So I een do no study but its seems logical to me that existence of punitive laws prevents some from bad behaviour. What history has taught us over and over again is Bahamians do not understand laws with grey lines. Absolutely nobody is going to distinguish medicinal use, religious rites use and I just having fun. They need to come again. Just look at gaming and turn left on red. Both are currently a gigantic mess.
I'll wait for PMH to start reporting the exponential increase in overdose of underage "*good*" children .... with some deaths, and the absolute shock of all the parliamentarians followed by the call for a national day of prayer and the "*who could have known*" statements
What this bill needs is a clause to prevent any senior govt official or their family or business associates from having beneficial interests from its passage for the next 10 years. With no sunset on clawing back secret profiteering
Kirk Cornish still an MP? Any word on how the *RMB Bailey Roof/No its trussing* Collapse contractor got a verbal contract for major works? Who knows what he's supposed to get paid? Is it 10 billion dollars? A secret oil spill settlement? A country protecting the interest of someone accused of negligence in an oil spill??? And Brave Davis is the sole "*decider*" for carbon credits fund??? Seriously? BEC fix?
What we need right now is something to numb our brains so we dont think too hard. I cant imagine what it could be
The sad part is these politicians will fly around to these "rural" districts during election hug a few old women, buy some beers for some unemployed young men and some old drunks, wink at a few young girls and they'll be right back in.
But in 50 years, there's been no "significant" progress. And significant doesnt mean it has to look like a big city. It just means it should have an infrastructural standard equal to the big city. We dont want to lose our tranquil island communities to cruise ship dazzle and trample and gated French Riviera dreams
On that marijuana legislation, the public feedback to the consultation should be no active minister theff ir family m eff members or business partners can have a beneficial interest in any marijuana operation for the next 10 years. Put a moratorium on that. And if after 10 years its uncovered that they did, it's to be considered proceeds of crime and confiscated with no sunset on the clause. Corruption and political profiteering is killing us. Anybody who tries to say it doesn't happen is not being truthful.
Just listen to the supporter after election who proudly proclaimed he gat crown land and a contract because he work for his MP during the election. That's corruption. Did the l as nd go to the person with the best use plan? Did the contract go to the person best able to carry out the work?
"*the unprecedented situation” created by FTX’s failure*"
This was hardly "*unprecendented*". We have many cases of Bahamian lawyers, accountants and financial consultants comingling clients funds and misappropriating them, ...
**many**, and many high profile. On top of that, the phenomenon happens worldwide. The only aspect of this case that was novel was the amount of money allegedly gambled. The vehicle was a side story to confuse the alledged common fraud. A reasonable amount of oversight by the SEC would have caught it, they in fact never caught anything, they didnt even raise an eyebrow at Sam manually calculating margins. They heard a story from someone doing actual digging, then they started running around in panic trying to reach Sam
Been saying for sometime that all of these dystopian price increases appeared to be coming from a point of desperation and the country must be hanging on by its fingernails.
Even given that what they're doing doesnt work, so why keep doing it. What the country really needs is honest men and women with character and ethical standards. All kind of money would show up because the holes leaking money would get plugged up, innovation would increase because noone would try to steal ideas from, squash or extort entrepreneurs and we'd start to get quality work for appropriately priced contracts.
Do I believe that will happen? No. Because we choose leaders from a bunch of men with big egos who believe the public service is their woman shopping cart, see no problem with serial sweethearting or dating women 16-18 while in their 60's, men who believe the goal is to extort some foreign investor for a million dollar payday. That's what we have to choose from. Local govt wont change anything because it's the same people looking for a big payday in politics. Brave Davis talk up and down about strengthening procurement then justify some preacher on a *verbal self insured* construction contract
The carnival that paid the ruling party 200,000 every year for access was a prime example. "*When you in is your turn*". It makes no sense. If this was above board *I'm assisting you getting proper permits*, it dont matter who in charge, the fee for an occassional license is the fee for an occassional license. Customs duty is customs duty. This "*looks*" like nothing short of extortion
It cannot be that Ministry of Finance is spending time drafting bad economic policies only to find weeks and months later that they've created confusion and had a direct impact of reducing revenue.
This is happening over and over and over again. Either PM Davis is responsible for the confusion or Simon Wilson is responsible for the confusion. But somebody needs to accept responsibility and recognize the end result is confusion.
**Randomly increasing fees to reach a magic revenue target does not work. That's not how pricing works.** If the Ministry of Transport for example, suddenly raised car licensing fees from 200 dollars to 5000 dollars thinking theyd have a jump in revenue because *everybody needs a car*, it would actually backfire, theyd see a dramatic decrease in revenue, more people would either break the law or more would catch the bus.
**Pricing affects consumption. Peter Turnquest's 12% VAT increase and subsequent reduction in customs revenue should have taught them this**
Leave the biblical rational out of it. The bible is Gods word to **his** people, unless you're talking to a group of christians it's **not** the guide book. And I'm going to bet there are more non christians than christians in this country, going to church and sunday school doesnt make you a christian
They wait until they thought it was safe to announce it. Nobody forget that they bypassed a Bahamian who had the idea first and gave it away to a foreigner
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So I een do no study but its seems logical to me that existence of punitive laws prevents some from bad behaviour. What history has taught us over and over again is Bahamians do not understand laws with grey lines. Absolutely nobody is going to distinguish medicinal use, religious rites use and I just having fun. They need to come again. Just look at gaming and turn left on red. Both are currently a gigantic mess.
I'll wait for PMH to start reporting the exponential increase in overdose of underage "*good*" children .... with some deaths, and the absolute shock of all the parliamentarians followed by the call for a national day of prayer and the "*who could have known*" statements
On EDITORIAL: Legalisation and the law of unintended consequences
Posted 25 August 2023, 10:16 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
What this bill needs is a clause to prevent any senior govt official or their family or business associates from having beneficial interests from its passage for the next 10 years. With no sunset on clawing back secret profiteering
On Bran: ‘Let’s get on with’ medical marijuana plan
Posted 25 August 2023, 10:07 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
Kirk Cornish still an MP? Any word on how the *RMB Bailey Roof/No its trussing* Collapse contractor got a verbal contract for major works? Who knows what he's supposed to get paid? Is it 10 billion dollars? A secret oil spill settlement? A country protecting the interest of someone accused of negligence in an oil spill??? And Brave Davis is the sole "*decider*" for carbon credits fund??? Seriously? BEC fix?
What we need right now is something to numb our brains so we dont think too hard. I cant imagine what it could be
On Bran: ‘Let’s get on with’ medical marijuana plan
Posted 25 August 2023, 10:04 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
The sad part is these politicians will fly around to these "rural" districts during election hug a few old women, buy some beers for some unemployed young men and some old drunks, wink at a few young girls and they'll be right back in.
But in 50 years, there's been no "significant" progress. And significant doesnt mean it has to look like a big city. It just means it should have an infrastructural standard equal to the big city. We dont want to lose our tranquil island communities to cruise ship dazzle and trample and gated French Riviera dreams
On that marijuana legislation, the public feedback to the consultation should be no active minister theff ir family m eff members or business partners can have a beneficial interest in any marijuana operation for the next 10 years. Put a moratorium on that. And if after 10 years its uncovered that they did, it's to be considered proceeds of crime and confiscated with no sunset on the clause. Corruption and political profiteering is killing us. Anybody who tries to say it doesn't happen is not being truthful.
Just listen to the supporter after election who proudly proclaimed he gat crown land and a contract because he work for his MP during the election. That's corruption. Did the l as nd go to the person with the best use plan? Did the contract go to the person best able to carry out the work?
On Residents of Crooked Island upset with lack of progress on new road work
Posted 25 August 2023, 6:53 a.m. Suggest removal
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"*the unprecedented situation” created by FTX’s failure*"
This was hardly "*unprecendented*". We have many cases of Bahamian lawyers, accountants and financial consultants comingling clients funds and misappropriating them, ...
**many**, and many high profile. On top of that, the phenomenon happens worldwide. The only aspect of this case that was novel was the amount of money allegedly gambled. The vehicle was a side story to confuse the alledged common fraud. A reasonable amount of oversight by the SEC would have caught it, they in fact never caught anything, they didnt even raise an eyebrow at Sam manually calculating margins. They heard a story from someone doing actual digging, then they started running around in panic trying to reach Sam
On PM: FTX ‘lessons learned’ will make Bahamas better
Posted 24 August 2023, 3:29 p.m. Suggest removal
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Pot and kettle
On Thompson: Davis administration making a mockery of accountability as fiscal responsibility report late again
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ThisIsOurs says...
Been saying for sometime that all of these dystopian price increases appeared to be coming from a point of desperation and the country must be hanging on by its fingernails.
Even given that what they're doing doesnt work, so why keep doing it. What the country really needs is honest men and women with character and ethical standards. All kind of money would show up because the holes leaking money would get plugged up, innovation would increase because noone would try to steal ideas from, squash or extort entrepreneurs and we'd start to get quality work for appropriately priced contracts.
Do I believe that will happen? No. Because we choose leaders from a bunch of men with big egos who believe the public service is their woman shopping cart, see no problem with serial sweethearting or dating women 16-18 while in their 60's, men who believe the goal is to extort some foreign investor for a million dollar payday. That's what we have to choose from. Local govt wont change anything because it's the same people looking for a big payday in politics. Brave Davis talk up and down about strengthening procurement then justify some preacher on a *verbal self insured* construction contract
The carnival that paid the ruling party 200,000 every year for access was a prime example. "*When you in is your turn*". It makes no sense. If this was above board *I'm assisting you getting proper permits*, it dont matter who in charge, the fee for an occassional license is the fee for an occassional license. Customs duty is customs duty. This "*looks*" like nothing short of extortion
On Coleby Davis to meet with Hope Town District Council on boat fees
Posted 24 August 2023, 3:05 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
It cannot be that Ministry of Finance is spending time drafting bad economic policies only to find weeks and months later that they've created confusion and had a direct impact of reducing revenue.
This is happening over and over and over again. Either PM Davis is responsible for the confusion or Simon Wilson is responsible for the confusion. But somebody needs to accept responsibility and recognize the end result is confusion.
**Randomly increasing fees to reach a magic revenue target does not work. That's not how pricing works.** If the Ministry of Transport for example, suddenly raised car licensing fees from 200 dollars to 5000 dollars thinking theyd have a jump in revenue because *everybody needs a car*, it would actually backfire, theyd see a dramatic decrease in revenue, more people would either break the law or more would catch the bus.
**Pricing affects consumption. Peter Turnquest's 12% VAT increase and subsequent reduction in customs revenue should have taught them this**
On Coleby Davis to meet with Hope Town District Council on boat fees
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Leave the biblical rational out of it. The bible is Gods word to **his** people, unless you're talking to a group of christians it's **not** the guide book. And I'm going to bet there are more non christians than christians in this country, going to church and sunday school doesnt make you a christian
On ‘UB study highlights need to criminalise marital rape’
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They wait until they thought it was safe to announce it. Nobody forget that they bypassed a Bahamian who had the idea first and gave it away to a foreigner
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