It's fine fo collect a pay cheque while under investigation because you may be found innocent and should not suffer harm if you are. I personally believe this should be followed in parliament, Adrian Gibson and Kirk Cornish should not be allowed to speak on anybody's behalf or appear in Parliament until their court matters are complete, but yes pay their salary. Someone else not under investigation should be given the responsibility.

"*If there is sufficient evidence to support the allegations of the Zteo Kentucky women..*"

**When there is zero evidence, that is the easiest thing to dismiss from.a prosecution standpoint**. Because, there is *no evidence*. It cant stand up in court. A judge will not accept the case anywhere in the world. Noone can be subjected to frivolous prosecution. Even if a case gets to court the judge will simply throw it out and harshly admonish the prosecution for wasting the courts time.

"*commissioner...has the file on the case "and at some point he will address”*

We know what this potentially means. Long drawn out decision making. Who knows maybe the accusers will lose interest.

What we've seen happening in the Bahamas is something different. A pattern where the police are reluctant to move forward with either politically or economically sensitive matters. Dont touch the tourism goose! Even the DPM is alledged to have stepped in to short circuit the prosecution of 62 illegally residing Chinese citizens, allegedly because of the business they were connected to. I doubt if they were working at a fast food restaurant an intervention would have happened..

There've been a number of allegations over the years of rapes committed by MPs, only one has seen the light of day and even in that case, the first action by the police according to the accuser was to try to get her to unknowingly agree to not prosecute. A mistrial was called directly after the most damning testimony was given, someone was related to Michael Pintard. We're left to wonder why noone revealed the relationship from the time the jury was impaneled. But anyway, let the evidence lose its sting for a few months.

Not a single charge has been brought against anybody in the FTX matter, even though all the evidence is now publicly available in the US court system, all the police would have to do is read the file. Nothing.

Not a single charge has been laid against Nygard, again even though all the evidence is publicly available in US Court records

Not a single charge of illegal gambling has been brought against the big 4 operators, over decades, the police couldnt find evidence of anything anywhere. No sting operation to find a receipt on patrons

Lol. Wait till Royal Caribbean opens their getaway stayaway from Nassau package. #visionless

What this about? Is there an allegation that the voice note is fake? That's it's not him? What was discussed in the voice note?

Are you asking me to get off your back?

So the new theory is Taylor flew to the Bahamas, absconded with her bag and passport in an attempt to flee an overbearing parent,. She then paid a smuggler for a ride on a high speed boat to try to enter the US illegally? Or do you think she headed south to Cuba? Cuba doesnt play with illegal migrants, yuh lock up! Or maybe she's on one of the family islands where news of an outsider walking around travels faster than the speed of light

"*said Mr Davis’ group cannot compete in the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day parades.*"

That's crazy talk. Any group can participate in junkanoo

This is the first time I've heard anyone give a semi coherent account of the events surrounding the disappearance.

As to the passport and the crazy theories around it, it is inconceivable to me that someone could use their passport to leave the country and no customs, immigration, airline official has any trace of them. I'd say impossible. And if Taylor had planned some elaborate disappearance under a fake passport, some FBI agent would have been able to speak to unusual financial activity prior to arriving in the Bahamas. Planned disappearance is not cheap

"*Foreigners are also selling direct to retail*"

This is global business. Why would a company in Italy operate as if it has a physical presence in the Bahamas. This line of reasoning is nonsensical and would be called illegal double taxation. Customs duties takes care of this under our current tax structure, nobody is getting away with paying zero tax **unless** theres an illegal tax avoidance scam involving customs officers and that's a different conversation.

What's happening here is people complaining about a natural phenomenon with legitimate competition, as more people get in the market, the return business owners used to make when there were fewer dealers is reduced so you dont see the profit you used to. The solution is not to ask govt not to allow people to compete, the solution is to innovate.

"*compared the situation to the agreements struck with the likes of Facebook and Amazon to collect VAT on purchases and advertising by Bahamians.*"

Ridiculous, **so you pay VAT to Amazon, then Customs includes that in the cost of the item and calculates import duty on that then you have to pay VAT on the Customs duties plus cost**. Does that make sense in any other world but the one where a govt is creating elaborate schemes to artificially inflate taxes and call it *we reduced to 10% to help the poor* VAT?

"*These people in Japan or around the world are selling cars into our market and they’re not paying any Business Licence fees in selling direct to consumers here,” Mr Fox added.*"

Isnt this how everything works? When you order a fridge online the seller doesnt pay Bahamian VAT tax, they pay taxes due in their country. And thats how it should be. When the goods arrive here, the applicable import duties are added, there's no such thing as not paying VAT on imported cars, unless there's a scam with Customs Officers being complicit, that's a matter for the police, thats not an issue with *evil* Japanese cars, because likely cars arent the only things those crooked officers are scamming on, maybe facilitating illegal processing of cases of alcohol in the name of a deceased man for example.