Seriously, what did you all expect..ie the government. Chinese have taken over the world. Trust me in a few years a true true bahamian as we know it, would be extinct. The employees and future employees at Bahama will be 90% chinese. They will find a way to bring in cooks, servers and cleaners. What will happen to Bahamians should be the question the politicians should ask before selfishly stuffing their pocket. Once you give the country away....its gone

I disagree. Bahamians will be employed as long as they have the skills and right attitude. Hotels don't have space for sour faces who hold up the walls while glued to their cell phones.

He may have a point, if the Chinese get sufficient leverage, and they appear to be on the warpath to get it, they will be able to demand **anything**, think its not possible? Look at the illegal gaming operatives, they got a whole government to turn in their favour. They got the Central bank to look the other way and allow them to deposit money into, not just any bank, the Bank of the **Bahamas**. Give enough people money and no one will be able to speak against you, not even the Queens representative.

Baha Mar is simply cleaning up shop. Both technical and human resources need to be updated from time to time. Companies frequently dismiss employees who are not able to offer the skills needed for the changing environment.

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i agree with BoopaDoop completely - change has to happen, the work force needs to be updated in many businesses here and thousands of Bahamians will be given jobs when Baha mar opens in the Spring. it's ignorant and it holds our country back from progress for these unions to jump in every time and for bahamians in general to keep making these narrow minded comments about foreignors. get over yourselves and let's try to move this country forward in a positive and productive way.

190 seems like a lot of people. If all of them had poor performance ratings so be it. 190 is **alot** of people

and while you complain about the 190 that have been let go, why not celebrate the 800 graduates of the Leadership Development Institute who will be trained at the Crystal Palace and the 600 pre-selected high school and college students who will also be trained. We need to make room for the young kids coming out of school so that we don't continue to perpetuate this crime issue. Yes it's sad that this happens to these families and especially before christmas but they can re-apply to work within baha mar when it opens.

How do you foster employee loyalty though? If everyone gets the impression that they're making room for cheaper labour

Ask that question to the families of the 190 employees who depended on them for their support. Its all good about the 600 but please don't discount the affect this will have on those who are loosing their jobs. Out of the 190 it maybe another 3 or more people who depend on them. Do the math????

Comrade I stand to be corrected but didn't the media not long ago report graduates of this same Baha Mar Leadership Development Institute were also sent home, without the jobs they were promised? Baha Maha sounds more like numbers man's who fired workers to make room for new workers. You're not suppose to 'fire to hire'. .... rule 101 good labour practices. For the record how many Chinese workers were fired at same time?

I seem recall that out of some 3,500 applicants there were only 150 graduates of Baha Mar’s Leadership Development Institute that ended up with job jobs at Bar Mar, after completing four months of training. Were any of the 150 among the most recent 190 paychecks sent home? What about the other 3350 who were never offered paychecks, has Baha Mar ever rehired any of them, and if so how many of the remaining 3350. Or, will they put another 3500 Bahamalander's through their four months LDI, only to hire 150? Before work permits are granted to foreigners will dept of immigration demand the foreigners must also undergo their same LDI four months of training and at end of four months can Baha Mar really expect be granted 100% of work permit applicants? Are the foreigners that smarter?

> Are the foreigners that smarter?

i believe on average yes
chinese very smart and much better education system than d average

Comunists do well in capitalism

You are correct, our education system is poor, it is the government's responsibility to ensure pathways for educational advancement exists for their people, it is also the government's responsibility to ensure that any business they **invite** into **our** country operates in the best interest of the native people. If these people had abysmal performance reviews and absolutely no prospects of being successfully retrained more power to Bahamar, Bahamians need to pull up their socks. But pushing working age persons off the cliff for younger just because they are younger seems like the road to dystopia.look at communist countries for example.

Agree with you, "making room for cheaper labour". again most employee will not be Bahamian. Please open yall eyes and see what is going on in this country. That lady got $11,000 & worked almost 30yrs on the job? So unfair. She probably can't pay off her debts with that. "Jah children wake up"

Baha mar is up to no good, they layed off those people because they are working those youngsters for bottom dollars! I heard they are paying those LDI group after they have passed and got the job only $265 pm! This is wrong and crazy are young people are being treated poorly and the government do nothing.9 to 5 and only $265 a month smt! Slavery

Hubert was right when he said that Baha Mar was too damn big to go ahead with at one time for our little Bahamaland. Comrades the masses said nothing after when former PM Hubert never did do to the Chinese what he had threaten them with. Wasn't it at the Pindling airport as Hubert was departing for China how said he was flying off to urgently meet with the Chinese officials to read them the Riot Act, that that Baha Mar was not going to employ more Chinese Nationals over his own nationals. Little did anyone expect Hubert to return, after signing Eight Thousand And One Hundred Work Permits, all with the names of Chinese LABOURERS written on every damn single one them work permits. He said they agreed to invest some more millions for his Prime Ministerial signature? And, my Dear Comrades as it began, so is it now taking shape? Nope, this is not some Comrade Tal gone make up stuff. Tis Baha Mar reality. The Red Regime's Cabinet even agreed to relocate the offices of the PM, after the lands were sold to make way for Baha Mar? Has any other nation in history of the entire world, ever sold to foreigners the properties of the PM's offices? Yet, the red party still through a Minnis or Loretta in but ONLY a few days think they can by some fluke under either one of these two reds, recapture the power of Bahamaland's government? Oh really?

Respectively, While I sympathize with those who may have permanantly lost their employment, as a College Educated Bahamian living abroad, I understand. Tourism is a competitive industry, we (Bahamas) need "the best of the best" to be successful. I have applied for jobs before and those who do the interview or hiring seem to have some anamosity against us during the interview, if you are hired, many times, you are more qualified than your "superiors". and they know this and do not like it. It's all part of the corruption of "Who ya know, and not WHAT you know". Coming home and being paid lesser than working abroad sometimes can be understandable, however, after spending thousands of dollars in tuition and burning the midnight oil, being pressured to "dumb down" yourself simply because of the status quo is unacceptable! Any Bahamian employee who go to work for 5, 10, 30 or 40 years just to collect a paycheck and not educate themselves to current times NEED to feel at uneasy, This include those in Government too!! We are part of a GLOBALIZED ECONOMY, Many of these DINO Politicians who make deals with these YOUNG, IVY LEAGUE FOREIGN GRADUATES are getting "swing". AS A NATION WE HAVE NOT BEGIN TO SEE THE TRUE UNDERBELLY OF TODAY'S CAPITALISM IN THIS GLOBALIZED ECONOMY. The Future Of The Bahamas Is ALL Young People, Not Just Those Of The Corrupt Politicians and Their Cronies. Our young people need to know more than just "The Books Of The Bible" This is great, but what about countries (Like China) who DO NOT CARE about your religion? The only 'religion' they see is MONEY & POWER! And yes, like them or not, YOU WILL WORK FOR THEM (CHINA'S MONEY) TOO! I predict, in 20 years if nothing changes (Educating All Bahamians), China will own more than 50% of our economy. #StartEducatingOurYouthsNotIndoctrinatingOurYouths

Hmmm...been on a number of interviews over the years and never got the impression someone was hostile towards me because of my degrees or certifications...in any event, as soon as you get in the door a degree goes out the door. The job becomes the learning experience. That is why people without a college education can still excel on the job. Do our politicians have a vested interest in keeping people poorly educated? Sure. Look at Fox News.

You only have to look at what has happened to African countries where the Chinese have made strategic investments over the last 10-15 years to obtain natural resources and employment for their own nationals abroad. The indigenous black populations of these countries were all too easily sold out by their corrupt politicians, and the Chinese know the Bahamas will be no different. Our new found yellow friends are not here in the Bahamas for sun, sand and sea. They are here to establish a foothold in a country in the immediate back yard of the USA (with one of the deepest ocean trenches in the world) that they will be able to use down the road to protect (with military might if necessary) their ever increasing strategic investments in the U.S. economy. The Chinese are totally focussed on building both their economic and military might around the world, but in particular in the USA. All the while they are gloating at Uncle Sam's diminishing global influence both economically and militarily. The Chinese long ago spotted the one great weakness in America's model of democracy and capitalism: The U.S. government can be bought and paid for by American and foreign corporations whose undying loyalty to profits above all else, leaves no room for patriotism or any other form of national loyalty. Add to this the fact that the U.S. can now be made (influenced) to engage in very costly silly wars and other global skirmishes that fall outside of its national security interests, and you now have the perfect recipe for the economic implosion of the U.S. which will allow the Chinese to acquire on the cheap key assets and a growing sphere of influence in the U.S. Yes, Uncle Sam does indeed have a lot more to worry about in the long run when it comes to our local politicians selling the Bahamas to the Chinese! Americans are going to pay a dear price for the failure of successive U.S. administrations to use the influence and might of U.S. foreign policy and aid initiatives to stamp out political corruption and crony capitalism in the Bahamas. We too as Bahamians will pay an equally dear price for all failures in U.S. domestic and foreign policy when it comes to Mr. Christie's new found Chinese friends.

It would be most interesting to learn from our Minister of Immigration how many Chinese nationals currently hold work permits, permanent residency permits and Bahamian citizenship, having received their status from our Ministry of Immigration within the last 6 years.

I hope our Comrades working or living in the Bahamaland's, don't believe what they heard or may have read that was uttered on a certain talk station, about how Bahamalander's are foreigner intolerant. You could be Chinese, Haitian, Cuban, Jamaican, Columbia, British or American or from anywhere. But don't be expecting a warm welcome, if you are amongst the 200,000 in Bahamaland as illegal's.. Go home you are not welcomed.