since it is likely that the plp will lose the next election, the next govt elect will fire the guy for ccost overrun , who will in turn claim victimizations

do you folks remember some gold plated 3,000 faucets feature on a chool repair years ago?

Not only the media, you posters are also fanning the flames.
All these problems just a figment of radio talk show callers.

(Ohdrap filling in for birdie who did not buy the tribune today)

that would have been possible, had the vat refunds not been restricted to the percentage of vatable items.

this contractor is know for the poor quality of his work.

he needs a second chance.

this is not only in the courts.

teachers have to buy their own supplies and even fund their own xerox copies-- printer ink costs a fortune.

they have to buy their own software and keys. only those who enjoy the graces of the administrators receive computers.

not only that, if they suspect you have a scanner or some software in your computer, they expect you to do their work for them on that equipment, at no extra compensation.

madhatter ezagerates, illegal immigrants pay more for many things: they pay exhorbitant rents because the landlords know they are illegal, and other extra money to keep their status as illegals. They buy fuel to run their generator and pay taxes, and purchase the generators too.
They pay more for food because they can't stock up, for example, they can't buy 5 gallon water because it is too heavy, so buy the smaller ones retail.

Also, they don't send money back home for free, those fees to remit money are 10% or more, risk free to the bank. One presumes the banks employ many bahamians.

The middle class is going to be hit really hard. If it were not for duty exemptions, I would not purchase my prescription glasses locally-- it is cheaper here.

When the blood pressure monitor is duty free, I can go to the doctor before I require hospitalization and cost the govt more money. Free pre-natal care saves money in the long run.

hey the seaplane to elbow cay project was by a foreign investor, that is dead in the water too.

> “The reason our education campaign was
> so successful was because their was a
> commitment to an 18-month educational
> programme, six months of which was
> prior to the implementation date, but
> the most important things happened 12
> months after the implementation
> because there were a series of
> detailed explanation programmes
> targeted at all kinds of groups.”

We are now 2 months away from implementation, 80% of the education campaing comes from non- govt group. I believe there is ONE person on the hotline who does not answer the phone. mind you the phone is not busy, no one answers.
So, this advice comes too late.

In addition, 60 days from implementation, no one knows the rate, the exemptions, the legislation. All a secret.

Another thing is that this expert should have been advised that there are not "tax credits" in the Bahamas because there is no income tax, and that our prices are ridiculously high because 95% of our items are imported.

Did anyone tell him that the govt cannot collect the existing taxes?

Dear Govt :

I write to state that the remarks (uttered by the Opposition Leader) do not represent in any way the diminution of the seriousness of the **loss inflicted on the lives of Bahamian people by this party** therein, nor does it indicate a lack of sensitivity on the part of the government and people of the Bahamas about the seriousness of this tragedy,”

the closure of the old govt high, on the grounds that it was elitist, allowed their graduate elite to keep it itself in power for 25 years. and its offspring for 10 more years so far.

now, gifted youth have no where to go, all leveled to a common denominator of a crappy bgcse exam.

in generations past, the gifted ones took A-levels.