The authorities have known this from countless statistical data. If yinna con figure out what Bahamians can afford in terms of paying for a under 30,000 piece of land amd 50% duty reduction on house then its obvious you can figure out what happenin......
Innvestigations are needed how so many Bahamian mortgage borrowers got loans the couldnt repay some 4,000 ....and they could not all be wrong....where banks and loan officers are found to be negligent...acting without due care and attention....they should be penalized like those in the US where wrong banking practices have been found..... Fairness and juustice should apply to the pore, disadvantaged, who dont get help and not only to the powerful an rich..,!! Right now beds needed for the pore in pmh...dey lookin to take away $2 follar can corn beef dat can feeds four people....right now pore Bahamians getting kicked oit of cheap rent in shantytown....2,500done get lay off .....BUT if yinna getting promotions done job before elections you gettin first chance to buy affotdable subsidized house...aint fair to da pore, tired masses yearning fer better...not bitter
Apart from all the various senarios and contract has a number of parts which when put together makes it feasible and with contingencies. Cheapest aint always the best. Every banker loan officer knows all the procedures ....to get a project ..successfully done and with contingencies.... Doing one mile dont mean the other mile will cost the same. Getting it done the fastest dont mean the best. Have to access resources than you cannot think you will need otherwise you stop and difficult to restart.etcrtc Have to look at those who go in cheap and retrieve all da profits intentionally built in first stages, typically happens and then find excuses to legally walk off project.....some really smart contractors out there who can actually make more profits doing this than another who can get the entire job done and make less. Other factors equipment, financial background...but does not nevessarily guarrantee....labour force skills availibility....equipment...materials..taking care of workers...contingencies....benefits to the community....its not just take a look an make a decision....even wid the best you have to hav performance bonds, qualified inspectors to do stage inspections, and yet things can go wrong. Recent case would be the Abaco Coopers Town Shipping Harbour ..despite ok from eia construction went ahead and undergroind challenges appeared causing delays ......careful analysis needed...heavy is the head dat wears da crown..an good pr helps a lot to successfully carry dis out fer the pore, sic, disabled, other people to enjoy good water..
....ah yes..... but these are officials wearing the Bahamian flag on their lapels ...following their legislated laws that ...Bahamians must pay taxes to educate another countrys children !!!!......
...bey, cant win fer losing...one minute dey saying plenty Bahamians allso living in der shantytowns ...next minute dey is Haishuns living dere....so who is all the politician catering to cause ...they both done broke der law of building illegally...... What we really need dead bad.....is fer any Bahamian politician to remember dere oath of serving the Bahamian peoples country first....try an do the Abraham Limcoln thing and preserve the nation......one Bahamas government of the people...by the people and for the people........an try pass legislation to discourage illegals risking their lives at sea to bring their children for free schooling and making it illegal for Bahamian School officials to ask children for documented identification whether they are illegal or Bahamian so that they can benefit from the 300 million dollars in Education that Bahamians pay in taxes fer it.....off of the backs of der pore Bahamians
...yep VAT is extremely efficient....majority of the citizens who it catches are the pore whose portion of small paycheck if any is greater than those wealthier citizens who is affected lesser degree as was the initiial arguement when implemented, but then we have more wealthier legislators than pore ones to stamd up .....what also wss a winfall was the busonesses who appears to have increases prices first to cover the administration costs and then added the 7.5% and then rounded figures to eliminate as much coins and ajusted. What we needed was the prpgressive income tax but many businesspersons would cheat not paying themselces full salary but taking it out in dividends not trapped by NIB.
start selling off those continuously money losing govt agencies......sucking up all subventions, govt assistance....and stop the talk on more vat taxing on the majoroty of the population ....the pore....unemployed.....cupboards bare.historic 35-4 cries out for help, justice, fairplay, less pain.....not more taxes!!!
doesnt the govt already have at least a few accountants they select from party supporters.....to fill vacant seats at every board of directors.......for every board of directors for every govt agency or govt corporation ....or every financial agency like the bank of the bahamas....developmrnt bank.....nib......who should have been already fully knowledgable....and should have been carrying out their duties as Directors of the Board of whichever company...?????...dont they all know each other in their profession....???
bogart says...
these figures are nothing new,!!!!
The authorities have known this from countless statistical data. If yinna con figure out what Bahamians can afford in terms of paying for a under 30,000 piece of land amd 50% duty reduction on house then its obvious you can figure out what happenin......
Innvestigations are needed how so many Bahamian mortgage borrowers got loans the couldnt repay some 4,000 ....and they could not all be wrong....where banks and loan officers are found to be negligent...acting without due care and attention....they should be penalized like those in the US where wrong banking practices have been found.....
Fairness and juustice should apply to the pore, disadvantaged, who dont get help and not only to the powerful an rich..,!!
Right now beds needed for the pore in pmh...dey lookin to take away $2 follar can corn beef dat can feeds four people....right now pore Bahamians getting kicked oit of cheap rent in shantytown....2,500done get lay off .....BUT if yinna getting promotions done job before elections you gettin first chance to buy affotdable subsidized house...aint fair to da pore, tired masses yearning fer better...not bitter
On Near 50% of Bahamians 'cannot make ends meet'
Posted 19 May 2018, 2:06 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
These are issues that have been going on despite which government is in power or who is in Opposition in Parliament.
On Police Farce: Audit exposes RBPF
Posted 17 May 2018, 2 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Apart from all the various senarios and contract has a number of parts which when put together makes it feasible and with contingencies.
Cheapest aint always the best.
Every banker loan officer knows all the procedures ....to get a project ..successfully done and with contingencies....
Doing one mile dont mean the other mile will cost the same. Getting it done the fastest dont mean the best. Have to access resources than you cannot think you will need otherwise you stop and difficult to restart.etcrtc
Have to look at those who go in cheap and retrieve all da profits intentionally built in first stages, typically happens and then find excuses to legally walk off project.....some really smart contractors out there who can actually make more profits doing this than another who can get the entire job done and make less. Other factors equipment, financial background...but does not nevessarily guarrantee....labour force skills availibility....equipment...materials..taking care of workers...contingencies....benefits to the community....its not just take a look an make a decision....even wid the best you have to hav performance bonds, qualified inspectors to do stage inspections, and yet things can go wrong.
Recent case would be the Abaco Coopers Town Shipping Harbour ..despite ok from eia construction went ahead and undergroind challenges appeared causing delays ......careful analysis needed...heavy is the head dat wears da crown..an good pr helps a lot to successfully carry dis out fer the pore, sic, disabled, other people to enjoy good water..
On Gibson insists water contract was clean
Posted 17 May 2018, 1:49 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
....ah yes..... but these are officials wearing the Bahamian flag on their lapels ...following their legislated laws that ...Bahamians must pay taxes to educate another countrys children !!!!......
On Shanty town evictions ‘ethnic cleansing’
Posted 16 May 2018, 6:01 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
...bey, cant win fer losing...one minute dey saying plenty Bahamians allso living in der shantytowns ...next minute dey is Haishuns living dere....so who is all the politician catering to cause ...they both done broke der law of building illegally......
What we really need dead bad.....is fer any Bahamian politician to remember dere oath of serving the Bahamian peoples country first....try an do the Abraham Limcoln thing and preserve the nation......one Bahamas government of the people...by the people and for the people........an try pass legislation to discourage illegals risking their lives at sea to bring their children for free schooling and making it illegal for Bahamian School officials to ask children for documented identification whether they are illegal or Bahamian so that they can benefit from the 300 million dollars in Education that Bahamians pay in taxes fer it.....off of the backs of der pore Bahamians
On Shanty town evictions ‘ethnic cleansing’
Posted 16 May 2018, 10:58 a.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
...yep VAT is extremely efficient....majority of the citizens who it catches are the pore whose portion of small paycheck if any is greater than those wealthier citizens who is affected lesser degree as was the initiial arguement when implemented, but then we have more wealthier legislators than pore ones to stamd up
.....what also wss a winfall was the busonesses who appears to have increases prices first to cover the administration costs and then added the 7.5% and then rounded figures to eliminate as much coins and ajusted. What we needed was the prpgressive income tax but many businesspersons would cheat not paying themselces full salary but taking it out in dividends not trapped by NIB.
On IMF’s bitter pill - find extra $240m
Posted 15 May 2018, 6:31 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
start selling off those continuously money losing govt agencies......sucking up all subventions, govt assistance....and stop the talk on more vat taxing on the majoroty of the population ....the pore....unemployed.....cupboards bare.historic 35-4 cries out for help, justice, fairplay, less pain.....not more taxes!!!
On IMF’s bitter pill - find extra $240m
Posted 15 May 2018, 5:14 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
doesnt the govt already have at least a few accountants they select from party supporters.....to fill vacant seats at every board of directors.......for every board of directors for every govt agency or govt corporation ....or every financial agency like the bank of the bahamas....developmrnt bank.....nib......who should have been already fully knowledgable....and should have been carrying out their duties as Directors of the Board of whichever company...?????...dont they all know each other in their profession....???
On BICA chief welcomes fiscal 'seat at table'
Posted 15 May 2018, 5:01 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
that particular corner is plagued with cars going from bay st to shirley without stopping at dowdswell.
guess it will take some important politician to get in an accident before it is fixed with a two feet high speed bump.
On Vehicle plunges into window
Posted 15 May 2018, 4:46 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
excellent...!!
Thanks to Roc wid Doc all business and closer links welcomed and encouraged. As Bahamians say we done joined at der hip whichever way yinna look.
On US seeking closer links to Bahamas
Posted 14 May 2018, 7:59 p.m. Suggest removal