> AFTER protest from local manufacturers > and criticism from the Official > Opposition, the Minnis administration > has decided to reverse its planned > duty reductions on paint and fruit > drinks.
#The customs duty on paint will be 45 per cent while the duty rate on fruit drinks will be not be eliminated but reduced from 60 per cent to 30 per cent.
> #Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest said > representations were made to him by > manufacturers of those products, > prompting the reversal. > > #“Our first priority is to Bahamian manufacturers and we don’t want to > take action harmful to their benefit,” > he said as bills related to the duty > changes were passed in Parliament > Tuesday evening.
> The Minister conceded that the private > sector had also made "a reasonable > case" for the elimination or easing of > price controls
And, the other Minister:
> Dion Foulkes, minister of labour, who > is working with Dr Sands on the > 'breadbasket' food reforms, told > Tribune Business he had received no > representations from the private > sector - especially retailers and > wholesalers - to eliminate or amend > price controls and their mark-ups
Good cop, bad cop.
Release the list to the public. Like a cuckoled husband, we will be the last to know. I said before, nothing is being added to the list, only taken out.
> ruling out a similar retreat to that > made a year ago over "sugary sweet > drinks"
And, no the govt did not back down on the sugar issue. They wanted to eliminate the duty on the sugary drinks but kept in place to favour local merchants. How do you encourage healthy eating by eliminating duty on sugary drinks?
the drink producers are now in agreement because the duty will remain or be increased making their product more competitive.
I wonder if people composing the breadbasket list have seen what is on the breadbasket list.
Most of the unhealthy food is not on the breadbasket list: chips, soda, fastfood, ramen noodles, gallons of pink and purple drink.
Take the corned beef from the list. Fine. People will still eat five slices of bologna or armour sausages for breakfast with grits. The kids will still buy little baggies of "Salty" at school.
you cannot save people from themselves. I served ice tea to a visitor at my home, and she was impressed and said she would switch from soda. She then told me she bought a bottle of ice tea from the food store. It was 280 calories of pure sugar, it is not healthy as the no sugar one i make at home.
The merchants will not allow anything added to the price control list, they just want things taken out. please note they were consulted ahead of the nutrionists, who will then have a ready made veto list. Only after all the kemosabe have their say, the public will be informed, informed, not consulted, got that?.
Try to buy condensed milk in the US. It is 5 dollars for a can.
Try to buy Ruth or Foca detergent powder in the US, it is much more than locally here. Poor people need the cheap detergent to wash their clothes, wash dishes and clean their bathroom.
Poor people, who cannot afford deodorant or perfume, need soap and washing powder to go work menial jobs and not stink.
It is not only the illegals or foreigners who are poor. There are many born bahamians who are closeted poor. Even if it is because 75% of their salary is committed and all they can eat is mackerel (which is not on the price control list, btw)
Well they just eliminated the duty on potato chips, and juices loaded with high fructose corn syrup-- that gives you belly fat.
OTOH they charge 35% duty on nuts.
None of the above is on the breadbasket list.
Salmon and shrimp are now duty free and their price still does not match chicken parts. these will not be affordable to the guy on minimum wage , even if price controled.
Gone will be property tax exemptions in the family islands for bahamians.
Gone will be your 250.000 exemption for your residence.
The Bahamas wants to have its cake and eat it too. They do not want to lower customs duties, They do not want to open up sectors exclusive to Bahamians.
they want VAT+business license+ income tax+ health insurance.
ohdrap4 says...
They must have hired an appraiser in the inland revenue dept.
Appraisers pump the value of a property to assist homeowners in equity or refinancing loans.
How do the realtors like them apples now?
but this is one way of raising taxes. Appraise every home in Nassau starting at 350,000, even in the shantytowns. Then lay it on the people.
On Eight-fold property tax hikes to 'kill' Exuma
Posted 13 February 2018, 4:15 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
[http://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/jun…]
[1]: http://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/jun…
and the article above reads:
> AFTER protest from local manufacturers
> and criticism from the Official
> Opposition, the Minnis administration
> has decided to reverse its planned
> duty reductions on paint and fruit
> drinks.
#The customs duty on paint will be 45 per cent while the duty rate on fruit drinks will be not be eliminated but reduced from 60 per cent to 30 per cent.
> #Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest said
> representations were made to him by
> manufacturers of those products,
> prompting the reversal.
>
> #“Our first priority is to Bahamian manufacturers and we don’t want to
> take action harmful to their benefit,”
> he said as bills related to the duty
> changes were passed in Parliament
> Tuesday evening.
On Minister pledges 'no retreat' over breadbasket reforms
Posted 13 February 2018, 3:19 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
> The Minister conceded that the private
> sector had also made "a reasonable
> case" for the elimination or easing of
> price controls
And, the other Minister:
> Dion Foulkes, minister of labour, who
> is working with Dr Sands on the
> 'breadbasket' food reforms, told
> Tribune Business he had received no
> representations from the private
> sector - especially retailers and
> wholesalers - to eliminate or amend
> price controls and their mark-ups
Good cop, bad cop.
Release the list to the public. Like a cuckoled husband, we will be the last to know.
I said before, nothing is being added to the list, only taken out.
> ruling out a similar retreat to that
> made a year ago over "sugary sweet
> drinks"
And, no the govt did not back down on the sugar issue. They wanted to eliminate the duty on the sugary drinks but kept in place to favour local merchants. How do you encourage healthy eating by eliminating duty on sugary drinks?
the drink producers are now in agreement because the duty will remain or be increased making their product more competitive.
On Minister pledges 'no retreat' over breadbasket reforms
Posted 13 February 2018, 3:16 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
what is really sad is that the fnm delivered this opportunity to the plp on a silver platter.
On PLP intend to move no confidence vote in speaker
Posted 13 February 2018, 2 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
I wonder if people composing the breadbasket list have seen what is on the breadbasket list.
Most of the unhealthy food is not on the breadbasket list: chips, soda, fastfood, ramen noodles, gallons of pink and purple drink.
Take the corned beef from the list. Fine. People will still eat five slices of bologna or armour sausages for breakfast with grits. The kids will still buy little baggies of "Salty" at school.
you cannot save people from themselves. I served ice tea to a visitor at my home, and she was impressed and said she would switch from soda. She then told me she bought a bottle of ice tea from the food store. It was 280 calories of pure sugar, it is not healthy as the no sugar one i make at home.
The merchants will not allow anything added to the price control list, they just want things taken out. please note they were consulted ahead of the nutrionists, who will then have a ready made veto list. Only after all the kemosabe have their say, the public will be informed, informed, not consulted, got that?.
Try to buy condensed milk in the US. It is 5 dollars for a can.
Try to buy Ruth or Foca detergent powder in the US, it is much more than locally here.
Poor people need the cheap detergent to wash their clothes, wash dishes and clean their bathroom.
Poor people, who cannot afford deodorant or perfume, need soap and washing powder to go work menial jobs and not stink.
It is not only the illegals or foreigners who are poor. There are many born bahamians who are closeted poor. Even if it is because 75% of their salary is committed and all they can eat is mackerel (which is not on the price control list, btw)
On Unhealthy eating to 'destroy' economy if left unchecked
Posted 13 February 2018, 1:52 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
Well they just eliminated the duty on potato chips, and juices loaded with high fructose corn syrup-- that gives you belly fat.
OTOH they charge 35% duty on nuts.
None of the above is on the breadbasket list.
Salmon and shrimp are now duty free and their price still does not match chicken parts. these will not be affordable to the guy on minimum wage , even if price controled.
On Unhealthy eating to 'destroy' economy if left unchecked
Posted 12 February 2018, 3:33 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
It is not just the merchants.
Gone will be property tax exemptions in the family islands for bahamians.
Gone will be your 250.000 exemption for your residence.
The Bahamas wants to have its cake and eat it too. They do not want to lower customs duties, They do not want to open up sectors exclusive to Bahamians.
they want VAT+business license+ income tax+ health insurance.
On 'Deathly afraid' for local ownership under WTO
Posted 12 February 2018, 3:28 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
> t
>
> heir daily breadbasket costs would
> double
It will double anyway because they are about to remove corned beef, sugar and bread from it.
Looks like nothing will be added/
On Exchange control push is a 'devaluation hedge'
Posted 12 February 2018, 8:53 a.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
in the early 1990s, a member of the defence force who had been sent to haiti came back home sick.
he became so severely ill they gave him him chemotherapy. he died.
the autopsy revealed he had malaria.
Malaria!!! whoever it was at PMH did not even consider it.
On Parents panic at TB report
Posted 10 February 2018, 10:59 a.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
when people test positive they have to take another test as the mantoux test has many false positives.
they did not say confirmed cases, just positive tests.
What they should do is preventative screenings of all schools nationwide, and vaccinate those in higher risk populations.
On Parents panic at TB report
Posted 9 February 2018, 10:15 p.m. Suggest removal