Tourism Minister Dionisio D'Aguilar stressing visitors need to spend more money in resort is a 180-degree turn from the "Tourism is healthy" smoke and mirror routines of **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder Obie Wilchcombe and **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovement Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, who both always asserted that the "numbers" are proof that all is well in Tourism.
The leading cause of low spending in any resort destination is a lack of actual shore excursions and other opportunities for visitors spend on.
Competing resort destinations with similar crime dilemmas, far worst cleanliness issues and further afar are enjoying increases in stopovers and resort spending while the Bahamas consistently decreased decade over decade.
The one common denominator of these destinations increases is their ever improving shore excursion and resort activities which accommodate an increase of tourist spend opportunities.
Unlike **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder and **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovement who were well known to **lock Bahamians out** of lucrative investments, these countries encouraged local and FDI alike to invest in diversifying their tourism product. The results are obvious.
That being said. PM Sheriff Minnis and tourism Minister Dionisio D'Aguilar need to look at Arawak Cay and determine if this prime state owned asset is being best utilized for the best dollar return for the country.
PM Sheriff Minnis now having control of lands, must take a serious look at which corrupt cartel has secret plans for Arawak Cay!
Arawak Cay's strategic location relative to the cruise port could easily be used to increase tourist spend and make it a no brainer for theme/amusement/water/multi-purpose entertainment park development, instead of an unsightly container port benefiting only a few usual greedy suspects that have exploited the country for decades.
PM Sheriff Minnis only need to "LOOK" at the proposals for investments submitted to **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder in 2012-13 to find multiple detailed proposals (with financing) for theme/amusement/water/multi-purpose entertainment park developments for Arawak Cay that would have all but eliminated the problem of low tourism spend in New Providence.
Arawak Cays' use as a theme/amusement/water/multi-purpose entertainment park development remains the most expedient short term route to sustainable, increased, resort spending and deserves serious consideration in the national interest.
Lol...What is "clear" is your assumptions have proven you an even bigger fool than anticipated. FYI, I am a frequent traveler to several continents and abandoned visiting the United States over 10 years ago!
You've made another stupid assertion that "reducing the number of work permits you will collapse the Bahamian economy" **total pig nanny!**
Your Perry Christie style smoke and mirror diatribe purposely cross's from one subject to the next. The situation in question concerns low skilled work permit holders. "Foreign direct investment" was never mentioned or alluded to. Everyone without a brain knows the need and benefits of FDI.
However, there is no need and a huge negative benefit of having 100,000 low skilled, blue collar expat workers holding jobs that low skilled blue collar Bahamians should possess!
FDI are welcomed to our country with open arms and work permits for **"essential personnel"** must be granted.
Before throwing more money into the pot aiming for bigger and better, serious consideration must be given to the **"WHO FOR"** are we willing to speed deeper into debt, how will additional funding be repaid and by whom!
The well-known phenomenon of illegal/legal Haitians overwhelming the maternity ward and other health care facilities must be a major part of the equation or we would only be succeeding in giving more Haitians the incentive to breed and seek free medical care in the Bahamas.
PM Sheriff Minnis must first take a step back and put policies in place to resolve this issue of Illegals riding Bahamians like jackass's and abusing social service systems.
How much tax payers dollars are spent and what are the associated combined costs of illegal migrants for health care, education, repatriation, immigration, defense force, policing, illegal employment, vehicular hit and runs, crime, loss of tax revenue, environmental damage, litter, drug and arms running, free water consumption, human smuggling, electricity theft and a very efficiently organized parallel economy which is second to none the biggest menace to the national security of our country?
Obviously, these vexing issues cause the Bahamas to expend or lose untold $100's millions annually that we can ill afford after decades of **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder and **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovement stupendous gross mismanagement and alleged pilfering from every imaginable sector.
**It makes absolutely no sense to simply carry on as before.**
Best practices must first be sought and implemented. Serious checks and balances aimed at curbing illegal migrant activities, reversing the loss of revenue and cost burden of tax paying Bahamians.
Alternatively, we must ask the question **"who are we building this better Bahamas for?"**
**Economist & OldFort2012** ... Please expound on how "issuing many more work permits he would find that employment of us Bahamians would grow"?
That has to be the most foolish, asinine statement made to date!
You two cannot possibly be Bahamians or are joined at the hip with **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder or **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovements tribes who "governed" the country with that same philosophy which has led us to the crippling position we now find ourselves.
Unquestionable substantiating circumstances causing the collapse of the economy is evidence that expats "spending" habits and the repatriation of USD have caused negative effects on our foreign reserves and simultaneously killed the local economy as expats are traditionally hoarders of hard currencies, invest only in home countries, and do not "spend" anywhere near as Bahamians would in the local economy. This is totally understandable as these peoples interest is assisting a family in home countries and have no interest whatsoever in staying/growing/developing the Bahamas.
The Stark reality is If the Bahamas got rid of 50,000 low skilled expat blue/white collar workers and replaced them with low/medium skilled Bahamians workers, the country would experience an immediate renaissance of the economy as these people would"spend" exponentially more locally, instead of repatriating income abroad. (duh, amem, duh, duh)
Banking, inter island tourism, real estate, car sales, retailers, apartment rentals, restaurants, dry cleaners, food stores and literally every sector of the economy would show instant robust gains if Bahamians held these jobs instead of expats.
Unquestionably Sen. Ranard Henfield obviously had to have been as blindsided as PM Sheriff Minnis when they took the seat of power and was forced to the "true realization" of the ailing and horrible dire straights of the country.
**factual reality** is a quick study for intelligent individuals as Sen. Ranard Henfield and PM Sheriff Minnis which dictates the need for recalibration, compromise, and steady heads, while translating to mass confusion and idealistic ideas to fools!
**Economist & OldFort2012** by their statements, have placed themselves in the "fools" category extraordinaire.
tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar lamenting crime as “such an enormous problem” in New Providence need step up to the plate and start revamping the "tourist experience" by addressing the ignorant, dangerous thugs in the jet ski, hair braiding, beach hawking and other low skill front line businesses and implementing systems that naturally remove the bad apples from the front lines of our tourism product.
This could be easily done by requiring everyone in front line tourism to have a certain level of education and also require them to earn a Bahama host certificate with high passing grades and issuing Bahama host I.D. certifying cards which would do wonders in eliminating the bad elements and immediately reduce tourist exposure to low lives, criminals and thugs that gravitate to these types of jobs.
Standing around talking and waiting for the inevitable to repeat itself is an unacceptable nonstarter....**Get on with it!**
The Bahamas today is a "living white paper" of how to destroy a country and its citizenry.
Decades of absolute mind-boggling, asinine political stupidity and collaborative corruption across party lines have rendered the Bahamas a basket case that went from the 3rd richest nation with prosperous progressive people in the hemisphere, to the mess we have now come to by a handful of greedy people that seemed to consciously disenfranchise Bahamians in favor any other national!
PM Sheriff Minnis administration would do well to review any and all projects with a view toward tweaking what former governments had established.
Lack of employment, business opportunities for our people, and far too many expats occupying blue collar low skilled jobs are the leading cause of crime leading to high recidivism rates as more and more people were forced into a life of crime for mere survival, while expats now live the Bahamian dream our parents worked for decades to achieve!
Sheriff Minnis needs to right the wrongs of previous governments and allow our people, especially low skilled workers, the opporunty to get back to work as first steps towards eradicating crime.
**"The rental generation is very inefficient and is very strongly priced.** *It is well priced for our customers. It is both efficient and it is also reliable for our customers. It is on the lower end of the total fuel cost that our customers incur.”*
This is Perry Christie style double talk. Which is it? **The rental generation is very inefficient and is very strongly priced** or *It is well priced for our customers. It is both efficient and it is also reliable for our customers. It is on the lower end of the total fuel cost that our customers incur.”*
As an absolute novice, one would have thought Venezuela or Trinidad would be considered as reasonably inexpensive suppliers of fuel.
SP says...
Tourism Minister Dionisio D'Aguilar stressing visitors need to spend more money in resort is a 180-degree turn from the "Tourism is healthy" smoke and mirror routines of **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder Obie Wilchcombe and **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovement Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, who both always asserted that the "numbers" are proof that all is well in Tourism.
The leading cause of low spending in any resort destination is a lack of actual shore excursions and other opportunities for visitors spend on.
Competing resort destinations with similar crime dilemmas, far worst cleanliness issues and further afar are enjoying increases in stopovers and resort spending while the Bahamas consistently decreased decade over decade.
http://www.caribjournal.com/2016/02/16/…
http://www.7thheavenproperties.com/2017…
http://www.caribbean360.com/business/ja…
https://www.caymancompass.com/2016/12/2…
The one common denominator of these destinations increases is their ever improving shore excursion and resort activities which accommodate an increase of tourist spend opportunities.
Unlike **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder and **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovement who were well known to **lock Bahamians out** of lucrative investments, these countries encouraged local and FDI alike to invest in diversifying their tourism product. The results are obvious.
That being said. PM Sheriff Minnis and tourism Minister Dionisio D'Aguilar need to look at Arawak Cay and determine if this prime state owned asset is being best utilized for the best dollar return for the country.
PM Sheriff Minnis now having control of lands, must take a serious look at which corrupt cartel has secret plans for Arawak Cay!
Arawak Cay's strategic location relative to the cruise port could easily be used to increase tourist spend and make it a no brainer for theme/amusement/water/multi-purpose entertainment park development, instead of an unsightly container port benefiting only a few usual greedy suspects that have exploited the country for decades.
PM Sheriff Minnis only need to "LOOK" at the proposals for investments submitted to **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder in 2012-13 to find multiple detailed proposals (with financing) for theme/amusement/water/multi-purpose entertainment park developments for Arawak Cay that would have all but eliminated the problem of low tourism spend in New Providence.
Arawak Cays' use as a theme/amusement/water/multi-purpose entertainment park development remains the most expedient short term route to sustainable, increased, resort spending and deserves serious consideration in the national interest.
On 'We need tourists to spend more money'
Posted 12 August 2017, 10:30 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Just for **Y-O-U!**
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2015…
On ‘Publish jobs of permit holders’
Posted 12 August 2017, 7:22 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Lol...What is "clear" is your assumptions have proven you an even bigger fool than anticipated. FYI, I am a frequent traveler to several continents and abandoned visiting the United States over 10 years ago!
You've made another stupid assertion that "reducing the number of work permits you will collapse the Bahamian economy" **total pig nanny!**
Your Perry Christie style smoke and mirror diatribe purposely cross's from one subject to the next. The situation in question concerns low skilled work permit holders. "Foreign direct investment" was never mentioned or alluded to. Everyone without a brain knows the need and benefits of FDI.
However, there is no need and a huge negative benefit of having 100,000 low skilled, blue collar expat workers holding jobs that low skilled blue collar Bahamians should possess!
FDI are welcomed to our country with open arms and work permits for **"essential personnel"** must be granted.
On ‘Publish jobs of permit holders’
Posted 12 August 2017, 7:17 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Before throwing more money into the pot aiming for bigger and better, serious consideration must be given to the **"WHO FOR"** are we willing to speed deeper into debt, how will additional funding be repaid and by whom!
The well-known phenomenon of illegal/legal Haitians overwhelming the maternity ward and other health care facilities must be a major part of the equation or we would only be succeeding in giving more Haitians the incentive to breed and seek free medical care in the Bahamas.
PM Sheriff Minnis must first take a step back and put policies in place to resolve this issue of Illegals riding Bahamians like jackass's and abusing social service systems.
How much tax payers dollars are spent and what are the associated combined costs of illegal migrants for health care, education, repatriation, immigration, defense force, policing, illegal employment, vehicular hit and runs, crime, loss of tax revenue, environmental damage, litter, drug and arms running, free water consumption, human smuggling, electricity theft and a very efficiently organized parallel economy which is second to none the biggest menace to the national security of our country?
Obviously, these vexing issues cause the Bahamas to expend or lose untold $100's millions annually that we can ill afford after decades of **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder and **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovement stupendous gross mismanagement and alleged pilfering from every imaginable sector.
**It makes absolutely no sense to simply carry on as before.**
Best practices must first be sought and implemented. Serious checks and balances aimed at curbing illegal migrant activities, reversing the loss of revenue and cost burden of tax paying Bahamians.
Alternatively, we must ask the question **"who are we building this better Bahamas for?"**
On MATERNITY PLANS 'NOT GOOD ENOUGH'
Posted 12 August 2017, 6:37 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**Economist & OldFort2012** ... Please expound on how "issuing many more work permits he would find that employment of us Bahamians would grow"?
That has to be the most foolish, asinine statement made to date!
You two cannot possibly be Bahamians or are joined at the hip with **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder or **F**oreign **N**ational **M**ovements tribes who "governed" the country with that same philosophy which has led us to the crippling position we now find ourselves.
Unquestionable substantiating circumstances causing the collapse of the economy is evidence that expats "spending" habits and the repatriation of USD have caused negative effects on our foreign reserves and simultaneously killed the local economy as expats are traditionally hoarders of hard currencies, invest only in home countries, and do not "spend" anywhere near as Bahamians would in the local economy. This is totally understandable as these peoples interest is assisting a family in home countries and have no interest whatsoever in staying/growing/developing the Bahamas.
The Stark reality is If the Bahamas got rid of 50,000 low skilled expat blue/white collar workers and replaced them with low/medium skilled Bahamians workers, the country would experience an immediate renaissance of the economy as these people would"spend" exponentially more locally, instead of repatriating income abroad. (duh, amem, duh, duh)
Banking, inter island tourism, real estate, car sales, retailers, apartment rentals, restaurants, dry cleaners, food stores and literally every sector of the economy would show instant robust gains if Bahamians held these jobs instead of expats.
Unquestionably Sen. Ranard Henfield obviously had to have been as blindsided as PM Sheriff Minnis when they took the seat of power and was forced to the "true realization" of the ailing and horrible dire straights of the country.
**factual reality** is a quick study for intelligent individuals as Sen. Ranard Henfield and PM Sheriff Minnis which dictates the need for recalibration, compromise, and steady heads, while translating to mass confusion and idealistic ideas to fools!
**Economist & OldFort2012** by their statements, have placed themselves in the "fools" category extraordinaire.
On ‘Publish jobs of permit holders’
Posted 11 August 2017, 7:15 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar lamenting crime as “such an enormous problem” in New Providence need step up to the plate and start revamping the "tourist experience" by addressing the ignorant, dangerous thugs in the jet ski, hair braiding, beach hawking and other low skill front line businesses and implementing systems that naturally remove the bad apples from the front lines of our tourism product.
This could be easily done by requiring everyone in front line tourism to have a certain level of education and also require them to earn a Bahama host certificate with high passing grades and issuing Bahama host I.D. certifying cards which would do wonders in eliminating the bad elements and immediately reduce tourist exposure to low lives, criminals and thugs that gravitate to these types of jobs.
Standing around talking and waiting for the inevitable to repeat itself is an unacceptable nonstarter....**Get on with it!**
On Tourism in fear over crime risk
Posted 11 August 2017, 11:50 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
The Bahamas today is a "living white paper" of how to destroy a country and its citizenry.
Decades of absolute mind-boggling, asinine political stupidity and collaborative corruption across party lines have rendered the Bahamas a basket case that went from the 3rd richest nation with prosperous progressive people in the hemisphere, to the mess we have now come to by a handful of greedy people that seemed to consciously disenfranchise Bahamians in favor any other national!
PM Sheriff Minnis administration would do well to review any and all projects with a view toward tweaking what former governments had established.
Lack of employment, business opportunities for our people, and far too many expats occupying blue collar low skilled jobs are the leading cause of crime leading to high recidivism rates as more and more people were forced into a life of crime for mere survival, while expats now live the Bahamian dream our parents worked for decades to achieve!
Sheriff Minnis needs to right the wrongs of previous governments and allow our people, especially low skilled workers, the opporunty to get back to work as first steps towards eradicating crime.
On Citizen Security scheme on hold amid review
Posted 11 August 2017, 11:29 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**"The rental generation is very inefficient and is very strongly priced.** *It is well priced for our customers. It is both efficient and it is also reliable for our customers. It is on the lower end of the total fuel cost that our customers incur.”*
This is Perry Christie style double talk. Which is it? **The rental generation is very inefficient and is very strongly priced** or *It is well priced for our customers. It is both efficient and it is also reliable for our customers. It is on the lower end of the total fuel cost that our customers incur.”*
As an absolute novice, one would have thought Venezuela or Trinidad would be considered as reasonably inexpensive suppliers of fuel.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20161001…
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/S…
http://www.barrons.com/articles/how-ven…
Price stability, however, is yet another unanswerable question.
On BPL boss details strategy to drive down consumer bills
Posted 10 August 2017, 5:59 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Where the hell was Commissioner Greenslade when **P**illage **L**oot **P**lunder was running wild in the Treasury?
On Uncertainty still remains over future of Greenslade
Posted 9 August 2017, 6:23 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
PM **Sheriff** Minnis is unquestionably on the case!
On VAT promise stays on hold
Posted 9 August 2017, 6:19 p.m. Suggest removal