All Dion Foulkes does is talk! How many times have we heard this same story? The Chinese are laughing at this clown standing around rattling sabers and doing nothing about the issue.
If Foulks were serious he would shut down the project until the terms of the agreement were satisfied.
Expedia charges properties 25% commissions on booking fees and an extra 10% fee for so-called "member prices". This gouging by Expedia of hotel properties is totally unjustified and absurd!
How the hell is property owners who have invested heavily and have high overheads, expected to make any profit if Expedia who has no investment and no vested interest demands what actually amounts to almost 40% of the companies net per sale?
Booking.com charges 12% commissions and has surpassed Expedia to become the world leader in property bookings.
WTF?? We are already taxed beyond reason. The food cost here is astronomical. The Bahamas is 40 miles off the U.S. mainland, and is the 4th most expensive country in the world to live in!
How the hell does the government explain this phenomenon? Why do we sit back and take this nonsense?
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! Since when has the government become so conscientious? They didn't bother to ask anyone anything "scientifically" when criminalizing pot and ruining untold 1000's of peoples lives. How come they need a scientific survey to legalize it after most of the western world has already done so?
Instead of wasting time on this, they need to conduct a scientific survey to gauge Bahamians’ feelings on the overwhelming numbers of Haitians in our country doing jobs that unemployed Bahamians should be doing!
It is no coincidence that after hurricane Dorian forced hundreds of "unknowns" to move from Abaco and Freeport, Nassau is now having a sharp spike in unusual crime. The only thing surprising is it took so long for the increase in crime to be reported to the public!
The police have no idea where to start looking for these culprits because they are new to the streets with no M.O. or past records locally.
Last week a tourist was robbed while walking in the Saint Albans Drive area, which again is totally unheard of. If the government is not extremely proactive, there is a very real risk of these "new invisible criminals" causing real damage to the tourism product.
The sad part is this is just the tip of the iceberg as those "new criminals" from Abaco and Freeport get more and more daring when they discover the police are totally unable to do anything.
Another useless tragic loss of life due to people feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and stressed out over the state of our country!
Successive governments were much more interested in the welfare of Haitians than in Bahamians. The undeniable results shows Haitians have outpaced Bahamians financially per capita over the last 4 decades.
Haitians pushed Bahamians out by gaining major footholds in construction, domestic and small businesses.
The future looks totally bleak for too many Bahamians and progressively positive for Haitians in our country.
A frank conversation must be started on the existing apartheid mentality successive governments allowed employers to get away with under this false guise that there are no qualified Bahamians!
Lol....All of you in denial about the brain drain problem are the ones involved in this apartheid!
What you people are suggesting is that black Bahamians are not good enough and are too stupid to learn anything, so you have to bring in ex-pats. However, the same ex-pats you bring in and treat so well are then trained by Bahamians.
Huge numbers of Bahamians, have "lost" loved ones abroad that refused to return because of entrenched employment apartheid practices here. You ingrates have no idea what it feels like for parents to proudly make all sorts of sacrifices investing in educating children abroad only to have them refuse to return after graduating because of your apartheid practices.
SP says...
Unfortunately, the horse left the barn many, many years ago leaving us top to bottom inundated with ex-pats doing unemployed Bahamians can do!
It is no wonder so many ex-pats have such huge superiority complexes knowing they are barely average in home countries and considered "needed" here.
We do not need to reinvent the wheel on this one. The Cayman Islands model has worked perfectly for decades.
What Pindling, Ingraham, and Christie were thinking is beyond comprehension.
On Minister to 'tighten' up work permits
Posted 22 January 2020, 7:42 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
All Dion Foulkes does is talk! How many times have we heard this same story? The Chinese are laughing at this clown standing around rattling sabers and doing nothing about the issue.
If Foulks were serious he would shut down the project until the terms of the agreement were satisfied.
On Foulkes concern with ratio of foreign workers at Pointe
Posted 22 January 2020, 4:54 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Expedia charges properties 25% commissions on booking fees and an extra 10% fee for so-called "member prices". This gouging by Expedia of hotel properties is totally unjustified and absurd!
How the hell is property owners who have invested heavily and have high overheads, expected to make any profit if Expedia who has no investment and no vested interest demands what actually amounts to almost 40% of the companies net per sale?
Booking.com charges 12% commissions and has surpassed Expedia to become the world leader in property bookings.
**No surprise there!**
On Demand for Bahamas up 23% before Dorian
Posted 22 January 2020, 4:37 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
WTF?? We are already taxed beyond reason. The food cost here is astronomical. The Bahamas is 40 miles off the U.S. mainland, and is the 4th most expensive country in the world to live in!
How the hell does the government explain this phenomenon? Why do we sit back and take this nonsense?
On NIB rate may rise to cover deficits
Posted 22 January 2020, 4:16 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! Since when has the government become so conscientious? They didn't bother to ask anyone anything "scientifically" when criminalizing pot and ruining untold 1000's of peoples lives. How come they need a scientific survey to legalize it after most of the western world has already done so?
Instead of wasting time on this, they need to conduct a scientific survey to gauge Bahamians’ feelings on the overwhelming numbers of Haitians in our country doing jobs that unemployed Bahamians should be doing!
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On SET THEM FREE: Minnis backs jail release for ‘small’ marijuana users
Posted 22 January 2020, 8:29 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
It is no coincidence that after hurricane Dorian forced hundreds of "unknowns" to move from Abaco and Freeport, Nassau is now having a sharp spike in unusual crime. The only thing surprising is it took so long for the increase in crime to be reported to the public!
The police have no idea where to start looking for these culprits because they are new to the streets with no M.O. or past records locally.
Last week a tourist was robbed while walking in the Saint Albans Drive area, which again is totally unheard of. If the government is not extremely proactive, there is a very real risk of these "new invisible criminals" causing real damage to the tourism product.
The sad part is this is just the tip of the iceberg as those "new criminals" from Abaco and Freeport get more and more daring when they discover the police are totally unable to do anything.
We've got serious problems!
On Police alert after series of armed home invasions
Posted 21 January 2020, 5:39 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Another useless tragic loss of life due to people feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and stressed out over the state of our country!
Successive governments were much more interested in the welfare of Haitians than in Bahamians. The undeniable results shows Haitians have outpaced Bahamians financially per capita over the last 4 decades.
Haitians pushed Bahamians out by gaining major footholds in construction, domestic and small businesses.
The future looks totally bleak for too many Bahamians and progressively positive for Haitians in our country.
On Apparent suicide in Grand Bahama investigated
Posted 19 January 2020, 1:23 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Just keep Ingraham, Christie, and their henchmen far, far, away and we might actually accomplish something good for the country!
On New doubts emerge over $975m loans offer from US company
Posted 17 January 2020, 8:32 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
A frank conversation must be started on the existing apartheid mentality successive governments allowed employers to get away with under this false guise that there are no qualified Bahamians!
We have to face this reality and deal with it!
What say you Chucky boy?
On Pinder warned over 'blunt' visa crackdown
Posted 17 January 2020, 8:22 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Lol....All of you in denial about the brain drain problem are the ones involved in this apartheid!
What you people are suggesting is that black Bahamians are not good enough and are too stupid to learn anything, so you have to bring in ex-pats. However, the same ex-pats you bring in and treat so well are then trained by Bahamians.
Huge numbers of Bahamians, have "lost" loved ones abroad that refused to return because of entrenched employment apartheid practices here. You ingrates have no idea what it feels like for parents to proudly make all sorts of sacrifices investing in educating children abroad only to have them refuse to return after graduating because of your apartheid practices.
On Pinder warned over 'blunt' visa crackdown
Posted 16 January 2020, 9:18 p.m. Suggest removal