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bogart says...

................""The government's first-half fiscal defecit is no cause "great-panic" despite being equal to 73.4 percent for a full-year target, a top accountant, argued yesterday."...............das ....like...in.....half year.....das first half .....year.......six.....(6).....months......in six months.....as......as.....73.4%.....For a full year ........done already done...........weeeeeeeeeeeellllllll.....monkey oncle..........no cause for panic.....,!!!!....???.??.....accountant......????.............bahamas needs to importantly establist a financial authority authority........to enforce ....financial advices publictly made by financial spokespersons .Private Sector financial entitities....In finanship leadership financial advisors.........which can or cannot ...be misleading.....and ...be influencing....leading....directing.....public...persons...in....mading financial decisions.........

On No ‘great panic’ on deficit run-up

Posted 2 February 2019, 6:06 p.m. Suggest removal

bogart says...

.....will there be priority "Emergency" and "natural disaster" to existing low level subdivisions like flood prone Pinewood area or say illegally dense populated shantytowns....??.

On House agrees to borrow $100m for emergencies

Posted 1 February 2019, 12:12 p.m. Suggest removal

bogart says...

claimed completed work = $2,192,019.84.......versus.......investigated worth of work could be proven = $367,288.61......
In putting together the pricing of da contract, the gubbermint officials should follow the regulations standard and all the number of civil servants imputting their knowledge.

On ‘Contractor over-billed by $1.8m’

Posted 1 February 2019, 11:53 a.m. Suggest removal

bogart says...

recent investigation........jus been uncovered by authorities see ....Tribune Tuesday, January 29, 2019 ... "Fraudulent Invoices Hit 29% of Bahamas Trade" .....by Neil Hartnell.
Reading da story........ the discovery of all this fraudulent invoices at the Bahamas Customs and the businesses undervaluing by businesses impacting over $2 Billion trading .........is obvious....some businesses cheating to lower Customs Duties.....versus.... the other Businesses being the honest practices paying full Customs Duties......ease of doing business.....more difficult....means recent uncovered some cheating lowering Duties ......unfairness competition.....!!!!.

On PM: Govt must work for people

Posted 1 February 2019, 11:23 a.m. Suggest removal

bogart says...

preventatitive.....measures...............before hurricane .......climate change....flooding....ar risk structures.....roadways.....at risk infrastructure.......needs to be changed to brcome safer prior to hurricane and damages......dig canals to capture forseen floods.....lessen cathostrophe...condemn structures at high risk ...low gradient shores buildings.....strengthen electric grid to core areas to resist chaos.......strengthen core routes to access critical facilities.....implementing measures to lessen disaster......is better lowering disaster caualties likely before.........than odder civil servants sitting on dere hands ..waiting...waiting.........waiting........an then impending Hurricane...climate change...after...disasters......and den spend $100 million disaster funds after disaster.......protective remedy is better reduce before ....than ....full disaster afterwards...

On House agrees to borrow $100m for emergencies

Posted 1 February 2019, 10:12 a.m. Suggest removal

bogart says...

actually...given the alleged story on the .....bahamian man who gave ....1....an inspiring story....2...persons adult came to view him......3.....2,000 persons came to meet him......4.....patiently patiently..giving their time waiting in lines.....5......gave a speeches....sugar on his tongue......6......closed to influenced important foreigners.......7....claimed to being close to bonded relations.....8....promising....to uplift the pore.inddebted 9.....trying to assist Bahamians with relief medical bills.......10.........promises....promises....promises....actually ....2,000 adult....supporters .....from the background.....dis is a surely surely no matter fairystory......dis is a ....sure politically...elected canidate......,!!!

bogart says...

excellent.,!!!..........the amateurs, ....elites, ....connected comingled with the large established businesses ...The one single entry Harbour and the Customs is bizarre in not adding up the correct valuations to apply Customs Duties.....many GOVT Customs Officials are of course very intelligent....Over the years ....the cheating of the Customs Duty making items prices lower....and then businesses...selling on the market ...can vary profit margins...strangelling smaller businesses honest paying duties....businesses...... the majority of the businessmen who are are honest in paying full Customs Duty make less profits..... unfair competition cheating customs duties......businesses in market.....unfair competition.....as long as some cheat Customs Duties creates unfair competition....and likely only small businesses operate without legal status without liscences...etc...

On Fraudulent invoices hit 29% of Bahamas trade

Posted 31 January 2019, 3:44 p.m. Suggest removal

bogart says...

trade importing ....between ....us and bahamas.....couble of billion us currency dollars....Soooooooooooooooo.......Crrrency deposits hundreds of millions of US curremcy......to enable Bahamian dollar to be equal.....now........given significant of bahamian currency be permitted to ...be changed into us to allow merchant businesses to purchase merchandise...goods........an then ......reduce the value of merchandise goods....(to be reduced dollar value of imports....to lower customs duties............In essence..........more US currency ...going out of bahamas to buy.....and.......less dollar value coming back in bahamas........will effectually undermine central bank controls in hemmoraging central bank us deposits......and in effect affecting stability of currency .......more going out and less currency value coming back in......via cheating undervining Customs Duties....manipulating currency ...value

On Fraudulent invoices hit 29% of Bahamas trade

Posted 30 January 2019, 5:41 p.m. Suggest removal

bogart says...

businesses importers....elites.??.........sooooo ...over the last decades.....more ........??...25 past years......alternating ....different gubbermints ...erry 5 years...term......concerns raised over ...customs duties queried causing shortfalls in taxes .....fraudelent ducking (customs) taxes........past and present..........an da pore people still squeezing more an more to pay regressive taxes....

bogart says...

TOUCHE'..!!!