Govt spending $105m US to prepare for the world

[RichD]

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'whe bout di baktax star?'

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yes is dat mi did start talk bout in the other post....di man sey the attitude of senior managemnt in the tax dept is dat di jamaican culture does not allow for harsh tactics in collection. ( i guess unless yuh in di wrong party)

[evanovitch]

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'whe bout di baktax star?'

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yes is dat mi did start talk bout in the other post....di man sey the attitude of senior managemnt in the tax dept is dat di jamaican culture does not allow for harsh tactics in collection. ( i guess unless yuh in di wrong party)

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such a cop out wen wat is wrang is dat dem cyan go afta di small man who is selfemployed having ignored di big man etc

[Tuff Gong]

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Is spending US$105 million to get US$9Mil returns a good thing for us to do?

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I believe it can return much more than $9mill in the long term.

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How much over what period?

[RichD]

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Is spending US$105 million to get US$9Mil returns a good thing for us to do?

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I believe it can return much more than $9mill in the long term.

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How much over what period?

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what period is the financing over?

[Tuff Gong]

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Is spending US$105 million to get US$9Mil returns a good thing for us to do?

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I believe it can return much more than $9mill in the long term.

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How much over what period?

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what period is the financing over?

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I have to find out, but most of the spending was deferred to this year’s budget.

[niceniss]

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Is spending US$105 million to get US$9Mil returns a good thing for us to do?

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I believe it can return much more than $9mill in the long term.

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How much over what period?

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what period is the financing over?

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so what about the maintenance and security costs that the complex will need for sustenance over the coming years?

as for the 105m, that was borrowed so we havent gotten to the interest rates that taxpayers will have to repay just yet...

[RichD]

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We draw the minister's attention to the administrative disgrace reflected in the country's tax compliance rate of 58 per cent

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[Wahalla]

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In Barbadoes the world bank just did a report questioning the wisdom of spending so much of the countries revenue for one event....

Also there are a number of columinst wonder out loud why such almost blinkered attitude towards venues.... And will there be any long term benifit...

Frankly I can see Barbadoes making a hell of a lot out of it.. Currently there is virtually no hotel rooms available for that period... the car rental agencies are claiming rent now or there wont be cars available.... Having said that the small size of Barbadoes makes any benifit to be more equitably spread than JA.. One could rent a place any where in Barbadoes and get to the ground in under an hour....

I am thinking of going and will book tickets in the next month or so.. The big question is go to Barbadoes or Antigua..

I loved Dawn Rich feminist peice of anti World Cup in last Sundays gleaner though

[niceniss]

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I loved Dawn Rich feminist peice of anti World Cup in last Sundays gleaner though

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Aah. you should have posted it...

[Tuff Gong]

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This is a great post at least it goes a bit of a way to help Dr. Clueless's reputation.

[Sinco01]

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From "<span style='font-size: 11pt'>I'm not even sure where to put this</span>" in this Forum ..


Mullings referred to a recent press article which suggested that the ICC, organisers of the tournament and world cricket’s governing body, will be making significantly more than US$550 million from its deal with ESPN STAR Sports, as its global media and production partner for audio-visual rights for its events, including CWC 2007, between 2007 and 2015. The previous deal with Global Cricket Corporation covering 2000-2007 had reaped US$550 million.

“I can’t give you a definitive answer to either of those questions. I am aware that serious questions are being posed about the way in which the revenues are shared.”

Asked by Mullings whether the territories have a share of the broadcast rights, Dr Davies said, “not to my knowledge. I am informed that there may be a share of the gate receipts, but I don’t want to be quoted on that until I can ascertain that definitively”.

Jamaica, one of the nine Cricket World Cup host Caribbean countries, spent at least J$8 billion to prepare the country for the tournament. Of this amount, a combined US$60 million was spent on the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, which hosted warm-up games and the lavish opening ceremony, and on Sabina Park in Kingston where all Group D first-round matches were played. Region-wide, more than US$400 million was pumped into the staging of world cricket’s most prestigious tournament.

Mullings said he was concerned that while the countries, including Jamaica, have incurred those enormous debts to facilitate staging the event, “bearing in mind the pressures that our economies are under, wouldn’t it have been prudent to have ensured that we had a share in the monies as far as the broadcast rights are concerned?”

[RichD]

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antigua is even smaller but according to the commentators ..it was taking up to 2 hours to actually get into the stadium after arriving.


what you make of this:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Barbados LOC promises a capacity Kensington Oval
Web Posted - Thu Apr 05 2007
By Marc Gibson
WHILE it has been acknowledged that some of the results so far in the ICC CWC 2007 have negatively affected capacity expectations for the Kensington Oval, plans are afoot to maximise the stadiums capacity ahead of the Barbados leg of the Cricket World Cup.

According to Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Local Organising Committee, Stephen Alleyne in December 2006 Kensington Oval achieved a sale of 95 per cent of the public tickets then available. Due to the early exit of India and Pakistan from the tournament, Alleyne stated that more tickets are now available. Our reaction has been to identify a number of initiatives around promotion and marketing, you are going to see a lot more advertising around the matches themselves. Were also going to be looking at the configuration of the stadium in terms of ticket prices to encourage more folk in, weve also have had discussions and significant support from the Ministry of Education on those days where there maybe more tickets available, insuring that our school children get the opportunity to experience the greatest spectacle we are likely to see in our own lifetime, Alleyne explained. He also stated that there were plans to conduct tours ahead of the scheduled matches that would allow Barbadians to experience the completed Kensington Oval.

Alleyne stated that while ensuring and maintaining the security for the potentially 27 000 capacity crowd was paramount, discussions were underway with the ICC and Cricket World Cup to ensure that fans will experience a typically West Indian CWC 2007, something that has been stated was lacking so far. One of the things we have worked to achieve was the bringing of musical instruments in, we are going to simplify that process and make it even simpler than before, the Barbados LOC CEO stated.
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seet yah

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">also have had discussions and significant support from the Ministry of Education on those days where there maybe more tickets available, insuring that our school children get the opportunity to experience the greatest spectacle we are likely to see in our own lifetime</div></div>

So B'Dos is ready to turn out even the kids from school to fill the gaping hole in the bucket. Well at least they are trying to get them in the venue. Jamaica just closes the schools anyway and bar the locals, with the price and the onerous rules.

[Sinco01]

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did some of the LOC succumb to

blackmail ..

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sinco01</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
did some of the LOC succumb to

blackmail .. </div></div>

It is the <span style='font-size: 11pt'>WCC-Blame Edition</span>, everyone is falling over themselves to blame, their muma, granny and dem next door neighbour.

<span style="color: #FF0000">World Cup fiasco</span>
Analysis
Rickey Singh
Sunday, April 08, 2007

AS the West Indies cricket team struggle, against all odds, to secure a place in the semi-finals for Cricket World Cup 2007, the most hurtful question remains: Who are those responsible for causing us more depression, more pain, more shame for this biggest, most historic event we have ever hosted - our team, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) or the host governments for the tournament?

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20070407T220000-0500_121394_OBS_WORLD_CUP_FIASCO_.asp

<span style="color: #990000">ICC should not have watered down Caribbean cricket culture</span>

Thursday, April 05, 2007

The Barbadian government minister heading Caricom's subcommittee on security for the Cricket World Cup, Mia Mottley, is disappointed with restrictions placed on fans at CWC games.

She has been criticising the West Indies Cricket Board's acceptance of certain conditions from the International Cricket Council for hosting the global event.

Some of the ICC-imposed restrictions blamed for dampening the spirits of regional cricket fans have been imposed for security reasons.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines...KET_CULTURE.asp

<span style="color: #330000">A laughable US defence</span>
published: Sunday | April 8, 2007

Dawn Ritch, Columnist

The American Embassy in Kingston has defended the role of the American Government in helping to provide security for Cricket World Cup 2007. In a letter to The Gleaner, James T. Heg, charge d'affaires, also denied that the United States had anything to do with the institution of a CARICOM visa.

This was in response to my column last week 'Caribbean Confusion, U.S. Perfidy'. The first point by the charges d'affaires is that "the same wording (about terrorist threats) was used in the fact sheet for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, which did not cause sports fans to be 'turned off' from attending ... "

This is laughable. Nothing has ever prevented tourists from visiting Italy, not the World Wars, government on a children's carousel, kidnapping, murder, or the mafia. I doubt the U.S. government could accomplish what time has not.

US authoritative view

The West Indies is a completely different matter, like Indonesia. Everyone assumes we're the private lake of the U.S., and her view of us is, therefore, authoritative. Unfortunately, Caribbean governments which ought to know better, are often guilty of bending over backwards to accommodate them.

A case in point is ICC Cricket World Cup. A release from the Caribbean Community dated January 8, 2007, states: "The CARICOM Special Visa is a critical component of the extraordinary security measures to safeguard both visitors to and residents of the region that are being created for CWC 2007. The visa is intimately linked to the single domestic space that CARICOM heads of government following much consultation decided to create ....

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070408/cleisure/cleisure3.html