@ The_Oracle Good points. The Civil Service has been a body part of the political parties and have been packed by alternating govts rewarding its followers. Lots of inefficiencies which have stagnated growth of the nation, lots of archaic functions, lots of paperwork, lots of anomiily, lots of woefully incorrect staffing like 1 person doing the work of 10 and10 workers doing the work of 1. Lots of ppolitical chicanery many workers fully creating harebrained money wasting projects initiated by politicans and have the cultivated culture of speaking with the other side of their mouth to new alternating govt. etc. Wastages, wastages, wastages billions of dollars.
Sum total result is the entire nation suffers with eyes wide open and with increasing Nation Debt pushed and crippling present and future generations.
......er...and the Junkanoo judges with years of experience be the ones judging. On the winner by tallying the points can have the gentleman from the Labour dept who can state the percentage of Labour unemployment.
Taxes, taxes, taxes. Along with the taxes applied or charged to taxable persons or corporations, there must be Tax Credits. Tax Credits points can be given to encourage Corporations ie to make investments in govt desired Family Islands, Credits can be given for desirable industries, for amounts of persons employed etcetc. Persons can be offered Credits for ie Going green with solar use, electric vehiclles taking care of disabled family members, investment in certain products which govt wants to expand etcetc. Tax Credits can be used to have persons and corporations induced or encouraged to develop or expand in areas the govt desires.
This Minister with milk on his mout needs to go into the bottom drawers of the office cabinet and start reading on scores of the Bahamas signed on Climate Change Documents and its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint an go green. Some unfccc United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change agreements in 1992 and ratified in 1994, various continuous yearly correspondences, Bahamas Govt document on Bahamas Policy Adaptation to Climate Change about 51 pages March 2005, Bahamas international commitment signed 2016 Paris Climate Change most nations of the world except few. Some of these Bahamas signed documents go way back even to ozone etcetcetc likely before he was born.
Whomsoever have been establishing this oil drilling company 2005 and licence 2006 needs investagations. Its situation of putting the Bahamas over the barrel is looking like the tail wagging the dog, unbelievable.!!!.
The Bahamas honesty and integrity on its signed prior international UN and other world Agreements should be most important to all including the Govt Ministers of the entire nation and whose flag they most times wear on their coat jacket.
@bonefish, fully agree. Both have made these errors but the irony is that both sides have been sitting in the SAME room while projects have been going on and together while hundreds of millions of taxpayers money wasted. Further irony is the new winning side previous Opposition after electionsthen pplays ignorant and does the ritual of stopping and checking the projects the other side did as though they were not in the same room.
Something just ain't fair... when the legislators losing hundreds of millions of taxpayers dollars ...like tens of millions in BahamasAir, buying the old Grocery store on Gladstone road, millions of dollars overruns on waste treatment plant, going past the new Baseball Stadium going on some $50 million, some $18 millions PMH computer challenges, graded down mountain in Palmetto etcetcetc.....and on the other hand have the ability .....to just recently have the Nurses to plea for their overtime pay in front of Legislatorrs offices. And now to have the ability in this the highest unemployment, poverty levels, for over a year now people lining up for food, and now the legislators ADDED ability to increase price of your drinkable water supply and cause it to get it shutoff along with many others already shut offwho cannot pay., Depriving people from water to live is downright reprehensible !!!!
No Corporation on this planet should have the powers in this Pandemic to make water life sustanance more unaffordable or to deprive people from potable water and ability to shut off connections to ppeople, children, babies, elderly, medically confined in homes etc. living in homes. What next, must people wheel people on medical beds, unemployed, those on wheelchairs, children, poor people to front of legislators offices on Rawson to protest ?????
Good letter. The Bahamas comprising of islands most prone to the effects of climate changes have already signed onto United Nations documents, signed onto the Paris Climate documents, have made presentation before the nations of the world in the United Nations and have been in many situations to lower its carbon footprint. There was even a visit by CBS Sixty Minutes to Ragged island documenting the nation's leadership efforts of the people of the nation to the world, efforts of going green, reducing carbon footprint, true efforts of honesty and integrity. There was even the United Nations Head visiting the Bahamas to see the disastrous affect of Climate Change and the world appraised of the importance by all on reducing carbon footprint.
Looking at the International documents nations do, as many democratic nations, is to stick to the international reputation of following what they have signed onto. To many nations honesty and integrity is important.
The nation's continuance of Tourism, being the primary engine over decades and decades, should have the personnel to have done all likely possibilities of producing in advance various options to soften the blow of the hammer. Surprisingly, there seems to have no foresight for disasters and plans of to ease the distress of the one blow.
In this time now upon these workers, the taxi drivers who hhave income from transporting guests, beach vendors, workers who deal with the travel industry , the loss of revenue from Electricity bill to BEC, fewer travellers not flying BahamasAir to and from the now closed hotel, the children of these hotel workers, merchants, farmers and suppliers to the hotel and the hundreds of other Bahamians who benefited, may the Good Lord help them all in these added challenges they face to find a good solution to ease their pain.
Bizzare...not any discussion, whisper, acknowlgment, comment, not one lic from the Bahamas Nation's Opposition on BahamasAir and they are campaigning to be the next elected govt in charge of running a billion dollar economy!!!!!
bogart says...
@ The_Oracle Good points. The Civil Service has been a body part of the political parties and have been packed by alternating govts rewarding its followers. Lots of inefficiencies which have stagnated growth of the nation, lots of archaic functions, lots of paperwork, lots of anomiily, lots of woefully incorrect staffing like 1 person doing the work of 10 and10 workers doing the work of 1. Lots of ppolitical chicanery many workers fully creating harebrained money wasting projects initiated by politicans and have the cultivated culture of speaking with the other side of their mouth to new alternating govt. etc. Wastages, wastages, wastages billions of dollars.
Sum total result is the entire nation suffers with eyes wide open and with increasing Nation Debt pushed and crippling present and future generations.
On ‘Tax system is broken’
Posted 24 February 2021, 7:03 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
......er...and the Junkanoo judges with years of experience be the ones judging. On the winner by tallying the points can have the gentleman from the Labour dept who can state the percentage of Labour unemployment.
On EDITORIAL: Time to catch up with rest of the world
Posted 24 February 2021, 2:41 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
People should at least have the Debates with Darold Miller as the Moderator.
On EDITORIAL: Time to catch up with rest of the world
Posted 24 February 2021, 2:06 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Taxes, taxes, taxes. Along with the taxes applied or charged to taxable persons or corporations, there must be Tax Credits. Tax Credits points can be given to encourage Corporations ie to make investments in govt desired Family Islands, Credits can be given for desirable industries, for amounts of persons employed etcetc. Persons can be offered Credits for ie Going green with solar use, electric vehiclles taking care of disabled family members, investment in certain products which govt wants to expand etcetc. Tax Credits can be used to have persons and corporations induced or encouraged to develop or expand in areas the govt desires.
On Time to break cycle
Posted 22 February 2021, 1:02 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
This Minister with milk on his mout needs to go into the bottom drawers of the office cabinet and start reading on scores of the Bahamas signed on Climate Change Documents and its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint an go green. Some unfccc United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change agreements in 1992 and ratified in 1994, various continuous yearly correspondences, Bahamas Govt document on Bahamas Policy Adaptation to Climate Change about 51 pages March 2005, Bahamas international commitment signed 2016 Paris Climate Change most nations of the world except few. Some of these Bahamas signed documents go way back even to ozone etcetcetc likely before he was born.
Whomsoever have been establishing this oil drilling company 2005 and licence 2006 needs investagations. Its situation of putting the Bahamas over the barrel is looking like the tail wagging the dog, unbelievable.!!!.
The Bahamas honesty and integrity on its signed prior international UN and other world Agreements should be most important to all including the Govt Ministers of the entire nation and whose flag they most times wear on their coat jacket.
On BPC deal had govt over a barrel
Posted 19 February 2021, 5:52 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
@bonefish, fully agree. Both have made these errors but the irony is that both sides have been sitting in the SAME room while projects have been going on and together while hundreds of millions of taxpayers money wasted. Further irony is the new winning side previous Opposition after electionsthen pplays ignorant and does the ritual of stopping and checking the projects the other side did as though they were not in the same room.
On DPM: Water Corp free ride now over
Posted 18 February 2021, 4:39 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Something just ain't fair... when the legislators losing hundreds of millions of taxpayers dollars ...like tens of millions in BahamasAir, buying the old Grocery store on Gladstone road, millions of dollars overruns on waste treatment plant, going past the new Baseball Stadium going on some $50 million, some $18 millions PMH computer challenges, graded down mountain in Palmetto etcetcetc.....and on the other hand have the ability .....to just recently have the Nurses to plea for their overtime pay in front of Legislatorrs offices. And now to have the ability in this the highest unemployment, poverty levels, for over a year now people lining up for food, and now the legislators ADDED ability to increase price of your drinkable water supply and cause it to get it shutoff along with many others already shut offwho cannot pay., Depriving people from water to live is downright reprehensible !!!!
No Corporation on this planet should have the powers in this Pandemic to make water life sustanance more unaffordable or to deprive people from potable water and ability to shut off connections to ppeople, children, babies, elderly, medically confined in homes etc. living in homes. What next, must people wheel people on medical beds, unemployed, those on wheelchairs, children, poor people to front of legislators offices on Rawson to protest ?????
On DPM: Water Corp free ride now over
Posted 18 February 2021, noon Suggest removal
bogart says...
Good letter. The Bahamas comprising of islands most prone to the effects of climate changes have already signed onto United Nations documents, signed onto the Paris Climate documents, have made presentation before the nations of the world in the United Nations and have been in many situations to lower its carbon footprint. There was even a visit by CBS Sixty Minutes to Ragged island documenting the nation's leadership efforts of the people of the nation to the world, efforts of going green, reducing carbon footprint, true efforts of honesty and integrity. There was even the United Nations Head visiting the Bahamas to see the disastrous affect of Climate Change and the world appraised of the importance by all on reducing carbon footprint.
Looking at the International documents nations do, as many democratic nations, is to stick to the international reputation of following what they have signed onto. To many nations honesty and integrity is important.
On We cannot afford to find oil
Posted 17 February 2021, 6:02 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
The nation's continuance of Tourism, being the primary engine over decades and decades, should have the personnel to have done all likely possibilities of producing in advance various options to soften the blow of the hammer. Surprisingly, there seems to have no foresight for disasters and plans of to ease the distress of the one blow.
In this time now upon these workers, the taxi drivers who hhave income from transporting guests, beach vendors, workers who deal with the travel industry , the loss of revenue from Electricity bill to BEC, fewer travellers not flying BahamasAir to and from the now closed hotel, the children of these hotel workers, merchants, farmers and suppliers to the hotel and the hundreds of other Bahamians who benefited, may the Good Lord help them all in these added challenges they face to find a good solution to ease their pain.
On HAMMER BLOW: Melia closes doors for two years laying hundreds out of work
Posted 16 February 2021, 7:04 p.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
Bizzare...not any discussion, whisper, acknowlgment, comment, not one lic from the Bahamas Nation's Opposition on BahamasAir and they are campaigning to be the next elected govt in charge of running a billion dollar economy!!!!!
On Bahamasair’s $40m taxpayer blow-out
Posted 15 February 2021, 1:27 p.m. Suggest removal