This is heartbreaking! People should not have to repeatedly beg the government for assistance.
Director of Labour John Pinder estimate last month that the jobless rate is around 40 percent is about 20% too low. The jobless rate is more like 60%!
Most countries are purging themselves of low-skill blue-collar ex-pats. The Bahamas definitely needs to follow this practice. There was never a reason, and we simply cannot afford to have ex-pat gardeners and domestic workers at this time.
Nobody can identify any Haitian owned businesses that employs a single Bahamian, why the hell would we be stupid enough to give Haitians political power?
Our country has been stuck on stupid for so long, it's now normal for so called "intelligent" people to accept the dumbest ideas out there!
The Bahamas proximity to 400M north Americans and easily achievable potential to becoming a competitive air transit hub, opens doors to vertually unlimited opportunities!
$3billion is not a large number considering we should have been the leading competitor to Florida's tourism, retirement, medical, silicon, green power etc' markets decades ago. This is the type of ventures the government should be eagerly pursuing.
On the contrary, Dionisio D’Aguilar having been involved in the hotel industry is probably the only individual we've had as minister of tourism that has some level of hands on experience and does have a clue! Unfortunately, he inherited 5 decades of asinine stupidity from predecessors that spoiled the cruise industry by allowing them to believe that the Bahamas could not survive without them. The truth is the cruise industry cannot survive without the Bahamas and other resort destinations.
This is another classic example of the proverbial "tail wagging the dog" situation common in the region when dealing with corporate entities.
Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation needs to come to the reality that the cruise ship industry was never designed to even minimally benefit the profits of resort destinations. They're cutthroat, prohibitive, policies are deliberately designed to maximize their own profits at the expense of destinations they visit.
The cruise industry is actually wholesale travel companies. They sell cruises at give-away prices with the intention of profiting from various passenger-based profit centers i.e. in-resort excursion commissions which actually account for a major percentage of their profits. They will be hard-pressed to change their modes Operandi because of their present structure to profits.
The Bahamas needs to follow the Cayman Islands lead and place restrictions on the volume of ships/passengers allowed in port at any given time. If Nassau's tourism infrastructure cannot cater to 10,000 cruise passengers at once, what is the point of having them come here? The result could only be complaints of not enough to do, overcrowding, poor management, etc.
Curtailing the volume of cruise passengers will lead to more shore-based vacations, higher in-resort spending, more satisfied visitors, increased excursion sales & opportunities, and a much better overall bottom line for the country.
Additionally, having Bahamasair at our disposal, the Bahamas should have long ago partnered with hotels to develop its own wholesale products.
The biggest impediment to tourism growth in our country is spineless individuals with no clue about tourism ignorantly cutting deals with very slick cruise ship pirates and for decades people with power lacking the hands-on experience needed to enable them to be innovative in the market making decisions.
SP says...
What about **"We believe in Bahamians" & "Bahamians first"**?
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SP says...
Lol......"We believe in Bahamians" & "Bahamians first"......nuff said!!!!
On PLP aiming to lower VAT and raise minimum wage
Posted 8 March 2021, 4:25 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
They had more than enough time to do whatever they wanted to do! no more time.
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SP says...
This is heartbreaking! People should not have to repeatedly beg the government for assistance.
Director of Labour John Pinder estimate last month that the jobless rate is around 40 percent is about 20% too low. The jobless rate is more like 60%!
Most countries are purging themselves of low-skill blue-collar ex-pats. The Bahamas definitely needs to follow this practice. There was never a reason, and we simply cannot afford to have ex-pat gardeners and domestic workers at this time.
On Women tell of struggle to get by during pandemic
Posted 5 March 2021, 5:53 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Nobody can identify any Haitian owned businesses that employs a single Bahamian, why the hell would we be stupid enough to give Haitians political power?
Our country has been stuck on stupid for so long, it's now normal for so called "intelligent" people to accept the dumbest ideas out there!
On Pakesia: We need more women in politics
Posted 4 March 2021, 7:24 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
The Bahamas proximity to 400M north Americans and easily achievable potential to becoming a competitive air transit hub, opens doors to vertually unlimited opportunities!
$3billion is not a large number considering we should have been the leading competitor to Florida's tourism, retirement, medical, silicon, green power etc' markets decades ago. This is the type of ventures the government should be eagerly pursuing.
Congrats Mario! I wish you success!!
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Posted 4 March 2021, 7:12 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
On the contrary, Dionisio D’Aguilar having been involved in the hotel industry is probably the only individual we've had as minister of tourism that has some level of hands on experience and does have a clue! Unfortunately, he inherited 5 decades of asinine stupidity from predecessors that spoiled the cruise industry by allowing them to believe that the Bahamas could not survive without them. The truth is the cruise industry cannot survive without the Bahamas and other resort destinations.
This is another classic example of the proverbial "tail wagging the dog" situation common in the region when dealing with corporate entities.
On Minister tells cruise lines: ‘Don’t dump’ on Nassau
Posted 4 March 2021, 6:42 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation needs to come to the reality that the cruise ship industry was never designed to even minimally benefit the profits of resort destinations. They're cutthroat, prohibitive, policies are deliberately designed to maximize their own profits at the expense of destinations they visit.
The cruise industry is actually wholesale travel companies. They sell cruises at give-away prices with the intention of profiting from various passenger-based profit centers i.e. in-resort excursion commissions which actually account for a major percentage of their profits. They will be hard-pressed to change their modes Operandi because of their present structure to profits.
The Bahamas needs to follow the Cayman Islands lead and place restrictions on the volume of ships/passengers allowed in port at any given time. If Nassau's tourism infrastructure cannot cater to 10,000 cruise passengers at once, what is the point of having them come here? The result could only be complaints of not enough to do, overcrowding, poor management, etc.
Curtailing the volume of cruise passengers will lead to more shore-based vacations, higher in-resort spending, more satisfied visitors, increased excursion sales & opportunities, and a much better overall bottom line for the country.
Additionally, having Bahamasair at our disposal, the Bahamas should have long ago partnered with hotels to develop its own wholesale products.
The biggest impediment to tourism growth in our country is spineless individuals with no clue about tourism ignorantly cutting deals with very slick cruise ship pirates and for decades people with power lacking the hands-on experience needed to enable them to be innovative in the market making decisions.
On Minister tells cruise lines: ‘Don’t dump’ on Nassau
Posted 4 March 2021, 11:18 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Yes, you are a simpleton.
On ‘I just want a job so I can get off the street’
Posted 4 March 2021, 8:34 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Only a descendant of Haitians would make such a statement because Haitians benefited more from Pindling and Ingraham than Bahamians have.
Under PLP and FNM leadership Haitians have progressed more on every level in the Bahamas per capita than Bahamians have!
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