it seems in this spat, the country lacks the will to see it through, so why not just have the Minister issue a declaration that the bahamas has determined our pilots do not need to know the rules? Every Act passed by parliament gives the Minister such power.

its a rare glimmer of hope to see the IT actually make an objective ruling rather than the usual pro-labour biased decisions. employees have to stop raping employers and understand there are limits.

if Donald J Trump decides that US will deport to last country of departure, it will happen or they can easily make life very difficult for most bahamians especially with an election on the horizon.. e.g withdraw preclearance or maybe stop Police certificate travel? lots of small things they can do before they go deeper.

Someone posted elsewhere in this journal while commenting on IMF tax suggestions, why they never tell you how to grow income. They don’t read all the newspaper eh? Eeen that exactly what this article saying?

You can listen to IMF now or follow instructions later. Plenty financially failed states ahead of us, many in the Caribbean. They have seen this movie before. Don’t blame the messenger because you don’t like the message.

This is the problem with socialism, why should the State decide how much return you should earn on your investment? There has to be something wrong with thst.
Do they tell people how much to sell their car for when they want to change it?

Socialist economic policies are a failure. gov't needs to let competition decide the price. To avoid price setting collusion, set a penalty of $100k everytime evidence is discovered.

3rd world developing states are too fragile economically to have Trade Unions who formulate their demands and expectations on 1st world standards. the government boasts of all the industrial agreements signed, meaning they gave away the shop. yet, as this proves, the unions are never satisfied. we need to let them bring the country to its knees then start over again.

wouldn't these agricultural type imports be gassed with insecticide before leaving point of origin knowing the potential for this kind of thing? it also now raises the question of anti -venom in the country. we also know FL has a python problem. what are we doing proactively to minimize that snake showing up here?

i agree with PM that its long standing issue. he speaks of money being spent to keep people on the island or to encourage then to return. however, the very statistics he refers too proves that money is not having the desired effect and therefore one must ask should it be spent where people are and therefore where it will be most impactful?