Tal, Tal, are you there?

Kudos to the Tribune for publishing these articles on VAT.
I am sorry though, that no one talks or writes about the increased costs to the public, other than a letter from a Freeport business owner published a couple of weeks ago.

Do people realize that Wendy's and KFC food will be subject to VAT? No one says how much, although it has been announced that food and beverages at hotels will be subject to 10%.

What about groceries, are there going to be varying rates of VAT for items, just as there are price controls now?

The scripture display to the left of the honourable minister, is ominous, it is Luke:22-34

"Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and go feeds them."

When I die I will come back as a raven. Or as an MP.

With reference to the article by Ms. Nicolls I should like to remark that the real invisible people in The Bahamas today are the native white Bahamian. Look at the local news and note that virtually every news story is related to the so-called "invisible" black man.
There are any number of black men in The Bahamas who are anything but "invisible". They are everywhere: politics, business, law, education, the diplomatic service, receiving scholarships to study in Cuba, China, etc. How then are they "invisible"?
With reference to the photographs taken by Ms. Nicolls in North Eleuthera I should like to ask if she ever considered whether there might be a pre-existing relationship between the parties involved. Could there be an employer-employee relationship? Could there be a matter of familiarity or long-term friendship involved? Did Ms. Nicolls bother to obtain a model release that would permit her to use the photographs of the men in her article?
Did she bother to ask questions of the persons whose behaviour so intrigued her and her travelling companions?
Let us see more in-depth reporting in future and less of this subjective point of view where a person projects their own prejudices and opinions upon the wider world.

i am not worried, he is paid handsomely to be minister

if she is bilingual, she might not realise that the guard speaks with a spanish accent.

The she could pay a junior accountant $65 an hour to assist.
The saddest part is that this time is spent making calculations for amounts I will have to pay.

I doubt very much that the decline in the Math average is due to the "focus on literacy". If one betters his literacy skills, he is better able to comprehend Math problems.

A real problem is the continued practice of allowing teachers to teach mathematics out of
field. It would not be so bad if teachers took exams to show they know the mathematics they are about to teach, but, as it is, any breathing teacher is allowed to teach math.

The private school students will get better grades because they are coached from past exams. For at least the past ten years the MOE just keeps repeating the Math questions.

In addition, there has been no upgrading of the math curriculum since it was adopted back in 1992.

I believe that, in numbers, the U and G grades in Math specifically are the majority of students, and likely not included in that average.

He stole that concept from Dirty's on Nassau St.

Out of touch, really?
Nah that can't be, he is the prime minister!

But that sign will be spelled:

Niggard Way