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.

It's not about hiding anything. It's about understanding what has to be done, how long it will take,, do you have the time to do it all and sufficient people to do it in the time. If someone asked you to become an astrophysicist by 2030 for example, you'd also be "*doomed to fail*" even though you have a brain.

This makes no sense. According to this article this company will be doing the work of customs all goods will go through them for **inspection **. I dont know if that makes anyone else uncomfortable, I assume customs officers are subject to some strict guidelines under the law and also go through special training to perform their duties... **what is going on in the ministry of finance. where is Brave Davis?**

That baby looks like he only care about the camera.

But seriously noone has said anything about the nature of the injuries, are they "only" disfiguring injuries or are they injuries that might cause a disability?

Not that it makes a difference, but Im curious why the animal attacked the child, did it go seeking to attack or did the child approach it and the animal did what animals do. Moot because the animal shouldnt have been there but still curious

"*When we asked them to say what percentage of businesses could be impacted, based on their own numbers, it was 113 - somewhere around there. We have 45,000 businesses that apply for a Business Licence. That is less than 0.003 percent. We don’t see why this is posing a great difficulty.”*

**That's a statement clearly meant for a hopefully gullible public to swallow.**

The question isnt how many companies are on the register, because Im certain straw and coconut vendors arent meeting with their auditors to get ready. The question is what do the new guidelines mean in terms of new compliance requirements, how long will it reasonably take for the review of these 113 companies, how long will it take for companies to remediate audit findings and do we have the audit capacity to execute in the time given. **Basically have companies been set up to fail in order to collect more tax dollars**

**And where is Brave Davis as another debacle looms at ministry of Finance?**

"*The accounting profession is afraid to take on clients that might pose a risk to them because they are on the hook as accountants. If they certify a document inaccurately, the Department of Inland Revenue will come for them. I heard one accountant yesterday say they will not do this; it’s not worth the risk.”*"

Im not clear on what the change means for accounting firms and how that increases the amount of work for the industry. Are there sufficient firms to do the work?

Im left with a feeling that govt is giving multimillion dollar companies impossible targets as a way to get more tax dollars. Im left with the feeling that the goal is to find more innovative non transparent ways to tax but not call it a tax. just as Alex_Charles has said because Ive seen companies spend years just to get a single audit complete. What year is COB at with their audit now? The president spoke to that before he left and it was nowhere near current. The same can be applied to multiple companies.

**Where is Brave Davis? Is he going to allow another debacle to unfold in the ministry of finance then claim he knew nothing about it?**

Does not seem like a foolproof plan, but maybe it keeps his family safe.... I heard on a news report that the young man reported seeing the people who he thought wanted to kill him outside court waiting to go to their court case. ... So what if they all end up in prison?

"*For the most part, the contractors have been doing a good job,” he told The Tribune. “That’s why we have inspectors because the home has to be signed off first by the homeowner and the contractor. If there is any legitimate concern, it’ll be addressed.”*"

What were the inspectors doing over the months the roof was falling down on the five foot two woman who seems to do everything ...

There are 450k people in the Bahamas. All of them will not be going to the Burna boy concert. The people with discretionary income will go. I doubt anyone having to chose between eating and going to the concert will chose the concert.

I dont think the concert was sold out, the promoters would not give any info about ticket sales, no promoter holds a sold out concert as a secret. But It is possible that by the time they have the concert they may get more ticket sales than they had a day ago

lol, theyll probably write in the law that they own 75% of proceeds from any copywritten material. The govt literally cannot see anyone making money without devising some plan for how to take it... any Bahamian anyway.