Why have a senate at all ? We should establish an absolute monarchy, have a King or Queen and that way eliminate Senate and Queen as head of State in one move. Have a council of advisors appointed by King to still be able to reward the lackies with perception of having a say.

Locking people down is a temporary solution. Best thing is to do nothing. Concerned folks will vaccinate and practice the recommended protocols.. the information and vaccine have been available long enough. Covid is here to stay, the sooner we learn to live our lives with it, the better off we will be.

Good luck to Fred.. i think we all know US citizens and residents have hassle-free access because it is in our interest to allow that for tourism purposes. The US has no such interest from this country. Nevertheless, thrre is the principle of reciprocity so Fred cpuld ask.

I'll wait to hear more but meanwhile, i find it curious that while an additional $1.0billion of debt is announced on top of an already high national debt, pension increases, promotions for govt workers and reductiob in VAT is also announced. That doesnt add up to me...

If costs go up, business has to pass it on. They are not a charity so why should they absorb it? We are such a society of socialists and always want something for nothing as long as someone else picks up the tab. Why not nationalize Freeport power and let BPL run it and give everyone free power if you really want to make an impact?

Why do citizens have to pay in the first place to get service? Isn't that why BPL exists, to provide electricity? They make their return on investment over the lifetime of the property owner. Why should the first person in have to absorb cost of providing basic infrastructure? I know a fella what paid $30k to get service and everyone after him got free power and he got nothing back.. gangsters..

This is what you get in an economy that is devoid of competition.. plenty banks but no competition. No different from lawyers, real estate association, etc. Each group colluding within its members to fix the cost of everything.. The bottom line is we need more ways to get returns beside the bank and we have to break up the cartels.

Have to say I agree with PLP on this. A person earned their pension and if you want them to work again, they should be paid. One has nothing to do with the other.

Kwasi knows there is no intention to compensate for the revenue they will forgo. We will just let the national debt keep climbing. It’s a lot easier to blame the IMF when they impose tough times on us than to do it ourselves.. you all know the playbook option, victim syndrome.. we are being bullied, it’s no fault of ours right?

National development plan sounds good but reality is we have elections and no new government wants to be held to what previous government planned. So we will always be ‘starting over, when governments change e.g, just like the 2017 FNM gov,t, PLP doing same ‘we will review everything’ drill. Decoded it means we need that money for our pet projects. Politicians will have some believe they govern for you but they really govern for themselves and kegacy.. I want my name on a building or a street or I want a statute of me somewhere, etc.