nationally on several levels.
Hubert Ingraham, Perry Christie, and Brent Symonnette are the 3 stooges responsible for inundating the country with non-essential ex-pat workers mainly because between the three of them they were incapable of managing and stimulating sustainable economic growth.
In their combined wisdom, they decided selling $40M+ in work permits for immediate gains was a solution to raising badly needed capital. However, they never stopped to consider the longterm negative financial impact of 30,000+ mostly blue-collar ex-pats for the most part not contributing to the local economy AND repatriating huge portions of earnings to home countries.
Simonette, Ingraham, and Christie unwittingly created the biggest unemployment disaster causing the contraction of the commercial banking sector in our history!
Obviously, the Minnis administration and John Pinder recognize this failure and are looking into reversing the problem by getting rid of all "non-essential" ex-pats holding jobs that Bahamians are qualified to do.
The keywords here are "Bahamians qualified" to do!
Haitians, Filipinos, and Latinos working in domestic capacities regardless of academics are totally unacceptable. No Bahamian could get a work permit in the Philippians for domestic labor or anything else a Filipino can even remotely do.
The bottom line is, the Bahamas doesn't have to reinvent the wheel with the ex-pat issue. The Cayman Islands has an efficient immigration protocol that we could adapt.
A Bahamian business cannot demand a change in immigration laws in another country. Any company that doesn't want to abide by our immigration laws should be expeditiously shown the exit door!
What an absolute insult to our intelligence! Eugene Poitier must really think we are all as stupid as he is! Brutality by police, prison officers and even security guards has always been the norm here.
That prison officer and his colleagues didn't just "happen" to commit this one instance of brutality. They were acting on what they are accustomed to doing and known as acceptable in their environment!
Mr. Dames and Poiter need to admit brutality is a problem so that remedies can be looked into to reverse this behavior throughout law enforcement in the Bahamas.
SP says...
U.S. spring break students, European tourists everywhere, and now this infected cruise ship being allowed to land here is the beginning of the end for the Bahamas!
On UPDATED: Cruise ship carrying persons with coronavirus 'will not be permitted to dock'
Posted 12 March 2020, 4:25 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Totally irresponsible, and unacceptable!
Dr. Sands is the only individual in the world with the ability to make such colossal conclusive predictions about a totally new, unknown virus while having absolutely no experience, no substantial testing, or any other scientific data!
Politicians becoming instant know-it-all geniuses on election day is the norm in the Bahamas. However, as Italy discovered, the Covid19 virus does not allow for "do-overs" and "corrections" to political missteps.
The negative short term financial impact the Bahamas would suffer by canceling cruise ship entries for 30 to 45 days is a minuscule drop in the bucket to the long term financial losses if the U.S., Canada, and others declare the Bahamas a Coronavirus tourist destination risk.
We MUST be proactive NOW or we will suffer dire consequences later!
On Worst case would be 400 infected: Sands predicts scenario if virus breaks out here
Posted 12 March 2020, 4:16 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
The government should follow the U.S. lead and suspend travel between the Bahamas and Europe (including Uk) For 30 Days.
Not doing so is a fatal mistake that will cost many lives and unnecessary suffering for any number of people!
We are a silly country when it comes to doing sensible things and a stupid country when it comes to nonsense.
The Bahamas was all in, front and center to join the U.S. war on drugs, incarcerating and ruining our peoples' lives, but we cannot seem to "undo" stupid and legalize ganja even after the U.S. has changed course.
On President Trump suspends travel between the US and Europe (except UK) for 30 days
Posted 12 March 2020, 1:43 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
NOBODY with a once sense will believe anything coming from the Chinese!
On Chinese: Virus under control
Posted 6 March 2020, 6:01 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
“While the threat of the virus reaching our waters is **effectively being managed,** we will continue to exercise an abundance of caution to ensure that we mitigate this growing risk.”
Wakey, wakey, Mr. Turnquest. The virus is already here but either not been identified because of infected individuals not yet being tested or just it is still in the incubation stage.
It is unreasonable to think with as many visitors we have had from China, and Italy alone since January 15th that we are virus-free today.
By mid to end of March we will have a "basic" idea of how many cases exist in the Bahamas.
On China travel alert to last six months: Govt fearful over economic fallout from global crisis
Posted 5 March 2020, 7:40 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
WTF? This muppet is trying to play on people's fears. He needs to learn when to lay politics aside for the common good of the populace!
Davis knows PM Minnis already has the right travel restriction protocols in place according to WHO and caricom guidelines.
What this buffon "could" have said was PM Minnis neglected to mirror the U.S. warnings by advising people "not to panic but get prepared now."
Even Trump extended an olive branch to Iran offering medical assistance!
On Govt 'not proactive enough' in response to coronavirus
Posted 4 March 2020, 7:52 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
At this rate, Bahamians will never own or have any control over our number one industry or any industry at all!
RCCL has the right to buy and develop any amount of private Paradise Island properties as they please. However, crown land should have been reserved for Bahamian entrepreneurs ONLY!
On Bay Street's 'survival' fears on Royal Caribbean PI deal
Posted 3 March 2020, 7:18 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
This is actually the perfect opportunity and point in time for the government to introduce precedence for Bahamian and foreign partnership development initiatives.
Mr. Smith and Royal Caribbean can easily meet in the middle and become co-partners of the disputed crown land, thereby setting a solid foundation for future Bahamian/foreign touristic developments.
How will Bahamians ever become serious stakeholders in our number one industry if we continue the practice of blocking them out and giving away prime land for touristic project developments without Bahamian participation to mega-wealthy foreign entities?
On ‘Pushed into corner’ on Royal Caribbean deal
Posted 2 March 2020, 5:50 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**finally**...John Pinder is addressing this "non-essential" ex-pat work permit issue that negatively affects the country nationally on several levels.
Hubert Ingraham, Perry Christie, and Brent Symonnette are the 3 stooges responsible for inundating the country with non-essential ex-pat workers mainly because between the three of them they were incapable of managing and stimulating sustainable economic growth.
In their combined wisdom, they decided selling $40M+ in work permits for immediate gains was a solution to raising badly needed capital. However, they never stopped to consider the longterm negative financial impact of 30,000+ mostly blue-collar ex-pats for the most part not contributing to the local economy AND repatriating huge portions of earnings to home countries.
Simonette, Ingraham, and Christie unwittingly created the biggest unemployment disaster causing the contraction of the commercial banking sector in our history!
Obviously, the Minnis administration and John Pinder recognize this failure and are looking into reversing the problem by getting rid of all "non-essential" ex-pats holding jobs that Bahamians are qualified to do.
The keywords here are "Bahamians qualified" to do!
Haitians, Filipinos, and Latinos working in domestic capacities regardless of academics are totally unacceptable. No Bahamian could get a work permit in the Philippians for domestic labor or anything else a Filipino can even remotely do.
The bottom line is, the Bahamas doesn't have to reinvent the wheel with the ex-pat issue. The Cayman Islands has an efficient immigration protocol that we could adapt.
A Bahamian business cannot demand a change in immigration laws in another country. Any company that doesn't want to abide by our immigration laws should be expeditiously shown the exit door!
On Pinder: We could cut 20,000 work permits
Posted 26 February 2020, 6:34 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
What an absolute insult to our intelligence! Eugene Poitier must really think we are all as stupid as he is! Brutality by police, prison officers and even security guards has always been the norm here.
That prison officer and his colleagues didn't just "happen" to commit this one instance of brutality. They were acting on what they are accustomed to doing and known as acceptable in their environment!
Mr. Dames and Poiter need to admit brutality is a problem so that remedies can be looked into to reverse this behavior throughout law enforcement in the Bahamas.
On ‘Prisoners must be treated humanely’
Posted 26 February 2020, 12:52 p.m. Suggest removal