Or how about getting a false positive in the Bahamas, not being able to get on an aircraft to the U.S., and getting to pay for 14 more nights of lodging and another test hoping it isn't false positive too.
Let’s see? Do I go to Bahamas, make expensive plane reservations, pay $200 for a Covid test, pay $100+ for a “health visa”, have a panic attack about getting everything done before I have to change/cancel my reservation, get to the Bahamas and have to figure out how to get my daily email on Covid conditions to the government, pay $50 for a Covid test to get back into the US. OR, do I just go to the Florida Keys with none of the above? And, which brain surgeon minister is not allowing rapid testing instead of PCR to enter the Bahamas now? Our own government uses it on the 5th day test and the US allows it to enter. Shouldn’t we try to make it just a little easier for our visitors?
Remember the old days? Duties were like 10%. No VAT. No imminent income taxes being talked about? No billions borrowed from Chinese? What happened? I really can’t say my life is better. Everything costs more. Yet, our government is deeper in debt than ever and for the foreseeable future has no way out. I am praying the dollar doesn’t get unpegged. We are in a really deep hole.
It is about time the good people of Abaco make their voices heard! Not only immigration, but the ineptness of the government to help Abaco rebuild is a shame. Taking weeks for electrical inspectors to arrive, NGO water plants being shutdown making even drinking water start to be scarce. These poor people deserve better. Way better. If they don’t get the economy going soon they may hit the tipping point. And, the government reducing the tax breaks and only extending part of them for another 6 months when travel is difficult,expensive and almost impossible is another crime by the government!
Gee-what a shock! The government didn’t have the money they promised! Gee-another shock! They aren’t paying their bills. But, if you don’t pay BPL they shut off your electricity! How can you believe anything this government says??
Seriously? This would actually be comical if it wasn’t so sad. Did he mention most of Abaco was wiped out? There is probably a 15% drop right there. The police don’t even respond to thievery and looting in Treasure Cay. There wasn’t even a phone number for police for 10 months. So, how could you have reported a crime? This guy is going to need surgery on his arm for reaching around to pat himself so hard on the back. A disgrace to the police force. And no one is going to believe him again. Should probably go into car sales.
Any weekend jaunts are over if the Bahamas is not providing Covid tests to visitors for free so they can go home. Bye bye tourism and Biden is going to tighten the noose!
Let’s see-in 2010 there were 17,000 people in Abaco. So, after 15 months, the masters at the monopoly BPL have managed to connect a whopping 23%! Wow! Just keep patting yourself on the back while people are struggling to get power. And, even though BPL can’t keep its power on line, they are forcing the people in Abaco to spend thousands of dollars each to do stupid things like raise the meter to 65 “. You say you’re at 60? No good. Spend a thousand to raise it 5”! The people of Abaco deserve better! What a joke!
lovingbahamas says...
Or how about getting a false positive in the Bahamas, not being able to get on an aircraft to the U.S., and getting to pay for 14 more nights of lodging and another test hoping it isn't false positive too.
On D’Aguilar: Things will improve by third quarter
Posted 4 February 2021, 2:23 p.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
Let’s see? Do I go to Bahamas, make expensive plane reservations, pay $200 for a Covid test, pay $100+ for a “health visa”, have a panic attack about getting everything done before I have to change/cancel my reservation, get to the Bahamas and have to figure out how to get my daily email on Covid conditions to the government, pay $50 for a Covid test to get back into the US. OR, do I just go to the Florida Keys with none of the above? And, which brain surgeon minister is not allowing rapid testing instead of PCR to enter the Bahamas now? Our own government uses it on the 5th day test and the US allows it to enter. Shouldn’t we try to make it just a little easier for our visitors?
On D’Aguilar: Things will improve by third quarter
Posted 4 February 2021, 11:25 a.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
Just wait. They’ll probably swap out the AZ vaccine for the Chinese one at the last second. Then what? I ain’t taking that Chinese one!
On AT LAST - HELP IS ON THE WAY: Up to 100,000 doses of COVID vaccine to arrive within weeks
Posted 3 February 2021, 10:36 a.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
Remember the old days? Duties were like 10%. No VAT. No imminent income taxes being talked about? No billions borrowed from Chinese? What happened? I really can’t say my life is better. Everything costs more. Yet, our government is deeper in debt than ever and for the foreseeable future has no way out. I am praying the dollar doesn’t get unpegged. We are in a really deep hole.
On Gross govt borrowing leaps four-fold to $2bn
Posted 1 February 2021, 11:44 a.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
It is about time the good people of Abaco make their voices heard! Not only immigration, but the ineptness of the government to help Abaco rebuild is a shame. Taking weeks for electrical inspectors to arrive, NGO water plants being shutdown making even drinking water start to be scarce. These poor people deserve better. Way better. If they don’t get the economy going soon they may hit the tipping point. And, the government reducing the tax breaks and only extending part of them for another 6 months when travel is difficult,expensive and almost impossible is another crime by the government!
On Residents to protest over issues in Abaco
Posted 29 January 2021, 7:57 p.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
Gee-what a shock! The government didn’t have the money they promised! Gee-another shock! They aren’t paying their bills. But, if you don’t pay BPL they shut off your electricity! How can you believe anything this government says??
On Abaconians ‘fed up’ with disaster authority
Posted 22 January 2021, 10:02 p.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
Seriously? This would actually be comical if it wasn’t so sad. Did he mention most of Abaco was wiped out? There is probably a 15% drop right there. The police don’t even respond to thievery and looting in Treasure Cay. There wasn’t even a phone number for police for 10 months. So, how could you have reported a crime? This guy is going to need surgery on his arm for reaching around to pat himself so hard on the back. A disgrace to the police force. And no one is going to believe him again. Should probably go into car sales.
On ‘CRIME’S DOWN - NOT BY COVID’: Police chief insists lockdowns not key to reduced offences
Posted 20 January 2021, 12:30 a.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
Any weekend jaunts are over if the Bahamas is not providing Covid tests to visitors for free so they can go home. Bye bye tourism and Biden is going to tighten the noose!
On COVID travel measures ‘won’t ease in any way’
Posted 20 January 2021, 12:16 a.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
3000 gallons of water free?? Not on my bill. How do you sign up for that?
On Web patrons, utility customers warned to brace for pain
Posted 18 December 2020, 1:42 a.m. Suggest removal
lovingbahamas says...
Let’s see-in 2010 there were 17,000 people in Abaco. So, after 15 months, the masters at the monopoly BPL have managed to connect a whopping 23%! Wow! Just keep patting yourself on the back while people are struggling to get power. And, even though BPL can’t keep its power on line, they are forcing the people in Abaco to spend thousands of dollars each to do stupid things like raise the meter to 65 “. You say you’re at 60? No good. Spend a thousand to raise it 5”! The people of Abaco deserve better! What a joke!
On Power restored for 4,000 in Abaco
Posted 10 December 2020, 5:57 p.m. Suggest removal