One can never mention incompetence in the Bahamas.

Be kind to your web-footed friends. that duck may be somebody's mother.

people walking around in the n ight should wear some reflective clothing at least.

no one said it was a tax free visit.

however, in the latest vat amendment act, persons with airbnb have become taxable persons, and owner-occupied homes means you conduct no business.

i other words, if you rent as airbnb you might lose your property tax exemption.

the vat amendent act has been posted.

what about walking to the light and wait for it to turn red before crossing the street?

crossing 4 lanes of traffic has to be scary, and late in the night the drivers may not see person.

written in this same article you quote is the following:

> "Additionally, swimming or working in
> affected areas can lead to infections
> of the eyes, ears,[9] or open cuts and
> wounds. Following Hurricane Katrina,
> 22 wounds were infected with Vibrio,
> three of which were caused by V.
> parahaemolyticus, and two of these led
> to death."

And, recently, some person died in the US reported in the news.

> "We didn't fire them, they quit."

which is the excuse companies use about those understudy for the certificate of vacancy work permit thing.
evry year the bahamian trained is a different one,

> vibrio parahaemolyticus

this is the same stuff that appears in oysters/
if it gets in through a wound in the skin, this is flesh eating bacteria and can kill

the people were too meek to accept vat without fiscal responsibility or foi.

now it is really disgusting because anytime they want money they just invent new taxes, and we take it.

not to mention that many airbnb hosts make less than 100,000 so their business may be vat exempt.

before the days of airbnb foreign second homeowners were already renting online and avoiding the occupancy tax altogether.

the unfortunate who rented homes through local agents did pay the tax.

5 days before implementation date, they have yet to realese the vat-free breadbasket list, but have pointed out that "not every item in each category is exempted", ie, not every bread or every container of milk is exempt.

but, in case this turns out to be a pain in the arse, hemorroid cream is vat free as published in the newspaper.