No cause for panic when the government refuses to control spending or reduce in size, refuses establish legal guidelines for campaign finance reform, refuses to punish the corrupt - oh here’s an idea - just lump more taxes on the back of Bahamian mom and pops and small businesses - wow idiots while continuing to open the borders to every manner of competition - makes sense ??? It can’t be that hard to follow the money in this day an age...
Very pleasing to see the fiscal transparency BUT the revenue declaration is just bragging about “double taxation” or so it seems - what does it cost the tax payer for the government to run the department - net revenue after salaries, rent, repatriations?
"... because with the identification, that the genes for certain variants are here and there could be three variant strains and we know some of those strains are associated with sicker patients and higher mortality so we all do have to keep our guards up.”
Any evidence to support the above claim? Last we were told the variants are more contagious and less severe?
Thanks for the continued confusion and crappiest vaccine available on the market though - hey here's an idea- why not just get a vaccine from the source country where all this started instead?! That would be encouraging (NOT) - No thanks!
Please, with all due respect - if you are going to bother speaking to the press and typing an article give us some detailed current statistics relative to the Bahamas to be able follow your current narrative!
Pushing for persons to get vaccinated is one thing but forcing them to do so is completely wrong - everyone knows this. Same goes for providing more freedoms or less restrictions to those who agree to get vaccinated! Some persons have medical histories that do not make the risks associated with vaccinations tolerable etc. Make the damn PCR tests required for travel free if you aren't being unreasonable!
Get serious and govern with respect, STOP dictating.
Any private sector legal minds reading the news...?????!!!
The Bahamas must "face the music" on resolving ongoing corruption and kickbacks - not further taxation to make companies, large and small, even less competitive. Items cost far more to import and clear than their first cost most of the time - how is that sustainable? So much for VAT reducing import duties.... what a joke.
Awesome! Its about time the Bahamian entrepreneur wins one!
Isn’t anyone else tired of being treated as second class and second in line in their own country?
Privately run businesses with pure grit are always better for the economy than enriching the consolidated (hole in the ground) fund to no end for no return..
"ANYONE who receives a COVID-19 vaccine once they become available in the country will receive a certificate that “may be associated with travel in the future,” which is a “potential requirement being discussed internationally,” the Office of the Prime Minister said last night."
The vaccine makes sense but is indirectly forcing persons to get it in order to travel really in line with what the Bahamas stands for? - restricted travel for not falling in line? At least some of those doctors who approved the vaccines recognize and indicated that it is not OK to mandate vaccine use due to potential risks - shouldn't this apply to direct or underhanded mandates? Does the vaccine prevent asymptomatic transmission? Very very doubtful. (Won't persons still contract the virus but just have lessor symptoms given their prep'd immune system) Does the Vaccine prevent reinfection after 180 or even 365 days? Very very doubtful. Is the Vaccine therefore really necessary for anyone outside of the high risk categories? Are vaccines going to be required every year then???!
If WHO and PAHO are going to pay our or relieve our deficit then sure keep nodding to everything they say otherwise please start thinking of ways to actively save the private sector by easing restrictions not building new ones.
professionalbahamian says...
No cause for panic when the government refuses to control spending or reduce in size, refuses establish legal guidelines for campaign finance reform, refuses to punish the corrupt - oh here’s an idea - just lump more taxes on the back of Bahamian mom and pops and small businesses - wow idiots while continuing to open the borders to every manner of competition - makes sense ??? It can’t be that hard to follow the money in this day an age...
On Ex-AG: ‘No cause to panic’ over 15% tax
Posted 8 June 2021, 10:06 p.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
Very pleasing to see the fiscal transparency BUT
the revenue declaration is just bragging about “double taxation” or so it seems - what does it cost the tax payer for the government to run the department - net revenue after salaries, rent, repatriations?
On 1,053 repatriated since July 2020, says Henfield
Posted 8 June 2021, 9:58 p.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
"... because with the identification, that the genes for certain variants are here and there could be three variant strains and we know some of those strains are associated with sicker patients and higher mortality so we all do have to keep our guards up.”
Any evidence to support the above claim? Last we were told the variants are more contagious and less severe?
Thanks for the continued confusion and crappiest vaccine available on the market though - hey here's an idea- why not just get a vaccine from the source country where all this started instead?! That would be encouraging (NOT) - No thanks!
On NURSE SHORTAGE ADDING TO CRISIS: As Third Wave fills beds hospitals struggle to find staff to deal with patients
Posted 14 May 2021, 10:47 a.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
Please, with all due respect - if you are going to bother speaking to the press and typing an article give us some detailed current statistics relative to the Bahamas to be able follow your current narrative!
On Breaching protocols ‘just plain dumb’
Posted 29 April 2021, 8:27 a.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
Hey if you are closing down because you don’t know how to wash your hands regularly please do take a 75% pay cut for the sake of the treasury!
A vaccine drive is the key out of this mess not ego.
On ‘IF YOU WANT WAR, YOU’LL GET WAR’: Furious Speaker shuts down Parliament over government’s inaction on COVID outbreak
Posted 29 April 2021, 8:17 a.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
Pushing for persons to get vaccinated is one thing but forcing them to do so is completely wrong - everyone knows this.
Same goes for providing more freedoms or less restrictions to those who agree to get vaccinated! Some persons have medical histories that do not make the risks associated with vaccinations tolerable etc. Make the damn PCR tests required for travel free if you aren't being unreasonable!
Get serious and govern with respect, STOP dictating.
Any private sector legal minds reading the news...?????!!!
On Davis: Govt cannot interfere in private contracts
Posted 22 April 2021, 5 p.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
Absolute BS - push the vaccine for willing citizens and forget the garbage data, fear mongering, and crappy reporting.
On EDITORIAL: We must do all we can to stop third wave
Posted 7 April 2021, 9:04 a.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
The Bahamas must "face the music" on resolving ongoing corruption and kickbacks - not further taxation to make companies, large and small, even less competitive. Items cost far more to import and clear than their first cost most of the time - how is that sustainable? So much for VAT reducing import duties.... what a joke.
On Bahamas must ‘face the music’ on income tax
Posted 10 March 2021, 6:34 a.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
Awesome! Its about time the Bahamian entrepreneur wins one!
Isn’t anyone else tired of being treated as second class and second in line in their own country?
Privately run businesses with pure grit are always better for the economy than enriching the consolidated (hole in the ground) fund to no end for no return..
On $2m PI entrepreneur takes govt to court
Posted 4 February 2021, 7:24 a.m. Suggest removal
professionalbahamian says...
"ANYONE who receives a COVID-19 vaccine once they become available in the country will receive a certificate that “may be associated with travel in the future,” which is a “potential requirement being discussed internationally,” the Office of the Prime Minister said last night."
The vaccine makes sense but is indirectly forcing persons to get it in order to travel really in line with what the Bahamas stands for? - restricted travel for not falling in line? At least some of those doctors who approved the vaccines recognize and indicated that it is not OK to mandate vaccine use due to potential risks - shouldn't this apply to direct or underhanded mandates? Does the vaccine prevent asymptomatic transmission? Very very doubtful. (Won't persons still contract the virus but just have lessor symptoms given their prep'd immune system) Does the Vaccine prevent reinfection after 180 or even 365 days? Very very doubtful. Is the Vaccine therefore really necessary for anyone outside of the high risk categories? Are vaccines going to be required every year then???!
If WHO and PAHO are going to pay our or relieve our deficit then sure keep nodding to everything they say otherwise please start thinking of ways to actively save the private sector by easing restrictions not building new ones.
On Vaccine committee working to finalise operational plan
Posted 19 January 2021, 5:50 a.m. Suggest removal