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Socrates says...

the man is saying if either of your parents is Bahamian, then so are you. sounds like sense to me. how could you only be a Bahamian if your daddy is one? what rubbish in the 21st century...

On Minnis overturns citizenship vote

Posted 3 November 2017, 4:24 p.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

chipping away? man they should use a hackhammer.. Mitchell needs to keep quiet.. its distressing to those affected but reality is people lose jobs all the time.. read the papers, watch bloomberg television.. in the same way free enterprise creates jobs, they also cut them. such is life..

Socrates says...

look at our Bahamas .. used to look down on our caribbean neighbours, now using them as a benchmark to measure progress.. my how the mighty have fallen..

On Business ease: DPM wants to catch Jamaica

Posted 3 November 2017, 9:24 a.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

no action taken? man they would have wiped out this man and his family and all that would result in is more headlines in the papers about the murder count countinuing to rise.. we all need to carry guns and take responsibility for our own protection.. why? because the bad guys are already packing....

On Ferreira reveals death threats

Posted 3 November 2017, 9:21 a.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

keep expectations low to avoid disappontment and frustration... we are still very much a 3rd world country..

On Hurricanes’ toll on tourism jobs

Posted 3 November 2017, 9:16 a.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

if you dont intend to operate a taxi service, you do not need a plate.. what rubbish, i get the plate just to sublet it to someone and take a fee? sheeprunner is right, the taxi business is a national embarrassment.. no standard look, no standard of equipment, etc. needs to be totally destroyed and start over...

On Taxi plate leasing may end

Posted 3 November 2017, 9:15 a.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

Freeport must be declared a economic free zone, free of taxes, etc. the destruction of the city post 1970 is indesputible and it cannot continue as a ghost town.. remove taxes, attract industry, create job opportunities.. these free zones exist successfully worldwide, why not here?

On Turnquest says tax bill will ease business

Posted 1 November 2017, 2:46 a.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

an example of how lacking a safety culture is in the Bahamas workplace. one would assume that prior to operating the truck, safety procedures would require the operator to ensure the lift is not in the up position.. avoidable expense...

On Beam breaks in Atlantis tunnel

Posted 1 November 2017, 2:41 a.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

TB, now this.. is this the Bahamas or some other nearby country (i dont want to name)? what is this place coming too?

On HFM outbreak ‘will get worse’

Posted 23 October 2017, 11:48 a.m. Suggest removal

Socrates says...

this isn't news.. we don't have any choice, so no decision is made... they (OECD countries) put the gun to our head, so its do it their way or get squashed like a cockroach....