Taxing a fledgling industry
It must indeed be The People’s Time if one looks at Tribune242.com Latest Business Headlines.
Mitchell was right
Under ordinary circumstances, I would caution PLP members like Alfred Sears, Raynard Rigby and Chester Cooper to keep their criticisms of their party indoors, on the grounds that it is harmful to their party to permit its dirty laundry to be weaponized by its opponents. Under the present circumstances, however, these gentlemen (all of whom I hold in high regard) will only be harming themselves by joining the blame-Christie bandwagon.
Delaporte Point concerns
Delaporte Point Limited (DPL) continues to use proxy votes to approve financial statements despite questions by owners.
Minnis Shines On Caricom Stage
EDITOR, The Tribune. Hot on the heels of his impressive domestic policy roll-out here at home, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis cut his teeth in foreign policy recently when he represented us at a turbulent but comfortably familiar Caricom family reunion
Politicians and VAT
SOMETIMES it is by far the best for politicians to stay away from speaking on subjects. Seemingly they do not have an accurate understanding or opinion on.
Back to the old routine
Pre-May 10, 2017, we were very used to sirens and out-riders and speeding official cars –were we not promised that that would stop?
Mr Miller, you are wrong in blaming BPL
The Tribune dated June 19th, reads “Miller blames power outages on the hiring of ‘foreigners’ – Former Bahamas Electricity Corp (BEC) Executive Chairman Leslie Miller has blamed the frequent power outages at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) on the former administration’s decision to hire ‘foreigners’ to run the power company rather than allow Bahamians to ‘fix the problems’.”
Minnis Shines On Caricom Stage
Hot on the heels of his impressive domestic policy roll-out here at home, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis cut his teeth in foreign policy recently when he represented us at a turbulent but comfortably familiar Caricom family reunion.
Where's the beef on NHI?
The discussion around the proposed NHI scheme brings to mind the now-iconic Wendy’s television commercial in which three elderly ladies were served a hamburger. Admiring the “big, fluffy bun” on the outside, they opened the bun to find a burger so small that one of them exclaimed, “Where’s the beef?”
Who are the debtors?
Merriam-Webster defines “nebulous” as relating to, or resembling, a nebula.
Cancel not privatise the carnival
Some time ago I drafted a letter to the editor to commend Bahamian musician and producer Fred Ferguson for withdrawing his support from carnival, but in the business of life, I did not finalise and send it. Recently, I saw Mr Ferguson at a funeral and was reminded of my unfinished task, hence this letter to you.
Wake up, Mr Christie
Please allow me to address a brief letter to Mr Christie in response to your interview with him:
Open up solar power
Re: Solar Electricity Request for Proposal (RFP) in today’s Tribune.
Blind Mitchell
Hon Fred Mitchell must be the only and I mean only Bahamian who doesn’t understand why the PLP lost.
Tough to do business
THE Bahamas is very well known for how hard it is to do business especially with government - flying to New York this week I sat next to two investors and after an hour conversation all I can say - nuttin change from May 10th.
