if i can hazard a guess, it is the same old as in many govt departments.
1. buy some computers with the updated technology. 2. make no provisions for the maintenance, so the machines are retired before their time and not replaced. 3. after x number of years, only 1-2 are working, but it is not worth it to fix the old ones because now they are obsolete. 4. new contract issued for new state of the art machines
i think this process was at play last year at road traffic.
ohdrap4 says...
lets setup crowdfunding to help our motor dealers pay bills.
On Auto dealer chief in used car ‘pull-out’
Posted 19 July 2016, 3:39 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
and pindling was 37 when he became prime minister.
the three score and ten crew is too old, can never be too rich.
obama and trudeau were heading huge countries in their 40s.
On DNA candidate: I’m not too young or too broke
Posted 18 July 2016, 6:52 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
actually VAT and duties run concurrently in many countries, as can be seen here:
http://www.uscib.org/valueadded-taxes-v…
except that, for most countries, the average duty rate is much lower than that of the bahamas.
i think the bahamas has ten years to gradually reduce its average duty rate.
On Minnis’ VAT exemption plan to cost Govt $60m
Posted 18 July 2016, 2:42 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
colorful characters, to say the least.
people need change but they need new names.
the people who have been active for 20 or more years need to make way for new people
On 'More than 500 memberships issued' for People's Movement
Posted 16 July 2016, 1:27 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
> people were (urinating) on each other.
ahem, some people pay good money for that in western new providence!
On Visitor vows boycott over conditions at police station
Posted 15 July 2016, 3:28 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
just hire some dump trucks and block the marathon intersection, that should do it.
On Union to Govt: Force Cable into industrial talks
Posted 13 July 2016, 5:11 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
similar experiences are to be had by expatriates who wait for all kinds of permits and applications at the immigration department as well for years.
but people do not care beause they are foreigners.
On Passport Office’s shame
Posted 13 July 2016, 5:09 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
this is hilarious.
all of them are flouting the law with no insurance, no inspection. no wonder they thought nothing of blocking the public road.
i hope the union leaves them in the lurch. they deserve it.
On Truck drivers who blocked road say they were hired to carry out a job
Posted 13 July 2016, 4:57 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
if i can hazard a guess, it is the same old as in many govt departments.
1. buy some computers with the updated technology.
2. make no provisions for the maintenance, so the machines are retired before their time and not replaced.
3. after x number of years, only 1-2 are working, but it is not worth it to fix the old ones because now they are obsolete.
4. new contract issued for new state of the art machines
i think this process was at play last year at road traffic.
On Passport Office delays likely to continue until January
Posted 12 July 2016, 12:51 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
you can't criticise albury's, because they pay customs duties on packaging.
the lima beans and peas are not produced at home, but imported in large containers and packaged here.
mind you, their tomato sauce and tomato paste are way better than the american brands, way better for peas and rice.
bamsi does not produce much, at least as yet.
On A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW ON INDEPENDENCE: 43 years on and still we need to break the shackles
Posted 9 July 2016, 6:39 p.m. Suggest removal