Monthly Archives: May 2018

The Budget and VAT

Posted on May 31, 2018 by weblogbahamas

A picture paints a thousand words…

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ideacity: Non-Human Skulls in Peru By Brien Foerster

Posted on May 30, 2018 by weblogbahamas

From ideacity 2014. Truly fascinating. "Archeologist Brien Forester teaches the audience about cranial deformation around the globe and how he is working in what he calls forbidden archeology."

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VAT: An insdious tax

Posted on May 29, 2018 by weblogbahamas

With the business community and taxpayer still trying to adjust to VAT at 7.5% will the government increase it tomorrow? The government's new budget set to be announced tomorrow and speculation is rife that the pernicious Value Added Tax (VAT) … Continue reading →

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How the West got rich by following ‘the four Rs’

Posted on May 27, 2018 by weblogbahamas

By Art Carden and Deirdre McCloskey "For as long as there have been people there have been innovators, and for as long as there have been innovators there have been those who have sought to stop them. Until recently, the … Continue reading →

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NIB Sustainability In Doubt

Posted on May 26, 2018 by weblogbahamas

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is the latest organisation to call into question the viability of The Bahamas National Insurance Pension Scheme and is suggesting that the tax rates need to increase from the combined employee/employer rate of 9.8 percent … Continue reading →

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Business Bites: Say “Yes” To Bahamas Oil Drilling

Posted on May 25, 2018 by weblogbahamas

by Richard Coulson First Published in The Tribune May 23, 2018 No sooner had Simon Potter, CEO of Nassau-based Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC), announced that an international oil company had signed a 90-day renewable option to become a farm-out partner … Continue reading →

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The Spy Bill

Posted on May 24, 2018 by weblogbahamas

Dear Mr. Editor, Enough now with this stupidity over the “Spy” Bill. I do hope at least some of our parliamentarians are a bit more truthful than they appear on camera. There is no such thing as a “private” telephone … Continue reading →

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Confusion Still Reigns Over Flats Fishing Legislation

Posted on May 23, 2018 by weblogbahamas

After the Government finally made the decision that the Flat Fishing Regulations will stand it needs to urgently ensure that the law is transparent and functions as designed. Once one gets past the misplaced anger and xenophobic rhetoric by the … Continue reading →

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The Politics Of Inevitability And The Politics Of Eternity

Posted on May 22, 2018 by weblogbahamas

by Dr. Donald M. McCartney DM Many, of us in The Bahamas, have allowed ourselves to accept the politics of inevitability. The politics of inevitability subscribes to the notion that history moves in only one direction, that is, toward democracy. … Continue reading →

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Milton Friedman: Works worth reading

Posted on May 21, 2018 by weblogbahamas

There are few people I can think of that writers on the left seem to take a delight in reframing what he says to twist the meaning as much as they possibly can. However, there are few thinkers that express … Continue reading →

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