- majority of Bahamian citizens voted against in a state conducted Legal held officiated internationally recognized democratic held Referendum...the Result by the voters was majority NO Against Gambling...and the same govt authorizing the voting to determine the citizens democratic choice ....went against the citizens voyte - Gambling .....to be profitable....... extracts more money from its customers ....including what is paid in ......salaries..utility bills....business licence fees..advertising...... - Gambling.....is not just isolated to what happens inside the closed doors of its business shop.....there are enormous devestating costs....to the pore user and family where there are limited economic opportunities to work and provide food ..pay light bill, medecine....the lure by top marketing gambling pprograms to lure persons to turn a .....10, 25 cents into the odds stacked against them ...winnings....the chances of gambles ever winning more than a gambling house is never more than what they would ever gamble and if so slim or gambling houses would be out of business. - the end results of 30 to 50,000 persons gambling results in .....huge profits for a few owners ..which if redirected can pose disruptions in other businesses - cash flows of these gambling operations need to be monitored in terms of posing liquidity ....threaths....to the normal countrys operating Central Banks operations with govt policy, employment, cpmmercial banking operations, foreign exchange operations, maintaining adequate provisions for foreign curriency purposes...interest rates....etc..?they cannot withhold currenvy...and then dump currency as the numbers housed pleases....that is not a mere threat....that is using currency for financial terrorism....affecting the entire sovereign nation....and all others with whom the nation does business, trading with, imports etc..and hurting the pore/poor people again.
The honour should go to the POOR (pronounced pore by the poor) As the late Theresa Moxey told me many years ago when describing those most in need of assitance fron a govt program..the poor, .they are the single women always with a number of children kstruggling to make ennds meet. Today those include many others struggling, barely having less than the basic, multiple challenges but in face of advesity manage and put their best foot forward with hope that the next day they will be able to do better.....
Malcolm Park some 1.25 acres with hundreds of feet of waterfrontage is an extremely valuable parcel of land sitting next to high traffic, tourist area, commetcial. Potters Cay. Perhaps another lesser valuable and shoryer distanced site might be bettrr chosen closer to the Fox Hill finishing plant.
Gut wrenching grief and sorrow.....likely to be made worse by some accused murderer ...pleading ' not guilty'...let out on bail ....eventually tried and found guilty.....being sentenced to many years ....but in actuality prison years is less......and after knowing the illegal gun was intentionally....pointed at the little boy's house and the gun was intentionally fired....fully knowing the consequence of the bullet would kill.....!!!!!! someone would be sorry for the mudereer ..and let him live saying he can be reformed..!!!!!!!.....sum total is that it seems a ......human life trajically taken, murdered, cut short, baby youth on way to school.innocent, did nothing in the world to deserve this viscious terrprist attack, milk still on he mouth...= a number of years in prison for the murderer usually hiding he face under he ma skirt over he head on way to court...to jail....where family and friends can visit, convenience store, tv.
Our system of government needs to be reviewed in that in any democratic vote by MPs the needs of those in Nassau having majority of seats on one island will get attention....leaving our citizens in the many other family islands wanting.....we should also look at the many aspiring ...impassioned pleas and plans of prospective MP ...but sadly fail to deliver because of the follow the party vote....we need to look at those MPs who after elected do not seem to be available or like some of those in the past who just did not appear to keep a constituency office....I do admire the efforts of Roc wid Doc to try and cater to some of these by being the CEO of a company where he can run it like a CEO instead of taking on the consuming task of a ministerial portfolio like Finance...his accomplishments in having office in Family Islands to touch the people... the pore .. is excellent..vision to try the over the hill empowerment creating jobs tax breaks....excellent....trying to enable by subsidizing the sale of lots and buildinng of homes excellent...as a CEO the needs of most of the people can be met ...mabye not all at the same time.
There is no place in Nassau which can be said to be underground....everyplace is know by many.....every general and dere MP ...done knows where every voter is....and what who does what..who is working and how many voters in yor house...where every business is...every shantytown....outside toilet....
Say it aint so, but a majority of vehicle owners seem to go to the many backyard bush mechanics using the apparently cheapest resused replacement parts in plain sight of the authorities who seem not to certify them in terms of operating legitimate businesses. Say it aint so that when yinna fix yinna vehicle for one problen dat soon after or within reasonable time someting else go wrong dat yinna has to find yerself back dere to fix another prpblem...?
What is termed a salary....is in fact many cases a ....welfare fund....where many MPs use their salary to assist those constituents with dire, emergency, cathostropic emergencies.....it is a known secret that many MPs do not talk about. What is needed is a combining of the separate Urban Renewal offices with their expenses with the Constituency Offoce where they have similar functions into a Community based centre also liasing with Churches, volunteers, charitable groups, volunteer Bureau ......to coordinate and combine forces to uplift, educate and bring relief to the pore, shutins, handicapped and suffering.
AGREED all parades!!....there goes Carnival music trucks, Beauty pagent parades, political party parades, any welcoming home athletic champion parades....
bogart says...
These types of apparent planned assassinationsn need to be eradicated by the strongest legal means necessary as soon as possible ......
On Two dead after shooting inside barbershop
Posted 9 June 2018, 7:07 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
....web shops ..stellar performers ????
- majority of Bahamian citizens voted against in a state conducted Legal held officiated internationally recognized democratic held Referendum...the Result by the voters was majority NO Against Gambling...and the same govt authorizing the voting to determine the citizens democratic choice ....went against the citizens voyte
- Gambling .....to be profitable....... extracts more money from its customers ....including what is paid in ......salaries..utility bills....business licence fees..advertising......
- Gambling.....is not just isolated to what happens inside the closed doors of its business shop.....there are enormous devestating costs....to the pore user and family where there are limited economic opportunities to work and provide food ..pay light bill, medecine....the lure by top marketing gambling pprograms to lure persons to turn a .....10, 25 cents into the odds stacked against them ...winnings....the chances of gambles ever winning more than a gambling house is never more than what they would ever gamble and if so slim or gambling houses would be out of business.
- the end results of 30 to 50,000 persons gambling results in .....huge profits for a few owners ..which if redirected can pose disruptions in other businesses
- cash flows of these gambling operations need to be monitored in terms of posing liquidity ....threaths....to the normal countrys operating Central Banks operations with govt policy, employment, cpmmercial banking operations, foreign exchange operations, maintaining adequate provisions for foreign curriency purposes...interest rates....etc..?they cannot withhold currenvy...and then dump currency as the numbers housed pleases....that is not a mere threat....that is using currency for financial terrorism....affecting the entire sovereign nation....and all others with whom the nation does business, trading with, imports etc..and hurting the pore/poor people again.
On Ex-minister 'totally opposed' to web shop taxation hike
Posted 9 June 2018, 9:39 a.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
The honour should go to the POOR (pronounced pore by the poor)
As the late Theresa Moxey told me many years ago when describing those most in need of assitance fron a govt program..the poor, .they are the single women always with a number of children kstruggling to make ennds meet.
Today those include many others struggling, barely having less than the basic, multiple challenges but in face of advesity manage and put their best foot forward with hope that the next day they will be able to do better.....
On THE BIG QUESTION: Who deserves a national honour?
Posted 7 June 2018, 7:06 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Malcolm Park some 1.25 acres with hundreds of feet of waterfrontage is an extremely valuable parcel of land sitting next to high traffic, tourist area, commetcial. Potters Cay.
Perhaps another lesser valuable and shoryer distanced site might be bettrr chosen closer to the Fox Hill finishing plant.
On $75m for Over-The-Hill sewerage infrastructure
Posted 7 June 2018, 2:30 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Murder of this little boy is a national trajedy.
Gut wrenching grief and sorrow.....likely to be made worse by some accused murderer ...pleading ' not guilty'...let out on bail ....eventually tried and found guilty.....being sentenced to many years ....but in actuality prison years is less......and after knowing the illegal gun was intentionally....pointed at the little boy's house and the gun was intentionally fired....fully knowing the consequence of the bullet would kill.....!!!!!! someone would be sorry for the mudereer ..and let him live saying he can be reformed..!!!!!!!.....sum total is that it seems a ......human life trajically taken, murdered, cut short, baby youth on way to school.innocent, did nothing in the world to deserve this viscious terrprist attack, milk still on he mouth...= a number of years in prison for the murderer usually hiding he face under he ma skirt over he head on way to court...to jail....where family and friends can visit, convenience store, tv.
On UPDATED: Shot dead as he set off for school
Posted 7 June 2018, 11:51 a.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Our system of government needs to be reviewed in that in any democratic vote by MPs the needs of those in Nassau having majority of seats on one island will get attention....leaving our citizens in the many other family islands wanting.....we should also look at the many aspiring ...impassioned pleas and plans of prospective MP ...but sadly fail to deliver because of the follow the party vote....we need to look at those MPs who after elected do not seem to be available or like some of those in the past who just did not appear to keep a constituency office....I do admire the efforts of Roc wid Doc to try and cater to some of these by being the CEO of a company where he can run it like a CEO instead of taking on the consuming task of a ministerial portfolio like Finance...his accomplishments in having office in Family Islands to touch the people... the pore .. is excellent..vision to try the over the hill empowerment creating jobs tax breaks....excellent....trying to enable by subsidizing the sale of lots and buildinng of homes excellent...as a CEO the needs of most of the people can be met ...mabye not all at the same time.
On Leave term limits alone
Posted 7 June 2018, 10:47 a.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
There is no place in Nassau which can be said to be underground....everyplace is know by many.....every general and dere MP ...done knows where every voter is....and what who does what..who is working and how many voters in yor house...where every business is...every shantytown....outside toilet....
On Davis: Taxation will drive web shops underground
Posted 6 June 2018, 8:11 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Say it aint so, but a majority of vehicle owners seem to go to the many backyard bush mechanics using the apparently cheapest resused replacement parts in plain sight of the authorities who seem not to certify them in terms of operating legitimate businesses.
Say it aint so that when yinna fix yinna vehicle for one problen dat soon after or within reasonable time someting else go wrong dat yinna has to find yerself back dere to fix another prpblem...?
On Trucks may be banned from future parades
Posted 6 June 2018, 5:40 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
What is termed a salary....is in fact many cases a ....welfare fund....where many MPs use their salary to assist those constituents with dire, emergency, cathostropic emergencies.....it is a known secret that many MPs do not talk about.
What is needed is a combining of the separate Urban Renewal offices with their expenses with the Constituency Offoce where they have similar functions into a Community based centre also liasing with Churches, volunteers, charitable groups, volunteer Bureau ......to coordinate and combine forces to uplift, educate and bring relief to the pore, shutins, handicapped and suffering.
On Foulkes: Keep MPs salaries as they are
Posted 6 June 2018, 11:37 a.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
AGREED all parades!!....there goes Carnival music trucks, Beauty pagent parades, political party parades, any welcoming home athletic champion parades....
On Trucks may be banned from future parades
Posted 6 June 2018, 10:28 a.m. Suggest removal