I never caught on to Janet Jackson as a performer, but in general as performers age, their fans dont leave them. Some get cult status, I "think" Janet is one. Pearl Jam, Kiss, Bon Jovi, Cher, Aretha. Ozzie Osbourne just stated that he wants to do one last concert. People dont care that they look older that they "may" not move as well or sound as good, its a memory. Madonna I think still performs well, she's always kept herself in excellent physical condition.

I believe that is a recent photo of Janet, she looks a little older. She was on an award show maybe 5 years ago and she was in tip top shape, Im certain she has the discipline to get back to that physically.

The guy who does the voice of Optimist Prime has a following. He looks nothing close to an active person but people like him.

How could I forget Tom Jones? And our Caribbean artists, Tiger, Cutty Ranks, Beenie Man, Buju, Shaggy etc

This is what Mr Wilson fails to see and his boss fails to recognize. His hard nose approach is looked at as him being a man who gets things done. They fail to link the deleterious impact of their "*bold*" actions. Exponential prices, less spending, business closure, lower govt revenue

Something is wrong at Finance. Mr Wilsons justification for keeping his timeline is that its only 113 out of 45k businesses that have to be audited. A 1st grader could work out that the main challenge would be that the same resource challenged audit teams would have to review all 113 companies "at the same time", which would be impossible. Either Mr Wilson couldn't see that, which is a problem, or he could see it, which is another problem as a ginormous fine was attached to inability to complete an impossible task. Why would the govt do that? rhetorical.

The majority of Bahamian businesses have no structure, they function off the "genius" of the personality who started or currently runs it. I recall DAguilar saying exactly this, "*at my company we dont do all this* new fangled (my word) *'planning', we just get things done*".

In general, any idea that pops into the leader's head is immediately actioned. No time to listen to all this "*book learning*". Thats how the govt runs and thats how Bahamian businesses run, thats why they will have a huge problem with this audit. Thats why they have so many errors. After Dorian I recall one prominent individual making efforts to go outside the country to find out how to create a disaster management plan for businesses as if it was some foreign thing that nobody had ever heard of..... No structure, completely unaware that structure exists

contrast thst to how international organizations with institutional knowledge run, and its not that they dont make mistakes, the process is more orderly with less knee jerking. Bill Gates once said, paraphrasing, *at Microsoft we get alot of good ideas, we select the ones with greatest impact*. Structure

Actuals lower than projections, point remains

I'm lost. How big is this school? It's been 2 years since the govt took office and approximately 7 years since hurricane Irma. Why disappointed? Shocked would be more accurate. Pointless asking why, either the contractor screwed up or the govt wasnt paying the contractor.

Speaking only on the merits of a juicy well seasoned baked chicken, I dont see the issue. Now if it was being said that we'd have sausage for christmas (yuck) that would call for weeping and nashing of teeth. God save us from the day, how hath thy fallen oh Babylon, because we'd have the bread and gas lines previously economically wealthy Venezuela started experiencing maybe 5(?)years ago.

I'm convinced the only way to save this country is to remove our economic health out of the hands of these hastily chosen seat warmers who dont have enough time to review a proposal for a fuel hedge. And that can happen through innovation. Also convinced that's why theyve stifled innovation for so long. It's okay if you're selling cakes and applying makeup but if you might touch on millions, we cant have that.

First truth, **insurance wont prevent bad driving**. The accidents will continue to happen as long as people who cant drive can by some miracle obtain a license. They will continue to happen until the presence of the police is felt prosecuting people for the minor road infractions. They eill continue to happen as people drive under the influence of marijuana and alcohol.

**The first goal is not to have more insurance to cover the multitude of accidents. The first goal is to lower the accident rate.**

The most troubling aspect and the most telling sign is extremely bad news. With tripled prices on practically everything. The govt collected less VAT. With 8 million record tourists, the govt collected less VAT. With gas near 7 dollars, the govt collected less VAT. The numbers dont lie. Now they want to make up for the losses by charging the highest grossing organizations a tax for their inability to reach an impossible new reporting deadline. And in addition tax businesses and consumers an extra 40 cents per pound for all air freight. When businesses pass this cost on it will be more than 40 cents. Because that's what they do.

**Theres zero price deflation**. The gentleman everybody is now quoting to tout "good news", couldnt even say where this mysterious deflation was occurring. Super Value on the other hand said only corn beef has reasonable prices. "Corn beef", that's it

They most likely mean consumers cant be shocked because theyve seen food costs tripled for a few months now. Who would be shocked after 6months of this? Disgusted, yes, but shocked, no. That's what they probably mean. Its inexplicable that Solomons can offer prices 2 dollars lower on the same item, same brand. The stores are the same size so the *theres nothing we can do* seems a little weak.