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The challenge to Bahamian retailers

Is it as simple as being innovative? by Robert Myers Retailers globally are being challenged by web based retailers such as Amazon (B2B) and Ebay (C2C) whom have tremendous economies of scale and buying power. Even the most successful brick and mortar retailers are concerned and desperately trying to compete... Read more →

Confusion over legislation

I was involved with a Facebook "discussion" over the weekend about the Commercial Enterprise Act 2017 and the Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Flats Fishing) Regulations, 2017 and while they re designed for completely different reasons they highlight why the Westminster System process of creating new laws should be followed.... Read more →

100 Years. 100 Million Lives.

I don't remember how I stumbled across this article, but it is worth your time to read. Like slavery, it is mind boggling how cruel mankind can be to each other. 100 Years. 100 Million Lives. Think Twice. By Laura M. Nicolae November 20, 2017 "In 1988, my twenty-six-year-old father... Read more →

There is No Such Thing as Trickle-Down Economics

The point is not to transfer wealth up and down but rather to create universal opportunity. by Steven Horwitz This article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. Critics of liberalism and the market economy have made a long-standing habit of inventing terms we would never use to... Read more →

What’s going on with Bahamas Flyfishing Regulations?

by Rick Lowe On January 6, 2017 the Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Flats Fishing) Regulations, 2017 was said to have come into effect requiring a personal angler license (obtained in person or online) for anyone over 12 years of age to fish for permit, tarpon, snook, cobra or bonefish.... Read more →

The Bahamas Post Office

Editor, The simple sending and receiving of mail is part of the life blood of a nation, not just for the man in the street but, more importantly, for commercial businesses. I am wondering if the Government, while it fans around wondering what to do about that building, has given... Read more →

The free market allows everyone to do well by doing good.

The coercive power of government doesn't Pierre Poilievre makes the case brilliantly in his recent speech to the Canadian Parliament while debating the Budget Implementation Act of 2017. He offers great advice on how to build a just and prosperous society. Visit his web site here... He also mentions one... Read more →

World Bank Report - Ease of Doing Business - 2017

We (The Bahamas) now rank 119 out of 190? overall in the Doing Business 2017 from The World Bank. In terms of getting electricity we rank 117. We are behind Iraq and Sudan on this score. (Perhaps the requirements of BPL to transfer a BEC account back to the name... Read more →

Pastors and Citizenship Amendments

Dear Editor, Do you think it is possible for the Pastors who have come out in opposition to proposed citizenship amendments have the courage to voice their concerns from their pulpits? If they have done so I would really like to hear those sermons. I recall, especially in the public... Read more →

Taxes, WTO and outsourcing

Dear Editor, Ah well, here we go again! The talk of the town is now saying things like: "Let's even the playing field ... tax them!"; "By 2019 we'll be full members of the WTO" and "Let's outsource it." "Let's even the playing field, let's tax them," says one Minister... Read more →