This again. I wonder what tax increases they have in mind to accomplish that. Doesnt matter. VAT gave them a billion new dollars and they couldnt contain themselves, the very first thing they did was fly all the MPs and staff down to the island for a meeting.

Oh I thought you meant for mango detection

Sadly the only solution to the gun and gangs problem is routing out corrupt MPs, armed forces, immigration, customs, Foreign Affairs and RBDF officers. Under our party system where the commissioner is hand picked to carry out a political agenda, it will never happen

"*Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the country would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti.*"

**Jamaican and El Salvadorian forces are used to gorilla warfare.**

Our guys just know about rounding up harmless citizens in peaceful environments. They have never once in their lives faced hundreds of organized gorilla forces. Think how traumatic the Flamingo incident was. I dont think they should be sent to a front line they've not been prepared for. It's unfair to them and their families. And brave talk about how well they've been trained doesnt stop bullets or beheadings. A military solution might be needed but dont just send in people with camouflage on and expect a good outcome.

From a Nassau Guardian story that 15% minimum was to be applied to companies earning 770m or more. It was designed to tax big tech like Google and Apple. If the govt wants to tax "every" company, dont pin it on the global minimum tax treaty. This their decision.

"*This will be also a driver I hope for the rest of Bay Street to redevelop. We’ve spent a lot of time already speaking with the stakeholders. We have issued demolition orders for nine of the buildings east of East Street.*"

I dont imagine this is an easy solution but it doesnt escape notice that this grand experience is set to open and we're just issuing orders to have derelict buildings demolished on our competing product.. I have a suggestion. All new buildings are built on stilts bottom floor is open restaurant space with open view of seafront. Means the rainwater doesn't get clogged in the narrow Bay St corridor hopefully. Engineers will have to think about access for disabled and elderly to upper floors

And if this is about access to family islanders who dont have banks then the *test* should not have been the Intl Food Festival. Maybe there's an advantage they havent explained well...

So, I get your points and I understand the theory behind a sugar tax and why it was proposed *in the world*. I am saying I find it very hard to believe that that was **this** govt's motivation. I dont believe it. Their motivation is solely increasing revenue by taxing regular people who have little *individual* economic power, their *actions* say so plainly

iHop was just approved as a hopeful major employer, theyre not trying to moderate anything. This is about revenue

"*payment providers are working towards an end-2023 first quarter target of enabling all persons holding Sand Dollar accounts to transfer funds seamlessly between their online fiat bank accounts and electronic wallets holding the Central Bank Digital Currency.*"

I think this is just a failed strategy. Exactly why should anyone chose to use sand dollar over a debit card or a bank wire transfer? think they were enamoured with the idea of digital before understanding how the environment actually works

This has nothing to do with a concern for health. If that was the case why would they have simultaneously increased the up front out of pocket tax burden for person needing medical procedures? The govt has been scrounging around in the backroom looking for the most lucrative revenue sources in the country to tax. Couldnt come up with something better than "sugar" in *Non communicable Disease Nation*