What a story! I like that they report finding "*natives*". Those Bahamians were just going about their daily subsistence lives and 4 men fall out the sky. These are some interesting sleepy islands that somehow always find themselves thrown into global tug of wars. #hobbits
What charges will be laid at the fuel supplier? What does the contract say?
As to the govts responsibility, It would be good to get an engineer's perspective, I find it defies belief that the only way to find out whether or not a 10K(?) fuel supply meets expectation is to risk the damage of a multi million dollar piece of equipment or to render it unusable. Logically it makes no sense.
Speaking of prices I'm baffled at news coming out of the US. It was reported this week that prices are going down. But Rupert Robert's reported at the same time that his supplier prices are going up across the board. In the US gas prices are to their pre COVID levels. But our gas prices are almost 6 dollars, the COVID high.
**The question isnt whether they "*can*" pay, the question is, is it more than they are willing to pay**. And certainly you can stand on principle and say this charge mirrors the service provided. The one thing you cannot do is demand people continue the service. It's why initial price setting is so important, changing it is hard.
Imagine starting tomorrow the Rupert Roberts says all packing boys must get a minimum 10 tip for any shopping cart with more than 2 bags. You "can" afford 10 dollars but how would you view that new tax and would the 10 **mandate** turn you off completely from use of packing boys? These tradeoffs are things that marketing professionals and economists mull over every day, at which price increase will the customer balk? Our decision makers are clearly unaware of the concept. They believe like you that if you have money for discretionary services, you'll just spend it no matter the jump in price. Twitter is experiencing this backlash on introduction of fees as well.
**The Excel spreadsheet that allows you to increase the service fee rate 200% and project a massive increase in profits doesnt tell the full tale.**
Yup the same potholes he's fixing now he just fixed in November. Compare that to Ingraham road built 10 years ago and no potholes. There was the breech in a pipe that led to a collapse, I'm still wondering it the pipe breech was a result of the earthquake. It happened within a few days
"*This is **the first time, madam speaker, in over four years that the ministry has been able to engage staff and obtain equipment to address the issue of potholes**.*"
**Hmmmm...**
Tribune **Nov 3 2022**
"*Sears said his ministry is commencing a blitz roadworks operation in various areas of New Providence, including The Grove, where a paving crew was present yesterday to patch potholes in the area of Fourth Street.*
*"With respect to New Providence we will be within the next several weeks, we will have a three-week blitz. We will engage additional contractors and the 12 zones, we will cover them and ensure that the potholes in New Providence are addressed,” he said.*
"*We will expand the capacity of the road paving crews within the ministry as well as with drainage crews so that we have a quick response in addition to the contractors. We also will bring in more inspectors through the various parts of New Providence to ensure the quality of work is up to the specification.*"
Said this before but it's clear the people who pushed this had very little understanding of technology and adoption. The Central Bank was moving full force to eliminating digital competition for its services inclusive of eliminating cheques and hand in hand with govt refusing to accept the country's legal tender in exchange for services. It was just bad design all around. The lady at the IDB's 2019(?) conference told them they needed a pre-education campaign, the govt's project manager sneered at her.
What they doing 5 years later? Trying to roll out an education campaign.
Our nation suffers from mostly men in suits who believe suits have brain cells
Possibly 3 groups. The 2nd home owner, black tourists and the persons operating the golf carts. **By now a reasonable law enforcement investigative team should have been able to provide a fact based update. Shame on us**
If the white gentleman did not start that fight and was simply defending himself, that guy who picked him up and slammed him on his back could be in for a very very very large lawsuit.
ThisIsOurs says...
What a story! I like that they report finding "*natives*". Those Bahamians were just going about their daily subsistence lives and 4 men fall out the sky. These are some interesting sleepy islands that somehow always find themselves thrown into global tug of wars. #hobbits
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ThisIsOurs says...
What charges will be laid at the fuel supplier? What does the contract say?
As to the govts responsibility, It would be good to get an engineer's perspective, I find it defies belief that the only way to find out whether or not a 10K(?) fuel supply meets expectation is to risk the damage of a multi million dollar piece of equipment or to render it unusable. Logically it makes no sense.
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ThisIsOurs says...
Speaking of prices I'm baffled at news coming out of the US. It was reported this week that prices are going down. But Rupert Robert's reported at the same time that his supplier prices are going up across the board. In the US gas prices are to their pre COVID levels. But our gas prices are almost 6 dollars, the COVID high.
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ThisIsOurs says...
**The question isnt whether they "*can*" pay, the question is, is it more than they are willing to pay**. And certainly you can stand on principle and say this charge mirrors the service provided. The one thing you cannot do is demand people continue the service. It's why initial price setting is so important, changing it is hard.
Imagine starting tomorrow the Rupert Roberts says all packing boys must get a minimum 10 tip for any shopping cart with more than 2 bags. You "can" afford 10 dollars but how would you view that new tax and would the 10 **mandate** turn you off completely from use of packing boys? These tradeoffs are things that marketing professionals and economists mull over every day, at which price increase will the customer balk? Our decision makers are clearly unaware of the concept. They believe like you that if you have money for discretionary services, you'll just spend it no matter the jump in price. Twitter is experiencing this backlash on introduction of fees as well.
**The Excel spreadsheet that allows you to increase the service fee rate 200% and project a massive increase in profits doesnt tell the full tale.**
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ThisIsOurs says...
"*he was doing so on behalf of the prime minister, the Cabinet, “and Bahamians everywhere”*
He did that on behalf of himself. It was completely unnecessary
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ThisIsOurs says...
Yup the same potholes he's fixing now he just fixed in November. Compare that to Ingraham road built 10 years ago and no potholes. There was the breech in a pipe that led to a collapse, I'm still wondering it the pipe breech was a result of the earthquake. It happened within a few days
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ThisIsOurs says...
"*This is **the first time, madam speaker, in over four years that the ministry has been able to engage staff and obtain equipment to address the issue of potholes**.*"
**Hmmmm...**
Tribune **Nov 3 2022**
"*Sears said his ministry is commencing a blitz roadworks operation in various areas of New Providence, including The Grove, where a paving crew was present yesterday to patch potholes in the area of Fourth Street.*
*"With respect to New Providence we will be within the next several weeks, we will have a three-week blitz. We will engage additional contractors and the 12 zones, we will cover them and ensure that the potholes in New Providence are addressed,” he said.*
"*We will expand the capacity of the road paving crews within the ministry as well as with drainage crews so that we have a quick response in addition to the contractors. We also will bring in more inspectors through the various parts of New Providence to ensure the quality of work is up to the specification.*"
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ThisIsOurs says...
Said this before but it's clear the people who pushed this had very little understanding of technology and adoption. The Central Bank was moving full force to eliminating digital competition for its services inclusive of eliminating cheques and hand in hand with govt refusing to accept the country's legal tender in exchange for services. It was just bad design all around. The lady at the IDB's 2019(?) conference told them they needed a pre-education campaign, the govt's project manager sneered at her.
What they doing 5 years later? Trying to roll out an education campaign.
Our nation suffers from mostly men in suits who believe suits have brain cells
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Possibly 3 groups. The 2nd home owner, black tourists and the persons operating the golf carts. **By now a reasonable law enforcement investigative team should have been able to provide a fact based update. Shame on us**
If the white gentleman did not start that fight and was simply defending himself, that guy who picked him up and slammed him on his back could be in for a very very very large lawsuit.
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